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Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 66, 17 November 1914, Page 2

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WOOL, SKIN, H!D£ AMD TALLOW | GALES. I New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. report: —At Friday's sale iwe submitted & good catalogue of skins and hides, also a quantity of bag wool, etc., to a lair attendance of-buyers. • Competition was keen at last sale:--, rates for wool and hides Gccd full wccilcd skins were a shade higher, and wore obtained up to 9:;d for fine crossbreds. The following is the range of prices oi:/ tained:—Sheepskins —Half bred GAd to o'. d, fine erosbreq 9d to f-'-jd, medium coarse crossbred 7Ad to aid, short to half wools 4d to 7d, dead and damaged crossbred Od to 7id, inferior and badly damaged 3d to fid, lambs 4(1 to 7 : ,'d, damp, sailed and green 8 sld to Ss 9d, pens Is -Bcl to 2s 3d. HidesOx, heavy GOlbs up Sid to 9 1-Sd, ox, medium 50 to 59, 8 : M to 8 5-Sd, ox, light 49 and under 7 1-Sd to S 5-Bd, cow, heavy, i'Mbs and over Si'd to Bid; cov/ medium, 42 to 54, Sd to 3 5-Scl; cow, light and under 42, BAd to 8 5-8 d; cut, siippy and inferior GAd to 8 l-8d; Imll, stag 4ld to 5 l-8d; yearlings, 6 5-8 d to 9 7-3 d; calf, superior 10.1 d to 12 5-8 d; calf, medium io good, 9d to li 7-8 d; col/,, damaged 4.6 to 10:';d; Tallow —In casks, 22s Od to 28s 3d; in tins, etc., 12s to 20s. SundriesRabbit skins 5d to 8 pi; horse hair Is to Is 4d, cow tails Is (id. Murray, Roberts and Co. report: At our sale on Friday we offered 3000 sheepskins, 510 hides and calfskins, besides a few lets of tallow. The attendance of buyers was good and competition was extremely keen. Firmness in the wool market at Home having a simulating effect, prices for sheep sking show an advance of id to : : "d ner lb. Tendency in hides was towards a slightly lower value. Tallow was I firm. The ifoPPjwmg are range! cf prices current:—Sheepskins ----- Halfbred Gid to fpd per lb, him crossbred ! 9<l to 9.9c1, medium to soars? crossbred i7id to 9id, short to half-wools id to 7d; crossbred dead ami damaged Gd io 7Ad; inferior and badly damaged 3d to sd; lambs, 4d to 7 hi: damp, saltj ed and green, 3s Id to 8s 3d each: -pelts Is 8d to 2s 3d. Piide:-.- —- Ox heavy BA([ to ;) 1-Sd; "medium S.'Pd to'SM; light 7 1-Sd to S 5-8 d; cow heavy 6pi to Sid; medium, 8d to 8 3-8 d; light Bid to S 5-8 d: cut, slippy ami inferior j Iti o-8d to 8 3-3 d: bulls, stags, 4id to | 5 1-Sd; yearlings 6 5-8 d to 9 7-8 d; calf ; super 30A<3 to 12 5-8(1; call medium to good, 9(1 io l:i 7-8 d; damaged 4d to ! 10 7-8;!. Tallow—Casks, 22s Gd to 23s | 2d per cwt., tins 12s to 20s per cwt. LOMDON markets. LONDON, November 15. i At the hides sales there was a j steady -enquiry, the embargo on exportation curtailing business. Australians ranged from 8 3-1 (id to 8 7-i Gd. Leather. —There was good enquiry. Best Australian heavy IGd to ISd. Basils were very firm; first Sydney's 16d to 17Ad; Now Keulands 19d to 21d. ! Rabbits. —Market firm, prices un- I changed; Australian getting scarce. | New Zealand Meats.—Lambs, Can- i terbury light, G 11-lGd; second light and medium 6 5-8 d; heavy G 3-Bd. HIGH COMMISSIONER'S- REPORT. WELLINGTON, Yesterday. The following is the High Commissioner's market report. (Note, quotations unless otherwise specified are average market prices on spot): Meat Marget.—Large supplies of Irish beef and English and Dutch mat- j ton are coming forward at reasonable prices which keeps the market steady. There is little demand for frozen mat- ( ten, but the prices are firm owing to j the short supply at present in store. Canterbury mutton Gd per lb., North Island 5 7-Bd, ewes s:id. Lamb.—Market dull, very little business doing. Prices have declined. Canterbury twos 6 11-lCd per lb; other than Canterbury GdA. \ .Beef. —Market very quiet. Very little ! doing in beef trade. New Zealand j hinds G 13-16 d Per lb. fores 5 5-Bd, I chilled hinds Gid, fores 5Ad. Butler.—Market quiet but steady.' Danish steady, per cwt, 136 s to 1395; ; New Zealand, quiet, 126 s to 128 s; Australian, steady, 122 s to 12Gs; Siberian, I quiet, 118 s to 120 s; Irish, creamery, \ slow, 122 s to 120 s; Argentine, a fair ; demand, 120 a to 1245. Cheese.—Market firmer with fair do- j mand. Canadian white and coloured I per cwt, 75s to 765; deep ied, 76s to j 775; English Cheddar 82s to 84s; ex- I ceptienally 86s. ! Hemp. —Market quiet, but rather I steady. Fair current Manilla per ton, j £32; forward shipment, December to January, £23 10s; output from Manilla for week 10,000 bams. Rather land tin-; •,-■ -,- ;,, At present the mice stocks of Nbv; Zealand hemp and tow at the end of October were 1204 tons. There is be!tor demand for sisal, but owing to the political siination in Mexico, it is difficult to give reliable quotations. Nominal values are £l9 12s Gd per ton for fair average oua'Pity i Wool.—36's slow; crossbreds 18Ad ner lb; 4 o's low; crossbreds 19Ad per lb; 44's medium crossbreds, Sld per lb; 50's haifbreds 25Ad per lb; aG's qua "I. shreds 28d per lb; GO's merinos, °,CC per lb. There is no material r.M.nge in the market and spot quotaons are well maintained.