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Taranaki Daily News, 29 August 1916, Page 2

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WHEAT AND FLOUR AFLOAT.; Australian-N.Z. Cabin Association. London, August 27. The wheat and flour afloat is 1,720,000 quarters, for the Continent 3,005,000 quarters, Atlantic shipments 757,000 quarters, Pacific nil. The total to Europe is 1,100,000 quarters, Russia 20,000 quarters, Argentine 14,000 quarters, Australasia 110,000 quarters. TARAXAKI WOOL, SKf.V, HILE AND TALLOW SALES. MR. NEWTON KING'S RUPGItT. At my four-weekly sal.? oi tl'o above on August 22, I catalogued Hi ba'cs and flj sacks of wool, 1031 gbep&iat, t; casks and 35 tins of tallow, 02S hide* USS calfskins, and the usual sundries. Crutchings again declined 2d per lb. Sheepskins advanced '/id and were in keen demand, '.ound-pelted full-woolled ikins getting most benefit. Tallow was var to 3s per ton easier. Ox hid?., advance/1 Id and cow */., d for good-cond'tioned linos. Calfskins wore in good -uppiv and sold readily at Id per lb; advance." The prospect of pricee for good sound lines of calfskins seems very bright, and I would urge farmers to give more care in the salting. I quote; Wool—Orutchings B%d to 9%, short and heavy 7d to B%d, lambs 8d to UV 4 d, locks sd. In sacks: Crutchi'K-s Sd' tJ S%d, fleece B%d to lly,d, dead IU, black locks and pieces 3'/>;l to 7d, lambs 9%d to 10% d, washed. 12 '/^d. Sheepskins—-Full-wools to 11 farmers' BV4d to 10% d, lambs Sd to lid. balf-woola 8d to 10>Sd, pelts 2d to SJd, dead 9d, dead and damaged sVod to SKd, skin pieces 4 1 / 3 d to 7d, black 6y a d. Damp lines: Heavy 10s to 10s 9d, medium 8s to 9s Gd. lig'nc 6s 3d to 7s i:d, damaged (is 9d to 8s Gd, dead 2* 6d to 6s 9d, dead and damaged la Id to 4s. Salted lines, 7s 7d to 9a. light 4s ?d to 6s lid, lambs 2s to 3s. Tallow, 2Cs 9d; part cask, 275; tins, ills 3d to £2s 6d. Hides—Ox,- stout ll'/jd to ll%d, heavy ll%d to ll%d, medium J0 1 ,;,.! to -11',-id, light 10y s d; cow, heavy 9%d to 10'vid, light OJd to lOd, cut 8d; farmers' ox 9%d to 10'/ 4 d, cow (good) 9»/ 4 d, sloppy and rough 7%d to Bygd, cut or slippy Od to G'/ad, stag Cd to B%d; 'hons Ci to 9s, yearlinga S'/jd to B%d, dry or slippv 3d to CVid., Calfskins—Best lines, liy a d to good 10% d to lid, seconds B%d to 10.1, small 7M>d to cut or slippy 6 a /iJ to 9d, slink 9 lid each, dry Is. Bones, £5 per ton. Horsehair, Is CVacl per lb. Cowtails, Is per dozen. My next sale will be held or. September 19.

