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Horowhenua Chronicle, 9 December 1911, Page 3

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PALMER6ION NORTH WOOL,

SK'IX AND HIDE 6ALE

Abrauun and Williams, Ltd., re[port:—We held our usual monthly sale on Friday, Bth December, and offered a good catalogue to a large attendance oi buyers. Coincident with the rise in wool both in London and the last sale in Wellington we experienced a rise from £d to Id per lb here. Our catalogue comprised 72 bales and 80 .sacks of wool chiefly medium crossbred, and competition was very keen. The bidding for the skins and hides was also decidedly good. We established a record for calf skins, a line making up to ll£d per lb. We quote :—

WOOL—Romncy part ihoggets 9£d, half bred B? t d, crossbred part line Bd, crossbred medium G£d, 7d, 7£d, 7£d, 7:Jd to Bd, black Gd, Jambs 7|d, dead to 7id, locks and pieces 4d to (j.lvd. bellies to OJ-d ' crutchings SKIX.S.— Crossbred fine s.}d to and dead LVd to 6d.

[ GJd, crossbred medium to 6£d, crossbred inferior 5Ad, dead 4Jd to sjd, kmbs ojd, hoggets 2:Jd to s£d, pelts to 4d. butchers' skins at per piece: Crossbred to fine 5s Gd to 7s 3d, lambs Is to Is 3d. i-wools 2s 2d,j)elts Is 3 dto ls 4d, salted pelts Is od to 2s. CALF SKTNS.-Sound to 21id (the latter equal to 4s 8d each after tare deducted), cut calf 7-J-d slippy 5Jd, yearlings Gf|d to 83d. HIDES.—Ox medium 6:] dto 7 ; \d per lb. cow medium Gd to GJcl, light 5!Jd. coav cut and dry sgd to GJd, horse 0s Gd each, heifers aoul steers GJd. WFXDRTES. Tallow (casks) £26 per ton ; kegs, £23 10s per ton ; tins, £14 5s to £24 5s per ton jhorso hair, ls 7id to Is lOd per lb; cbw tails, ls 3d per dozen. The next sale will he ilield on January 5. londonmXrkets. November wool rales. Dalgety and Company, Limited. Wellington, have received cabled advice from their head office, dated December 7th, as follows:—

WOOL SALES. -- Sates continue very firm. Wools in general are par to o per cent, ihigher ,l)ut on, account of the demand for American, fine and medium quality cross-breds •and all cross-bred wools suitable for America are 10 per cent, to 15 per cent, .higher as compared with the September .series. FROZEN> is quiet Alutton and lamb are Hoot .is one-on»ht;h pence per lb higher since our last cable ' TALLOW.-Since our Inst cable C.« *> per „vt. lower and S Wr?7° d 7 ,S r , t' ion m *»» Pftrt clino (]o l"^«o SS at tllie de-

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