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{By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright.) (Australian .and NJZ. Cable Association.) LONDON MARKETS. LONDON, August 11. The war news has stimulated the Stock Exchange, and all gilt-edged securities arc hardening. Rubber—l?ara 3s, plantation 2a. lid, smoked 2s OJd. Hemp—Tho market is firm and unchanged. EQUALISATION OP BUTTER PROFITS. (SPECIAL TO "XHE PRESS.") "• WELLINGTON, August 13. 6 The equalisation scheme for butter profits ia now all, but certain to go through. If talcs aro truo, there will bo some need, 'or the scheme next season. Without it butter would be a big gamble, for them is little 'change of'the Imperial Government Jauyins tho qutput of tho countrybut on' the other hand the -price obtained - for ' eitph butter as may be shipped/ •will bo iigiwchristchiirch~stock!exchange - YESTERDAY'S TRANSACTIONS. Sales reported:—HuddttrtrParker, (6 ■ per cent. cum. pref.), £1 Is; Canterbury Meat, £9 10s; British Tobacco .(Aust:), SSs, 35b, SSs, 355. LATEST QUOTATIONS. Buyers. Sellers. £ b. d. £ s. d.. BANKS— Commercial of Australia, 4 pot oent. 'cum. - / pref.) .. 613 6 — National .. ... Gl7 6 — • INSURANCE— Standard .. .« 3 8 0 •— LOAN AND AGENCY— National Mortgage .. '4 2 6 — SHIPPING— Huddart-Parker .. ' 1 — 1 19 0 New Zealand (6 per cent. cum. pref.) „ . .. .10 10 0 — FROZEN MEAT— Canterbury .. •• 810 0 N.Z. Refrigerating ... — 82 0 COAL— Taupiri ... u. 10 0 Westport ... m 11® 0 Westport Stockton .. 0 7<B — WOOLLENS— Bruce 112 0 — Kaiapoi (cum. dir.) .. 7 BO — MISCELLANEOUS— Booth, Macdonsld .. —' .10 0 Burns, Philp (Sydney) 114 , 6 —r ■ Eclipse Petrol .. —• . 117 6 ' Mason, Struthere (£1 pd.) '1 3. 0 ■ — N.Z. Consolidated Dental . 1 BO 1— Papuan Products 0 / 3"4 '—- ' MINING— . _ Talisman .. >• 0 8 9 0 9 8 Waihi .. •• 8 0 6 9 0 9 YESTERDAY'S BUSINESS ON OTHER EXCHANGES. ' (PBESS ASSOCIATION TELEGXAII.) , AUCKLAND. Sales:—Bank of New Zealand (folly paid), £18; ordinary, £12 15s. '
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Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16289, 13 August 1918, Page 5
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