WOOL SALES.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 8249, 23 February 1905, Page 3

WOOL SALES.

CHRISTCHURCH. The concluding wool sales of the 1904-5 season in Christchurch were held this morning at the Agricultural Hall. The seven catalogues comprised 3433 bales, and, as is usual at the end of the season, the quality of the wool was for the most part from indifferent to inferior. Tlie attendance of buyers was much smaller than at the previous sales of the season, although some who had not attended the earlier sales were ! present. Growers and the public were sparsely represented. Competition' was not animated, but merino and fine half-bred wools attracted fair attention, and, taking condition into consideration, realised about January values. Threequarter-bred and and coarse, cross-bred wools, with inferior half-breds were Id to ljd per ib lower than in January. All prices were considerably lower, the largest operator at previous sales being silent on this occasion. A considerable entry of scoured . wools, including some particularly well-got-up station-scoured merinoes, were well competed for, and brought good prices. The proportion of sales to the quantity offered was smalled than at the earlier auctions, but still tlie season was brought to a satisfactory close. Prices were as follow:— Merino, medium to good 9d to 9Jd, inferior 8d to B|d, pieces to 9Jd, looks to 52d. HaTl'-bred, medium to good .9jd to lOJd, inferior 8d to 9d, pieoes to Bd. Threequarter-bred, superior 9Jd to 9j|d, medium to good BJd to 9d, inferior 7sd to Bd. Cross-bred, coarse, medium to good 8d to SJd, inferior 7d to 7|d, lambs to BJcL The foMowing are the prices of some representative lots : — " Coupling," merino B|d, half-bred 9Jd, cross-bred hogget Bid; J6, half-bred ewe 9£d, crossbred ewe Si d ; M'Donald Downs, merino eivo 93d ; Pulley, Shropshire 9Jd; FEF, Cust. half-bred ewe lOJd; Owenga, cross-bred 9d, B*d, 7£d, 7id; DM in triangle?, half-bred Sid,' cross-bred S£d ; 'Ngaherehere, merino second 9£d, S 9d, half-bred 10*d, lOd; TE conjoined (pockets), meriuo second B*2d, clothing B}d) first 7*2d, first pieces BJd, seoond 7£d, bellies 7Jd, locks sfd; IE, merino combing 9Jd, 9d, Bfd, BJd, pieces B|d, Bd, bellies Bd, locks sid; Cone, merino B|d, SJd, SJd; Karetu, merino pieces Bgd, bellies 7Jd, looks sid, half-bred 9£d; WOR, scoured merino 18£d, 17id, pieces ITid, locks 12^d; 7PV conjoined, half-bred ewe 9Jd, B£d; Hayland, merino to . 9jd> half-bred to 9*d; RV, half-bred to 10dj Mount Parnassus, cross-bred ewe 9Jd, 9d; DR conjoined, BJack Hills, to lOd; 97, cross-bred ewe f9|d, merino 9Jd; NH, half-bred ewe 10id; JV, half-bred lOd, 9Jd, 9Jd; PD conjoined, half-bred 9£d, Shropshire 9id, cross-bre'd 73d; St Helens, merino to 9jd, pieces 9d, scoured merino to 19Jd ; JS, Craigieburn, merino to 9Jd, pieces to 9£d, scoured merino to 19|d, pieces 19d j St James, merino* scoured to 18d.