PRICE OF WOOL
10 TO 15 PER CENT* DROP. Tlic Prime Minister stated yesterday that the Governmetn had received a cablegram from the Director of Raw Materials, United Kingdom, dated May Stb, as follows: —-“Fourth series of wool sales closed on May 7th. Prices for all sorts have weakened duriiig the auctions,-final 'fates comparing with those current at the close of the March series as follows: —Merinos, 10 to 15 per- cent cheaper; good 50 sto 56’s, 10 per cent cheaper; ordinary sorts, 15 per cent cheaper; good 36's to 46’s, 10 per cent cheaper; ordinary sorts, 1 per cent cheaper; scoured and slipe crossbred:-;, line 10 per cut, and coarse 15 per cent cheapen”
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WDT19200512.2.39
Bibliographic details
Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 46, Issue 14118, 12 May 1920, Page 5
Word Count
115PRICE OF WOOL Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 46, Issue 14118, 12 May 1920, Page 5
Using This Item
National Media Ltd is the copyright owner for the Wairarapa Daily Times. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of National Media Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.