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Stratford Evening Post, Issue 33, 9 February 1929, Page 8

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TIM AHU WOOL SALE. TIMARU, Last Night. The second South Canterbuiy wool sale of the season opened tonight, when a catalogue of 22,272 bales was offered to a full bench Of buyers representing nearly all the wool consuming countries. The clips opened in slightly better condition than at the corresponding sale last year, being lighter m grease. Only a small percentage was tender. On the whole, it was sound and well grown. Bidding at mo stage could be called keen. At times it was very erratic. At the end of the second catalogue, at which stage about 11,000 bales had been disposed of, prices! were from par to a shade easier than at the recent Dunedin sale. Merino wool was out of favour, but threequarter-bred 48-50

was keenly Sought after. ■Continental buyers pushed halfbreds, which went up to 21Jd. The top price for threeyuarter-breds at the Wild of the second catalogue was-21d. Corriedales reached 20|d, Merits 173 d, and (crossbreds 17 l-4d. The sale was still proceeding a midnight, c