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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2449, 13 March 1909, Page 4

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LONDON WOOL SALES. Edited Press Association —Copyright. LONDON, March 11. the wool auctions, there was a spirited sale, and a general hardening 1 -tendency. Puketotara clip sold t h'Bfd, and' Clyde 9fd. 1 SUPPLEMENTARY WOOL SALE. (Press Association.) !?> £ WELLINGTON, March 12. y A supplementary wool sale was held Yesterday, necessitated bv the heavy Offerings at the fourth sale of the season last month. Two thousand hales Ivcre offered to a large attendance or ‘■buyers. Bidding was spirited, ancl averaged from a farthing to a •halfpenny over the February rates. I -~ tiange of prices was: Medium crossbred h’d to 74d, inferior crossbred 4*d to !6d bellies and pieceo 3d to 4f d, stained ■pieces and locks lfd to 2|d, dead 4d to Sjd, crutchings 2d to 3fd; lkmos, host h?d to 7fd, medium del to Ofd, infer 101 and seedy 3:]d to 4fd. LAND SALES. . Mr. C. G. Bloore reports that his total sales of town and country property since the beginning of the year have amounted to £14,710. He states that though financing is almost impossible, there is a steady inquiry, but sel.ers ijyho want to quit property will have to* 1 give easy terms direct- to the buyers "before business will result. fStfessrs Williams and Kettle have received notice from their London agents |bat the London wool sales opened on Be 9th instant firm and with keen comletition. Coarse and fine crossb. eel tool showed an improvement of boni |to 71 per cent, on the closing rates or ast sale.