AUCKLAND STOCK AND MINING ASSOCIATION.

Auckland Star, Volume IX, Issue 2465, 15 February 1878, Page 3

AUCKLAND STOCK AND MINING ASSOCIATION.

To-day's quotations:— Bankof New Zealand—£23 153; sellers, £23 153. National Bankßuyers, 72s Cd.«. Colonial Bank—Buyers, 50sGd. South British Insurance—Sellers, 703. Thames <?as—Buysrs, 293 ; sellers, 30s. Auckland Gits—£lo. Union Insurance—Buyers, 133 Cd. Union Sash and Door—£lolo3. Caledonian (dble)- Sellers, 625. Moanatairi—72s; buyers, 70s ; sellers, 71s. Tookey Tribute—Buyers, os ; sellers, 5s 6d. Waitekauri—Sellers, 43. Alburnia—Buyers, 05s ; sellers, 07? 6<3. Tokatea—Sellers, 5s Cd. Union Beach—Buyers, 22s 6d ; sellers, 253. Young New Zealand—Sollers, 2s. Queen of Beauty—Buyers. Is Cd. Kuranui Hill—lls 6d; buyers, Us; sellers, 15s. Bismarck—Sellers. 103. JOSEPH NEWMAN, Chairman.

M"THERS : You need not sew from morning till night to keep your children tidy, an hour or two a day with one of the genuine Singrr's World" Renowned Sewing Machines will accomplish all the sewing for a large family. They are the Very Best Machines for family use, and will run for years without getting out of order, at the same time exceeding in Speed as well as in Action any other machine. Messrs Hollo way, Gaelick and Chan well are now the Agents for these Machines, and are selling them at Reduced prices for Cash. They also keep the Largest Stock of Carpets, Floor Cloths, and Household Furniture in the Province, besides Drapery, Millinery, and Men's and Boys' Clothing. A lot of New Carpets, Oil Canvas, and Floor Cloth jnst opened. Bedding of every description in Stock. Goods delivered free to all parts of the town by Hollo way, Garlick and CBANWELL, City Hall Arcade, Queen-street, Auckland.— |AVT.] The value ot coke as a fuel, and as a means of economy of coal,' is not appreciated sufficiently. A mixed fuel of coal and coke is invaluable for the ordinary purposes of heating, and still more for those cooking aud raising steam, as it absorbs -he smoke or inflammable gases given off by coal during combustion, and renders the fire brighter,clearer, and hotter. This is much more apparent where our local coals are used; indeed, owing to the rapidity of burning, some of these threaten to go out of consumption altogether. Coke supplies exactly that which these coals lack— body and resistance. Every householder should buy coals and coke atthesame time, and, if convenient, mix them ; smaller bills aud greater satisfaction will bo tho result. The price of coice is advertised elsewhere— [Advt.l