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Horowhenua Chronicle, 24 October 1911, Page 4

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i.oxnox .\ia!:ki<;ts. Dalgety and Co., Ltd.. 'Wellington, advise having received die following cables from their London office : I'': •.:;-.('!! .Meal.--Nothing doing owing to heavy supplies oi Home am! European inarkvio:!, awing to increases in prices of also Plate selling at very low prices. Quotations; N.Z. prime ox lores, 2d lb. hinds .id lb. X.Z. land) prime crossbred Canterbury !;eavv l-:,'d. do light 5Jd. North Island heavy LWI. <lo light -1 : i ■-1 : X.Z. mutton prim" crossbred Canterbury heavy -l','d. do. lio-lit -I',d. North Hand heavy 3t;l. do. K-ht 3id. Tallow.-- in general .since our last wire, price.- are 3r per cwt above the average. The advance is chiefiv on medium and good qualities. ' If IDE AND SKIN REPOHT. Dalgety and Co.. Ltd.. report: — At our fortnightly sale of wool, skins, hides and tallow the usual number of buyers were present. Competition was good for all lines offered, with the exception of salted skins, for which there was no demand. "Wool.--Only oddments offering, all fleece being reserved for main sale on 7th November. Quotations: Dead. fUd to 7',d : crutehings, -Lkl to 5d : pieeos, <!d to 4',d. Sheepskins .— Halfbrcd, fiid ; crossbred medium, s.'d to (>d : crossbred broken and damaged. 3]d to 5.1 d; lambs. 3.U1 to -I'd'. Hides.—Ox medium, o;]d to GJd: cut. fid: cow medium, fijd to fiijd : cut and slippy, lkl to 5.k1: yearlings, fid to 7 : ! , d : horse. 7s 3d to 7s °d: bull cut, 1-Jfl: calf gwxL Bijd to O.'.d; medium, (Id to 7d: inferior, 31d to 53d. Tallow- hi shipping order, 25s Gd to 2Gs fid poi cwt: in tins, '18s to 23s per cwt. Cowtails.—ls 5d per dozen. Horsehair. ■ Is to Is 2',d per lb. 10d ne,- lb.