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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXVII, Issue 6, 11 February 1909, Page 217

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Messrs. Stronach, Morris, and Co., Ltd., report: — Rabbitskins and Sheepskins. — Our next sales will be held on the 22nd and 23rd inst.

Hides. — We held our fortnightly sale on Thursday last, when we offered a very large catalogue of 624. The sale was most satisfactory, every lot being cleared at prices in excess of late values. The principal rise was experienced in light weight hides, although all sorts brought almost extreme prices. Quotations: Prime stout heavy ox hides, 7d to 7£d; good heavy do, 6Jd to 7d per lb; medium weight, s|d to 6|d; light weight, 5Jd to 5Jd; staggy and inferior, Id to 3£d; best heavy cow hides, s£d to s|d; medium weight, sid to 53d; light weight, ssd to 6d; inferior, 3Jd to 4id; yearlings, 3Jd to 5Jd; calfskins, Id to 73d; horse hides, 5s 6d to 8s each.

Tallow and Fat. — The market remains practically the same, there being very little change to report. Quotations : Best rendered tallow in casks, 20s to 22s 6d; medium to good, 18s to 20s; inferior, 14s to 16s; best rough fat, 16s to 18s ; medium to good, 14s to 15s ; inferior, 12s to 13s.

Five pupils of the Sisters of Mercy, Colombo street, XDhßistchurch, were successful in the following examinations : Junior Civil Service, Mabel Shaw and Robert John JPetre ; intermediate and local centre practical examination, Hannah .Ryan and Lalla Hemus. The -account of their success was withheld until the results of the December theory examinations wore known. At the Christchurch competitions, musical and elocutionary, Miss Flossie Storey gave ' siich an intelligent temperamental reading of the piece "Not Understood" that the judge", to mark his appreciation _of the quality of Miss Storey's performance, gave her afspecial prize.' These are the words of a local, newspaper.