COMMERCIAL.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 21 July 1911, Page 3

COMMERCIAL.

[iliVrN WOOL. SKIiN, AND HIDE SALE.

IT.il china's, Haiikins, <;i n<l <Jo., Ltd., report on their .sale ilvcldj yesterday ;is follows:—Wβ submitted ii largo catalogue, comprising 56 lralcvs "and fadges wool, 1150 sheepskins, 27(j hides, 5 casks «nd 20 tins tallow, ami t'ho usual quantity of by-products. There was present tlio largest atouebnee of buyers for months past, : a«iifl. com petition was except ionally keen and, animated. We i|uito expected, a. light fall in wool values, instead of which tho market remainei very linn, and for really good oru tellings prices were at lcnsi .',d per lh ihigher. Hides were in vory strong donuuid, and tlio. keen competition between Iwo representatives of American Jinns had the. -effect of (wising a rise of as much as Id per Ib in many lines. Knr good conditioned light cow hides prims wont ia« ilniglh as Hkcl, which is fjiiite ,a 'record. Host calf skins mado 0d per lb nn increase of Id on last quotations. Wo quote as follows:--Wool.-Straggler fleece, SJd, 6Jd, in GJil: dead wool, fid, (5Jd, to 7d'; (M'utchjngs, best. 5.U1, sjd, to 6d; crutclitngs, medium, 4£d, 4£<l, to •lid ; locks and pieces from 3idi to •Sil i o-epsk ius .•—Mcdi u m cross-fored, (lid to <>'d : coarse cross-bred, sd, •hid. to lid ; lambs, good, 6Jd (to 6j<l; la in l)s. me din m t<s "inferior, 4J<l, sd, to •")',(] : cross-bred inferior pelts, :V|d io -lid: (load and broken, 4JtV, l:'i'd. Id o.'id : cross-bred, damp, 4s, ■Is Id, to os .Sd : cross-bred, salted l . Is. Is Id, to as; lambs, salted, 2s 7d. I fides. -Calf. best. Od ; heavy. 6 j<l to 0;<l; cut and slippy, 43d; ox, lioavv. none offering: medium ox, β-iid 'to fi-Jd : light ox, fUd to fiijd : cow. Gjjd, o;id. G. : i, to O-J; cut and; .slippy do. ojd to ojd; yearlings, (s : }d :' horse Glides, as fkl to 9s 3d. Tallow. -Casks. £25 (equal to £26 10s "Wellington), tins, £23 10s (equal to C2o Wellington).