SALES OF RABBIT SKINS
EXPORTS FROM DUNEDIN. (Press *Assn.) DUNEDIN, Nov-. 23. Rabbit skins to the value of at least £500,000 were taken from the port of Otago by the American vessel Kenneth McKay, which sailed for New York on Thursday night. The number of* bales in the shipment was approximately 13,000 and their value, £500,000, was a record for the port, although the totid quantity of bales had been exceeded in previous single shipments made when prices were lower. The Kenneth McKay also had on board approximately 170 bales of opossum skins, representing a total value of about £70,000. Another valuable shipment which left the port recently ..was a cargo of wool which was taken by the Antar. She took what is said to be the largest shipment of wool that has gone forward since the outbreak of the war.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LXV, Issue 306, 24 November 1945, Page 5
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