HIDE AND SKIN SALES.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1634, 28 December 1912, Page 8

HIDE AND SKIN SALES.

Messrs. Dalgety and Company, Ltd., 'Wei.linffton, report on- their sale yesterday:— ,We hold our -'fortnightly sale of wool, skins, hides, and tallow yesterday, ajjernoon, when w'e offered'a'good catalogue Of all classes. Oh ■ account of. tho: holidays there' were fewer, buyers , present;„ithan usual, /hut prieeg,.' Jadas.' did not show any. decline when compared with oiir previous' sWe. . Quotations :t-Wool (oddments only): -Crossbred, 83fl. 'to 10d.; lambs, 93d. to ?sd.j 'dead, 71d. to BJd.; pieces, sd. to Cel.-;' locks. 3d. to 43d.; bellies. 6£d. to »7id. f}ln?epsktus: Crossbred, medium, 7d. to BJd.; XTosabred,,-. inferior and damaged, .4 jd. to' 6jd.;'; half:woO-ls, 7d.' to ,7sd.; quarter-wools,. 7d.; pelts, s£'d. to 61d.; lambs, SJdi to 7Jd.;' dead, 6id. to 7d. Hides:. Ox, heavy and medium, 8?d. to 9Jd.; ox, light, SJd.- to 83d.; cow, medium and light, BJd. to 81 d.; cow, out and slippy, 6 3-Bd. to 7id. ; calf, sound, llid. to, 13a.; calf, cut and slippy, 6d. to lOd. Sundries: Tallow, in tine, 225: to 225. 6d. per cwt.; horsehair, Is. 7d. to Is. 7Jd.-per lb.; .rabbitskins, lCd. to is. lid. per lb. ,

Messrs. Levin and Company, Ltd., report: —Wo held our fortnightly sale yesterday, 'when wo offered 1500 sheepskins,. 3EO hides and-calfskins, and . a quantity of tallow and horsehair. Wool: Sold at last quotations. Skins: The'.skin 'market, remained very firm, with keen competition. Halfbreds and fine crosstoeds, BJd. to ?d.; medium and coa,rso, Old.--' to ■ Bsd.;\ quarter -to half-wools,: 53d: to;7}"d;; dead skins;!-6id.^to* 7Jd.; lamb, skins; 6d..r.t0-:7d: ; i., green;:skins,: 6s. 9d. to 9s.';, green, -pelts, 25.:, J 6d.;-,-salted: lambs. 2s.' 6d. Tallow .Parcels;, in: shipping order,: £28..105. Tfus, £20 .to £25 Ids. ;■ rough fat,' '£19- Horsehair,- -Is.- to Is. 1 10Jd. per lb. Horns,.ss. to; 21s. jer. hundred. Tails, Is. .ajd. per dozen. Hides were easier, to the extent of -a, halfpenny per lb. Ox hides (heavy). BSd.-to 9d.; ox hides (medium), Bd. to Sgd.; ox hides (light), 71d. to Bdi; cow hides, 7Sd. to' 8 3-Bd.; cut aaid slippy hides, 6d. '73d.'; stag- and bull hides, s£<i. to 6.} d.; yeaTliags, 7ia.. .to 9d.; calf, best, 12d. to 13 3-Bd.; calf, medium, lOd. 12d.; calf, cut and slippy, 6d. to 10id.; horse hides Eg. 6d. to 12a. 6d;; horse hides (light), ss. to 9s.

Messrs. Murray, Roberta and Co., Ltd., Wellington,- report:—Our catalogue comprised 1600 sheepskins, and the usual oddments of bag wool and -tallow, etc. There was a. good . attendance of. buyers, ana priccs were fully maintained at last sales quotations. Priccs wcro as under Sheepskins: Halfbreds, 7d. to 9d. per lb.; crossbrods, medium to fine, 81d. to BJd. per lb.; crossbred, coairse, 63d. to 73d. per lb.; dead and Inferior, 4jd. to 6|d. per lb.; short lambs and hoggets, 4Jd. to.. 6Jd. ' per lb.; broken and damaged, 2|d. to s£d. per 10. Tallow: In tins, 2<s. to 255. 3d. per cwt.; In oasks, 275. to 28b. per cwt.

The Now Zealand ■ Loan and Mercantile Arcncy C 0.," Ltd., and Reduced, leport as follows on yesterday's sales The usual fortnightly sale was held to-day, and there was only -a fair attendanos of buyers. Prices for skins were about equal to last sales, but, hides and tallow were rather lower. At the same time the Quality was not equal to recent offerings. We quote Wool: We did not offer any at to-days sale. ' Sheepskins:' Hnlfbred-and* fine, crossbred, Bid. to BJd.;' crossbred,: medium,- Hid. to BSd.; crossbred';.ooarse,-Bd. to 85d.; crossbred, pelts, Sd,. to, 6Sd.; damaged and dead, 4id. to 7d. Hides; Heavy ox, none offered; medium ox. Bd. to 8 3-Bd.; light ox. Sii. tji Sid.; cow, 7Jd." to Bid.; damaged hides, Bid. to 7d.; calf .medium, lid. to llid.; calf, seconds, 9d. to 10} d.; calf, damaged,, 3d. to 01(1, Tallow: Good mixed, in shipping order, 275. 63.' per owt.; fat, in tins, 225. 6d. to 263. 6d. per cwt. t ' The United Farmers' 00-op. Assn., Ltd., and the Wairar&pa Far mere Co-op. Assn., Ltd report as follows under yesterdays diate:—Fortnightly Mies o£ wool, sheepskins, hides, calfskins, tallow,: etc., were held to-day. Prices ruled M follow Wool: Medium crossbred, 93d. to 10Jd.;_ inferior crossbred, Bd. to 9d.; bellies and pieces, 6id. to 7&d.; locks, lid. to s>d. Sheepskins: Halfbrcd, full-woolleS, Bd. to 9d.; crossbred, 73d to 83d.; crossbred, short-woolled, 6d.' to 7d.| dead,. 53d. to 7d,; torn, sd. to 53d.; pilts, 3id. to «d. " Hides: Ox, heavy, Bd. to 9d.; ox,- medium, 7d. to Bd.; cow, 6d. to Bd.; cow, out and • slippy, 63d. to 74d ;■ calf, superior, Is. to Is. Id.; calf, medium. 10d. to lid.; oall, cut and aUppy, 6d. to Bid ' '

Tho anolent city of the Baddad, is to become a railway terminals. The "Railyway Age Gazette" 6tates that work was recently begun on the construction of a railway to connect Bagdad with Aleppo, that 40,000 men are employed, and that tho road will requiro seven years for completion.

Now that Lhasa has succumbed' to the advance of the globe-trotter, what is the moat inaccessible plaoo in ; the'world outside the polar .regions? The 'London "Post" answers,' the Oasis of Kufra, in the Sahara Desert, the home of the Senussi. How about tho sanctum sanctorum of tho London "Times," or the bedchamber of the Tsar of Russia, or some of those fortified gamblers' dens that are periodically besieged in New York City?

Field-Marshal von Moltlce, like General Grant, was a man of few words. An exchange says that a bet wa sonce made that in proposing a toast to the Kaiser he would not uso more than eight or nino words. On this occasion, however, it so happened that for once he prefixed his usual phrase with the words Meine Herren" ("Gentlemen"). The disconsolate loser of tho bet sorrowfully remarked: "He's ageing, is Moltke. He s getting garrulous."