COMMERCIAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 89, 17 April 1915, Page 7

COMMERCIAL.

TARANAKI WOOL, SKIN, HIDE AND TALLOW SALES.

NEWTON KING’S REPORT

[ On Tuesday, April 13th, I held my monthly sale of above produce to n lull attendance of buyers. r lhe catalogue comprised: 56 bales and 158 sacks of wool; 2050 sheepskins, 587 hides, 179 calfskins, 14 casks and 01 tins of tallow. The wool offered was mostly straggler fleece and lambs, in most cases badly infected with seed. However, I am able to quote a rise of id to id per lb. Sheepskins were in keen demand at id advance, heavy woolled skins being most affected, and advanced id per lb. Lamb skins sold as high as lid per lb. I quote:—

Wool.—Scoured pieces 13d, course crossbred 113 d to 12)6, dingy lid to seedy 9-ifd to Hid, lambs H id to 12d, seedy lOd to Hid, bad seedy 6-Jd to 7d, in sacks, fleece 9id to 12d,lambs Hid to 12d, stained and seedy 7id to Bid, crutchings 7id to B’J-d, dead 6)d to 10id, locks and pieces 5Jd to 73-d, inferior 2fd,” black 8d to lOd. Sheepskins.—Full woolled lOd to 103 d, i-wools Bid to Did, i-woolled Sid to Bid, pelts 5Jd to 6id, inferior 3d to 5)6, damaged lid, to 6)d, lambs IOJd to lid, dead Bsd, dead and damaged 53d to 7Jd, heavy wool (damaged) 9id, skin pieces bid, damp lines (heavy) 9s to 10s 4d, best pelts 5s 7d to 6s 6d, ( light 2s 6d to 5s 2d, salted lines pelts os to 6s, light 2s 6d to 4s lOd, inferior 6d to 2s 6d, damaged 2s 9d to ss, Jambs 3s 9d to 4s 6d, lamb pelts Is 4d to 3s. Hides.—Market declined id to id. Ox, few offering, 8)d to 9)6, cow stout 103 d, heavy 83d to 9Jd, light 83d to Did, cut 73d to B§d, slippy 5d to 6d, horse (heavy) 8s 6d to 11s, light 6s to 8s 6d, farmers’ cow 7)6 to 8)d, cut 63d, slippy sid, stage (heavy) sd, light s)d to 7d, yearlings 6d to Bd, slippy 3id. Tallow.—Again advanced 10s per ton. Best mixed 28s, medium 26s 6d to 26s 9d, inferior 25s 6d to 25s 9d, in tins 24s 3d, 23s 3d, to 21s 3d, lard 3d per lb. Calf Skins. —Small offering, no animation. First 9id to 10)6, seconds 7id to 9)d, slippy 4)6, slinks 3d, goatskins Is 4d to 2s 6d each.

Bones £5 per ton, cowtails Is Or] per dozen, cowhair IOJd per lb, horsehair Is 8d per ]b . My next sale will bo held on Tuesday, May 4th.

THE PRICE OF BUTTER.

Wellington, April 16,

The price of hotter in the city will be 'raised to Is 6d per pound to-mor-row, the second rise of a penny within a week. Already the demand for the best brands is reported to be declining. A local wholesale merchant declared that “Butter is bound to advance beyond Is 6d per lb. The rtuA'chant is not' responsible for the rise, nor is he benefiting by it. The farmers and factories are, and I do not see how they are to be blamed either. I venture to nf-.'f*. that not one of the distributors in Wellington has a box of butter of his own. The whole of the butter is held on consignment. If the Australian demand increases, then butter will certainly be dearer. It has already been sold at Is 3id per lb, free on board the steamer for Australia, and no doubt sales will be made at Is 4d. It will be a very difficult question for factory directors to answer, whether they will export it to Australia. To keep butter here for the winter market will cost a penny per lb. Then there is the cost of freezing and storage and packing for three months. They are getting Is bid for Australian to-daV, but they would have to get Mid to Is 5d in New Zealand to induce them to keep the butter here for Juno, July, and August.”