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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 5, 31 December 1912, Page 5

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WELLINGTON WOOL SALES

(Per Press Association.) Wellington, December 30. The catalogues for the Wellington wool sales on January Bth will comprise about 25,000 bales, compared with 7506 at the corresponding series • a year ago. It is expected tiiat the recently high rates will be w 7 ell main tained. TARANAKI WOOL, SKIN, HIDE AND TALLOW SALE. Mr Newton King’s Report. On Tuesday, December 17 th, I held my usual four w 7 eekly sale of above ’ produce, the catalogue comprising 9L oales and 241 sacks wool, 2638 sheep •jkihs, 23 casks, 3 kegs and 48 tins of tallow,- 723 hides and 4078 calf skim, besides the usual assortment of hair, tails, etc. Wool.—Competition for this was very keen and excited, and I have t< report a full clearance of all wool catalogued. 1 disposed of 10 baler at 9)3; 16 at 9*d,.25 at 9d, 27 a B|d, 5 at 8)3, and 2 at B|d, the tor price realised- being -10) for merino. Sheepskins.—At par to Id highei* salted pelts particularly selling ,wel up to 3s each. 1 Quotations:— Wool.—Merino 10)d, line crossbred: 9Jd to 9|d, medium crossbred BJc to-'93, coarse crossbred 8d to 8)d, inferior 6)d to 7|d, black fleece 73 tr 7|d, lambs B|d, first pieces 6d to 6fd second pieces 4jd to 5Jd, scourec feces' 103, crutchings s|d, 6d, 6Jc to 6fd, dead 7d, 7J3, 7)d to Bd, inferior dead 4)d to sa, locks 3)d, 4d l)d to sd, skin pieces 2d to 2|d. Sheepskins.—Medium crossbred' BJc to coarse crossbred 7id to Bd, oi 7s to 10s each, inferior crossbred 6}c to 7)3, lambs 6d, 6)d to 63d, dead : s)d, sfd, 6d to 6id, damaged .53, s|t to 6id, dead and damaged 4fd to 5d damp lines, heavy wool 8s 10d to 9£ 3d, full-wool 7s 6d, 7s 103, Bs, 8s 4t to 8s 6d, dead'.3s 6d, 3s 9d, 4s to 4s 3d, lambs Is 9d, 2s, 2s 6d, to 2s 9d damaged 3s 8d to 5s 7d pelts Is, Is 3d !si'sd, l*s Scbto As l-od,t. inferior, peltr ' 3d, sd, 6d to lOd, dapiaged pelts 2d. • Id, sd, 6d to Is. Salted lines.—Full w 7 ool 6s 6d, 6: lOd, 7s, 7s 2d to 7s lOd, lambs 2s 2s 4d, 2s 6d, inferior lambs Is to It f>d, pelts (best lines) 2s 2d, 2s /3d, 2s 6d, 2s Bd, 2s 103, 2s lid to 3s inferior pelts 4d, sd, 9d, lOd, Is tc Is 4d damaged pelts Id to Is. Hides.—Record prices were realised for these, both ox and cow showing ; further advance of Id to Ifd per lb cow hides realised up to lOd per lb and ox up to 10)d per lb. Calfskins showed a further rise ol Id to 2d per lb, damaged lines sellinp as high as JJd per lb. Tallow 7 advanced 5s per ton. Hides—Ox stout 9)3, 9Jd, lOd tc IOJd or up to 61s each, medium 9)d to 9)d, superior medium 9)d to lOd light 9d to 9)d, cut ox 8d to 8)3, cow superior heavy 9fd to 9|-d or up t 43s 6d each, superior medium 9)d tKkl, superior light 9id to 9)d, ordinary heavy 9)3 to 9|d, medium 9Jo vto 9)d, light 9d to 9)d, cut cow 8d t--8)d. farmers cow»heavy 6id to 8d medium, and light 7)d to' 8)d, cu cow 7 5d to 7-id, slippy sd, s)d, s)d, 6d 7d, 74cl to 7fd, stags sd, 5)3 6d 6fd to 7d,, j ear lings 9d to lOd. cm yearlings 7d to Bd, slippy 4d, 4 J .d, 5d 6d to 7)3, horse hides, heavy 12s 6d, medium 9s to 9s 6d, cut horse 6s to 8s each.

Calfskins.—Special lines 14Jd, 14K to 15d, firsts 12*d, 13d, 13Jd, 13’c to 14d, seconds Hid, ll#d, 12d U 12]d, fleshy 9|d, lOd to lid, dirty 8d S]d, B£d to 9id, small 6|d to 7d, firsi cut lOd, 10]d, 10id, IOJd, lid, Ilk' to 12d, second cut 7]d, Bd, B]d to 9d badly cut 6d to 7d, slippy 3|d, sd. 7d 7]d, 8d to Bfd, dry 6d, 7d, Is to 2s Id each.• Tallow.—Best mixed in casks 26s S' to 26s 9d, medium 23s 6d to 25®, in tins good 25s to 25s 9d, medium 24r to 24s 3d, mixed 21s to 21s 6d. Horse hair, IOJd per lb. Cow tails, Is 6|d per doz. Pig skins, 6d each. My next sale will be held on January 14th.