WELLINGTON WOOL SALES.

Colonist, Volume LV, Issue 13646, 11 February 1913, Page 8

WELLINGTON WOOL SALES.

Dalgety and Co., Ltd. report as fol3ows on. the Wellington wool sales held on th© 7th: — .

The third wool sale of the 1912-18 Beamn was hold in the Town Hall to-day when-a catalogue cf approximately

15,732 bales offered by all bickers was submitted, to buyers. * Our portion of this total was 5,068 bales. Tlie1 buyers' 'were • tuJly represented, and competition was vory animated, title • bidding being keen for ©very lot submitted. The firm market ruling at the cose of the-January 6ales in London had -a splendid effect on to-day's ottering, and tho result Avas that theijp was a use, alter making due allowance for condition, of from \d to id per lb., as compared with tho. wool sale held .on January Bth, nnd^practicaliy every lot iii our catalogue, was cleared under the hammer, W© had vory few lines of super crossbred and offered a fow parcels of light, woil-grown lambs*' wool. As is usual at this time ol the year, th© offerings consisted mainly of back country wool, anc utuwai was very noticeable in many par■eels. Several linos arrived in storo toe late to'offer in this sale, and these- arc held ovor for tho next sale. The range of values to-day was a« follows, and wo mako a comparison witl th© prices ruling at the sale held oi January Bt3i, th© latter prices beinf given in parenthesis:—-Merino, super faO.yd to Hid), none offering; Merino , (9sd to lOd), non©offerings half bred eupei* (up to 12 Jd), none offering; halfbred,, medium (10 Jd to 11-Jd), 103 dtt 11-Jd; llomney, &tiper, (12d to 12^d) : nono offering j crossbred, super (lid U 12d), lOfd to 12-Jd; crossbred, medium (9£d to 10-3 d); 9|d to lid ; crossbred, inferior and coarse (8 J-d to.'9£d), .B£d tc i93-d'; Lincoln and J/incoln-cros® (Bs.d tc #%§),f"Bfd-to 9Jd;./dead ■ Xxip to B£d), u { jß@®a^ipicces. T(7idAoVp^> i V6fd.tb,.73d (7^d.to'B|d),:6J<l to 7^d;. stainec "*pllees and locks (ojd to 6£d). 5d to s|d erutehings ,(6|d to 7£d), 6|d to 7*d lambs' super (lid to 12|d), lljd to 12d lambs' modium (9jd to 10^d), 9^d k