THE WEEK REVIEWED.

Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 218, 13 September 1924, Page 8

THE WEEK REVIEWED.

BUStECBSS QuJU-X----■pBT/TPy -.gTTTT.T. 2&AXSTJJ2sW>. j New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency I stock moved upwards this week. Ordinary i sold at £89 to £90, an advance of 30/ for I the week. The preference stock were t placed at £80, an advance of £2. P. and 0. I Deferred Stock are offered at £300. a drop i or £5 npon last week's selling rate. ! Buyers, however, came In at £298. Harbour . Board 5i per cent debentures were transferred at £95 10/, and the 6 per cent were ; offered yesterday afternoon at £103 10/, l wbictt brought in a buyer at £102. Clty or Auckland 5i per cent debentures are ' wanted at £95 15/, but no seller quoted. Soldiers' Loan, both bond and inscribed, eased 5/, being sold at £101. The 4* per cent War Loans are wanted at £97 7/6 to £97 10/, but no sales were made at these rates. Buyers came in again Tor Waipa Colliery at 19/9. but sellers asked 20/6. HlKurangi Coal dropped a shilling in the . selling- price yesterday, 9/ being quoted for ordinary, and 11/ for preference Issue. Timber shares hold their price on the ' market, but rew sale 3 have taken place of . late. Buyers or Bartholomew Timber again came in -with offers or 22/0, but holders asked 24/. Kauris are wanted at 30/6, and L.0.8. Timbers at 44/6. Sellers or this line are not orten quoted, but yesterday some shares, were offered at 4 5/. For • National Timber 23/9 is still offered. A ■ little business was done this week in Huddart Parker Steam at 44/9 and 4 5/, while Howard Smith, Ltd., sold at 36/9. ; Sales were also made or Kaiapoi WooUen • at 15/3, and Wellington Wool at £7. More attention was paid to shares In ■ banking corporations this week, but the i prices offered did not lead lo much business, commercial Bank, ordinary shares, ] sold at 29/6. and Bank or New Zealand at i 57/. Inquiry was made Tor National Bank or AustraUa at £15, but no seller was ; disclosed. National Bank or Queensland 1 were offered at £8 15/, and National Bank or !\"ew Zealand at £6 IG/. Buyers still ; offer £4 0 10/ ror Bank or New South Wales shares. Insurance shares are steady . at last week's quotations. Sales took place i or Kempthorne Prosser Drug at GB/9, and there are still buyers at sixpence under : that figure. Several transactions took place t in Tonson Garllck. Ltd., at 13/, and sales > occurred or National Picture shares at 15/ : Gnldsbrough Mort, Ltd., firmed a shilling 1 this week, 45/ being- offered for old and ! 44/ for the new issue. Sanrord. Ltd.. , preference shares are inquired ror at par, but sellers ask 21/6. Sharland. Ltd., are a little nrmer, being wanted at 21/ I In mining shares, YValhi Grand Junctions . were a shade nrmer, selling at 2/3. Sales , - 00k P lace at 2g / and 28/0. ! _\ e _Y Waiotahi shares sold at sid. and arter i lo_b or picked stone were obtained, dropped Occasional inquiries were made T&in_% m HT 1 ,H Mm , es at wbii. Rising' sun sold down to i/ 3. Moana--1 __?ort*h« ./n 1 ! "" to >*' 2 sin <:e lalt I report. Put 1 /11 is now the best offer. FOOD PRICES. Eggs are still coming forward in lar-e - . quantities but at 1/4 per dozen the eon- : sumption is heavy. UL con ■ Butter shows "no change, the recent : advance having been maintained -oVo„V ' _^I^tatS^_--^- - ,V. hol -, e /-^ m,J n re gu _• t,!,l rtta " the counter 1 2 to 1/3 per lb. rashers 1/8 to 1/q !__",„ in cuts, sells at 9d to I's per 'lif ™ i rashers 1/4 to 1/G. Supplies of bams ___ bacon are increasing. " Jua MIHE MANAGERS' REPORTS. Waihi Returns.—The returns from the Waihi G.M. Company, for the period ended A-gnst SO, was as follows : —''Crushed and j treated, 17.552 tons of ore, for a return , of 5326 ounces Of gold and 44.101 ounces of : silver. The foUowing cable has been sent to the head office of the company, London • I "No. 8 leveL Edward lode: At 490 ft south and in the crosscut to the east the next s*t is country rock, and the last sft is a ! mixture, assaying 2/ per ton. No. 0 level Edward lode: Driving south the next 23ft from 1332 to 1358_trgB_ra stßyg jc_j ',_■__','