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Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 12 November 1927, Page 10

COMMERCIAL.

HIDE AND SKIN SALE

(by telegraph—press association.)

WELLINGTON, Nov. 11

At the hide and sheepskin -sale today dry sheepskins sold well up to recent rates, well woolled salted® being slightly easier. Ox and cow hides were firm at last sale’s prices, while super and medium calfskins advanced about one halfpenny per 11), Tallow was also firm at last sale’s rates.

The range of prices was: Sheepskins, ha If bred, 9d to lLjd; fine crossbred, 10d to 14d; medium to coarse crossbred; 10 5d to 13d; short to half wools. 8d to llivd. Lambs, 9d to 14d; dead and damaged crossbred, 8d to llfd; inferior and badly damaged, 4d to Bd. Pelts, 6d to 8-i; damp, salted and green, 5s to 12s 6d; pelts, salted, 2s 6d to 3s od; lambs, salted, 2s 3d to 3s lOd.

Hides. —Ox, extra heavy 9d to 10Jd, heavy IOJd to 10|d, medium 9sd to 10Jd, light 9Jd to 10i-d, cut, slippy and inferior 8d to 9Jd; cow, heavy 9d to IOJd, medium 8d to llfd, light 9fd to Hid, cut, slippy and inferior 5d to llfd ; bull and stag, 3Jd to 6d; yearlings, lid to 12fd and Bfd to i2ld; calf, superior 13d to 17fd, medium to good 12R1 to 16§d, damaged 3d to 14d.

Tallow.—ln casks, 22s 6d to 25s per cwt; in tins, etc., 18s to 18s 6d. Horse hair, 25.)d to 27£d per lb.

LONDON DAIRY PRODUCE MARKET.

The Farmers’ Co-operative' Organisation So iety of Now Zealand, Ltd., have received the enclosed market report from their London representative under date September 29: Butter. —Market remains firm for box butter, but buying has again been small, and it is really remarkable how at certain periods buyers seem able to keep from buying for a. period of several weeks. On the other hand, visible stocks are small, and any heavy purchases would no doubt put the market up against the said purchases. Danish prices for last week have not been maintained, and 192 s and 190 s have been accepted on f.o.b. oak. l ® this week. The decline has a sentimental tendency on our market, hut unfortunately it does not seem to apply when Danish moves upwards. While- the shipment of alsout 130.000 boxes from New Zealand this week excludes the idea of any shortage, and will probably keep the market where- it is to-dav, the whole position looks very healthy until the end of the year. Irish -supplies are now very small, which means that Wales and the North of England must soon take moTe interest in Australian and New Zealand butter, especially the former, while Argentine consignments are likely to be- 50 per cent down for some time, with only a. gradual recovery 110 m the recent drought. Last year parcels of old season’s butter were constantly being offered by re-sellers up to February and March of this year; this, of course, helped, to drag the market down, and was no aid to larger consumption. This season, however, we should start new season’s goods with a fairly clean sheet. To-day’s prices are: New Zealand, 180 s to 183 s: Australian, salt 176 - to 180 s, uns a 1 ted 178 s to 182 s: Argentine, 174 s to 178 s; Siberian, 160 s to 1625; Irish, 174 s to 1765; Danish, on spot.. 192 s to 194 s per cwt.

Cheese—Owing to the smaller output in Canada, e.i.f. cables are -still at 105 s to 106 s, but purchases are being made very sparingly. The New Zealand. position, i.s also rather awkward, consignments 011 the water being very small. New Zealand i.s quoted to-day at 103 s to 105 s, with buyers not inclined to follow the advance.