The Golden Fleece

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXI, Issue 18900, 22 December 1923, Page 24 (Supplement)

The Golden Fleece

Wool Sales in Wanganui Huge Amount Distributed ■ It was a decision fraught with very import- ■ and results to Wanganui and district when ( < Wanganui was added to the list as a wool | and sale centre, a decision that was only pus- i sible by the fact that Wanganui was in the J position tu ship wool direct fur the Home : markets. For receiving wool Wanganui is the natural ' centre from us far south by Tail as Palmer-| ston North, as far north as Raurimu, also for j a large portion of the Taranaki district. This 1 statement is no mere figure of speech, and can be proved by an analysis of the railway charges. It is lid. a bale cheaper to send | to Wanganui from Palmerston North com- j pared with the Wellington market, while from j Raurimu there is a. margin of .Is 7d a bale in I Wanganui’s favour. Apart from rail carriage the motor lorry plays an increasingly important part by going along the by-ways of the back country and literally lifting the wool at the farmer’s door. Apart from the country aspect local industry benefits. A large amount of labour is employed to handle the product and ship it. . to the waiting liners at the port; a wool1 scouring business is in full swing at Castlceliff to deal with the lower class product; and a woollen mill will shortly be carrying ■ on operations. The success of Wanganui as a wool sale • centre is assured, and for the very good reason because it pays the farmers within • reach of the port of Wanganui to send ’ their wool here. There are still big areas of rich country ■ which will, when the bush is cleared, be ’ classed as first-rate pastoral country, and areas now carrying sheep which can be much more heavily stocked. This is in keeping ( with the fact that the volume of wool directed ; to Wanganui is increasing, and it will con- I t-inuc to increase until Wanganui will be j offering as much wool for sale as the largest centres. The statistics of the various wool sales j held in Wanganui to date arc as follow: |

Season, 1921-22. Number of 1921. bales sold Proceeds ! Oct. 3.611. £23.471 I .1922 January 11.991 f March .17.0:17 13S.901 ' Mav 7.1 >3. 66.442 i July J.2O1 S.-I28 - .... —— 1 41.026 £3,3,0.772 1922. November Season 1922-23. £102.2-1." 1 1923. Jan;arv .15.907 24 0,5.IS . Februnrv 12.333 1 >5.509 ! Mareh Mil .119 3 5 • > i May -I./02 64,645 j 49.621 _£7 I 23!3 Season, 1923. A ugusf 1.017 £>.761 i November .12.841 13.8(11 £241,500 | — 1