DUNEDIN WOOL SALES.

Otago Witness, Issue 1987, 24 March 1892, Page 13

DUNEDIN WOOL SALES.

Wright, Stephenson, and Co. report as fol» lows :— We held our sixth wool sale for this season at our wool stores, High street, on Thursday, 17tli inst., when we offered a small catalogue of odd« ments, chiefly stragglers' wool and scoured locks and pieces. The attendance of buyers was extremely good for this time of year, and the bidding most animated throughout, although values were somewhat irregular, several lots which were passed in at our last sale realising from Id to Id per lb more at this. Crossbrcds were in good demand and realised full prices, but merinos were somewhat neglected. In all we 'catalogued 143 bales, 32 bags, and sold 9!) bales, HI hags at the following prices : — Bit over Berwick, I bale crossbred bellies i\d, Ido black s?d ; PAI, ldo half bred and crossbred 7d ; FI, 2 do merino Gid, I do merino and crossbred sd, 1 do pieces 4?d ; JIG over T, 1 do mixed 7^d : EDKN, 1 do green pickings (scoured) sd ; | over O over |,5 do half bred G'd, Ido double fleece 4Jd, 1 do locks and pieces 2d; O, 3 do merino sid, 1 do merino and pieces s{d, 1 do pieces 4d, 1 do locks 2d ; V, 13 do crossbred od, 1 do pieces 6d : R, 2r2 r do crossbred 74a : HH conjoined, 11 do crossbred 7J3; 1 do locks 4d ; Braxton, 1 do mixed 5Jd ; P, 1 do merino sd ; 00, 4do half bred hogget 7d, 1 do crossbred hogget (hi ; P, 2do Ist combing merino scoured 12d. 2 do Ist pieces merino 12d ; Waipori, Ist combing halfbred 7Ad. 1 do 2nd do do Cd, 1 do merino 6Jd, Ido halfbred bellies 3Jcl : P, Ido double fleece 4}d ; MM, 2 do merino 6Jd, 1 do merino'and dingy 5Jd ; HD Ido crossbred and pieces sicT; | over 0 over I , 1 do black 5Jd ; S in square, 1 do quarterbred and crossbred s?d, 1 do merino 5d ; ' in circle, 1 do pieces and locks ]fd ; &, 7 do halfbred ewe 6}d, 1 do three-quartcrbrcd 6"d, 1 do merino c\vo,sd, 3 do halfbred pieces 4}d ; W over MB""in circlo, 1 do halfbred, 1 do halfbred and merino 6d, 2 do crossbred 7d, 3 do do 6id, 1 do pieces s?d, 1 do bellies 4id ; 0 and L, 1 do Ist halfbred Rlipe 7d, 1 do Ist lamb slipe BJd ; WS over D, 1 do black 5dV Bag Wool.— V, fleece 7Jd ; JL, do do Cd ; EMD, halfbred GAd ; —O, black 5Jd ; Go\ over O, pieces 3id ; W over Mcß in circle, locks 13d, black sid, deadwool 3d; PIN, halfbred 7d, merino 4jd, mixed 3?d ; Sin square, locks ljd ; &, three-quarter-bred wether s'td, dead wool lid, locks Id ; . in circle, pieces 6Jd ; T, halfbred pieces 3?d, pieces 3} ; C, crossbred 5Jd ; HH conjoined.'half bred 74d, dead sf«d ; 2L, pieces 2d, do ljd.