TRADE AND FINANCE.

Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 246, 17 October 1922, Page 6

TRADE AND FINANCE.

'■■ » AUCKLAND SHAREMARKET. BUSINESS DONE. AT THF. NOON CALL TO-DAY — National Insurance it-ISOi Auckland Oas loldl £1,3..". N.Z. Refriscratins (tl ." :h Walhl £1 0 6 Waihi Crand Junction :l'

MARKET CHANGES. Auckland Gas fold'— Sales £1 3/3, down 3d. National Insurance —Sales £3 B*', up 2.'. Parenga Oil (cont.) —Buyers 'A.', up Gd. Merediths, /Ltd.—Sellers 9/6. down I,'. Auckland Gas 6i per cent DebenturesBuyers £102, up 10..'. SOUTHERN EXCHANGES. (By Telegraph—Frees Association.) DUNEDIN. this day. Sales on 'Change: National Insurance. £3 7/; National Electric. £1 2/0; N.Z. Paper Mills. £1 ■!,'. Sales reported: Westport Coal. £1 11. 0. WELLINGTON, this day. Reported sale: 5j ocr cent Inscribed Stock, 1033, £09 15/. CHRISTCHURCH. this day. Sales reported: Canterbury Froze" Meat. £14 0,6; N.Z. Refrigerating l£l paid). ii 7,0; Kaiapoi Woollen (10/ paid), 11, fi. STOCK SALES. The Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company. limited. -Hamilton, report:— MOPRINSVILLE BULL SALE. At Morrinsvllle on Tuesday lust we held our annual bull sale. There was a large yarding, but the prices were very low. and the animals were of very poor condition and auaiity. Good duality beasts brought fair nrices. though comeptltion was slack, .lersevs were in greatest demand, while the .Shorthorns suffered from lack of attention, hut there was small inquiry for the few Urieslans offered. We quote:—Jersey*?. Dedigree yearling 13gs to 21gs, 2-year grade Jerseys ~4gs to o*gs. others 3Ags to sgs. grade yearlings Ggs to lllgs, poorer sorts 2gs to 4gs: Shorthorns. 2-year hulls 2gs to 3sgs. yearling to 18 months. Ogs to .Sfces. poorer 2*gs to 3gs: Eriesiaus sold up to 82S. MATAMATA BULL SALE. At Matamata oil Monday 400 bulls of all breeds were yarded at our annual bull sale. There was a very large attendance, easily the .biggest seen at any sale in this district. Kidding was not brisk, but some good prices were realised. The top price for the sale was obtained by Mr. J. W. Anderson, of l'alrere —SCas for a pedigree Milking Sliorthoru hull with an exc-eileut milking record. Other bulls from the same vendor realised :togs and thereabouts. The top price for Jerseys was obtained by .Messrs. U. Young and AY. Crabb. at 31*.gs and l'.*ig.s respectively. I-'riesians were nor In demand, and grade cattle brought low prices. I'ri-es | were:—Y'earllng Jerseys .*jjgs to lugs. others IJgs to szs. grade Jerseys to 15gs: Shorthorns, grade to £10 10. pediirree I milking from £20 to 36gs. There was a I distinct glut of inferior bulls. MATAMATA STOCK SALE. At, our Matamata stock sale, held on Wednesday, there was a large yarding of all classes, and a _ood attendance of buyers, and a zood sale is reported right through. 1 We auote: — Fat steers, £« 10/ to £0 IS/: heavy prime fat cows and heifers. £4 14' to £C 10'; billable cows. £3 to £4: store cows. 20/ to 35': forward 3-year steers. £4 "..-: .bulls, ten to 3gs: empty 2-year Eriesian heifers. £5 5/ to £7 10 '; eiunty yearlin_ tn I l."i-mo3th Kriesinn heifers. £5 5 to £7: empty yearling to 15-raouth Shorthorn heifers. £2 12/ to £3 lO •-*: inferior 2-year steers. 30, : best .Terser heifers. £11 to £34: Shorthorns. £9 to £12: good heifers. £7 to £3 10.': best cows, £7 10/ to £10: sound cows. £4 to £7 .V; fat wethers. 23/ to 34 6: hoggets. 21/: porkers. 25/ to 26': best weaners. 10/ to 10/; others. 7/ to 9,6. BL'TTETt AND CHEESK. The New Zealand Co-operative Dairy Company Tias received the following cabled market report from its London office under date October 14:— '•Butter. —Ancior 220 '. firsts 21S ' nominal. Market is very quiet. (Big parcels of , Danish have caused a drop. •'Cheese.—Coloured 102. , white 104.*. The market is 'tnirring quiet."

