RABBITSKIN SALE

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 190, 13 August 1938, Page 15

RABBITSKIN SALE

WELLINGTON PRICES HIGHER Prices advanced at the fourth sale of rabbitskins held on Thursday by Wright, Stephenson and Co., Ltd., New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., and Dalgety and Co., Ltd. Medium sized catalogues were offered and met exceptionally keen competition, prices advancing considerably on values ruling at the sale held here in July. Winter skins were from 6d to 9d a lb better and lower grades also advanced to approximately the same extent. Prime bucks made up to 103 d, first bucks to 9Sld, and first does to 66Sd. The following is the range of prices: Prime bucks, 102 d to 103 d; first bucks, 98d to 98Jd; second bucks, 821 d to 89d; first does, 64d to 66Jd; second does, 53 Id to 561 d; spotted bucks, 70d to 731 d; spotted does, 44id to 43td; ougoing bucks, 34d to 57d; outgoing does, 28id to 40Id; early winter bucks, 66d to 80d; early winter does, 44d to 52d; incoming, 44Jd to 621 d; late autumns, 44Jd to 49d; early autumns, 24d to 26id; dawny autumns, 181 d to 19d; milky does, 118 d to 161 d; summer bucks, lOd to 121 d; summer does to 12d; spring bucks, 21id to 294 d; spring does, 161 d to 213 d; broken, first, second, third, lid to 365 d; F.S. and 8.5., first, second, third, 12d to 61d; hares, 16d to 16id; small to 7d; runners to 101; racks to 18Jd; black, first to fourth, 91d to 36d; weevily, 6"d to 12d-