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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 189, 19 January 1915, Page 2

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Mil. XEWTOX KJXCS LIEI'UUT. I

hiije, sax, wool and tallov. SAL. liS.

On Wednesday, January 13, J held ray four-weekly suit: of the uliuve produce to a lull attendance of buyers. X/ie catalogue comprised 185 bales and Ml ■sacks of wool, 21W sheepskins, 473 hides, 777 calfskins. 12 casks and 20 tins of tallow, and (lie usual sundries. Competition was very animated and extreme prices were paid for all kinds of produce olfered.

Wool.— Firm at late rates with an iccasional rise. .Most of the oll'criug wat, log-stained and showed seed. For one particularly good lot of lambs, lOd per id. was obtained.

J Sheepskins.—Advanced another '/jd i[per Hi. liest lamb skins sold up to 9U j per lb., a record lor this district. Hides.—Unprecedented demand with Id per Hi. advance, prices being the bighI osst yet obtained at my sales. I sold 131 i hides at lOd to lll'/Ld i»er lb., whilst | farmers' hides realised as high as U'/id | per lb. Owing to shortages, prices must | keep on a very high level. Calfskins.—Firm at late rates.

Tallow.—Advanced 15s per ton. I quoteWool.—Coarse crossbred, 9d to O'/id; log-stained and seedy, S'/id to S%f!: inferior, 8d; lambs, superior, lOd; stained to !)'/ 2 d; locks, 5 in sacks: Fleece, B'/ 2 (l to 9d; lambs, B>/ 4 d to OVid; ibartly seedy, sd; dead, 7'/ 2 d; crutchings, 6%d; pieces, o%d to locks, 4 1 / 1 d to 4 ] / s d; locks and pieces, s>/id. Sheepskins.—Coarse, 9d to inferior, B'/id to B%d; damaged, 7'/.rt to B%d; spring lambs, B'/,d to 9d; rough '7d; damaged. 7d; b. pelts, 4d to s : !id; inferior, lid to V/-A\ damaged. Id to 1-I'/id; dead, flyid to 7>/,d; dead and damaged, ."ill to fid; skin pieces, 4'/,d; damp . lines, heavy, lis 7d; lambs. 2s 7d to 4s: pelts, Is to 2s sd; dead, 7s 2d; salted pelts, Is 4<l to 2s 7d; damaged. Is. lid. to Is 3d; lambs, Is 7d to lis fid; damaged, Is 7d. Hides.—Heavy, 9',<,(! to lud: medium, 9%d to 9%(1; light, 9%d; cut, S%d; cow, superior, heavy, 9%d: medium. 9%d; light, 9%d to 10'/ s d; ordinary heavy, 9'/|d to 9%d; medium, 9%d: light, n%d; out, 8% to 9d; farmers' S'/,d to 9'/,<!: cut and slippy, 5d to S'/m!; ox" to 9%d; horse, 5s Gd to Ss 3d each; I cut, 4s fid; stags, 7d; yearlings, spec)ial, 9%(1 to 9%d; ordinary, G'/.d to }9%d; out, fi'/ 2 d; slippy, od to SK-d: dry. Is each.

Calfskins.—Special. ]3'/„(l: firsts. 12-y,d to 12% d; seconds, lOd to M%d; cut 8% (I to 10'/, d; dirty, 7'/id; slippy W; dry, Is each. Tallow.—Best mixed, 23s fid; medium, 20s Gd to 21s 9d; in tins, 18s 9d to £l. Bones. —£5 per ton; horsehair, 2s per lb.; cowtails, Is (id per doz. My next sale will be held on Wednesday, February 10th. qayekm.bbap

LONDON MARKET CABLES. Dalgety and Company Limited have received the following cablegrams from their London office dated 13th inst:— Tallow. —At the srtos mutton tallow 'showed an advance of Od per ewt. and mixed Is to Is 3d.