COMMERCIAL.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2658, 13 November 1909, Page 5

COMMERCIAL.

WELLINGTON WOOL SALES.

rPiiit Press Association.! WELLINGTON, Nov, 12. • “The best sale ever held in Wellington” sums up accurately to-day’s wool sale, the first of the Wellington senes for the 1909-10 season. The splendid range of values set at Napier’was fully maintained. Taking quality for quality, pieces may have been cheaper, out fleece .wools suitable for America, hav-, jug the necessary lightness in condition, realised fully up to the good Hawke's Bay values. In fact, some buyers maintained that they had to pay -Ji'itfre for them. There were many lines quite equal to the best Hawke’s Bay wools in the characteristics essential for the American trade, but being unskirted, realised from Id to l)d less than they would have done- had they been marketed properly. One line sold at IAG, and would have realised, the buyer declared. fully 14d had the Allies been left in. This was purchased to America, but it will have to be skirted and rebaled before being shipped. Two thousand eight bundled bale, were offered. Prices on the whole were id to Id better than they were at the opening sale of last season. J treme prices up to 13id were tor / light-conditioned hdtbreds. ' bright crossbreds went from lOid to is, according to condition. Ordinary to medium from Bid to 9)d. Coarse crossbreds 7§d to Bid. , The sale was remarkable for tne very few lots passed in. Buyers were present in stronger force than ejer b - fore. When prices above Brad ford limits, and cam© within the American range, the bidding was left to the several operators for A ' nen l. houses, and if wool possessed the sired lightness in condition the ™ price was given. The hear.er con*. tioi.ed and liglit-cond.tion<?d bnt non skirted parcels were left to the B . ford and local buyers, and heie■ tlie competiton was strong enough to secure prices on a full parity with London values. Prices averaged as under, as compared with the November sale m 1908, last year’s prices being within parenthesis : Merinos, (unrep r e^ n c 9id to lOd; halfbreds <7d M ' c 8 to 13)a; super fine crossbreds t Bd),. lOd to 13d jmedium crossbred. (6* to 74dl 8d to lOd; coarse crossbie-is (6d to 62d), 7d to 9id; inferior cross&*Vid to 6d>,7d to Mipccos and bellies (2d to 33d), 4d to 6)d, loc.vS (Id to 2£), Id to 4£d.