BETTER TONE.
DUNEDIN WOOL SALE. KEEN COAI PETITION FOR ALL CLASSES. By Telegraph—Press Association. - . DUNEDIN, Dec. 21. Tho first wool sale, of the season commenced on Saturday evening, and concluded to-day. " Tlie catalogues totalled 15,064 bales,. ' : There ivas a full bench of buyers, including several new’ operators. Great Britain, America, France, and Germany were represented, and practically all classes of wool met with keen competition. Bradford buyers took the heaviest weight of wool, while local mills were keen buyers for all Supertjpe’ qualities, both fleece and pieces/ Continental buyers, although not securing a large proportion, materially assisted in maintaihing-a strong tone throughout the sale. From the Commencement of the sale it was evident that practically all classes of wool, fleece and pieces alike, would provide sound competition, and this proved to be the case, values throughout being fully equal to, and in many cases in advance of, late northern sales. This is borne out by the fact that fully 95 per cent, of the offerings was sold under the hammer. The following is tlie range of' values: —-
d. d. Merino — , Extra super 192 to 23J Super ■ 1 8h to20 Average .. ... , . . 16 4 to lii Inferior- . 14 to 16 Fine Half bred— Super /. v; . . ' 18 ’ to 202Average . . ■ .. * • 16.. to 17 4 , Inferior . . 122 to 15 . Medium Halfbred-'— V. *,* Siiper " . . . . 164 to 20 Average . . . 142 to 164 Inferior’ . • . 12 to 14 ■ Coarse HalfbrSd 1 — Super . . .. 16 t er I S 2 Average . , .. 13 to 154 Inferior .; 10 to 124 Corrfedale — Super .. .. IS .to 202 Average . . ..' -18 •to 1-7-• Iiife'ripr . . (none offered Fine Crossbred— ; 1-32 Super .. .. ! to' 152 . Average.' . . .. • , 11 1 t6 134 Inferior?’... . . . 9 r to HI Coarse Crossbreds-— Super H to 13 Average . . .. log to 114 Inferior ... . . 8 h to 10 h Bellies and Pieces— Merino good to . super . „ ‘ 13 to 181 Low to medium ' - Half bred, good to 9 to 12 , super ■■■■ 13to .161 Low to medium.; Crossbred good. ta •9;i to .124 super . •. . ■; 9 to 114 Low to medium 52 to 84 Crutchings— .Medium to: good - 7to 10Inferior to seedy . Halfbred and; me4 to 6 < rino ‘ : ., 5 to 8g , Crossbred /■. , 3 : to ■6'
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXIII, 22 December 1925, Page 9
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354BETTER TONE. Timaru Herald, Volume CXXIII, 22 December 1925, Page 9
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