WOOL VALUES
SALE AT CHRISTCHURCH RECENT RANGE HELD. (By Telegraph —Press Association) CHRISTCHURCH, To-day. The steady advance in fine wool prices since the first Christchurch sale on December 12 invested the second auction yesterday with unusual interest. On an average good half bred and Corriedalc wool was higher by 2d to 3d a lb. and Merino by 2d. Fine cross bred was also distinctly better. Coarse crossbred, however, was little altered on the first sale. The Wanganui auction last week showed an casino: ot: the preceding Wellington sale of Id to 2d for coarse wools and this easing wm? apparent yesterday in this class, which, however, formed a very small proportion of the total offciing. The top price was 27|d paid for Corriedale, this being the highest price realised in New Zealand this season. It was paid for four bales of the wellknown Rydal Downs clip of Mr Edward Ensor.
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Waikato Independent, Volume XXXIV, Issue 3109, 27 January 1934, Page 5
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150WOOL VALUES Waikato Independent, Volume XXXIV, Issue 3109, 27 January 1934, Page 5
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