FOURTH WOOL SALE.

Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 12911, 28 February 1906, Page 6

FOURTH WOOL SALE.

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il This j?aar'-s wool ■ s&.»**>n. for. Timaru: was J ! closed, so far as auctiuo-sales are. Gonceiued, 1 jjlast when, thej jj ii>urth - and. final sale-was. heid. The suae j jjv.as a particularly good cue,, and the prices avertopped tbuse- of.,last sale all' -tfound. Every, lot. \va& ,wnipated for.,, anal ;|>nly. a vety lew-lots were-passed, most of ftheiQ goings off -under keen demand, andr. steady, bidding. There. were twentv I ■ytwo buyers, present,. a larger, number. thalL i 3s- usual at the.last. sale, or the. season, a j ;large.prop«rtioa. of-the. entry, consisted, of* j j'merino and this wool sold. welL show-! ?iag an advanbfe ranging. up to, jd an. the '.bids'at /went np a, halfpenny, and halfbreds afarth-.! : ing_ Altogether 937. bales and atlargfrnum- ! Tha-tbp werttlLyifox supjer-«j fine* crossbred greasy.;.. 14j|d fiw scats**} "i !ocoa^Keds; Vl^ViM^thK^artcxlired*"l2£d'j 'for halfbfedj.an&.-llfd. fac mesdha. : 23» rang-k of, peaces was as follows i—! (Srossbred, 7dto for medium to 'for super; aeouredv. 13|d to 14|d"; three-: sqfiarterbred r .3|d-ta;llid ? tiaifirsd, B|£ to ! ;-13|a; meriao,-. B%s to llftr;: lambs' \rool, to belies- and piasHs, to |9sd; pieces- 3d to* lDd;; Bfilliias and locks, ' :issd to 9|d ?: bfeHie.%.74d to 94d ; dead. sjd jto Sid; black, 7££L to E»cks, Id to Ps&; rams' -wool,". SI-to 9©,. s- The total" wool offered? Ik Timara this Reason, Messrs Dalgeiy and' Cos. state, comprised 22.5.83T bafesy and constitutes a rercarcL The sales iSrougheut tike season have jbeen the 3uost success!uC held in this cen',%ce.

. The following reports* are made by tie •auctioneers: : —;. Messrs Qalgetr- and ©>.. aeport that although the - buyers' bandies were not so | well fillesi? as afc- the- pre.vr»us "sales, still competition was keem thtfoughoot, and nearly tuV whale- of the lots w*re sold, prices generally ruling; higher than at the other siles. Otor pimcqnl sales were:— Merino:, Mr J'. S. Rutherford. Mistake station, 90 bailee at ft)£d; pieces, 9|d r.-J locks, 7§d. A& YRtJfisir,. Bangitsta. merin<v lid. Halfbred::- Mr Atec. Kennedy, 12|d,;top pace; \fcfr ;J.'■;E, Piggott, "Ardsley.-r 12d. ThreequarteAred, Mr Kennedy, 11»£;crosa&red, Sfc Pigg<j«, 10id. Ts»> Canterbury Farmers* Association report that their cafaTcgmp comprised 121 bates, besides numerous' Bags and fadgesv The rale was most anxntfitetf froai start to finish j. and every lot existed' keen coropetitiein. A complete clearance was effected at prices ranging from wir to jd' better for fine crossbreds,. par to better for halfbred, and par to f d better for merino, as compared with the previous .sale. Altogether the sale had a very- healthy • toner and wound up one of the Nest seasons ever experienced in Timaiu.

The .National-Mortgage and Agency Co. report a total offering of 907 bales. "Most of the lots were cleared at an advance nil on late prices.. The-most, .marked, rise was in merico wool. Thev quote: Medium half bred, iti£di:o 12£ d; medium ■threequarteTbred,' lOd. to ll£d; crossbred. ?Jd best combing and'clothing merino. 10£ d tolled.; combing and clothing merino, 9£d to 10£ d; air bellies, pieces and locks sold at an advance oi {& to id.

. Messrs E. R. Guinness and "W. Lawson, who sold for Guinness and LeCrefi and the New Zealand Loan Co., spoke of'the sale as the best of the year, with a general rise in prices.