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Taranaki Daily News, 5 December 1916, Page 2

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TARANAKI WOOL, SKIN, HIDE, AND' TALLOW SALES, j 'NEWTON KING'S REPORT. I submitted on Tuesday, 28tli November, a catalogue of 2250 sheepskins, 10 casks and 01 tins of tallow,-018 hides, and" 4044" calf skins. All wn6l was held over, ponding the decision of tho tlovernment in commandeering the whole of Now' Zealand's clijj. There was an average attendance! of buyers, -and I experienced keen competition throughout the sale. Sheepskins again advanced ',% d per lb., selling as high as 25s fid ea«h, and 780 dry skins were sold at lS'/id per lb. Tallow was easier than late rates. Hides again advanced %d., per lb., with an unsatisfied demand. Calf skins declined %d t# %<i per lb. -The prices realised at this sale should be extremely satisfactory to clients. I quote:— Sheepskins: Medium' to coarse crossbred, 13V4d; three-quarter wools, 13d; hoggets, 12d to 13'/,d; spring lambs, 10'/,d; dead; lid to ll'/jd; dead and dagged, S'%d to 9%d; Jagged, B'/ s d to 10% d; half-wools, lOd to 10% d; rough crossl>red, 12% d; butchers' pelts, 10y 4 d; inferior pelts, -2% d to 3d; dagged, l'/jd; skin pieces, G'/jd. Damp lines—EPcavy, 17s to 25s Gd; medium, 12s 6d to 15s 7d; light, 7s fld to 10s 7d; lambs, 3s 4d to 3s lOd; pelts, 3a Id to 3s 3d. Salt«d lines Pelts, 3s 9d to 4s■ 3d; dagged pelts, Is 4d to 2s; lambs, 3a lid; hoggets, (Is fld to 12s. Tallow: In tins, 21s 9d to 25a Od; in casks, best 30s, fair to medium 25s 6d to -28s -fid. ...

Hides: Superior cow, heavy 11 %d, medium U%d to ll%d, light: liy a d. to 11 Vid; ordinary butchers, heavy 10% d to 11 J4d,„medium 10% d to : lid, light liO%d\to-.&l%ii,'cut B%d to stags, S%d; farmers' heavy, &y s d to 10'/ ; d, medium' to light fly s d to 10% d, cut or slippy (ji/ s d to 7%d; bulls, «%d; horse, heavy' Iflvlifht 8s flil to Ms'MV cut 7s Gd to 13s; yearlings, 9d to lOd; cut or slippy, sd'ito Od. ■' :• p :• .

Calf Skins;. Special, Jsd to 13Vid; firsts; lt%d*ito 12% d; seconds, 10iy 4 d to 12d; light, meaty, and dirty,M to lid; cut, 9d to lid; slippy, Sd to o%d; dry, •2s 3d to 3s 3d.

Bones: £5 5s per ton. - » Horsehair: is ad per lbi Cowtails: is I'/gd per doz. My next sale will be held on 9th January. N.B.—All sack wool and fadges will still come into store at usual, and will be classed, baled, and sold to the Government on account of vendors.-