HIGH PRICES FOR HIDES
, RECORD FIGURE REACHED. *".' Telo2raDh--P"'»' A-=-vi;i<i"n Auckland. March 23. _ Record prices for Auckland were realised at the hide sales to-day, a small parcel of stout ox hides realising 2s.'3d. per II). The price fixed by tho Governmeat for similar hides prior to tho adoption of now regulations as to sale mis Is. lid. Prices for good con- hides rnnged from Is. Bd. to 2s. OJd. p>). lb. Country butchers' ox hides realised a« much aB 2s. per lb and cow.hides .Is. i .10d. Calfskins sold as high as 4s. per l ' lb. Very heavy catalogues were submitted, including a large .percentage ot freezing works' hides. Exports expressed the opinion that the selection was. the largest and best that had been offered in Auckland for some years. Under lb* new reculat ; ons tanners.have a preemptive right to take whatever hides they require at the .price, determined at tho sales. This riyht was freely .exercised, farmers etohning nearly all tlio iots offered after cxpcrt'M's'had bid uv to their limit.
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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 153, 24 March 1920, Page 7
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170HIGH PRICES FOR HIDES Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 153, 24 March 1920, Page 7
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