WANGANUI WOOL

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 86, Issue 62, 14 March 1942, Page 4

WANGANUI WOOL

.1 APPRAISAL NEXT WEEK It ex ted th 11 and 24.(100* bales of woo] will be altered when the fourth Wanganui ippiaisal of the curve;” season i.i'gin.'next ruesday. The v iaations will b made by Government appraisers, arr the work is expected a 'ast Iwo di. ■ City stores are now hus.iy engage! in preparing the ! yesterday that praclic iliy all the wo >! to be offered hid ioi Kidy a:nv: Shearing operations 1; in the i had been ret axled by orjken weather and a shortage of labour, with the re ult that a proportion of i the wool for this appraisal would normally have been disposed of earlier. Restrif.ions on the transport ol wool froi farms to city .-.tores have been lifted by the Railways Depart- 1 ment, and during the ptst :■ large quantities have arrived at. Wan-1 ganui. The last appraisal was held on i Janu-rv 26. ou l during the interval oi nearly two months between valuations most farmers in the Wanganui district have completed their shearing. Flocks in certain ba z k-countr;. areas, have yet to be shorn. In some districts roads were blocked during the severe storms experienced early in January, with the result that settiers were unable to send their wool lo city stores. “We have som» very good clips particularly lamhs’ wool, out there are also odd lots and a great deal oi thin wools," said a brcier. “This is customary for the fourth appraisal of the season, which is a more or less clearing sale. Taken generally, however. the wool is in good condition for this time of the year.”