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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 189, 30 December 1912, Page 2

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, WOOL, SKIK. HIDE AND TALLOW ! REPORT. 1 Messrs L. A. Nolan and Co. report as I follows: I We held our December sale 011 the I 17th inst., and have very great pleasure in recording the -best sale we have ever had. We submitted a good catalogue of good stufl, and as there was extremely keen competition everything made its top market value. We had considerably more wool than we had handled at the corresponding sale last year. The catalogue comprised 107 bales, II fadges and 98 bags of wool, all of which was sold cither under the-hammer or immediately after the sale. We sold three bales at 10y>d, three at 10y t d, one at lOd, 23 at 9%d, five at 9'M 31 at 1 9yd, 27 at 9d (mostly log-stained), six at B%d, and one only at 8y 2 d. Many vendors were present, and were one and all struck, and in some cases considerably amused, at the strenuous and emphatic bidding of many of the buyers. Hides showed another sharp rise all round, cows advancing generally about Id per lb, with some weights about l%d; ox showed from %d to Id advance; bull hides were keenly sought for, and realised up to 7yd per lb, a record for us; calves were in demand and made up to Is 3d per lb. We quote:— Hides—Ox, light !)%(! to By.d. medium ordinary 9%d to 9%d, medium heavy 9%d to lOd, stout 10% d; cow, heavy, best ny,d to 9%d, ordinary 9%d to 9%d, light 9yd to 9%; bulls, well flayed and in good condition, light 7yd. medium 7y s d to 7yd. heavy G%d- cows, cut 7</,d to B%d, slippv VM to Bd, settlers' cows 7%d to Bd, ox 8y g d, slippy Horses, light fis (kl to 9s Gd. cut 6s Gd: calves, best, light Is 3d per lb, heavy Is second'light *l2%d. second heavy Mil, medium second 13v„d. part dry liyd, slippy 10% d, cut 12d; yearlings, light lO'/jd, medium 9%d, cut B%d, slippy S'/od, slinks 6d each. Sheepskins—Heavy-wools 10s Id. fullwools os 7d, Gs. Cs Id, Gs 7d, 7s Gd, 7s 7d, medium lambs Is Gd, 2s Id, 2s 3d, 2s sd, 2 S Gd, 2s 7d; pelts, 2s Id.'2s 4d.' 2s Gd, 2s 7d; damaged. Is 2d to 2s; drv heavy full-wools, S s fid, g 3 nd. t)s 3d, 9s LOdheavy, Gs 4d. Gs 7d, Gs lOd, 7s Id. 7s sd: fine. 7s sd; damaged, 2s 7d. 3s 3d, 5s Bd, (is 8d; lambs, 2s '7d, pelts Is 9d. damaged 5d to Is.

Tallow—Casks (devon offered), best 2Gs. 20s Oil, 275; inferior. 2-ls; tins, 21s to 24s 9d.

Wool —Hairs, fine !)%,]. ]o%d, iOy.d, medium crossbred 9'/.<l to 9%d, dingy and log-stained !ld, coarse crossbred fd to 9yd, dingy and •fog-stained sy.d to 9d ; lambs (one bale offered), 10(1 per lb; hoggets 9yd, dingy 9d. pieces (bales) 7d, bellies and pieces (mixed) 6%d. fleece and locks (mixed) V/.&. Bag wool, fine fleeces 9%d, medium crossbred Art to 9'/,<!. ma tied B%d. logstained B'4;il to 9d, pieces 7d lb. black 6y ; d to 7y.d, ernteliings 5d to fid. Sundries—Horsehair, Is Sy ; d: cowtails, Is 7<l dozen: horse tails, 10d each.