WOOL SALES.

Otago Witness, Issue 2397, 8 February 1900, Page 39

WOOL SALES.

The Otago Farmers' Co-operative Association (Limited) report as follows: — We he.d our third sale of the season on Friday last. February 2, in the Agricultural Hall. Again there isas a most satisfactory atteudsnee of buyers, ond, as usual, a lot of eagc-i, interested wool-growers. It was unfortunate that the London sale (which was acid dtum<> the interval fiom our second to third sale) f.iiouid ha^e brought such an unlooked-for chan/e; but the depressed state of the wool market at Home caused a derided check in buyers' operations here; mdoed, two of ths largest export bu>e-s during the previous series, silthoufrh in thei. 1 alloted seata, hardly bought any, their limits by cable being far below even the reduced rate°. It i= unpleasant Toy ik to hwe to icnort this change pncl decline, but it has to bs taced, and applies to ill woo!-sc!hii£ i en*rcs thioughout tho v.oilcl. The tow I off.mnsrs o.i Fiiday weic f915 l3"lo°. Included iii the ciiffarcnt catalogues v<v> soiiic bcpn+ifal sliO'^v lustrous wool. For these ihc-'c was nof, vcij much cliausje in value — -py, \d to Id 10-.\ei-, but for medium desciiptions the i;.il \\n^ :noie severe, mid may be given as ioi'ow^- — Avc-ia j p fine hiiHbrtda F'<icl it-c vinos, >;d to ii I,d:1 ,d: uo«breris, \d to ,d ; Vk-I!'^s jud pipc-i.-.. 10 l\l Oiu- ctt.ilo/uo coi--i''liJ o>" 5J5 ivl<" y]] s >)iiH clips, 'Mi", bulk oT v'mch vc "ill pi, rucf o , a fey high i G'-er-'cl lots bn\> ii: J o b he I'l1 ' 1 o\c. P.tles were laic m sWlnr.; oa ] n\ , ,r-r! ci'y twc-b.t'< ">c!.« unt l iipv-j'l v off- i->J, 'b" sales oi thp oae-brk' '0..- buu 1 " bes 1'"1 '" tii S o'clock n.i I^Miuinv iio"ui.c, cino cOitiuiied till iiij'.ulfiy. T'.u-. 1-. th"- s;-lei. m J .cnelo i ami Ar.-trii'ix, 'mi,, so-Jtir.^ Is; oui ■>.•!» i-s, v jtipiCl- to ,<?o "=(...' ■'d t'; oil.- 1 ! o i cti'c",fl 1 O,)C filltil.p- Vi" ru'olt, ''ildii'" -pr, f,^ foiliWb --(lies.' mt-ii-io -Punrr «3 t lo ' 1 J. . nvt.iii^e, 10-lu ic< 12V. •■led ■;,-■. 9<! i , l">i i-,-fciioi, Pi' 1 to Fj(' tin-.f-y mci'io ouvis - Super. mid to I'M. :\->e".it, f ', !■*!'! to J"d, medium, 7^d to ftid: iiifcnoi, sid to '7ii.

Greasy halfbred — Super, 12d to 13Jd ; average, lOd to Hid; x-nedivtm, BJd to 9^d; inferior, 7Jd to BJd. Greasy crossbred — Super, 9d to 10id ; avciage, 8d to BJd ; medium, 7d to 7f d ; inferior, 6d to 6Jd. Greasy Lincoln, Leicester, and Romney, 6d to 8U1 ; scoured merino, a line offered by us brought 23d per Ib. The following are some of our best-known clips: — Mr G. P. Johnston (Waikaka Valley), greasy mermo 13?, d, do halfbred lid; Mr James M 'Arthur (Clyde), greasy merino Hfd; Mr W. J. Johnston (Waikakp), greesy merino 13\d, crossbred hogget 9'd, Komney ewe Bid; Mr J. Young (Waipiata), halfbred lOd and 9Jd ; Mr E. Dow (Eweburn), merino ewe lO^d; Mr J. M'Arthur (Clyde), merino 141 d, do pieces 10\d ; Mr Robert M'Keeinan (Blackstone Hill), merino lid, halfbred lOd; Mr W. M'Kenzie (Ashley Downs), halfbred lOci ; Mr P. Kearney (Ranfurly), crossbred 9\d; Mr John Fenton (Gimmerburn), merino ewe 10\d; Mr R. Smithson (Hyde), merino ewe 10id; Mr Adam Ciuickshank (\\ aikaka), quarterbred 12d ; Mi- W. Kennedy (Shannon), halfbred Q\d; Mr Thomas Wilson (Chatto Creek), merino 11 \d, do lOJd; Messrs Coram Bios. (Hamiltons), merino lOd ; Mr J. A. Aitken (Waikaka), merino 12^d ; Mr J. Cameron (Waipahi), lialfb^ed lOd; WJ (Waikaka), halfbred lljd; Mr Peter Law, 10 merino ll^d; A (Mr W. Allan, Wsikikihi), 16 merino 12d ; Mabin and Mitchell (Wanaka), 9 merino lOJd ; Mr John Docherty (Gimmerburn), merino lid; FM (Lawrence), merino lOd ; Mr R. Studholme (Wanaka), halfbred 9id; Mr William Waddell (Waikaka Valley), halfbred 9*d, crossbred B|d; Mr H. M'C.ilhun (Wtupaln), lOJbales threequartcr-bred Romney BJd ; Mr trlugh Cameron (Waitahunn), 18 threequarter-bred Leicester 71d ; Mr W. Johnston (Gore), 12 crossbred ewe 12d.