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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 63, 6 July 1914, Page 6

COMMERCIAL.

TARANAKI WOOL, SKIN, HIDE AND TALLOW SALES. ME NEWTON KING’S REPORT. On Tuesday, 30th June, I held my four-weekly salp of above produce, tiie catalogue comprising 9 bales and 36 sacks wool, 627 hides, 125 calfskins, 1750 sheepskins, 7 casks and 60 tins tallow, and the usual assortment of horns, bones, hair, tails, etc. There was a good attendance of buyers and competition was very spirited throughout. Wool.—Small offering. Firm at late rates. Sheepskins.—These met with spirited competition, and, showed an advance of Id to Id all round. Hides.—Light hides were at par; heavy hardly maintaining late rates. Farmers’ light advanced Jd to Id per lb. Tallow.—This again showed a decline 10s per ton, owing to oversea reports being unfavorable. Calfskins—Advanced lid to l|d per lb. I quote:—Wool: Fleece in bales BJd to B.ld, in sacks 7fd, lambs Bid to Sid, black 7‘d, dead 6d to Bd, crutchings in bales to 7d, in sacks 63d to 7id, locks 4’(d.

Sheepskins: Full wools 7-Jd to Bd, (best) B;Jd, other 7*d, *-wools 71d to Bd, fine B;|d, $-wools 6d to 7tfd, damaged 4]d to 6d, inferior 4-fd. hoggets 71d, dead SJ-d, lambs 7-Jd to Bfd, pelts (inferior) 21 dto 3d, dam’aged pelts lid to 2d,dead and damaged skins 4§d to 53d, skin pieces 3]d. Damp lines, 5-wools 5s 6d to 7s 4d, 1-wools 4s 6d to 5 S sd, i-wools 2s lOd to 4s 3d, lambs 2s 3d to 4s 2d, damaged 2s Id to 3s (3d. Salted lines, i, 1 - wools 5s 5d to 5s lOd, i-wools 4s ai.o 5s 3d, i-wools 25,10 d to 45,, damaged 3s 2d, dead 3s 9d, dead lambs lOd to Is, Tallow: Best mixed in casks £1 4s 9d, medium £1 3s 9d to £1 4s 3d, in tins £1 Os 3d to £1 3s. Hides: Ox, stout 9d to 9Jd, heavy Bid to 83d, medium BJd to Bfd, light Bfd, cow superior stout B|d to B|d, heavy 8d to B|d, light Bld, ordinary butchers’ lieavy ’ 7-’dto Bid, medium 8-Jd to Sid, light 8d to Sid, cuts 7)d to 7-|d, farmers’ cow best lines Bd, others Cd to 73d, stags 5-Jd to Old, horse light 8s to 9s 6d, cuts 5s to 7s. cow slippy and cut Ci<l to 75d. dry 7id, yearlings best Bjd to 9d. others 7fd to 8)d, cut and slippy 5d to 7id. , Calfskins: Firsts Hid to Is, seconds 9|d to 10-Jd, cut 7d. Horsehair: Is 7i-d per lb, cowtails Is 74(1 per dost, horse tails 6d each, goatskins 2s 9d each, horns Is 6d to 5s per hundred, bones £5 per ton. My next sale will he held on Tuesday, July 28th.