HIDES SKINS AND TALLOW
At Wednesday’s sale of sheepskins and hides at Parnell, local tanners were quiet owing to slackness in the leather trade. .Ox hides were firm, but cow hides easier. Dry and salted skins were lower, in sympathy with overseas markets. Tallow was unchanged. Following are prices realised : Sheepskins.—Dry: Fine crossbred, Had to 12-Sd; medium crosbred, lOSit to llid; coarse crossbred, to 9id; half to three-quarter wool, Sid to lOid; quarter to half wool, 6id to 7i'd; lambs, 9RI to 12d; pelts, 4id to 6id. Salted: Best, 9s to 10s each; good, 8s to 8s 9d; medium, 6s 6d to 7s 9d; lambs, 5s to 6s 4d; pelts, Is to Is Bd.
Hides.—-Abattoirs: Extra heavy ox, to 9d per lb; heavy, to 8 7-8 d; medium, 8d to 8 5-8 d; light, to 7id; extra heavy cow, to 7 l-8d; heavy, to 7id; medium, to 7id; light, to 7 3-8 d; kips, to 9d; yearlings, to 10id; best calf, to 12Jd; good, to Hid. Country butchers: Heavy, to 7<d; medium, to 7id; light, to 6id; extra heavy cow, to 6id; heavy, no 6id; medium, to 6id; light, to 7 l-8d; kips, to 7id; yearlings, to 10Ad; best calf, 11s to 12d; good, 9 : 4d to 10-Id; inferior and damaged, sid to Sid; inferior and damaged hides, 25-8 d to 4id. Talow.—Best mixed, 18s per cwt; medium, 16s; poor, 14s.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 245, 15 October 1937, Page 11
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231HIDES SKINS AND TALLOW Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 245, 15 October 1937, Page 11
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