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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 253, 1 December 1909, Page 4

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LONDON MAIIIvETS. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright London, November 21). The lotal quantity of wheat and Hour a lloal • for l lie United Kingdom is 2,120,01)0 quarters. The Atlantic shipments amount to 353,000 quarters, and the Pacific shipments to 40,000 quarters. Silver, 23 Wool.—There was a good sale. Ordinary faulty sorts were about 5 per cent, lielow the September rates. T All AK Alii WOOL, SlilN, HIDE AND TALLOW SALE. Mil. NEWTON KING'S KJSPOHT. On Tuesday, 23rd November, I lieid my usual lour-weekly sale of abo ve produce, and submitted a catalogue of 1202 ! hides, 124 yearlings, 7547 calfeldns, 24 casks and 57 tins tallow, 42 balcß and 144 sacks wool, besides the usual assortment of foones, tiair, tails, etc. Woo!: Tlie catalogue for this was not largo, owing chicliy to tho aale being rather early in the season, aud growers being unable to cart their wool in in timolol same. 1, however, anticipate a full catalogue for my forthcoming sale, and with tlie increased facilities for handling and showing, vendors can rely oil their wixil receiving every attention and lull competition. Prices for best lines of sheepskins declined dto %d per lb, while inferior ami damaged were fully id per lb lower. Ox hides sold well at late rates; cow hides were y 8 d lower; damaged and faulty hides declined '/jd to lil per l!i. Tallow met a hardening market niid ailvuueed 10s per ton. Calfskins were about per lb lower than last sale. I quote:

Wool: Medium crossbred fid to B',-;'l, coarse (Fftd to 7%d, colled (I'/.d In black 5 fell to Oil, dead .V/,d to lid, pieces 3'/ s d to 4'/,il, locks 2'/ s d to 3. Sheepskins: Fine crossbred 7'/id to 7%d, medium crossbred G%d to 7il, coarse crossbred Od to O'/jil, inferior pelted 4 : ;', dto s'/ 2 d, lambs' ~4%tl to od, dead I'/jil to Od, broken and damaged 3d to 'i l /,1 1, pelts -I'/id to 4'/ill. Damp lines full wool as follows:—,")?, iis 3d, 5s "tl. 5s 11(1, lis. (i-i Id, lis tid. 6s !)d; half-wools, 2s ltd, 3.'., 3s Oil, 3s !)d, 4s, 4s Oil; damp lambs', U Id to Is 3d: damp pelts. !)d to Is 3d; damp damaged, Is liil, 2s 8(1. lo 4s Id; salted woolly, 4s Sd, os, 5s Oil, 5s Oil, lis, (is 0(1, 7s; salted pelts, Is 4d. Is sil, Is 7(1, Is Sd; sailed lambs', Is Cd to Is Od.

Hides: tlutclicrs' Ox stout 7'/ a cl to 7%d, limlium G%d to 7 J / a d, light o'/.d to 7d. cut ox s'/ s d to 6%d, superior cow heavy o'/ B d, ordinary cow heavy (i%d to o%(], medium o'/ 4 <l'to o%d, light C'/ 3 d to o%d, superior light (i%d to (i%d,cut cow s'/.d lo t!'/ s d, stags -M/jd to 5*43; farmers' cow 3s to O'/ad, slippy l'/jd to 5(1. dry lliiles 2d to 3d, vciirliugs G'/l to 7d,

llorse [tides: Jlcavy Ss ;lil to 10-. light 5s to (is lid. cut horse 2s till to 5s (kl. Tallow: fn caste, best mixed 25s to 25s 3d, good 24s Oil to 2is Dd; in tin.-, best mixed 255, medium 21s 6d to 22s (id.

Calfskins: Well flayed and clean l«i/ t d to 12% d, firsts ll'/jd to llld, seconds B%d to oi4d, dirty 7'/ s d to B%d, fleshy 7d to 3d, slightly cut fl'/ 3 d to 7%d, badly cut 2d to ad, slightly slippy Oil to hadly slippy 3d to s>/{.d, dry (id to U Sd each".

Horsehair is 3(4(1 per lb, eoivliair id per Hi, ciiwlails Is 7(1 to Is 7','jd per dozen, horsetails 8d each, pigskins If, bones ,U4 10s per ton. My next sale will beheld on 21st December.