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Press, Volume LII, Issue 15486, 13 January 1916, Page 8

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(By. Cable.—Prees Association.—Copyright) ■ . ; METALS. (Received Janaaiy 12th, ; '9.20 p.m.) , LONDON Januaiy 11. - to £85 ss. • • Tin—£l73 to £174 10s. .... ■ Lead —£31 .to £30 10s.Spelter—£B9 to £75. . - Silver—26 10-16 d pcr 03. . SHARES. ' ■ Bank of_ Australasia, £108' iOs; Bank of New South Wales,. £35 los; ; Bank of Victoria, 73s 9d; Union Bank of Australia, £49; National Bank of New Zealand, 82s 6d; New Zealand ' Lean -debentures, £76: ordinary, §tockjX4,. £75; los.;. , r . UNION. BANK OF AUSTRALIA. 1 ' Tiie Union Bank of , Australia baa j| declared a dividend of 10 per cent, and a bonus of 2 per cent. The amoun' ; carried forward is £70,528. : ■ * JOHNSOiNVILLE STOCK SALE. .1% (PRESS ASSOCIATION TELEGRJLiI.) ,* X'.l WELLINGTON,- January 12. . £ At the Johnsonvillp fat stock fair entries sold at late rates. Prime heavy bullocks made £18, prime bul- j locks £16 10s to £37, ligtot bullocks £14 5s to £14 15s, vealers : 2ss to>3Qs,- i prime wethers 26s Id, prime . heavy;, ewes -24s to 24s lOd, light, ewes SOs'f' J; 6d to 21s, prime heavy lambs 20s 2d,,H prime lambs 17s 6d to ' 18s 6d,; light 1 lambs 16s. . . •, BURNSIDE MARKET. '/ \| (press association tblegbam.) BUNEDIN, January 12. M At Burnside to-day, 162- fat cattlo">.i were yarded.- Bidding was a slack at the commencement, .but later:'!?! on prices improved, particularly for®; good quality. \. Values on the;were. :Blightly . better- : ,than : last wwfte 1 -'; . Prime bullocks' - madis - !£L6 to ;r. j medium £12:105.'t0.-'£l4 3 10 si £10 10s to £12; prime heifcre-: aJWi'i cows. £12 10s to £14 10s, ettra. J /£lB,. medium .£lO to £11 lOh,' inferior. £8 to £9,',' store bullocks to.£9 . steers to £7 3s, cows to £9. 17s i heifers to £4: calves to. £2 15s. a |. Fat sheep—l9l4 were"penned, chieny ig| I medium to good wethers- and . .ewes, 'M i with. a .few pens of extra good ; sheep, fi Prices were much the same as last week, but eased a 'little ; at' the close. Prime wethers made 22s- to 28s extra to -355,:-medium 19s-6d to 6d inferior 16s to 19s 6d/ pritnfe 22s to 24s' 6d/ extra : t<j> 365,; 19s 6d to 21b 6d, . to; 6d. ;• '■ Fat lambs—7B2 •wore penned, of_ fai£>ji: quality. 'Competition nOt-sOji^ brisk as last week, and prices eaaw Is to Is 6d i>er head. Prime . ,v| 19s to 22s 6d, medium 15s t6 16s inferior 12s. 6a to 14a 6d. Fat pigs made up to £4 12s.' / — •• CHKISTCHURCH STOCK / EXCHANGE. ■ ; LATEST QUOTATIONS. Stock. Buyers. SslWa^^ BANKS— ,M National of ■ N.Z. .. 410 . 6 — New Zealand (£3 Gs 8d . J|£jra| paid) ;. .. 10 0 .0 " BKEWEBIES— 1 . .',3^ Crown (ciim div.) .. — • Manning .. — 4 INSUBANCE— ' New Zealand ~i G- 5 0 MEATS— . Christchtrrch (£lO paid) 16 5 0 £4 Christchurch (£2 paid) .. .. 8 2 6 — SHIPPING— , . v.?i®S Union Steam Shin .. 13 9 1 Union Steam Ship (5i per cent, pref.) .. *— MISCELLANEOUS— J '.."3||§§ Mason, Struthers £1 .. "' paid) .. ..106 Mason, Strathers (14s •i/J'iSSa paid) .. ... - [MINING- ' 1 Waihi Grand Junction YESTERDAY'S BUSINESS ON ■ EXCHANGES. *£nzss assoctattok trmoiak.)' WELLINGTON. "vr'C\M There were no sale* on 'Change. _ _ r Closin? mining quotations:—Donunjoa veloping ComT>any. liuyern 82s Gd; Tar-«nw»j;.j|| buyers 15s; Waihv. buyers 36s 3d.

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TALISMAN MINE. . •• V fSPECIAL TO "THE PRESS.") ffijgjjM KAHANGAHAXE, Coring the broken period of taitery of.th© Talisman Mine only zM *®Wjjl|§g d»ye. cruehinc 430 tone, yielding valued at £5123 lis Td. The genecsJ■ overhaul was started on December.«>»: l5g«B general mining work continued tolßtn#WJoSg the cost of all- the work is charged the SI tons milled, neceasuily costc per ton very high. . .