CHRISTCHURCH STOCK EXCHANGE.

Press, Volume LXII, Issue 18671, 21 April 1926, Page 10

CHRISTCHURCH STOCK EXCHANGE.

YESTERDAY'S TRANSACTIONS. Sales reported- S.Z. Insurance, 3Ss 9d itwo parcels); Howard, Smith. 32s M (two yarceisi; Cfcriftchurch Gas, 24s if,to parcels;, Eefrie. <lf>3 paid), 'Bs 2d (two parcels); Staples Brewery, (Os; Henry Jones Co-op., 17a; XZ. Farmers' Co-op (6J ,-er cent. Stock, 1930), .£56. Sales on 'Change—X.Z. Rtfrijj. (10s paid>, «s 2d; Chrisfchnrch Gas, 24e; Henry Jones Co-op., -46s 9d. LATEST QUOTATIONS.

OTHER EXCHANGES. (fxess usocusztm tmjhmucs.) AUCKLAND, April 20. Sales-: —Hank of Now Zealand, 60s 6A (two s»les); N.z. Insurance, 38e 9d; Taupiri Coal (prof.), 24g 8d; Auckland G■»» (oontrib.), 8a -5d.; Farmers'' CcK>p.. Auctioneering. (A pref.), 18s i6d; Wilson's Cement,.3ss 8d; Kawarau, 7g 7d (two sales), 7s ild, 8s; New Waiotahi (cont.), 8d; >Waihi, 205.. - ' • ' WELLINGTON, April 20. Salea—Bank of New Zealand, £3. Ob 6d; Crown (Australia, ordinary), £2 6s 6a. ' V ' ' DUNEDIN; April 20. ' Salei-Kuwarau, 7s 3d, 7« 4d, (two); St. Bathana (A issue)-, 6d prem par (four). Sales reportedßank' of New Zealand, 60s Sd (three), Waihi.2os. i RANGIORA STOCK SALE. The yarding of fat sheep at the Rangiow market yesterday totalled 790, of Which 520 were lambs; Prices were consistently lower, in sympathy with the reduction in schedule rates, although a line of 44 lambs, sold account of Mr C. Lindsay (Fernside). realised 32g lid, the hiffheat price paid for lambs at the Bangiora sales this season. The store pens contained 1720 head, most of which changed hands. Following are the gales:— Fat Lambs —On account C. Lindsay, 44 at 32s lid; S. Smith, 24 at 28s 9d; A. Millar, 36 at 28s 8d; L. and M. Fitzgibbon, 107 at 28s 6d; H. Dickhoff, 34 at 28s Id; A. Stewart, 19 at 27s lOd; Carboy Bros., 16 at 27s lOd: E. Pulley, 7 at 28s; Jas. Fitzgibbon, 45 at 27s 9d; P. Heron, 63 at 27s 4d; R. Hughes, 10 at' 275; G. Feather, 2 at 275; J. Douds, 14 at 26s sd; R. Ward, 16 at 25s 10d; A. Kennedy, 3 at 25s 6d; P. Fitzgibbon, 7 at 24s 3d. Fat Sheep—Wethers: On account G. Feather, 15 at 32s Id; client, 32 at 31s Id; F. