SALE OF N.Z.'S WOOL

Southland Times, Issue 24004, 20 December 1939, Page 8

SALE OF N.Z.'S WOOL

FIRST APPRAISAL AT OAMARU

SATISFACTORY VALUES REALIZED (United Press Association) OAMARU, December 19. The first wool appraisal at Oamaru took place on Saturday when a catalogue comprising approximately 4000 bales was submitted. The greater proportion represented farmers’ clips with a proportion of early-shorn station wool. Notwithstanding the severity of the winter in the back country, the wool opened in good condition although slightly short in staple. There was little break in it but it was lighter in yoke than usual. Low country clips came fot. ward in good condition. Satisfactory values were realized for all descriptions. A range of prices is as follows:—

Hogget wool, necks, bellies, pieces and crutchings all sold at equally satisfactory prices. PROVISION MADE FOR WOOL DEALERS EXEMPTIONS GAZETTED ON DECEMBER 14 (United Press Association) WELLINGTON, December 19. “The Wool Emergency Regulations, gazetted in September, prohibit private trading in wool and woolly sheepskins. It has been recognized that this prohibition imposed considerable hardship on dealers, many of whom have been operating in these commodities for a number of years,” said the Minister of Agriculture (the Hon. W. Lee Martin) today. “Many farmers prefer to sell outright to such dealers as it saves them the cost of preparation on the farm and they know immediately what their produce will realize. Under the wool commandeer procedure farmers will be aware of prices and the possibility of exploiting will be obviated. To rectify the position in which dealers found themselves provision has now been made by exemptions gazetted on December 14 for licensing dealers in wool and woolly sheepskins. No fee is payable for the licence but operations will be restricted to quantities substantially in accordance with pre-war purchases. “Licences for trading in sheepskins will be issued by the woolly sheepskins controller. Applications should be made to him by North Island applicants to Room 701, Brandon House, Wellington, and by South Island applicants to Box 254, Dunedin. Applications for wool dealers’ licences should be made to the primary industries controller, Department of Agriculture, Wellington. Applicants should state the quantity in lbs of greasy wool purchased for the years 1936, 1937 and 1938.”

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