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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 8, 4 December 1916, Page 7

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TARANAKI WOOL, SKIN, HIDE j AND TALLOW SALES. I MR. NEWTON KINC'S REPORT. I ' I submitted on Tuesday, November 28th, a catalogue of 2250 sheepskins, 10 casks and 61 tins of tallow, 618 hides and 4044 calfskins. .All wool was held over pending the decision of the Government in commandeering the whole of New Zealand's clip. There was an average attendance of buyers and 1 experienced keen coinpetition throughout the sale. Sheepskins again advanced Jd per lb, selling as high as 25s lid each, and 780 dry skins were sold at 13£d per lb. Tallow was easier than late rates. Hides again advanced Id per lb. with an unsatisfied demand. Calfskins declined Jd to -} t d per lb. The prices realised at this sale should be extremely satisfactory to clients. I quote : Sheepskins.—. Medium to coarse crossbred 13Jd, 3-wools 13d, hoggets 12d to 13Jd, spring lambs 10.',d, dead lid to llgd, dead and damaged B:,'d to 93-d, damaged BJd to 10'd, half wools lOd to 10j}d, rough crossbred 12-Jd, butcher pelts J'.'l, inferior pelts 2Ad to 3d, damaged l.!d, skin pieces Old. Damp lines: Heavy 17s to 2os 6d, medium 12s 6d to 10s 7d, light 7s 6d to 10s 7d, lambs 3s Id to 3s lOd, pelts 3s Id to 3s 3d. Salted'lines: Pelts 3s i)d to Is 3d, damaged pelts Is Id to 2s, lambs 3s lid, hoggetts 6s Od to 12s. Tallow.—ln tins 21s !)d to 25b 6d. In casks: Best 30s, fair to medium ::".s fid to 28s (id. , Hides.—Superior cow heavy llgtl, medium llgd to li;d. light 11 jd to lljd, ordinary butcher heavy to ll:}d, medium IQ-Jd to lid, light IOJ-d to 11-id, cut B|d to 93d, stags B}d, farmers' heavy B.M to IOJd, medium to light 9Jd to 10;}d, cut or slippy OJtl to 7|d, bulls Old, Horse heavy 16s, light 8s Od to 14s 6d, cut 7s 6cl to 13s, yearlings 9d to lOd, cut or slippy 5d to 9d. Calfskins.—Special 13d to 134/1, firsts ll;jd to 12-Jd. seconds to 12d, light meaty and dirty 9d to lid, cut'od to lid, slippy 8d to'9fd, dry 2s 3d to 3s 9d. Bones.—£s os per ton. Horsehair.—ls 5d per lb. Cowtails.—ls ljd per doz. My next sale will be held on January 9th. N.B.—All sack wool and i'adges will still come into store as usual and will be classed, baled and sold to the Government on account of vendors. i i LONDON MAr.KLTS. I I'ress Association—Copyright, Aumt» i lian and N.Z. Cable Association. London, December 1. Butter.—The market is firm. Danish 2245; Australian unchanged. The Arawa's New Zealand cargo is discharging, and is quoted at 210 s to 212 s for salted, and 21 Is in 21us for unsalted. Argentine 202 s to 208 s. | ■ The cheese market is strong and unsettled owing to the uncertainty ot 1 what the Government is doing. Canadian, 126 sto 128 s. It is reported the Government is buying New Zealand at £lO per cwt., 1'.0.b., and is offering the same for New South Wales. It is understood the Government has raised the price for Queensland contracts. Wool—Bradford market is in a state of suspense, business being at a standstill, all quotations having been withdrawn. The presidents of the colonial wool importers, the London buyers, and the selling brokers' associations are making strong representations to the War Office and asking that there should he no undue disturbance of the existing agencies and methods of handling and distribution here. ,