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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 213, 16 February 1915, Page 2

TARAXAIU WOOL, SKIN, HIDE AND TALLOW SALES, MR. NEWTON KING'S REPORT. On Wednesday, February 10th, I held my monthly sale of above produce to a large attendance oT buyers. The catalogue comprised 218 bales and 243 sacks of wool, 1090 sheepskins, 0 casks and 49 tins tallow, 547 hides and 523 calf skins. Competition was keen in all lines submitted, with a still further advance on every kind of produce, and I congratulate growers on the high price now ruling for their wool The prices obtained were right up to those ruling m the large centres. Cow hides sold as high as 11%,1 per lb. I quote:Wool.—Fleece advanced 2d per lb. rwv , 1^ <1, Laml)s heavy in seed are difficult to sell, and are affected to the extent of 2d to 3d per lb. Medium crossing i r to 111/1; coarsi> ' to l<V,d; dingy and seedy, 11,1 to lOVdam ™f 0d V d t0 st!lin ''< 1 I'M to 10% d, seedy 6%<1 to »%d, scoured 1*1; pieces, ,d to Sy,d; crutohings. i ~|d to / ;. ( d. Tn sacks, ileeeee !)•'}/d to lid; lambs, 8d to -10% d; dead,' Sd to o %d; cru tellings, to 7%d; pieces, O<M; locks, 4d to sy,d. Sheepskins.—Still further rise of «/,d per lb. Coarse crossbred, !)y,d to 10dlambs, ny 3 d; inferior, 7%ilf quarterwools, 7M,d to 7%d ; pelts, sv.d to 7y 4 d; country, 2%d to i\U\; dead and damaged, (id to Sd; skin pieces, 3%d----dead and damaged pelts, 2d to 3d'. Damp Lines, —Lambs, 3s 2d to 4s 7d

each; pelts, 2s to 4s Id; lamb pelts Isheavy slieep, !)s Id. . ' ' Suited Lines.—'Pelts, Is s<l to 2s Iflddamaged Is; lambs, 2s 6d to 3s 4d' damn!;ed, 2,; (id. Tallow.—Advanced £2 per ton "Best mixed, in casks, 24s (id to 25a ,3d- me<limn, 2,' is to 2.'!s !)d; in tins, 20s to 2,' is Od.

Hides, T usatisfied demand, with another rise ot d per ll)„ and in . somu eases flie advance was ] i/ (r | 011 superior lines of hides. Ox, stout, 10%(1 to m-',d: heavy. l()i/,d to 10%,1, medium fo lid: li;;ht. '.IJd to ] (! :; d; in-' ferior, fl';, i; d to o%d Cow, superior, heavy, 10'/jd to iD'/ad; medium, 10% d; light, 10% d to ll%d; ordinary, heavy, 9%d to lO'/jdj medium, 10d to 10>/»d;