AUCKLAND SHAREMARKET.

Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 199, 24 August 1925, Page 4

AUCKLAND SHAREMARKET.

BUSINESS DONE. AT THE 10 A.M. CALL TO-DAY— Bank of New Zealand (£2/169) South British Ins (£2/12/3), £2/12/0 Taranaki Oil tl/5/0

THE LONDON MARKETS. FROZEN MEAT. LONDON, Aug-ust 22. North Island, heavy, 7cl; Patagronlan, llpht, r.jd. Lambs.—Canterbury, light 11* d. medium injrt; heavy, 03d; other selerteds, lig-ht 11 gfl. medium lojd; .North. Island, firsts 10 sd. Frozen Reel". —New Zealand, rores 3Jd, hinds . r isd; Australian, hinds, ss!d. Chilled Ucf-r.—Arg-entine, fores 3Jd, hinds 7cd; Uruguay, Tores 3id; others unchanged. cotton, ncnriEn. hemp, etc. (Last week's quotations In parentheses.! Cotton.—Peptc-inbnr delivery, U'.iOd (12.41C1) per 11). Rubber.—Paya. 37d (iOd) per lb: plantation, 4irt Mild); smoked, -Sid (4 lid). Jute.—An ff list-September shipments, £-53 (£42 i~/0, Aug-ust) por ton. Hemp.—July-August shipments, £38 10/ (£:is 10/) per ton. Copra.—August shipments, £20 15/ (£39 17/(>. August to September) per ton. Unseed Oil. —Ell 5/ (£l3 5/) per ton. Turpentine.—oo/3 (6(1/0) per ewt. Antimony. English, £75 to £85 (£7.~> to £85) per ton; foreign, £48 to £C 5 (£GS to £05 10/). WHEAT. Wheat.—Cargoes are quiet and nominally unchanged. Parcels are 3d up. Liverpool futures: October, 11/ij per cental; December, 10/BJ. — (A. and N.Z.) SMITIIFIELD TRICES. FROZEN MEAT. The New Zealand Meat Producers , ' Board has received the following cable from its London office, dated :>lst August. 1O2">, ad- j vising Snilthiieltl delivered prices at thut I date as follows:— New Zealand Wethers and Maidens.— Canterbury quality, selected brands- SP, and under 78(1, 57-81 7Jd. (5-72 Til. Other brands: 56 and under 7|d, 57-04 7d, 6.V7-' 7d. New Zealand ewes: G4lb and under New Zealand Lamb.—Canterbury quality: 3011) and under lljd, 37-43 lOjd. 43-."O 9Sri Seconds: 11M. Selected, brands- 3Bll> and under llgfl, 37-42 ,10id. Other brands: First quality, 421b and under, 103, seconds lHd. New Zealand 'Reef.—Ox fores. SM- ox hinds. 58rl. Tow, fores. 3d: hinds" '-ttii Arjrpntine chilled beef: Ox, fores' 35!d----hinds, 7|d. ' a ' CHICAGO WHEAT MARKET. CHICAGO, Atlg-ust S3. Wheat. ?l.r.jn PPr hi, P i lP i. neremtior. $1,013; May, $I.OiJ. — ( \ and N.Z. Cable.) P.O. SAVINGS BANK. j \ ! ThQ Post Office Pavinc-s Rank returns i Tor the past four years show a consistent ! movement towards an ex-cess of with- I drnv.-flls over deposits, but this ' movement ptlvps ii"omi=e of dvintr out very •' soon. The deposits and withdrawals for j each of the past four years ended June 30. j ?nd the nr withdrawals over deposits show as under:— | Kxecss With- of wituDepo«its. flrnwals. drawals. Tune no. £ £ f j 10/>-t ?7.P.47.770 20.Jfi1,7«1 I.Rt2.ni2! ]<y>:? .' '.'7~Ci.KV2 27.fin?..0f!0 115.52S I IOfJ . .. 2!»..V-O.O"»2 n0.221.7."" <;i7.sii:". i!)L'."» .....' .■;o.-. , 7(;.Vi,sii .si.">-'i Durinnr fonrioen nut r>l - 11)" slvfepn (juarfprs covered by the above limiros the withdrawals excepded the deposits, hut in the two quartern of this year the deposits exceedorl the withdrawals ny £030,-5 07. while In the second hair of Inst year the ! withdrawals evceeded the deposits by! £1,021,0i5. If the present favourable conditions continue, the. net savings of tlie people should show expansion. | RONGOTEA DAIRY CO. The Rongrotea Dairy Co. increased its output 18 per cent during: the past season. The average grading; was 03.8. . Tiio averag-c net return to suppliers will 1)0 1/.".77, and a dividend of 6 per cent on shares is to be paid.

