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Horowhenua Chronicle, 24 June 1910, Page 4

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LEYIX WOOL, SKIN* AND HIDE SAL K. Hitchings, Tfiiiikiiis and Co., Ltd., report as followsAt our usual lnUiithly sale, held yesterday, we submitted o() bales and fadges wool. 1100 sheepskins, 3o() bides,'.'J casks and 30 tins tallow, etc. There was a. representative attendance o>f buyers present, and compcititioai was keem lor all lines at late quotations, with the exception of hides, which were easier to the extent of jd to id per lb., in svmpathv with the lolling Australian market. We quote as follows: — "Wool.-—Crutchings, bright, clean fi-id, medium do. .V;d to seedy and stained do. o'd. to %l; dead wool, old. o;;d, fijd to 7d. Sheepskins.—Crossbred fmo. 7]d crossbred medium 7.' f d; half-wools Sjd. Gd to G]d : lamb best 7id lamb medium (i.Jd, (ijd to fi:;d, dead and broken -Irjd, 4:Jd 'to r H I, hoggets inferior 3i|d to -! |d, b11t (■ h rrs' green skins, extra heavv 7s to 7s fid. "medium 4s, 4s 7d to r,s (id, salted skins 4s lid to os 6tl, salted lambs 2s oc! _ Hide.—Calf (i'd to 82(1, calf cot od. slippy do. Id. ox heavy to medium 6.] d, light do. <\'|f|. cmv heavy bid. medium Hid, light do. o?d to 0(1, cut and slippy bides 4d to 4^(l. I Tallow-Casks C 27 (equal to C2S 10s ellini^ton): tins. C 23 (coual to £24 10s Wellington). ' PALMERSTOX XORTIT STOCK SAL K. Messrs Abraham and Williams, ' ™ follows:- -At oursale nt I almerston Xort.li <»n Thursday we had a very large vanning of sheep, which met with keen competition, and we were able to quit every pen at prices satisfactory to vendors. "We quote: — Sheep.—2-tooth ewes in lamb lfis lid to lis Bd. niivod aged cues in 'lanub lis 8d to 13s. 4".« nd o-vear ewes in In.inb 9s 2d to 13 s lid,'ewe lambs lis Id, wether lambs 9s 8d 9s 9d, mixed lambs o S 2d, os 4d to 9.s 2d, forward Shropshire lambs 9s, 9s id, fat wethers los 11 d. fat ewes lis, empty cull -ewes os. ' Cattle.—3-year bullocks Co 13s fid empty cows .£3 f M to C 3 7s (id lat_ heifers Go 10s .to Cfi 17s 0:1sjpnngn ng cows X' 7. '