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Greymouth Evening Star, 18 July 1941, Page 7

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RABBITSKIN SALE. DUNEDIN, July 16. Increased quantities were forward for to-day’s rabbitskin sale, a total of approximately 86 tons being submitted. Demand was fairly strong, and brokers made good clearances. The official range of prices is as follows:—Small 57d to 60d per lb, runners 69d to 76£d, racks 822-d to 85yd, Summers 78Ad to Slid, dawny Autumns to 86!d, first early Autumns 79£d to 105 d, first late Autumns 120 d to 126 d, first incomings 126 d to 141 d, second incomings 106 d to 129 d, first early Winter does 139 d to 153 d, spotted Winter bucks 137 d to 146 d, spotted Winter does 132 d to 140 d, second Winter bucks 160 d to 170 d, second Winter does 149 d to 160 d, first Winter bucks 176 d to 179 d, first Winter does 170 d to 176 d, outgoing Winter bucks 124 d to 130 d, outgoing Winter does llld to 119 d, furrier does 145 d to 155 d, Spring bucks 98id to llOd, Spring does 9 9 Id to 100 d, stained does IOOd to 106 d, first milky 88d to 881 d, iriiiky ‘72d to 77Ad, Summer broken 77Ad to 7d9 Autumn broken 85td to 88d. second Winter brdkeii 87|d to 93Jd, first Winter broken 93d to 97d, Summer fawns 70d to 72d, Autumn fawns 86 Jd to 114 d, first Winter fawns 120 d to~l4ld, Summer black 68|d to 74d, Autumn black 934 d to 104 d, First Winter blacks 128 d to 141 d, first hareskins 92yd to 96d, hares Kins 56gd to 67£d, horsehair 32d to 33d, first ferrets 9/7 to 10/IT, second ferrets 3/7 to 9/6, ferrets (white) 2/- to 7/11. Lower grades ferrets were difficult of sale. STOCKS AND SHARES WELLINGTON, July 18. Sales. New Zealand 29/6, Electrolytic Zinc Ord. 54/6. Electrolytic Zinc Rights 29/9 (three

sales). Sales reported: Commercial Bank Ord 14/3, Timaru Woollen 14/-, Electrolytic Zinc Rights 29/9, Wilson’s Cement 18/9, Martha Gold 7/-j, Waihi Investments 4/6. DUNEDIN, July 18. Sale, after call, Zinc Rights £l/9/10. Reported sales: Standard £3/0/6, Westport £l/3/-. Late, Bruce Woollen £i/l/6. CHRISTCHURCH, July 18. Sales: Zinc Rights 29/9, 29/7, 29/6 (2), 29/4. Reported: South British Insurance 53/-, Zinc Rights late yesterday 29/4 (4). N.Z. PETROLEUM. GISBORNE, July 17. New Zealand Petroleum reports that the Midhirst well is at 7480 feet in hard shale and sandstone formation. At Mordfe the drill pipe recovery operations are approaching completion. AUSTRAL N.Z. CHRISTCHURCH, July 18. The Austral-New Zealand Dredging return is 11260 z., for 256,000 yards and 426 hours, for 28 days to midnight on July 12. GREY RIVER. ’ Grey River return for the week ended July 16 Was 132 hours for 104,528 cubic yards and 2530 z. WAITAHU. Waitahu.—A partial wash-up for 240 z 6dwt, making a total of 650 z 3dwt from the present paddock, is reported.