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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 79, 23 March 1908, Page 4

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LONDON MARKETS. Messrs. Dalg«ty and Company, Ltd., Wellington, have received the following cable messages from their London, house, under date of the Kith inst.:--Butter—Market very weak. The Copenliageut official quotation is unchanged. The total imports of butter into the United Kingdom for the week en.ling 14th inst. amounted to ilO.OOOew;., as compared with 88,000 for the corresponding week of 1007, showing an increase of 2000cwt. Finest is quoted at 112s per cwt. frozen meat—Since our last advices prices for mutton are higher by '/„d to 'A<l per lb. The market for frozen lamb and beef is firm, but without change in prices. TARANAKi WOOL, SKIN, HIDE, AND ■ TALLOW SALE. NEWTON KIND'S REPORT. On Tuesday, March 17, I held my four-weekly sale. The catalogue comprised 008 hides, 875 calfskins, 1U75 sheepskins, 11!) sacks and 27 bales of wool, 25 casks and 12 tins tallow, liesides tho usual assortment of bones, horsehair, eowtails, etc., Wool was much easier, in consequence of the fall reported from London since my last sale, and showed a drop of Id to I'/jd per .•!>. Sheepskins declined Id for good lines, while inferior pelts and damaged skills were about iy 3 d to Id per lb lower. My catalogue of hides comprised many lots of well-flayed, good-conditioned hides, all of these lines being keenly competed for, prices being %d to '/jd below last sale. Damaged and faulty hides, on the other hand, were not so well sought after, and declined about Id per lb. which again shows the advisability of taking proper cure when Haying and eu> ! ing them. Calfskins were about |/ 4 d lower, and tallow sold well at late rates. I quote:— Wool—Fleece 3d to 4'/.d, lambs' 3d to 4%d, dead 2</.d to- 3'/ s d" pieces l%d to 2%d, locks %& to J l /.d, skin, .pieces Id '' per lb. Sheepskins—liutchers' woolly 3'/S;d I" ' 4d, lambs' 4d to 4'/ 3 d, quarter-wools S'/jd | to 3'/»d, pelts 2d to 3d, second quality 1 woolly 3d to 3'/,d, lamta' 2'/jd to 3%d, ; dead and damaged l'/sd to 2%d, butjj«»taWi'Hlauip~ woolly 3s lid to 5s 111, ' salted lambs' h6d to 2s, salted quarter- ' wools Is lid to 2s 3d, pells 8d to la 2d. ' Hides—Butchers' ox heavies 5%d to - o%d, lights i%A to sd, cut ox 4d to 5 f s'/ 4 d, butchers' cow, heavy 4%d to sd, • y medium 4% to 4%d, lights 4d. to 4'/ 4 d, J I cut cow 3d to 3%rt, butchers' yearlings, ' I good 4d to 4'/4d, farmers' sound 3d to 1 4d, slippy and cut Id to 2%d, dry c '/id to Id. Horse hides up to 4s 9d. 1 Calfskins—Sound s</ s d for the best 1 lines, second quality 3'/.d to 4'/id, cut ► l%d to 2'/ 4 d, slippy Id to I'M' e Tallow—ln casks 22s !M to 245, in '" tins 22s 3d to 22s 9d.

Bones, £3 las per ton, Cowtails, Is 5d jier doz. Horsehair, Is Id par lb. HAAVERA STOCK MARKET. WAX AND .MERCANTILE REPORT. On .Monday, 10th inst., we held stock salts at Opunake, Kit ham and Kakar.tmea. At> Opunake there was a full yarding and a good attendance of buyers. Prices were irregular, and bidding, at times, slack, especially for in-caif and empty heifers, and young sto'jk generally. There was a better demand for fats, with a slight upward tendency.

At Eltham, there was only a small yarding, but nearly everything found buyers, prices being about on a par with late quotations. At Kakaramca, the yards were well lilled with a useful class of cattle. There was a fair attendance of buyers, ami nearly everything was disposed of before! caving the yards, prices showing a slight improvement.

At Hawera »n the 2flth inst. there was only a small yarding of cattle, and about 3(100 sheep, but owing to the inclemency of the weather there was only a moderate attendance. Most of +he cattle were disposed of, hut prices for the majority of the sheep did not rcajli owners' upsets, although we tjuitted several lines at auction and after the sale. We quoter— At Ommako—Mixed waiters 10s to 15s (id, weaner steers 19s (id, empty heifers '27s, heifers iu calf 3Gs, 15 mos. steers £2 Is lid to £2 ss, 2-year steers £2 12s (id, springing heifers £3, fat cows £4 5s to £5, forward cows £2 12s to 3s, store cows £1 17s to C2 lis, boners IBs to .CI 12s, hulls 'XI 12s to Ci 1-K store pigs 255.

At Eltham—.Mixed weaners 13s (id to 15s, weaner steers 21s Od, 10-niontU empty heifers 25s to 30s, 18-month steers £2 83 (id, fat cows £3 16s to £4 7s, forward cows £2 13s to £3. store cows £1 18s to £2 Bs, boners £1 2s (id to £1 las, culled owes £3 <ii.

At Kakarainea—Mixed vainer* 10s to Ms, weaner steers Ifls to £l, IBmonth «mnty heifers £1 (Is, 15-month steers £2 3s, hS-mor;* 1 - >teers (goodl £2 Us (id to £2 15s, t a .,'cows £3 12s lid to £4, store cows £2 Gs to £2 12s, boners £1 10s to £2, cows and cakes £2 las to £3 2s (id, weaner pigs (is CuK At Hawera—Mixed weaners 10s 6d tc His, fat heifers £3 10s, fat cows £3 163 to £4 lis, store cows (good) £2 8s to £2 10s Oil, bulls £3 10s to £4 10s, store wethers 13s, 2-tooth ewes 13s to 14s 2d, lambs 5s to 0s Oil, do. good 8s Od, culls 2s Od to 3s (id, rams (aged) 10s, bacon pigs 26s Od to 28s.