PRICES MAINTAINED AT RECENT LEVELS AT TIMARU WOOL SALE

Wanganui Chronicle, 18 August 1949, Page 5

PRICES MAINTAINED AT RECENT LEVELS AT TIMARU WOOL SALE

TIMARU, Last Night (P.A.)—The first wool sale of the 1949-50 season was held in Timaru today before a full bench of buyers. The offering consisted largely of crutchings, with a small percentage of late shorn straggler wools as well as a few lots of early shorn wool. Prices were firm on recent South Island sales. The following is the range of prices:—

the Council had not themselves produced a scheme for reform of the Council. Mr. Algie said that through the years he had taught his students a belief in the bi-cameral system as giving some form of legislative safeguard, but the present Council offered no such safeguard. Mr A. G. Osborne (Govt., Onehunga) said Mr Aigie had macle a valiant attempt fo convince the Hou e of his complete change of heart on the bi-cameral system, but by voting for a Bill which sought to abolish the Council without establishing any other legislative safeguard Mr Algie was courting the very dangers of which he had given warning. The Government was not happy with the present Legislative Council system, but all the evidence put before the committee appointed in 1947 favoured reform of the present Council. Mr Osborne said there had been frequent instances of Legislative Councillors voting against Government legislation, yet being reappointed. The Bill was conceived in a spirit of deceit and objectionable intention. At the request of Mr Speaker the word “deceit” was withdrawn by Mr Osborne. Mr Osborne alleged that Mr Aide had had the humiliating experience of eating words he had uttered all bis life, and that Mr Hanan, before he was renominated for Invercargill, bad to give assurances of support" for the Leader of the Opposition’s pet Bill. Mr. Kearins said it would b<> important for the House to know that the matter of abolishing the Upper House was under consideration by the. Government, and had been so for some months. As it was a constitutional matter no private member could possibly bring down implementing legislation. Even if the vote was carried, no one knew better than the Leader of the Opposition that it had no possibility of becoming law. The only way for the Bill to get past “another plac ■" was for the Government, to initiate the legislation. It. would not be his fault if the Government did not. bring down a Bill, It was just making a joke of the whole thing now, and i n was sure that the Government Rill would be supported by the rank and tile. Other speakers in the debate w”re Mr. W. A. Bodkin (Opp., Central Otago), and the Minister of Labour (Mr. McLagan).

Merino Crutchings— d. d. Good to super _ ’ 1 19 to 213 Average .... 14! to Inferior _ 91 to 13 Halfbred— Good to super 19 to nt 3 Average ..... 14! to 18 Inferior ..... ... 10 to 12 Crossbred— Good to super 17 to 20 Average .... .... 13 to 16! Inferior 9! to 12 Strong X-bred 19 to 25 Merino Eye Clips— Good to super 17 to 22 Halfbred Eye Clips 10 to 16