WOOL SALES.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13839, 26 February 1909, Page 2

WOOL SALES.

Dalgety and Company. Limited, repoi t:- —.me laaC oaic ni tile Waa „cio uuJi'cai vJur catalogue coiicajiiou icx> b.»uv>, JuiaKnig our; lu'r uit-ov.-u.stm -±i«/U urn.,*, aua uu are pleaacu to i;aire tins' opiJoi"Lmiitv* or uur menus lor meir commence in sujrporting our safes. Hie oiieriugs at luu ■iaib "iivre cin«_uy Oua lots uiiu imeriui Wools, including some passeu lots liuin tut! iass saic. mere a satisracuny au«uuaure or buyers, and we are pii-iisca to report, a. clearance or our vataiogue at prices on a par wrtnprevious sales, and in some instances a sUgiit auvance can be quoted. 'luv Canceroury iarnifcis' co-opera-tive Association, Limited, report noidnig the fourth -ana lumi wool sale or tne tWUtS-y series at tne Theatre J>oyai yesterday, and tnat their catalogue contained 2VU bales, the major pomon oi wmcii was sold at prices siiov. ing a decided improvement on flic past tale. Competition was Keen, aml almost a complete clearance was cileclect at -prices showing an improvement of to on fine crossbred, and id to id on tne coarser grades ot wool; fine halfbred sold on a par w 'th previous sales. The following 'may be taken as a range of our prices:—Fine hallbred, 84d to Bfd; fine three-quarter bred, 7d to 7£d; first pieces, iid to 6-id:' The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile", Agency Company; Ltd., report as follows ?—The fourth and final sale of the season. - was held in the Theatre Royal yesterday afternoon, when we submitted a catalogue of 163 bales. There was a fairish representation of both Home and continental buyers, as well as the usual attendance of local buyers, and competition at times was particularly keen. The wool, with fewexceptions, being practically the clearings up of the season; was not in anything like the condition of that offered at previous sales, but the prices realised, came fully up to our valuations, and we cleared our entire catalogue,, which we consider extremely satisfacfactory. The following is our range of prices:—Halfbred 7Jd to 9d, threequarterbred sid to 7Jd, crossbred 5Ad to 7£d, merino 6£d to 7£d, matted and rotted 5d to 6ijd, pieces 4Jd to 7id, bellies 3Jd to locks 3d to 4d.

Guinness and LeCren, 1 imited, report holding the fourth and last wool side of the season, when a catalogue of 881 bales was submitted by t-i- associated brokers, 'i here w;:s a large and representative j-ltendance of buyers, each of whom r'.emed ;:u>ious to obtain some of :he .-.•nail ( iinuiry of wool offering. The ionsequence ttj.s a complete clearance was made, and prices in many cases were considerably better than those ruling at the last sale. The most marked feature in our catalogue was the keen demand for merino. We wish to take this opportunity of thanking our friends for the support that has been accorded to us during the past Reason, and congratulate them upon what can only be considered very satisfactory results, as compared witli what was anticipated prior to the opening of the local sales. During the season we have sold at auction £342 bales, being an increase of just 1000 bales over our record for any previous year. The wool offering was of very mixed quality and condition, and the. following sales will give an idea ( f pi ices realised: —Merino, Birch Hill, Br.iklie and Barker, 3 bales-first ivmb. n.c.iino wether, 9d; 6 bales first <:onifo. merino ewe, 9d; 7 bales second comb, merino wether, 8d: 7 bales second comb, merino ewe, Bfd: merino pieces, 4 bales, B{d ; merino bellies, 2 bales, 8d ; merino locks and pieces, 2 bales, (sd. Halfbred —H 6, Con. Brosnahan, 2 bales halfbred, 8-Jd; A in W, P. J. Wain, 1 bales hal£bred ewe, 8d; Birch Hill, 2 bales halfbred, 7.U1. Threequarterbred—M.P. conjoined S., A. G. Macdonald, 6 bales three-quarterbred, 7.{d ; A in W, 2 bales three-quarterbred hogget, ;7d. Crossbred —DG. D. Gunn. 2 bales crossbred, 7Jd ; MP conjoined S. 7 bales crossbred ewe, 6Jd.