CHRISTCHURCH WOOL SALES. CHRISTCHURCH, November 22.
The first of the present series of local wool sales was held to-day. Most of the wool-buyers and several outsiders were present. The wool "was in about as good a condition as at the opening sale last season, but, in sympathy with the London market, prices showed a decline of 30 and 40 per cent. The greatest decline was in best halfbreds and merinos. OtCt of a catalogue of 2605 bales only 1657 were sold. The prices ruling were : — Sliped merino, 7gd to 8d per lb ; greasy merino — medium to good, 6Jd to 7Jd; inferior, 4§,d to
6£d; halfbred— superior, 6£d to 71d; do medium, s|d to 6Jd; do inferior, 4|d to 5Jd; crossbred — superior, 6|d to 6|d; do medium, 5d to s|d ; do inferior, 4Jd to 4|d ; long wool — ■superior, sftd to 6Jd ; . do inferior, 4£d to sd ; good pieces' and bellies, 4Jd to G|d ; do inferior, : 3d to 4|d; locks, 2£d to 3Jd.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2437, 28 November 1900, Page 16
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161CHRISTCHURCH WOOL SALES. CHRISTCHURCH, November 22. Otago Witness, Issue 2437, 28 November 1900, Page 16
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