HIGH PRICES FOR HIDES.
RECORD FIGURE REACHED. Auckland, March 23. Record prices for Auckland were realised at the hide sales to-day, a small parcel of stout ox hi dps realising 2s 3d per lb. The price fixed by the Government for similar hides prior to the adoption of new regulations as to sale was Is lid. Prices for good cow hides ranged from Is 8d to 2s 0 l / s d per lb. Country butchers' ox hides realised as much as 2s pip lb, and cow hides Is lOd. Calfskins sold as high as 4s per lb. Very heavy catalogues were submitted, including a large percentage of freezing works' hides. Experts expressed the opinion that the selection was tho largest and best that had been offered in Auckland for some years. Under the new regulations tanners have a preemptive right to take whatever hides they require at the price determined at the sales. Tins right was freely exercised, tanners claiming nearly all the lots offered after exporters had ■bid >lp to their limit.
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Taranaki Daily News, 25 March 1920, Page 5
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173HIGH PRICES FOR HIDES. Taranaki Daily News, 25 March 1920, Page 5
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