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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 76, 4 August 1913, Page 7

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TARANAKI WOOL. SKIN, HIDE AND TALLOW SALES. Mr. Newton King’s Report. (hi Tuesday, July 29th, I held 1113 usual foui weekly sale of above pro duc-c, the catalogue comprising 22 bales and 121 sacks wool, 2391 sheep skins, 983 hides, 13 casks and 70 ting tallow, 270 calfskins, besides the usual quantity of hair, tails, etc. Owing to the unsettled state of the market and the recent fall in values, there was not a large attendance of buyers, and competition was not so keen for wool and skins. Wool.—ln sympathy with the drop in other markets, crutchings were easier to an extent of fully one penny, in fact, all wools showed a like decline. Sheepskins.—Consequent on the drop in the London market these wore easier, and showed a decline of l£d, in some cases being oven lower. Hides.—Market easier, heavies generally half penny, and light farthing lower, yearlings and horao Hides very firm Tallow.—Good demand, par to Jw higher. , ■ , ; Calafskins.—Declined on® penny. 1 quote Wool.—Medium crossbred fleec® in .bales 7jd, coarse 7|d, r coarae in sacks 6id, needy od to 55d, black sfd, lambs 6|d to 7d, crutchings 'good sfd to 6d, medium s^d, seedy inferior 5d to Sjd, pieces 3d to 3£d, d®ad 6£d to 6|d, locks-23 to 8d. 1 ■ Sheepskins,—Fine |-wool 7d, |- wool crossbred 6sd to 7d, $-wools Gd to 6id, second quality Gpl, coarse and inferior fid to j-woolg 4fd to fid, inferior 3}d, damaged J-wools 2|d, Bfd ■to ssd, damaged J-wools 3jjd, dead 2Jd •to 41d, lambs 6d, damaged 2|d to 3fd, dead 8d to Bfd, pelts 2d, skin pieces 2d. Damp lines as follows, full woo 1 to 8g Id, f-wools 4s 7d, 5s 2d, 5s 4d; 5s 6d to 6s, i-wools 3s 3d, 3s 6d, 3s 9d, 3s lOd, 4b, 4a 5d to 4s 7s, I-wools '2s lOd 3s, 3s 3d to 8s 6d, damaged 2s Gd, 2s 9d, 4s, lambs Is to 3s, dead Is, 2s 2d. 2s 7d, damaged lambs Gd. salted jj-wools 4a 3d, 4s Gd, ss, 5s 4d. 5s Gd, 5s lid to 6s, J-wool's 2s 10d, ,3s 3d, 3s od, 4s Id, 4s 3d to 4s 6d, i 1-wools. 2s ( Id, 2s 7d to 2s lOd, pelts Is 9d, 2s to 2s 10d, damaged 6d, Is 6d, 2s to 2s 4d, dead Gd, Is to 2s Id. Hides.—Ox heavy stout 9£d to 9fd, medium stout Bjd, Jieavy ordinary 7|-d to Sid, medium Bfi to Bfd, light 7|d to Bd, cow medium stout medium superior 7sd to Bd, light superior 7|d to Bd, ordinary heaVy medium 7jd to 7|d, light 7Jd to 7|d, farmers’ cow Gsd to 6|d, ox sfd to 7ld, stags and bulls 4d, horse hides 9s 3d to 12s r 3d, cut and slippy ox and cow 3d to ■•SJd, yearlings 6£d, Gjd, 7d, 7jd to Bd, cut and slippy 6|d to GJd. Calfskins.—Firsts B|d, 9jd to 9£d, seconds 6£d, 7JJ to B|d, cut Gid to slippy 3|d to 5Jd, dry 6d, slinks 4d each. ‘

Tallow.—Best mixed in casks £1 7b , G 1 7s '3d, medium £1 6s 6d to £1 6s 9d; in tins, best lines 22s to 22s 3d, medium 20s 9d to 225.

Horso hair.—ls 7d per lb, tails 9d each, cow tails Is 7d per do/., goat hair Od per lb, fungus 3sd per lb, bones £5 per ton. My next sale will be held on Tuesday, August 26th.