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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 194, 25 January 1915, Page 8

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BRAN AND POLLARD. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright, Received 24, 5.5 p.m. Sydney, January 24. The Commodities Commission has fixed the price of bran at £7 10s and pollard at £B.

LONDON MARKET QUOTATIONS. Received 24. 3.5 p.m. London, January 23. Copra—Dull. South Sea DecemberJanuary, £24. Hemp.—March-May, £27 ss. Cotton—May-June, 4.87 d. Rubber.—Para, 2s fid; plantation, 2s 2d; smoked 2s 4d. Danish butter, 150s to 1545. Wheat—Chicago Mav options, 143J cents to 144J cents; July, 1253 cents to 1203 cents. Rabbits.—Firm, and unchanged. Lambs.—Canterbury, second quality, none offering. Australian Beef.—Fores, 53d, CJd. Argentine chilled beef.—Fores 53d; hinds, 7d. Other meats unchanged. Silver, 22 11-lfld. Received 25, 12.15 a.m. London, January 24. Wool catalogued to date is ' 29,239 bales; sold, 28,354. Competition is very animated, and all sorts are firm. Americans are operating freely. The following prices were realised for clips named: "Tothwell," top, 15Jd, average, 15d; "Gear," 24d and 20. Wheat—Firm. Offerings are light.

N'EW PLYMOUTH HIDE, SKIN" WOOL AND TALLOW SALES. .LA. Nolan and Co. report: iSHNte have to advise, a full attendance of oaplfs, at our sale of the above on January 13. Prices realised showed evidence of the keen competition. Hides attained a level never reached in New Plymouth before, butchers' cow hides selling at 9fd, OJd, lOd. 10J and 10Jd, while one line of settlers' renlised 9|d per lb. Calfskins maintained recent high levels, viz., 124 d, 12Jd and Is Id per lb. Sheepskins realised rates obtained at last sale. Wool was keenly competed for, and realised prices as good, and in some instances better, than those obtained last month. We quote:— Hides—Butchers: Heavy stout IOJd heavy OJd. lOd, to WJd; medium 93d to OR light l)|d, OJd to lOd; cut light BJd, heavy fid; inferior, light Did, heavy 9}; ox, very few were catalogued, light njjd to 9jd. medium 9gd, heavy'OM; bulls light, BJd, medium Og'd, heavy 6}d to 7Jd Settlers: Cow, extra light fljd, light 9Sd medium 9}d, dirty Bgd;' bull 7d, dry 83d, cut Bgd to SI; horse, cut 7s Sd, sound light, (is 3d. Calfskins.-Light lljd to 12M, medium 12Jd heavy, la Id, slippy 74d, cut 10=d, rough Hid; yearlings, light Aid medium 9?d, inferior 73d, cut Bjd "' i Sheepskins.—Long wools, coarse crossbred B}d to Ojd, medium BJd to 9Jd I fine. Old, hoggets 83d; lamb's settlers l fid. butchers' B}d, pelts s}d, inferior 2id to 3|d, damaged skins 2d. 4Jd sfd fiM ' Mack 5Jd. dry salted fid. Salted 'pelts! ■ s 9,1. ,> fl , 2s lid. 2s 7d. 2s fld, imaged Is: lambs, Is (id, 2s 4d, 2s (id 2s Sd < extra good -Is Id. damaged Is 3,1: lamb" pelts, fld; woolly skins, 5s 7d r.s iid • ; Wool.—Bales, fleece down lfl,l, ' mnil . ' mm crossbred OJd, OJd, lOd, inferior BM, M'l- "id. log-stained Bd, BJd. BJd, B|d 9d Lambs 9},1, njd; superior in' ba£ KM, locks and pieces mixed 4»d- ba"s matted fleece Sid, dead (Hd. 7?d. pieces' SM. (i-M. lambs 10,1, crossbred fleece coarse 0,1, medium OJd, locks +.},] black , ],|. ' Tallow, inferior 21s, tins 10s ; «„„-' dries, cow tails Is fiV, horse hair 9d, Is Our next sale will be held on Tnesdav,' February 0. • '