WOOL.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXIV, Issue 5, 1 February 1906, Page 13

WOOL.

London, January 38.— The wool sales are animated and very firm. To date 116,039 bales have been catalogued, and 111,133 sold. The following were the average prices realised for the fleece portions of the clips named : Pimpana, Hid'; Gum Creek (Christchurch), ll|d ; Akitio, 12|d ; Napier, Motuotaria, 13|d. Messrs. Stronach, Morris, and Co. report :— Rabbitskins.— We offered a fair sized catalogue at our sale on Monday, prices being much on a par with previous quotations. Sheepskins.— We offered a small catalogue at Tuesday's sale, prices, in sympathy with the wool market, being decidedly firmer. Pelts sold up to 3s Id, and Lambskins to 4s 2d. Hides.— We offered a catalogue comprising 243 hides, and had a very successful sale. Our top prices for ox hides was Bd, and for cows we obtained the extreme price of Gfd per Vb. Tallow and Fat.— Nff change to report. DUNETUN HORSE SALEYARDS. Messrs. Wright, Stephenson, and Co. report We had only a medium entry of horses forward for last Saturday's sale. There was a full attendance of the public, and a moderate amount of business was transacted during the day. The scarcity of good young horses of almost all classed continues, and anything fresh from the country finds ready sale at quotations. The demand for really first-class young draught geldings, suitable for town work, is keen, and we can recommend consignments. Spring-van and spring-cart horses and good useful buggy ihorses are also wanted, and prices for these classes continue good. We quote : Superior young draught geldings, at from £50 to £55 ; extra good prize horses, £56 to £65 ; superior young draught mares, £G0 to £75 ; medium draught mares and geldings, £30 to £45 ; aged do, £17 to £30 ; upstanding carriage horses, £25 to £35 ; well-matched carriage pairs, £80 to £100 ; strong spring-van horses, £25 to £35 ; milk-cart and butchers' order-cart horses, £23 to £28 ; light hacks, £10 to £18 ; extra good hacks, £20 to £30; weedy and agedGhacks and harness., horses, £5 to £8.