N.P. HIDE, WOOL, SHEEPSKIN AND SALLOW SALES. Tj, A, Nolan and Co. report:—On Tuesday, August 22, we held our four-week-ly sale of the above. We had a rather larger catalogue of hides than usual, Balance of offering represented about our usual quantity. Hides were submitted to very keen and excited competition, and realised extreme prices. Bulk of offering were in splendid dry condition, and to this we attribute some portion of the successful results obtained. Range of prices obtained appear below Sheepskins sold at quite last month's rates. Wool was only offered in -small quantities and sold "at market rates. Tallow sold up to 29s Cd for cask lots. Sundries at usual rates. We quote: Hides: Ox, heavy superior, 12Jd, heavy ordinary, lljd to lljd, medium superior 12d, ordinary lid, ll%d, ll%d, light IOJd, IOJd, lljd, cut, heavy, IOJd, light 10} d. Cow: Heavy llgd, lljd, lljd, IOJd, medium lid, IOJd, light lOid, IOJd, 10§d, lid, extra light IOJd, cut fljd, 9|d, IOJd, 10} d, 103 d, Bull, heavy, 7(1, cut, light, 6jd, workers GJd, GJd.' Settlers'—cow, extra light, fljd, light B|d, B|d, cut, 6jd, dry and damaged, 4Jd, slippy 2Jd, 3d, sj)d, Ofd; ov, inferior, Gfd, slippy Gfd, Horse—Medium, 9a, cut Gs Gd to 12s, yearlings, light, lOd, medium 9}d, slippy 7d, cut 7kl, 7Jd, slinks 9d each. Calfskins—Good heavy, second grade, 10$ d, medium 10fd, light lOgd, cut 9Jd, slippy G|d. Sheepskins:—Salted, butchers' f-wools Gs Bd, 7s Gd, 8s 9d, 8s lOd, 9 S 2d, damaged 8s lOd. Settlers'—lnferior, 2s Gd, 2s 9d, 3s, 4s, black 6s lOd. Dry— Butchers' 3-wools, medium, lid, lljd. llkl, coarse .lOid, IOJd, damaged BJd; sto full-wools lid, 11 damaged 9d. •Settlers'—Pelts 2Jd, lambs 9d, lOd; Jwools, damaged B}d. Pelts, woolly, SJd, rough GJd, fine Bd, damaged GJd, black Gd, dead 7Jd, damp, heavy, 9s 2d, 10s Gd, lis, lis 4d, -J-wools 8s Bd, dead ss. Wool:—Crutehings fld, seedy 5d to 53d, fleece Is OJd, lambs Bfd, seedy Old, dead B|d, locks and pieces 4Jd. Tallow:--Casks 27s Gd, 28s Gd, 29s Gd Tins 23s 3d, 20s. Sundries:—Cowtails Is dozen. Horsehair, inferior l s Id. Our next sale will be held oil September 19.

LOAN & MERCANTILE CO.'S REPORT. Ilawera.—l'at ewo.s 3'ss, aged ewes and lambs 22s (id, forward 'hoggets 2.->s 9:1. fat CO'WS £ll to £l2 Bs, forward eov.s £!) Is to £8 las, fresh-conditioned hows £7 18s to £8 10s, store cows (good) £6 7s to £7 14s, small and agrf ditto £4 10s to £5 9s, 'heifers and calves £5 2s (id to £(i 12s, . small '.loiters in calf (poor) £4 lis to £5, 3 and 4-year hillocks £ll 13s, 20-montli steers £5 Os (id. 20-month Holstein empty heifers £■' lfe to £5 10s, 20-month Jersey ero.js ditto £5 4s Cd, yearling heifers (medium) £4 los, small stores 255, weaner pigs (good) ISs to "ditto (small) 4>s to Ms. In the dairy pen we had a good muster, over 120 dairy heifers and coivs Iwing penned. There was a keen enquiry and spirited competition for good quality stock, and practically everythong was cleared, high prices ruling. A line of dairy cows on account of Mr. R. II Phillips sold at from £l3 to £1" ios averaging £l4 12s; 2 1 /, to 3-vear spring ing heifers on account of the same vendor, £7 10s to £9 10s; averaging £8 ss; a pen of good sprnging heifers, on account of Mr. A. S. Tonka, brought from £0 to £l3 10s, averaging £l2 6s; a line of springing heifers, sold on account or Mr. B. O. Lysaglit, averaged £0 10s, selling at from £S to £ll 15s; a pen of lieifers, on account o. Mr. A. JO. Wills, brought from £8 2s (id tj £lO ss, averaging £0 Is tid; a lin - cf year-olds, on account of Mr. C. M. Hawken. sold at from £7 7s Gd*.o£o 17s (id, averaging £8 ss; on account of various other°vendors, dairy cows brought from £8 10s to £l2 15s, 2 to 2%-veai ditio 27 to £lO 10s; Hawcra Co-op. Dairv Co. Bliare«, 13s. •