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Taranaki Daily News, 16 January 1917, Page 2

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TARANAKI HIDE, CALFSKIN AND TALLOW- SALE AIR. NEWTON KING'S REPORT. On Tuesday, January 0, at my sale of the above I catalogued 21 casks and 42 tins of tallow, 480 bides and 100 calfskins, and the usual sundries. Tlie Government has stopped Mie sale of sheepskins, with a view to commandeering nil supplies, consequently none ware offered. Hides are,' soon to be commandeered also, andf'this affected their sale, and in sympathy with other sales declined y,d to Id per lb. C'alfsl ins generr'ily weiv of a poor quality and declined id to 2d. Tallow sold at late rates for jrood quality, other sorts a shade easier. I quote: Tallow—Best. 30s per cwt.; inferior, 24s (id to 27s >Gd; in tins, 23s to 245. ■Hides—Superior 10% d to lid, medium lid, light 10y„d to lid, ordinary heavy i)%d to 10% d, medium o%d to 10dj light !)j ! d to 10d, cut Sd to B}d; ox, light to medium, 10yd to lly 8 d; >tng, fi%d; farmers', Sd to B%d, cut or.slipy 5d to B%d, yearlings Bd, to fld, cur. or slipy 5d to V'/ 2 d; horse, 5s to 9s tid. cut or slipy 2a. Calfskins—Firsts 11 yd to 12'' ; d, seconds 9%d to llVid, light and meaty B%d to„)d, cut or slipy od%> 10d, dry Is.

Bones, £5 5s per ton. Itorsebair, Is to Is 3d per lb. Cowhair, Sd lb. Cowtails, Is dozen. Horsetails, Gd. The date of my next sale will be announced later, but wool, skins and hides will be sold to the Government through the brokers at rates determined by them. Clients are asKed to forward lot? as usual, and the best attention will be given to same on arrival..

N.Z. LOAN AND MERCANTILE j AGENCY CO.'S REPORT j The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd. (Hav.cra branch) report as follows: Kakaramca.—Lambs 15s, 2-tooth ewes .iss, 2-tootli wethers 35?, bulls £0 12a fid, to £ls, cows and calves £l3 to £l4 10s, cows £lOl I".; to £l3 ss, 18month steers £3 to £4, heifers £4 14s, weaners £2 15s to £3. Eltham. —Prices were as follows: Bulls £9 5s to £l3. cows £lO to £l3 15s. lighter sorts £7 Ifis to £S 14s, 2-year steers £8 to £lO 2s Od, 18-month to 2year heifers £G 10s, weaners 50s to 51k (3d. Pigß: Sow and litter £3 2s fill, poileers 35s to £2, light porker 3 275. Cd to 30s, slips 15s fid. Hawera—Pigs (baconers) 50s, sovrs £3 to £4, stores 10s fid to 225, slips 10s, 4 and 5-year ewes 22s 3d, ewes and lambs 55s 3d, lambs 17s Id, shorn lambs 15s, bulls £0 15s to £lO ss, cows £lO 15s to £ls 13s, cows and calves £l3 to £ls, 2-year heifers £7 18s, IS-raonth to 2-vear steers £6 10s to £7 10s, weaners £3 2s Ud to £3 10s.

The New Zealand Loan ami Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd. (Stratford branch) report as follow?: — On Thursday, January 4, we hold our first sale of the year at our Knhuratalii. yards. We had a small yarding of both sheep and cattle, owing, no doubt, to the saV coming so close after the holidays. The following are some of the prices realised: Yearling heifers 101s to ll>s fid, weaner steers 78s, yearling steers 1235, 15-months steers 140s Od, empty cows 1775. yearling bulls 80s, f.m. to G-tooth ewes' 31s 3d, 2-tooth wethers 34s Gd. Our next- sale will be held on the •25th inst.

We held our usual fortnightly sale in our Stratford yards on Tuesday, i'tli inst. Thd yarding was small, with a good demand. I'riccs: Empty cows 1»1; to IGSs, cows in calf 10?s, bulls up to 2305. Our next s>ale will Ij? held on Tuesday, 23rd inst. Since our last report we have sold a considerable number of stock in the paddock, as follows: Wethers 4 and G-tooth (small) Sis fid, ewes 355, 2-tooth wethers 33s (Id, 2-tooth ewes 32s !)d, •20-months heifers lids, Komney rams 105s. We have also to report a further clearance of wools to the Govsrnment at the following rates: W'.L. over T (Tarata), 14'/,d; '/■ over quarter circle (Poliokura), 14%c1; M.M.C. (Tarata) 15% d; L 7 (Whanga.), U'/.d; F, inverted bar (Ratapiko), 14% d: J.F.L. over li (In»lewood), 15 V4d; T.W.M. (le Wera). 14'/,d; A.F.C. (Toko), 14% d; C.A. (Whanga.) 13% d; H.W. over V (Tarata) 14,i4d; H.J-over S (Stanley road), 13y 4 d; J..8.M. conjoined (Tarata), 13% d; M.N. (Te Wera), 14y,dj R.O. over Afainui (il-ohokura) W/id; C., 14V 4 d; T.C., 14d; H.C. (Toko) !sd; W. over half-circle (Whanga.) 14 1 /sd; W.C.F. (Whanga.) broken and logstained, lSV'jd.