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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 40, 9 June 1914, Page 3

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TARANAKI WOOL, SKIN, HIDE, AND TALLOW SALES. Mil XEWTOX KJAG'S HEPOIM, Oil Tuesday, the 2nd hist., I held my usual lour-weekly sale of above produce, the catalogue comprising 4 hales and -Hi sacks of wool, 1821) sheepskins, 7 casks, 1 drum, and.o7 tins tallow, Glo hides, and 141 calfskins, with the usual assortment of hair, tails, etc. "here was a fair attendance of buyers, but competition was a little quieter. Wool. ery little now offering. I'irm at late rates. Sheepskins.—Prices slightly easier, the skins not being up to the usual quality offering. Hides.—These showed a further decline of about fd all round. Tallow.—ln sympathy with the decline in other centres, prices were lower up to 30s per ton. [ quote:—

Wool—-Crossbred’fine 9d, coarse SJd to B;,M, seedy (id to 8 r *cl. lambs Bifd, seedy to Bid, black GUI to 74d, dead G.',d to 7jd, pieces od, seed\ pieces 4|d, locks -Id, Sheepskins.—Crossbred full wools, inferior and heavy fii ! d to 7UI, damaged (id to (i: t 'd, dead 4 ■;{(!, a wools (firsts) 8d to 8' t d, inferior 6;|d to 7fd. ■i wools (firsts) 7UI, inferior Gd to GUI. damaged od to ojd, dead 5Jd to s;|d, r wools (best lines) 7d, inferior 4UI to old, pelts Id to od, damaged 2d to 2UI. dead 2d to GUI, hoggets Sd. lambs (good) B.}d, medium and inferior fid to 7Ul, damaged Gd to 7d,dead 3d,lam!) pelts sijd, skin pieces 3j}d. Damp lines as follows:—Full wools 10s 3d to 11s iid, ij wools 4s lOd, os, os 3d, os 4d, os fid, os 7(K os 8d to 6s Id, damaged Is 2d to Is Sd, J wools 3s 7d. 4s fid, Is 7d to Is 10(1, damaged 2s lOd, dead 3s fid, 1 wool 3s 2d to 3s 9d, dead Is 9d, pelts Is lOd to 2s 3d, lambs 2s lOd, dead Is (id, salted 3 wools ss, os od, os fid, ,5s 7d. 5s 8d to 5s 9d, £ wools 3s 3d, 4s, Is Sd to os, J wools Is 11(1, 2s od, 2s fid, to 3s 3d, pelts 7d, 9d, to 3s 2d, damaged skins fid, 9d, ,3s Id, to 3s fid, dead Is Id, lambs Is 9d, 2s 3d, 2s 8d to Is 9d, damaged Is Sd, dead Sd to Is. Hides.—Ox heavy (ordinary) fif'd, staggy Sid to 9id. medium Bjjd .to-83d. lights 84,cl to B|}d. cow heavy superior S|d, medium superior -<l3 to B;fd, light superior 8 A cl, Imary ordinary BJd to B;,d, medium Sci to ' ; ;.d, lights Sd to S,i(i. farmers’ cow 7'd to 7: 1, ox sfd, stags 4id, sjjd to (id, Jiorse bides 8s fid to 12s each, cut 7s fid to 10s fid, dry bides 4ijd to (fid, nut ox and eonlid to 7gd, yearlings (extra good lines) SJd to 9.)(1. medium 74,cl to S;Jd, inferior (id, cut ami slippy Id to fi.Ul. Tallow.— Best mixed in casks Cl 5s 3d to Cl 5s fid, medium L'l Is, in tins (best lines) Cl Is 9d, medium 19s (id to Cl Os 3d, sack fat 10s fid. Calfskins.—-Firsts to lOjjd. seconds 9d to 9Jd. part dry 9id, dry 3d to Is 8d each, cut and slippy 2d to 4id, slinks 3d each. Horse Hair Is 7(1 per lb, cow tails Is 7d per do/,., pigskins fid each, goatskins 2s fid each, bones £5 per ton. Mt nest sale will W held on Tuesday, Juu* IGth.