THE WOOL MARKET
SECOND CHRISTCHURCH BALE. BETTER TONE FOR HALFBREDS. SOME KEEN COMPETITION. By Telegraph—Press Association. CHRISTCHURCH, Tuesday. Heavier buying and higher rates, for halfbreds were the outstanding features of the second wool sale this morning. Representatives of Home firms, fellmongers and New Zealand mills were present, and there was keen competition up to a point in nearly every class. Coarse wools grew weaker as the sale proceeded. The catalogue totalled 5881 bales. In the first part of the sale prices for halfbred wools were up to }d per lb bettor lhan at the November sale. Prices for threequarter-bred wools showed a decline of about Jd per lb, and for coarse wools a decline of form |d to 2d per lb. The top range of prices was as follows: —Super halfbrcd lojd, medium 13d; super threequarter-bred Hi J, medium 9|d; super crossbred 9Jd, medium 7 J<f; first crossbred pieces 13d, second assorted pieces Hid. DISAPPOINTMENT IN MELBOURNE. MELBOURNE, December 7. The wool sales were most disappointing. The tup price, 35£d for a small lot of super-combing. The bidding came from Italy and America, that from Bradford being negligible.
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Waikato Times, Volume 93, Issue 14537, 8 December 1920, Page 6
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188THE WOOL MARKET Waikato Times, Volume 93, Issue 14537, 8 December 1920, Page 6
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