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Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 61, 16 December 1907, Page 3

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TAKANAKI WOOL, SKIN, HIDE, AND TALLOW ,SALES. Mil. NEWTON KING'S REPORT.

On Tuesday, 10th instant, I held my four-weekly sale. The catalogue comprised 3G21 calfskins, 1300 sheepskins, 804 hides, 30 bales and 125 bays of wool, 13 casks and 21 tins tallow, and the usual assortment of bones, cowtails, horsehair, horns, etc.

The value for all classes of produce suffered a decline, and this mas most marked in hides anil calfskins. Interior hides ami calfskin* ure almost unsaleable. 1 regret that farmers will lind their account sales to be disappointing. Market reports all over the world show prices at a low ebb, and it ■V. impossible to say when the tide will turn. I quote: Wool—Fleece, (Id to 7d; dead, 4d to •'"•d: locks and pieces, 1 %d to 3'/ 3 d; c. itchings, 3'/-el to 4d. Sheepskins— liutclici's' dry, "i'/mI to 7-" : d; second ([ualitv, .'ld to .V/id; dead : ' d damaged, up to 25-8 d; butchers' p. It. damaged, -Is (Id to 7s Id; kcltiers' do., 2s to lis (id; butchers' saltd. 4s (iii to ."is 'ld; lambs, Is to lri Hd; pelts, Is.

j Tallow—ln casks, 22s !)d to 24s lid; j in (in-. 21s to 22rs per ewt. I Hides--Butchers' ox, Id to 5%d; do. : cow. :i : ;'id to -I'/,(1: settlers' sound, 2d to :i'/.d: inferior cut and slippy, from '/ % dveal-lings. *onnd. 2'/id to Jl'/jd; lior-e. up to ."is llil. Calf-kins—Sound. 4 5-8 dto r>%d for best; to J'/jd for sei'ond (jualily; cut and slippy. P/,d to 3 ,"i-Sd. I! C 4 per ton. Cow-tails—lid to Is jx-r doz. Horse-tails—7%d each. Horsehair —lid each. Cow-tips—iV/id each. My next sale, will be held on the 21st January, when 1 trust to see considerable improvement in values all round. NEW I'l.YMOn'H WOOL. HIDE, SHEEPSKIN, AND TALLOW SALE. MESSRS. L. A. NOLAN'S REPORT.

Wo hold our usual four-weekly Rale on Wednesday, December 11. We had a small catalog;'- of hides, balanced, however, by a :rn)d entry of wool. Price* generally v. :re in .sympathy with the Australian and Home market*, and were much easier i i;in last month, the fall being partieulu: iv noticeable in all clashes ol wool.

Hides—W'ell-eondiiioned lots showed n decline of from 3-Sd to o-Bd. Settlein' and slippy were hard to <juit, and from Id to 2d under last month* quotations. V. ool—Most bale lots did not realise owners' ideas of valued, and were passed in under the hammer. Several lots ha\e since changed hands at the prices offered.

frkiu*—ln sympathy with the prices of \\ooi, nkins were easier, there being little demand lor damaged lines. iallow —The small catalogue realised last month's quotations.

Sundries—Wo sold the usual catalogue at market rates. We (plote:

Hides—Butchers', cow, light, 3 o-Sd to 3%d; medium, -id to 4'/id; heavy, 4d lo 4 3-8 d; stout and heavies, 4'/4d to 4 j-Bii; ox, ordinary, medium weights, 4 5-Sd to «3 l /±d; c.ura well-conditioned, light, 5 l-8d; medium, jy»d; stout, settlers' lots, medium, 2 l-8d to 3d per lb; badly damaged, to lid per lb; califkin*, 3 7-bd to 4y.d; damaged, l%d to 2 5-Bd. Wool—Bales, Lincoln, (Jd to o%d; crossbred, to 7'/id; line crossbred, 714 d; bags, Lincoln, ad lo s%dj crossbred, lid to pieces, to 3'/id; lock» ? 2 1 /jd; dead, 3d to y'/.d. Sheepskins—Lambs, Is 3d to Is lid; p«'lu, damaged, 'Jd; good, Is 3d; woollied salted. 4s Ud to js 3d; dry, good, 4s Sd to 5s 3d; medium, 3s to 4» 7d; 2s lid to 4d. iallow—lu casks, ii4s Od; no tins offered. Horsehair—Medium, lid. llorns —Inferior, 2d per 100, Tails—ls per doz. Uur next sale will lx» held on January 22, 1908.