WOOL SALES.
'.TIMARU SALES.
- '. ■'""' ■ "TIMARU;' December 2." ■ Tho first wool sale'of the. season, .was. hold to-day," when 2SS3" ' bales were catalogued, against 5167 bales at (he-first sale la3t year. The broken weather delaying shearing accounts for the small catalogue." The sale was considered a very satisfactory one. Merino and lialfbrcds were in particular demand, the former being only - £d-< lov/er, while the latter was Jd higher than at last year's opening sale. Coarse and heavy .thrce-qunrterbred and crossbred suffered a decline of Id per lb| Half bred sold up to 71d; three-quarterbred, 7d; crossbred, 6Jd; long wools, 55;.-merino, 7d; pieces, sd; locka, 2id; scotired, lss; slipe, BJd.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 11301, 20 December 1898, Page 7
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107WOOL SALES. Otago Daily Times, Issue 11301, 20 December 1898, Page 7
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