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Press, Volume LV, Issue 16515, 10 June 1919, Page 5

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ENGLISH* MARKETS. (By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright.) (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) LONDON, May 29. The butter And cheeee position is unchanged. ! Much of the New Zealand cheeee now ' boing distributed is very old. Some has lost , 8 per cent, in weight. Sugar is unchanged. Tho wheat mariet is quiet. Little Australian is offering. A steamer cargo on peerage sold at 80s per quarter. Flour is dull and unchanged. Oats are quiet, and prices firm. Beans are steady. Pees are» tending to be dearer. The Bradford market for top-making wools I continues strong, with a good enquiry all round. ASHiBURTON HORSE FAIR. The National Mortgage and Agency Company, Ltd., held a horse fair at Ash burton ' on Saturday, when about GO horses were submitted to auction. The principal sales were:—Gelding (aged) £10 10s, do. (4yrs) £32, do. (3yrs) £18, do. (7yrs) £12 10s, do. (6yra) £32, mare (6yrs) £30, do. (Byis) £23, do. (syrs) £32,' do. (Syrs) £30. half-draught mare (Byrs) £12, spring carter (Syrs) £12, hack £6. WHEAT TRADE REGULATIONS. The Wheat Controller's return for the period .ended June 7th is as under:— i Threshing, returns received to date .. 4,380,097 bushels I Contracts to purchaseGood milling .. .. 8,514,645 bushels Fowl wheat .. .. 271,650 bushels Amounts paid to farmers through Government brokers .. ... £852,363 17s lOd Representing .. 2,526,086 bushels PROPERTY SALE. | Messrs Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report hav-1 ing sold Mr J. -a.. C. Thacicr's Okain's Bay property, including homestead, with about 450 acrcs, to Messrs A. and T. Ware-and P. j Moore. 1 CHRISTCHURCH STOCK EXCHANGE. .YESTERDAY'S TRANSACTIONS. Sale reported:—N.Z. Refrigerating, £3. . LATEST QUOTATIONS. Buyers. Sellers. £ s. d. £ a. d. DEBENTURES— N.Z. Government 41 peir cent. Bonds, 193S —. 96 10- 0 N.Z. Government per cent. Bonds, 1935, inscribed .. .. 97 0 0 — N.Z. Government 5 per cent. .• / ' .. 97 0 0 — INSURANCE— , New Zealand .. .. 13 14 0 — South British .. 719 6 — LOAN ANu AGENCY— . Dalgety and Co. .. 10 8 0 10 15 0 ! Permanent Investment 9 0 0 9 2 3 SHIPPING— I Huddart-Perker •• — 2 3 0] northern (14s fid paid) ' — 0 16 6 : FROZEN MEAT— I Canterbury ... -• 11 0 0. N.C Refrigerating .. 3 00- — WOOLLENS— I Kaiapoi :•« — 8 2 6 •OAS— _ _ Christchurch ,«« fi 12 0 812 6 BREWERIES— Mainning 326 400 MISCELLANEOUS— Beath and Co. .. 16 6 — Whitcombe and Tombs 6 4 0 — YESTERDAY'S BUSINESS ON OTHER EXCHANGES. (FBESS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAMS.) AUCKLAND. Sales: —New Zealand War Loans. 1941, £36 ss, 1927, £97 10s; South British Insurance, £8. Salo3 reported:—Auckland Gas, 275; Wilson's Cement, lfe 5d and 16s 4d; W&ihi, 43s 9d. I DUNEDIN. ' Sales on 'Change Mount Lyell, 235: New Zealand Paper Mills, 275; • P. and 0., .!&- ferred, £425. * MINING. TALISMAN MINE. (PRESS ASSOCIATION TtXEORAM.) AUCKLAND, Juno 9. The Talisman Consolidated Company during Hay treated 400 tons of oro for o return i of £03 si) 16s 4d, compared with last year, when 1520 tons yielded £10,251 €s Bd. This is a decrease of £5.041 10a 4d. Tho present ♦ return also shows a decrease compared with April", whoa 210 tons yielded £4171. The total -• on from the mine to date is £2,926,363 7d.

