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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 222, 18 March 1912, Page 3

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TARANAKI WOOL, SKIN, HIDE AND TALLOW SALES. MR. NEWTON KING'S REPORT. On Tuesday, 12th inst., I held my usual four-weekly sale of above produce, the catalogue comprising 87 bales and 347 sacks wool, 3172 sheepskins, 20 casks and 62 tins tallow, 989 hides, 904 calfskins and the usual assortment of hair, tails, etc. Wool—Mostly straggler and late shorn lots came forward, the wool generally being dingy and very coarse. Prices, in sympathy with those ruling in other centres, were %d lower as compared with late values. Sheepskins—ln sympathy with wool, these declined 3 /4 d, under excellent competition. Tallow advanced £1 5s per ton. Hides—These met with very keen find spirited competition, prices showing a substantial rise all round. Heavy and medium ox advanced iy B d, lights being, at par. eHacy cow were Id, medium %d and light Id higher. One line of cow realised B%d per lb, n, record for the Dominion. /

Calfskins—Small offering, with prices at par. I quote: Wool— 8d to B%d, me- ' dium crossbred 6%d to 7 J /id, coarse cross : bred to 6%d, cotted and stained 6d to QYid, seedy 4d, 4y 2 d, sdj 5%d to 5y 2 d, black fleece 6d, lambs 6d, 6%d, 6%d, 6%d, 7d to 7y 2 d, seedy lambs 3%d, 4d, 4y,d, 4%d to 5%d, black lambs oVid, first dead,' 6y 2 d to 7d, second dead 5%d to infeiror 4ead 4%d to sd, crutchings ?%d to 4y 2 d, first pieces 4d to 4y 2 d, second pieces to 3%d, locks l'y 2 d to 3d, skin pieces 2d. Sheepskins—Medium crossbred 6%d to 7d, coarse crossbred 6d to 6^/2d, inferior 5y 4 d to 5%d, lambs'd, 5%d, 6d to dead 4%d to od, pelts 2y 2 d, 3d to 4d, quarter-wools 3%d, 4d, 4y 2 d, 4%d to syjd, damaged l%d, 2y 2 d, 4d to*4%d, damaged pelts y 2 d to Id, liOggets C>y 4 & to f ( y 2 d.' Damn lines, heavy wool 7s 7d, 8s to 9s, full >vool ss, 5s Bd, 6s to 6s 6d, lambs Is iOd, 2s, 2s 7d, 2s lOd to 3s, lambs' pelts 6d to 8d; half-wool', 2s, 2s 2d, 2s 6d to 2s lOd, dead 3s to 3s lOd, damaged 2s 7d, 2s 1 Od, 3s to 3s 3d, pelts Id, 2d, 3d, 4d, 6d, Bd, 9d, lid to Is Id, damaged pelts Id to 2d. Salted lines, full-wool 5s 5 to 6s 6d, lambs 2s, 2s 2d, 2s 3d, 2s >6d, 2s ®d to 2s lOd, inferior lambs Is 2d to Is 9d, pelts 3d, 6d, Bd, Is, Is Id, Is 4d, ls.fld, Is 7d, Is 8d to"'ls lOd, quarter-wool, 2s, 2s 3d, 2s 4d, 2s 7d, 2s lOd to 3s, hoggets 3s to 3s 6d, damaged 1 pelts 6d to Is 4d, damaged lambs Is 2d to 2s. Hides—Ox, extra stout 9%d, stout B%d to B%d, heavy 7%d to B%d, heavy (poor substance) 6d to 7d, medium 7 l / 2 d to 8y B d, light 6Vad to 7d, cut ox 6d to 7d; cow, suyerior heavy B%d, B%d, B%d, B%d to B%d, qrdinary heavy 7d, 7y g d,< 7y 4 d, 7%d, 7%d to Bd, superior medium.' 71/jjd to 7%d, ordinary 6%d, 7d to 7 1 A&, ; superior light 7y 2 d, 7%d to 7y B d, ordinary 6%d, 6%d, 7d, 7y s d to 7%d, cut cow 5d- to 6%d. Farmers' lines, 4y 2 d, sd, 51/od, 5%d, 6d, «y 4 d to ey 2 d, slippy 4d, m, 4%d to 5y 4 d, badly slippy y 2 d, Id, 2d, 2y 2 d, 3d to 3%d, stags 4'/ 2 d to 4 3 / 4 d, yearlings 6d to 7d, slippy yearlings 3d to 3y 2 d, cut yearlings 4d to 4y 4 (l. Horse hides —Heavy 9s, medium 7s 9d, cut 2s to 6s i6d, foal (slippy) 6d. Calfskins—Best lines 9%d, lOd, 10% d to 10% d, seconds 8y 2 d, B%d; B%d, 9d to 9y 2 d, dirty 7y 2 d to Bd, meaty 7y 2 d to 8y 2 d, cut «d, 6y B d, 6y 2 d, 6%, 7d to 7V 2 d, slippy 2d, 3d, 3V 2 d, sd, fid, 6%d to 7d, dry calf 3d each. ■Tallow—Best mixed (in casks) 26s 9d to 275, good "26s 3d to 265, 6d, medium 25s Od to 265, inferior 12s. In tins, best lines 25s 3d, medium 21s 9d to 245. Horsehair, Is 6d per lb. Cowtails, Is 6d per doz. Owing to my next- sale clashing with the Easter holidays, and buyers thereby being unable to attend, and also to the fact that the Railway Department will not carry goods on the Friday and Monday at Easter, I haye decided to delete my, April 9 sale. # My next sale will therefore be held on May 7. Clients are kindly requested not to hold back consignments they may have, but to forward them on at any time, when they ■will receive every attention and care. Congestion at the time of sale will thus, to a certain extent, be avoided.