COMMERCIAL NEWS.
DOMINION PRODUCE, HIGH COMMISSIONER’S REPORT. The Department of Agriculture has received the following cablegram from the High Commissioner lor New Zealand, dated October 28: — Tallow—Spot market quiet and steady. Present spot quotations are unchanged) except mutton, fine, 23s Gd, 245. Mutton, good, 21s Gd, 225; beef, fine 21s Gd, 22s Gd. Hemp—Manila: Market steady, firmer under tone. October/December shipment quoted buyers £l9. Sisal: Market firmer. Ootober/Becember shipment sold early this week £l6 15s', later iD <. New Zealand: Little inquiry, but no business reported in the absence of offers. Eggs—Market firmer, prices higher. English National Mark: mediums; standards and special, 17 s, 25s Gd. English ordinary pack, 15-15 Jibs, 21s Gd, 22s 6d. Danish, 14-171bs, 13s 9d, 16s Gd. Australian, 13J-171bs, 12s, 13s 9d'. Apples—Market steady with good demand. Californian Newtown 9s Gd, 10s. Oregon Newtown, 12s. 14s. Graven bian Jonathan 11s, 12s Od. Pears—Steady demand. Californian Doyenne du Comice 12s, 15s. Beurre Hardy 9s Gd, 10s Gd. Beurre Bose 9s 6d, 10s. > . * Peas—Maples: Market quiet; small business’ has been done. New crop .1 asmanian February/March shipment New crop New Zealand, small sales i exported 54s Gd, sl>s, March/April shipment.
THE SYDNEY WOOL SALES. (Received This Day, 9.5 a.m.) SYDNEY, This Day. At the wool sales yesterday, 12,522 bales were offered, 10,780 being sold, as well as 570 privately: Values were generally unchanged from the closing levels of last week with continued irregularity on lower types of greasy merino, which made to 19fd per lb, being the highest price this season. The average price of wool in Sydney last week was 10.4 d per lb and £l3 2s lid a bale. THE SHARE MARKET. The following sales were made on the Cnristchurch Stock Exchange yesterday : LISTED STOCKS. Sales on ’Change. £ s. d. 50 Natl. Bank of N.Z. 210 3 50 Bank of N.Z. ... 2 0 01 100 Australian Glass (cum div.) ... 418 9 4 19 0 100 Broken Hill Pty. (cum div.) (2) 217 6 100 Dunlop Rubber ... 10 6 50 G. J. Coles ■ ... 319 0 100 1.0.1. (Aust. and N.Z.) (pref.) ... 1 210 350 Woolworths (Sydney) (ord.) (3) 1 0 9 100 Mount Morgan ... 010 6 Sales Reported. 100 Aust. Glass (cum div.) ... 418 6 4 18 9 50 Broken Hill Ply. (cum div.) ... 217 9 5 'Colonial Sugar .... 48 7 6
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 59, Issue 18, 1 November 1938, Page 9
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