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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 223, 20 March 1914, Page 2

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WOOL, HIDE, SHEEPSKIN AND TALLOW. SALES. L. A. NOLAN & CO.'S REPORT. We held our usual four-weekly sale of the above in our Gill street store on March 10. We submitted a rather large catalogue of hides and skins and a few lines of bale wool and a fair representation of bag lines. Hides—All round a sharp rise was noticeable, competition being keen. Ox were present only in small lines, and there were no superior lines. Cow were well represented as usual, and all lines advanced sharply by fully y 2 d per lb. Sheepskinsi-We offered a few good shipping lines of dry skins, and these, in sympathy with the recent rise in wool, advanced considerably, practically V 2 d per lb being the average. We sold. one line of full-wool skins at 9d*per lb, a Tecord, we believe, for the North Island. Best lambs realised up to BVi>d. Wool —A sharp rise was in evidence in sympathy with recent sales in London, particularly rough bush fleece, which sold at' a little better than y 2 d oyer last uionth's rates. Lambs' wool .wasjjnore irregular, the biggest rise being jn, log-stained lambs, which sold up ttF9y 4 d, as against 8y 2 d and 8y 4 d last month. We sold one line of six bales of clean, bright lambs' wool at lOd per lb, the best price realised in Taranaki this year. The same clip realised the same price in our store last'y ear -

Tallow—Best cask tallow sold up to 27s 3d, an advance of 10s per/ ton over the best price Jast month. We quote: Hides—Ox, heavy ordinary B%d, medium B%d to B%d, light 8y 4 d to B%d; cow, heavv B%d to B%d, medium B%d to B%d, light B%d, B%d, B%d, cut Sd to B'/&d, second quality y 4 & to y 2 d less. Farmers', in good condition and well flayed, sold at above rates, others Id to V/ a i under; dry cows 5%i to "V»d. cut and dirtv s%d,'eut Cd; bulls', light Cy 2 d to o%<f, medium 6'/od, heavy o%d, workers' 7y 4 d, horses' ss, 7s Od, Bs, 10s Cd, according to weight and condition; yearlings', 7'/ 2 d to Bd, slippy 7'/id; calves', medium O'/nd, lieavv lOd, slippy Od, cut Bd. Wool —Bales: , Fine, slightly cotted 9y!,d, log-stained hoggets (5 bales), logStained fleece, ordinary B%d (9 bales); lambs' wool, bright and clean lOd, others showing seed Od to 9*4(1, bush lambs', logstained, (>y 4 d. Bags: Fleece B>/.d, Mack'7d to 7'/ 4 d, lambs' B%d, 9d. 9>, 4 d, see<ly 7d to Bd, black 7y 4 d, locks and pieces 4d, 4>/ 4 (i, 4%d, i)'/ 4 d. Sheepskins—Drv, long-wools, best fine 9d, farmers' oy s d 7'/ 2 d, 7%d, damaged Oil to 6y„d, pelts C%d to 7'/ 4 d, seconds and damaged Id, ly.d, 3d, sd, 5%d; lambs', best S'/od, others G'/jd, 7y 2 d, 7%d, part dry and damp, pelts 3s l(ld, lambs 4s 4d, damaged 9d, dry salted 2s. Salted: Lamb pelts Is 2d to Is 6d, woolly 2s 7d, 3s. 3s Id, pelts 2s Od, 2s 9d, 2s lOd, 3s Id, 3s 2d, 3s 4d, 3s lOd, 4s 4d, damaged Is. settlers' pelts 9d, Is 2d,' Is 3d, ls„10d, hoggets (small) 4s 4d, 4s lOd, L.W. damaged 5s !)d. Tallow—Casks, best 27s 3d, medium 20s -Od, inferior 22s Od; tins, 17s Od, 22s Od. Sundries—Cowtails Is Od, horsehair Is 6d, horse tails Od each.

Our next sale will be held on April 7, 1914.