FINAL WOOL SALE.

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20273, 6 April 1934, Page 7

FINAL WOOL SALE.

Small Offering at End of Season. QUALITY ONLY FAIR. The fourth and final wool sale of the Christchurch season opened in the Caledonian Hall at 2 p.m. to-day. The offering was one of only 4262 bales, compared with 11.084 at the fourth Christchurch -sale last season. The smallness of the catalogue was due to the splendid clearances made at the three earlier sales. There was little held-over -wool for to-day, and the other lots were in the main late-shorn wool from the back-country. There was an almost entire absence of super wools. The following was the catalogue and order of sale:— Bales Pyne, Gould, Guinness, Ltd 938 Dalgety and Co., Ltd 1262 National Mortgage 286 N.Z. Loan and Mercantile 311 H. Matson and Co 569 N.Z. Farmers’ Co-op. Assn 596 4262 There was a fairly representative bench of buyers, but some of the seats were vacant. The spectators’ gallery was not crowded. Over the early part of the sale bidding was brisk and well distributed. The Continent, and mainly France, took a good deal of the offering, principally pieces, while local mills bid keenly for the better class of fleece and for piece lots. Germany was in the bidding in many cases. The sale was a good firm one, with values from par to lid per lb higher than at the third Christchuich sale. Individual buyers had orders which were not yet filled, and that forced the competition, which was erratic as the demand for particular wools varied. Some fleece wools were up by up to 2d per lb, but the average rise was of about Id p#r lb. Following are individual sales giving an Indication of the range of values ruling:— Pyne, Gould, Guinness , Zitd. Ringhill—Six bales comeback at 173 d, 7 bales at 17d, 6 bales of pieces at 131 d. F 1 over a bar—Four bales crutchings at Bd. Mt. Oakden—Eleven bales fine halfbred at 153 d. Ellerbeck —Five bales cross-bred at 9d. Tetinii—Five bales Corriedale ewe at 173 d. Mt. Pleasant—Five bale cross-bred at Sid. 9 P—Eight bales half-bred at 163 d, 4 bales at 16d. Murchison—Five bale half-bred necks at 173 d, 5 bales pieces at I6d, 4 bales at 14d. 4 bales at 14id, 4 bales bellies at 13|d, 4 bales locks at Sid. Glazebrook—Eight bales half-bred ewe at 183 d, 4 bales half-bred hogget at 18|d. Craigieburn—Seven bales half-bred hogget at 16d. W 1 over a bar—Four bales Corriedale hogget at 16Jd. K G—Five bales half-bred hogget at 14? d. 10 bales cotts at 6fd. Lnvericks Bay—Ten bales cross-bred at 6fd. Bonglands—Five bales Corriedale ewe at 1 6^3. Tenara—Ten bales cross-bred ewe at 6cL Clarence over P A A—Six bales merino at 163 d, 8 bales merino wether at 13id, 9 bales merino ewe at 128 d. Barnswood—Five bales Corriedale at 20d, 6 bales at 18d. 6 bales at 17id, 9 bales at 15 d, 5 bales three-quarter-bred at 123 d, 5 bales at lOd, 4 Corriedale pieces at 163 d, 9 at 143 d, 4 crossbred pieces at 7d, 4 bellies at lljd. Hound Top over M—Six bales half--7 16d - 6 half-bred ewe at 13id, 5 half-bred hogget at 13id. Cascade-Four bales Corriedale ewe hogget at 153 d. . ® , i> al<is Corriedale at 19?.d, 6 half-bred hogget at 18|d. —Eleven bales cross-bred ewe at Stoney Bay—Four bales pieces at 83d. Clarence over P A A—Four bales halfbred crutchings at lOd. ter l -V A eZa! U n,i b . aleS ’ COareS three-quar-Tvetlier°at ?4°jd nS—Flve bales half-bred