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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXIII, 16 December 1925, Page 4

WELLINGTON WOOL SALE. Wriglit Stephenson, and Co., Ltd., and Abraham and Williams, Ltd. report as follows on the recent Wellington sale: —Hogget wool again was disappointing as compared with, last season, being mostlv thin and tehder. The condition bf. all wools Was much lighter. There was a full attendance of buyers, and although competition w&s general there was a , decided decline in values Compared With the November sale ( prices being about 2d to 3d lower. Bradford was well to the fore as the principal bUySr, absorbing most of the fleece woolj Continental buyers confined their attention mapily to pieces and the shorter wools, of which there was'ceriiparatively a small proportion. This is a Complete reversal of the pdSitibli obtaining at the first sale of the season, when the .Continent made the pace aitd Bradford was content to lorik on. America was operating again in a ,or less spasmodic fashion, -being interested Only in a few of the super wools suitab'e for her requirements. Local scourers, tempted by the lower rangeof prices, were buying more fl-eely; The range of prices was:— Merino, 64-70, 60-64—■ Super, 19id to 223 d; Averago, 17Jd to 19Jd. Inferior, 14d to 17d. Eino Halfbred, 56-68 Super, 16jd to 18jd. Averago, 14$d to 161 d. Inferior, l2ld to i3id. Medium Haifbred, 50-56 Supei - , 15id to 17d. Average, 12|d to 151 d, Inferior, lid to 12jd. Coarse Halfbfed, 48-50 Super, 14d to 15Jd. Average, lljd to 14d. Inferior, 10a to llid. Corriedalo — Super, 17Jd to 18Jd. Average, 13d ,to 16d. Fine Crossbred, 46-48 Super, 14d to 16fd. . Average, llld to 13jd. Inferior, 9d to lid. Medium Crossbred, 44-46 Super, 12Id to 141 d, Average, IOJd to 12Jd. Inferior, 7d to 9fd. Coarse Crossbred, 40-44 —■ Super, 113 d to 13d. Average, lOd.to llld. Inferior, 7d -to 9Jd.