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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 43, 5 October 1911, Page 6

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.By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (United Press Association.) (Received 5, 11.30 a.m.) London, October 4. The visible American wheat supply is 88.112,000 bushels. At the wool sales, prices were unchanged. Scoureds faultios were irregular. THE WOOL MARKET. In tho New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co.’s London circular, under date 24th August, the following reference to the wool market is made:— “Since the close of the fourth series tho market for the raw material has remained very quiet. The general strike declared last week throughout the country had little effect on the industry in Yorkshire, it being the holiday season there. Values for all kinds of tops, particularly merino, are practically unchanged, and with tlio settlement of the labour troubles, wc look for a maintenance of late rates. Reports from the Continent are mostly good, but the situation in America continues unsatisfactory.” TARANAKI WOOL, SKIN, HIDE, n AND TALLOW SALES. Mr. Newton King’s Report. On Tuesday, 26th September, I held my usual 4-wsekly sale of above produce, the catalogue comprising 1620 hides, 3811 sheepskins, 13 bales, and 89 sacks wool, id casks and 68 tins tallow, 7791 calfskins, and the usual quantity of horsehair, bones, tails, etc.

Wool and skins, following on the drop in tho London market, were easier, and declined fully ; ',d per lb. Hides, damaged and faulty, were much easier. Average lines of cow were on a par with late rates, whilst superior advanced id. Stout ox also showed an advance of .• d to ;;d, one line of 21 ox stout realising the excellent price if 6<l per lb. Tallow advanced Ids per ton. Calfskins, very firm. I quote:— Wool.—Crutchings, Ifjd to del; second crutcbings, 4,'d to lid; dirty crutchings, id to 2d; coarse fleece, G.'jd to bid; hoggets, b;|d; lambs, bid to 7d; pieces, Id to 3;'|cl, scoured pieces, B,\d; first dead, B;Jd to 7id; second dead, dd to bd; third dead, 2;, 1 d to Id; black, 6(1; locks, 2d; skin

pieces, ‘ld. Sheepskins. Butchers’ medium crossbred, Opl to 7d ; coarse crossbred, 'id to Opl; hoggets, dpi to (id; half wool, opl to s;|d; farmers’ dry coarse crossbred,did to dpi ; hoggets, 4 pi to dpi; half wool, 4.1 d to dd; dead, 41 d to dd; damaged, 4 pi to dpi; dead lambs, 3pi to -1cl; dead and damaged 3pl, 33d, 4pl to 4pl; damp lines as follows—heavy wool, Os Bd, 7s, 7s ‘2d, 7s 3d, 7s Gel, Ss Gd, 9s, to 10s Od: full wool, ds, ds Id, ds Id, ds 7(1, ds 1 Od, to Os 3d; three-quarter wool, 3s <Sd, 3s Sid, 4s Id, Is 3d, Is Od, to Is 8d; lioggets, 3s I Od, Is, to Is Id; dead, Is Od, 2s, 2s Od, 3s Id, to 3s 4d; damaged, Is 9d, 2s 7d, 2s 9d, to 3s 9d; black, 3s lid; pelts, Id, 2d, 3d, to 4d; dead lambs, 3d, 5(1, Od, .to 8d; salted lines, full wool, 4s Od, Is 7d, 4s 9d, 4s 10(1, 4s lid, to ds; hoggets, 3s sd, 3s 7d, 3s 10(1, Is, to 4s Id; damaged, Is 9d, 2s 3d, to 3s; dead lambs, 6d to 8d; pelts, 4d to 7d; spring lambs, Od. Hides.—Butchers’ ox, stout, Bpl to 9d; heavy, 7pl to 7Jd; medium, Gpl to 7pl; light, Opl to 7d; superior light, 7d to 7pi; cut ox, dpi to 7d;

cow, heavy superior, 7-Jd to 7)d; superior hgtit, at to (id; ordinary cow, Heavy, b;|d to G:;d; medium, (ifd to b;;d ;* tiger, G.',d to' cut oow,_ 5d to syd ; farmers’ cow, 4.}d, sd, ojd, o;|d, to 0d; .slippy, 3j;d,, Id, 4.1 d, t;> oyd; cut cow, -id, 4.U1, od, s)d, to o;;d; dry, Gd; stags, ojd to bid; cut, lyd; farmer's' ox, ojd to G.ld. Yearlings,—Special linos, Ggd to 7cl; ordinary, Gd to GUI; slippy, 1-gd, vci, 2;id, Id* to i;,d; cut, od to sj|d.

Horse Hides.—Heavy, J2s 9d to l3s da; medium, 9s to 9s 3d; light, Gs; cut horse, 7s 3d. Calfskins.—Special, 9*d to 9;,'d ; special, small, 9,jd; first calf, B.;d, Sjjd, Bkl, to Sid; first small, 7;,'d, Sd, to S jd; seconds, 7UI to 8.;d; llosiiy, GUI to 7d; dirty, G;jd to < id; first cut, GUI to vd; second cut, o)il to G.'j d; badly cut, lUi to 5d ; slippy, 2d, Ud, 4id, to od; dry call, 2s to 2s Itl each.

Tallow.—ln casks, best mixed, 2Gs 3d to 2Gs Gd; medium, 21s 3d to 255; inferior, 23s 3d; in tins, best, 25s 3d; medium, 22s 9(1 to 23s per cwt.-

Sundries.—Horse hair, is GUI per lb; horse tails, Is 7d each; cow tails, is 5d doz; pig skins, Is Id cadi; ooncs, Go per tog. My next sale will bo held on Tuesday, October 21 tli.