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WOOL SALES
Firm's Staff
Grows
In order to cope with the larger
consignments cf wool coming for.
ward this Season, Ray Bladwell'
and Co., Limited, Goulburn wool.
brokers, have had to increase
thelr staff and now have 91 em.
ployces Intheir offices and sheds.
Six years ago the comlpanty held a
lowly place on the list of Australian
woolbrokers 1and employed not more
than half a dozeli hallds.
Since then, however, and parItico'
larly during the pait two years, the
firm has made rapid progress, and
has succeededl in drawing at great deal
of business from large city brokers,
who for mallny yea'rs had enjoyed a
monolpoly of tile wool trade. Western
llaziers a(nd flarmelrs formerly sent
their clips to Sydney for dislposal,
but now It golld l)roportion of tile
wool from these distrlcts.is conligned
to Goulirni woolbrolkers.,
At their aippralslement onil Novemberel'
111 ,12 llRay Bladwell and1 Co. were
sulccessful ill upllhllolding Golhuran's
claim to ble the beat woolgrowlng dis
trict iln the State a record price of a3d(
was obtained for a clip from Mr. F.
Waters' property lit Biulliz.
Wool still continues to come In
freely, mnd last yealr's record tulrn.
over has nil'ready been exceeded not
withihalling that seven months o0
the wool season still remains. Last
yealr's Ilncrease of 29 per bent appears
as if it will be easily maintallied this
eSHaoDS PACK.ED
SHEDS PACKED
'The old tannery in Gibson Street,
which holds 10.000 bales of wool, is
now taxed to its capancity, while the
slhating Rlink in Slosne Street, the
-or'ier prcmises of Hlarringtoo
Motors (next, to Knowlmani's Corn*
ier and next to the City Garage), the
preminses occupied it. onie time by the
late Christy Marsden, and the conm
Unny's own building at the corner of
Sloane and Clinton Streets, are aill
heavily stocked with bales.
The latest move bIy the directors
has been to secure the Broadway
Theatre for storage purposies, iuid
work hs coimmencedl in cirting wool
to this building.
On Monday last the railway yards
were the scone of great. activity when
more than 1000 bales were loiaded for
Sydney ,from where the wool will
proliably be shipped overseas.
Tomorriow iiand Wednesday the com
paniy i ai holding another Ilappraise'
uent, which slhould be easily the hlrg.
est this senson. 'Phis will, te fol
lowed by ianothelr appraisomeltt' next
week, iind it is estimated thlatt it
further 5000 biles will bie appraised
before Chrlstnums.
The satshldliary companpy that wcs
fornomedl to handle the re-packing, re.
gradinhg andil pooling of mixed lots and
bag wools last year put through 1000
bales, but it is evident that at least
3000 ubales will libe handled this season,
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