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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 6, 10 April 1916, Page 2

COMMERCIAL.

TARANAKI WOOL, SKIN, HIDE AND TALLOW SALES NEWTON KING'S REPORT. At my sale of the above on April 4th, I catalogued 98 bales and 180 I sacks wool, 1500 sheepskins, 10 casks land 33 tins tallow } 365 hides and 323 calfskins, to an average attendance of buyers. Wool was, again easier to the extent of Id per lb. Sheepskins were firmer for short to i-wools, and easier by Jd i for woolly skins. Salted pelts advanced 6d to 9d each. Hides advanced !.$d all round and tallow Is 6d per cwt. I quote:—Wool in bales (fleece) 11 id to l'23d, seedy 8d to 12d, lambs lid to |l2vd, seody 7d to Sd, badly seedy 5d 'to 6d, crutchings 8d to 9d, dead 10jd jto lid, locks and pieces 6'd to 6}d. In 1 sacks.—Fleece IOJd to 13d, lambs 10d to 12d, seedy o*d to 7j|d, black 9d to ! 9.',d crutchings BJd, locks 6d to 6}d, dead 6d to 12d, black 9d to 9£d, crut'chiugs Bid, locks 6d to 6|d, dead 6d to ■ 12d. ) Sheepskins.—Crossbred 9|d to lambs lOd to 10fd, woolly pelts BJd, pelts 6kl to 7;|d, dead B}d, dead and ' damaged 6jfd to 7;|d, inferior pelts Id to 53-d, damaged pelts id to 4-Jd, damp pelts 2s to 6s 2d, lambs 7s 6d, salted pelts (good) os to os 10d, medium Is to 4s 9d, small 2s 6d to 3s 6d. j • Tallow.—Best mixed 27s Su, medium 2G's to 26s 6d. In tins 15s 9d to 21s 3d. I Hides.—Heavy 9d, medium B£d to 9d, light Bid to 9d, horse qs 3d to 10s, farmers' 7d to 7-M, cut slippy s|d to 6d, ysarlings 7d to Bld,8 l d, cut or slippy 5d to 6d: j Calfskins.—Medium to good 9Jd to i9£d; small 6£d to Bd, cut slippy 4d to ' 6.Jd. Bones, £5 per ton. 1 I Horsehair, Is Id per lb. Cowhair, 9Jd per lb. , Cowtails, Is per dozen. I My next sale will bo held on May ! 2nd.'

NEWTON KINC'S REPORT. i On Monday, 3rd inst., sit TTrenui, ! J had a fair yarding, for which there was good competition throughout for till lines, more especially cows and c.toers. Prices were: Springing heifers CO 2s Od to £6 15s, fat and forward cows £6 Is to £9 lis, store cows £4 to £5. aged store cows £3, 20 month steers £5 2s, rough 2i year steers £5 18s, hulls £7, .small empty heifers £2 !2s, good. £4 2s, cows and calves £5 17s Gil, weaner heifers 25s to 355, aged ewes Gs. f.m. ewes 16s, late shorn 4 tooth wethers 23s 2d.

| At Rahotu on Tuesday, there was a good entry with good competition, practically everything heing cleared as follows:—Weaner steers £2 9s Gd, weaner heifers 30s to 40s. fat cows £8 10s. forward cows £6 16s to £7 17s Gd, store cows £3 13s to £5 7s Gd, springing heifers £4 7s Gd to £5 ss. In-calf •2\ year heifers £0 12s to £G 17s Gd, in-calf 2 year heifers CI to £4 7s Gd, hulls £1 IDs to CM. 1 I held my opening sale at Inglewood Jon Wednesday, sth inst., when the yards were filled to overflowing with both cattle and sheep, there being a large attendance of buyers and ' competition from start to finish was brisk for nearly all classes of stock, nearly everything being sold at the hammer. Weaner steers, 20 month steers, and cows were in great demand. I supply prices:—Weauer steers £2 lis to £3 is, ivoancr heifers 22s to 10s, mixed weanera 31s Gd to 355, empty 20 month heifers up to £3 12s Gd, small and rough £2 10s to £2 ISs. 20 month steers £5 5s to £5 12s, rought 15 to 18 months £4 Is 6d to £1 16s, 2 year 'steers £6 Is to £7. 2.J year to 3 year steers £8 to £9 15s, tat bullocks £ls, fat cows £8 4s to £9 16s, fat heifers C 7, in calf 2.J year heifers £6 7s to £6 10s, in calf 2 year heifers £3 lis to j£«l 16s, springing heifers £5 7s Gd to £7 ss, dairy cows £8 10s to £9, forward cows £7 to £7 17s Gd, store cows £1 to £6 ss. bulls £-1 to £9 ss, fat | black-faced lambs 18s Gd, mixed aged; ewes 17s 3d, aged ewes 5s Gd to lis 6d. . J On the same day at Kohuratalu, L bad a good entry, the majority ot which was sold as follows :—2O month steers £5 Is to £5 Gs. rougher £4 0s Gd to £1 10s, empty 20 month heifers £3 10s 6(1 to £4 2s Gd, good store cows £5 9s to £6 10s, in calf heifers £5 lis, f.m. ewes 12s 5d to IGs, fat ewes 20s Gd fat wethers 265. 2 tooth ewes 248