BANKS— Sellers. Buyers. Australasia 14/10/0 .. 14/5/0 Commercial — .. 1/11.3 National — .. (i/14/0 New South Wales 41/7/G .. 41/3/0 New Zealand 2/17/0 .. 2/11S/6 Union of Australia .. 14/12/0 .. 14/10/6 IXSrUANCE— National — .. 3/12/6 New Zealan,. 1/15/0 .. 1/15/0 South British 2/12/0 .. 2/11/6 Standard — .. 2/0/0 FINANCIAL— N.Z. and Kiver Plate. 1/1/0 .. 3/1/3 Loan and Mercantile. 90/0/0 .. — Loan and Merc. Qjref.) — .. 77/0/0 CO A I^Hikurangl (prof.).... 10 0 .. — l'ukeiniro 2/0/0 .. 2/1/6 Tnupiri 17/!) .. lG/!» Taupiri (pref.) 1/4/0 .. 1/3/0 Wuiim 1,2/0 .. — GAS — Auckland (old) 1/3/3 .. 1/2/10 Auckland (new) (5 r> .. 6/3 Birkenhead r ISO .. — Glsborue 13/0 .. — SHIPPING— Devouport Ferry 1/5/0 .. 1/3/0 Howard Smith, Ltd.. 1/1.1/3 .. 1/14/0 Huddart, Parker (orrt.) 2/6/8 .. 2/fi/0 Northern Steam (p.u.) Ki i> .. l.V!> Northern Steam (copt.) SO .. 7/4 I'llion Steam (pref.l.. 8/0 .. 7/4 Uulou Steam (pref.).. — .. l'J/9 TIMBER— Bartholomew — .. 1 '1/0 Kami Timber 1/14/6 .. 1/13/6 L.O'B — .. 2/10 0 National 1/2/6 .. 1/2/0 PiU'kpr, Lamb 1 '12/0 .. — Kotoiti 1/3/0 .. — WOOLLEN— Kalapoi (ord.) 12 0 .. — MosstIpI 0-1/0 .. — Wellington ft/ll/G .. — Wellington (prof.) 0, 12/G .. — MISCKI.UXEOUSAbrahnm. Wll. (pref.) — .. 4/7/6 Colonial Sucar 03/0/0 .. 32/10/0 Dental Supplies 17 (> .. — Dominion l'l.turos... I/on .. Kh-ctrol.vtic Zinc (def.) 1/11/0 .. 1/0/S) Pnrmers' Auctioneering 3/17/6 .. rt/10-o Groy and Menzles.... — .. 0/0 Hill and l'luinmer .. — .. 10 0 Tli car re Arcade (pref.) 10 '6 .. 19/6 L. R. Eady (7 i>. c. R pref) 1/3/0 .. — Milne, Choyre. Ltd... — .. 1'4'0 Milne. Choyce (prof.) — .. 1/4 0 Milne, Chnyce (deb.) — .. 1'3/« Newton King, Ltd... 12/0 .. 9/0 Newton Kins (pref.).. 18/G .. — N.Z. Brewerips — .. l/lfl/0 Farmers , Fertiliser.. — .. 4/13/0 N.Z. Itefrij;. (cont.) .. n/C .. n/fi N.Z. Farmers (n pref.) — .. V,'?, I'hlUipps and Impey. — .. 1/1O/0 Sanford. Ltd 18/0 .. IS/3 Rhnrland and Co — .. 1/1/0 P. II. Mnswp 11 nnrt Co. 12/B .. — Takapuna Trams 14/0 .. — Taraakl Oil 1 .'5/0 -- 1'" f> Thames Theatre — .. 14/0 Tonson Garlick 14 0 .. 10/0 fnlon Oil — .. 1/10/0 Wiseman and Sons... 12/G .. — AVisemans (pref.) l/0/f> .. 11/0 Wilsons Cement 1/13/3 .. 1/13/0 MINIXO— Knmntn Reofs 0 T! .. — Ktirannl 1 7 .. 0/7 Moanataiarl 2/0 .. 1/8 Mulr's Heef 1R/0 .. — Now Wniotahl (cont.) — .. 0/4J Nonpnreil 1/0 .. — Nonpareil (cont.) 0/4 .. — Ohinemuri Mines .... — .. 2/T) Wailil 1/3/9 .. 1/.VO Waihi Grand Junction — .. 0/H Zeehan Consolidated.. 5/0 .. ■— DEBENTURES— Auck. Gas, 1028, p.c. — .. 101/0/0 N.Z. Breweries 1/Z/Z .. 1/2/G S. K. Maxwell, Ltd... 102/0,0 .. — WAR LOANS— Loan, mno, 4* p.c. ... — .. f)7'0/0 Loan, ]HHS. 4* p.c 07/5/0 .. 07/0/0 Loan, lnriD, 4* p.c 07/5/0 .. 00'17/0 Loan. 1027. 5 p.c — .. OS/ii/O Soldiers' 1933. 5} p.e. — .. 101/0/0 INSCRIBED STOCK— Loan, 1027, 5 p.c 08/15/0 .. OS/5'0 Loan, 19/tS, 4J p.e 07/2/G .. — I-oim, m?,0. 44 p.e 97'2/G ..' — I/Oan, 1027-41, 5i p.c. — .. 08/5/0 Soldiers, 1US\ r>* p.e. — .. 101/0, 0