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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 133, 29 October 1914, Page 2

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NEW PLYMOUTH WOOL, SKIN, HIDE AND TALLOW WALES. L. A. Nolan and Co. report as fol-I lows:—On Tuesday, October 20, we held our , usual four-weekly sale of the above. ' There was a full attendance of /'buyers, and we have to advise particularly keen competition for all lines. Hides ddvanced sharply from %d to Id per lb, sheepskins jumped quite 2d per lb, most ] lines of butchers' dry skins selling sis ( high as S'/A per lb, one particularly •( good line medium crossbred making B ; >4<l. i Wool showed a similar advance, prices ] oll'ercd being quite on a par with thoso 3 obtained at the corresponding sale last j year. We sold only a few bags, alli'j dumps and bales being held over for next I ] sale, when we expect prices to he better j again. Calfskins maintained their high j level. Best medium weights made up toi . 1« Id per lb, heavies to Is l%d. Tallow] showed some signs of recovery, as high j as "22s per ewt. being paid for a good line . of four casks. We quote:—■ Hides—Ox, light B>Ad, B%d, B%d, me- , dium B%d. heavy inferior 7'/.d, cut su-j pei'ior V'v«i'l. Cow: Stout heavy Ud. ex- i'. tra heavy S'Ad, heavy B%d, B%d, medium 8%.1, « ; /sd, light S%d, B%d, extra light \ S%d, B%d. cut 7'/ad, 7%d; settlers' cow, extra light light S'/od, medium ; B%d, heavy B'Ad, cut 7'/ad, slippy o'/ 2 d, V,U\, drv S%<); bull, heavy 5%d, light o'/~d, slippy 3%d; yearlings, light B'/,d heavy B'/ 4 d, cut light 7 1 / 3 d. Calfskins-Cut 10% d, slippy o%d, . sound, light and dirty 'J'Ad, meaty 10% d, seconds, medium weight ll%d, heavy U%d, firsts, light 12% d, medium Is, \ heavy 12 l / 3 d, extra good medium Is Id, heavy Is l%d. Horse skins, 7s, 9s Bd, cut and slippy 5s Od. Sheepskins—Butchers' full-wools, fine bred B%d, medium Sftd, B'/>d, coarse Sd. fine dry salted 7'/ s d, hoggets Bd, settlers' fine B'/ 2 d, medium V/ s \, 7%d, coarse 7yid, 7 J /-d; half-wools, medium 7y 3 d; three-quarter-wools, 7%d, damaged 2d, 4%d, s>/ a d, 8y 2 d, dead G'Ad, o'/od, dead and damaged G : Ad; lambs, damaged 3d, damp 4s, 5s 10(1, Cs 4d, fls lid, 7s Kid, Ss lOd, 9s; dead and damaged, 5s Id; damaged, 7s 2d. Salted: Spring lambs la, light 4s 10(1, as 7d, os 9d, fis; heavv. 6s 9d, 7s 6d, 7s 9d, 7s lOd, Bs, 9s 8d; inferior, 2 S Bd, 2s lid, 3a (hi; pelts Is sd. Wool—Plecce, bags 7'/,d, 7>/>d, 7%d, 8d; black o'/jd, dead od and Od, pieces 3d, 4%d; bales, Lincoln rams' wool passed in at 7%d, crossbred hVeco at Bd. 9d, 18s fld.

Sundries—.Cowlails "Is 3d, cowtips 4<l per lb, liorsetai'.s Gil, goatskin Is 'Oil, horsehair Is 4d. Our next sale will be lield on November 24.