TIMARU WOOL SALE

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17227, 5 April 1930, Page 17

TIMARU WOOL SALE

A SMALL CATALOGUE SLIGHTLY BETTER PRICES (Per Press Association.) TIMARU, this day. The third and final wool sale of the season in Timaru was held this muni ing, when a catalogue of 3381 bales was offered to a representative bench of buyers. Competition was keen among Bradford and Continental operators. and prices ruling were from -Ul to Jd up for halfbreds, and from .Jd to ',d up for crossbreds, on those which prevailed at the recent Wailganui sale. Compared with the last Timaru sale, however, there was a. slight drop in prices. Although the .sale was u cleaning-up one for the, season, the catalogue was much smaller than has been the case iu the |iast. The catalogue was a very representative one, and included a fair quantity of merinos. These, however, were' ordinary top-making and scouring lots. In fact, the quality generally speaking was shabby. As already mentioned, prices for halfbreds and crossbreds were up on Wanganui, but were down when compared with those which ruled at the last Timaru sale. The 'figures for halfbreds were Ad to j*d less than those obtained at the last, sate, while those for crossbreds wero easier bv *,d to .',d.