PROPERTY SALES REPORT. MESSRS D. STOCK AND CO., the new firm of Real Estate Agents, 156 Manchester street, N.Z. Express Co.'e Building, report a keen demand for saleable properties, with prices well sustained. - The following is a list of recent sales by this firm: — ' "On account of Mr Unwin, his 5roomed bungalow residence, "Washbourne street, Riccarton, to Mrs Wath son. >■ On account of Mr C. Hill, the goodwill of the lease of, 24 acres, dairy farm, Harewood, together with live and dead stock as a going concern, to Mr Morrison. a On account of Mr Beck, his bungalow I property, situated Courtenay streetj St. Albans, to Mr Clark. On account of a client, 5-roomed villa residence, situated Hill's road, St. Al- - bans, to Mr A. Lord. II On account of Mr Erickson, his dairj 0 farm of 40 acres, at Lansdowne, Halsf well, together with the whole of hia ') live and dead stocTc, to Mrs Flynn. * On account of a client, his seven- ) roomed residence and 3i acres, situated Westminster street, St. Albans, to Messrs Beck and Oakley. On account of Mr Fountain, in con- * junction with the N.Z. Farmers' Coop. Association, his superior bungalow residence of 8 rooms, at Queen's avenue, to Mr Fleming. 1 On account of_Mrs M. Johnson, her s j fine bungalow property of seven rooms and J-acre, Courteney street, St. Al- . b'ans, to Mr Downs. On account of Mr A. B. * his horses&oe manufacturing business at Riccarton, with' plant, machinery, etc., as a going concern, to Messrs Ed- " wards and Payton. t On account of Mr Jas. Novis, his . very fine orchard property of nearlv 5 L acres and residence, Hill's road, St. Martin's, to Mr Moylo. On account of Mi" Lamb, suburban property comprising 3J acres and large dwelling. Hand's road, Riccarton,. to Mr Erickson. On account of Mr Keith, his bungalow property of 4 rooms, situated Petrie !, street, Richmond, to Mrs Evans. On account of Mr Collins, his teeidential property in Stratford street, * Fendalton, to Mr Studholme. On account of Mrs Maynard, her five-roomed bungalow residence, Office road, to Mr Lamb. On account of Mr OUiver, his fiveroomed house and section, situated St. Asaph street, Linwood.'to Mr Duncan. On account Mr G. Penlington, his j splendid residential property, compris- } ing 6 rooms and larce section in*Barj rington 6treet, Spreydon, to Mr Lower. > I On account of Mr J. Brown,~his fin® J; bungalow property, situated West-. I minster street, St. Albans, to Mr ' | Lewthwaite. I On account of Mrs Johnstone, her . bungalow residence, situated Parkes street, Woolston, to Mr Archibald. ! On account of Mr Tankard, his superior bungalow property in Bishop 1 street, St. Albans, to Mrs Longton. On account of Mrs Petersen, her up-to-date bungalow residence, situated Innes road, St. Albans, to Mr Just. On account of Mr Miles, a very fine residential property in Warrington street, St. Albans, comprising bungalow and nearly g-acre, to Mrs Penlington. On accouut of Mr L. Hardie, a superior villa residenec, of 6 rooms and ■ J-acre in Wilson's road, Linwood, to a client. ! On account of Mr Russell, fine bun- . galow property, situated Mayfield avenue, St. Albans, to Mr Cook. On account of Mr J. Buckley, residential property of 4 rooms, in Flockton street, to a client. On account of Mrs Matthews, very fine residential property in Richardson street, Opana, to Mr Grlasson. On account of Mrs Ives, 5-roomcd bungalow and soction situated Courtenay street, St. Albans, t-q Mr Russell. On account of Mr A. villa ' residence of six rooms, situated Oxford terrace, to Rev. C. Abernethy. * On account of Mr De Oourcy Browne, his residential property situated Chapter street, St. Albans, to Mr Healey. , On account of Mr Cameron, his ap-to-dato residence, situated Martin avenuo, Beckenham, to Mr Whitehead. On account oi Mr Roberts, his very fine bungalow residence of 5 rooms, iu Edward avenue, St. Albans, to Mr M. Pryee-Jones. On account of Mrs Matthews, her five-roomed bungalow, situated Fitzgerald stroot, St. Albans, to Mr Bruere. On account-of Mrs Bowman, her city residential property of 5 rooms, Barbadoes street, to Sirs I>aly. On account of Sir Dodd, liis modern residence of four rooms and i-acre, in i Warrington street, to Mr Lord. i On account of Mr Jackson, his up-to-1 date bungaio'.v property in Hill's road, f St. Albans, to a client. ! On amount of Mr Ell, his suburban : property, comprising nearly five acres and dwciliiie;, to -Mr Newton. . On account of Mrs Lander, her fiveroomed bungalow residence, situated ; Mafn road, Hcdcliffs, to Mr Lunt. i On account of Mr McCieery, a modern bungalow property in Cranford ' street, St. Albans, to Mr Papps.. On account of Mrs N«e, her fiveroomed villa, situated Rochester street, ! Linwood, to' Mrs Crum. ! On account of Mr Andrews, his bungalow residence, situated Tancred street, Linwood, to a client. | On account of Mrs Welsh, her mo- , dern residence, Malcolm avenue, to a client. . On account of Mr A. Psrthelson. his | superior bungalow property and half- ' acre of land, situated i'rancis avenue, I to Mr Watson. (

On account of Mr J • shop and 'dwelling, Fategrave street, Sydenham, j to Mrs Crawford. On account of Mrs Flynn, hor fourroomed bungalow property in Canon street, St. Albans, to Mr Hodge. I On account of Mr McPhereon, his residential property of four rooms ®nd section at Malcolm avenue, Beckenham, to a client. »_•- I On account of Mr Thompson, his modern bungalow property in Milton street, Spreydpn, to Mr Bray. I On account of & client, modern bun- ' galow residence, Flockton stroet, St, Albans, to Miss French. I On account of Mrs Thxelkeld, her 1 superior bungalow residence of five rooms Westminster street, St. Albans, .to Mrs Reid. — 2434