MONEY FOR WOOL
WELLINGTON RETURNS SEASON'S TOTAL £1,923,838 [by TELEGRAPH ntESS association] "WELLINGTON, Monday The gross value of wool sold in Wellington during the five sales of tho 1933-34 season was £1,923,838, compared with only £702,295 for the five sales last season, an increase of £1,221,543. Official returns compiled by the Wellington Wool Brokers' Association show that at the sale on April 24 a total of 15,978 bales was offered, of which 11,673 bales, or slightly over 73 per cent, were sold, 4305 bales being passed in. The net weight of the wool sold was 4,158,1351b. The gross proceeds of the sale were £133,777 15s Bd. The average price per bale was £ll 9s o:[d and the average price per lb. was 7.G92d, the lowest of the season.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21794, 8 May 1934, Page 11
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128MONEY FOR WOOL New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21794, 8 May 1934, Page 11
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