DROP IN WOOL

Waipawa Mail, Volume LXVI, Issue 65, 18 February 1938, Page 3

DROP IN WOOL

I |T WELLINGTON SALE a>-l HEAVY WITHDRAWALS, no ■ ____ ith I WELLINGTON, Last night. ft' o rebodings ot h decline in prices j* l F realised at the third Wellington 81 K-l sale of the 11137-38 season. Some Bkeis considered that crossbreds ih" ■re about on a par with the Dunedin 'Besot last week, but that hatfbreds n jK e definitely easier. Compared ■h the prices realised at the second „ Be at Wellington on January 10th, r e Bees were lower by a full lid to 2d fo 'l crossbreds, and 2d to 3d for halfBds. Landis’ wool, skirtings, pieces 1 II enitrhings also showed a decline. Brite total offering catalogued for "K sale was 27,289 bales, but heavy r ■venth-liour withdiawals reduced mis quantity considerably. The bulk 'B the offering was average to good Bunal'in- crossbreds. There were K- good halfbreds and merinos and Bstaall apply of lambs’ wool. ■There was a fully representative Hneli of buyers, of whom Bradford )K|d the Cntinent and representatives B local mills were most active. Some Bier- were tilled for Canada and the ol.Kitc.l >' i’"s. and one broker reporto»Bthal -"ini' business was done also atß Bu-si'in account. Prance eomnsßti'cl stri.ngly with local mills for