BANKS— Sellers. Buyers. Australasia l.VO-o commercial 1 14 9 .. 1 1.1.0 National . . c. .. -i New South Wales.... "7, T. 0 .. St 13 11 New Zealand 11 111." .. - 13.11 I'nion of Australia .. 13.8/6 .. 13 -.11 INSURANCE — Nntional 3'Sii .. 3 . 0 New Zen In ml ISO .. l 7 u South British 1 10 9 .. 1 I." it Standard . . 1110 FINANCIAL— Hiilcetv and 'I'o — .. 0 10 0 • "ihlsbrouph Mort ... 2 2,3 .. 2.1 0 N.Z. and Kivcr I'late -- .. 10 0 Loan anil Mercantile — .. 73/0 1) Loan and More, (pref.) -- .. CO, 0,0 COAL.— iHlknrangl (ord.) 12,0 .. — Hikurangl (pref.) - 11/0 Taupiri 17,6 .. 17 0 Tanplri ipref.) — .. 1 2 O Waipa -- .. Hi 3 Westport — .. 1 42 0 GAS— Auckland (nidi 1 3 *R .. l.T.'O Auckland (new) 10.0 .. 18 3 Gisborne -- .. 11/8 SHIPPING— Huddart Parker ford.) 2/13 0 .. 2 110 Northern Steam (p.u.) 13 6 .. 13/3 Northern Steam (cont.) 6/6 .. 0/0 P. and O. He/erred.. — .. 300.0.0 fnion Steam (pref.).. 1 0 0 .. IS 0 TIMBER— Kauri Timber 1 ft 0 .. 176 L.O'B — .. ] 1,V,1 Parker. Lnmb 1/4/0 .. l,'.!/0 WOOLLEN— Ksi-apol (ord.) -- .. 110 Kaiapoi (lu/) — .. 10/0 MISCELLANEOUS— Abraham. Williams .. 4 10 0 .. 3/13'0 Auckland Trains 10,0 .. IS H Auckland Trams (pref.) 10 0 .. ISO Hums. Pbilp and Co. 1'IH'O .. 1/12 (I Bj-croft. Ltd 1/0 0 .. 18/0 Colonial Sonar (Aus.l — .. So'O'O Colonial Sugar (Fijii.. — .. 10/0/u Dental Supplies 1/3/0 . . — Farmers* Auctioneering 4/0/0 .. — Farmers' Auc. A (pref.) 10/0 .. 17'0 Fanners' Auc. B (pref.) 10/0 .. 13,0 Grey and Mcnzies (ord.) — .. 7/0 lllill aud Plumrner... — .. 1/0,0 Theatre Arcade (pref.) 10/6 .. — Ltd 0,(1 .. 5'fl Milne, Choyce (ord.) — .. 1/2'i) Milne. Choyce (deb.) 1/3/0 .. 1/2/0 N.Z. Home Builders.. 10 0 .. 0/0 N.Z. Paper Mills — .. 1/1/0 N.Z. nefrig-eratln*; .. 3/6/0 .. 14 9 N.Z. Refrift. (cont.) . . 14 6 . . 1.1 U N.A. Farmers SO .. — N.A. Farmers (B pref) — . . 0 0 Northern Boot — .. 10 0 rnrenga Oil 10 0 .. 7(5 Parenjra Oil (cont.) .. O/O •- 3'0 Sharland and Co — .. I/O, li Maxwell and Co 1'6/0 .. — Takapuna Trams — .. 11/8 Thames Theatre 10/0 .. 14/0 Union Oil — .. 1 .". n Wilsons Cement 1 0'3 .. 10'10 Milk Products 1/2/0 .. 11/0 MINING STOCKS— 'Moanataiari 3'10 .. 3 0 I Mulr's Reefs 1 10 G .. l u G Ohlnemuri Mines 2/0 .. — Waihi ..- 1/0 0 .. 1 0 G Waihi Grand Junction 91 ■■ S 10 Mount Lyell 1/2-0 .. 11/0 DEBENTURES AND BONDS— Auck. Has, 1023. G} p.e. — * .. 102 0 0 Ak Harb. Ronrd. B p.e. — .. mi n n City of Auck.. 1WO, 5J - . . 02 10 0 Devonport Borough 100/15 0 .. — N.Z. War. 1030. 4} p.e. 09/0/0 . . — N.Z. War, 1038. 4J p.e. 07 '15/0 .. 07 0/0 X.Z. War. 1041, 4* p.e. 97 13 9 .. — N.Z. War. 1027. 3 p.e. — . . 96/2 '6 Soldiers' Loan. 1033.34 09'12'fi .. 90 10 0 N.Z. Ins., 1938. 44 p.e. 07/13/0 .. 07 0 0 Soldiers" Loan. 1933.3J 00/13 0 .. 00 3 0 Oisb. Sheep Farmers 102/0/0 .. — Macky. Los.-in 101/0/0 .. 90/0/0 Bycrofts. Ltd 100/0/0 .. — Borough of Mt. Eden 107/0 0 .. 104/0 0 Farmers' Union 100/0/0 .. 00/0/0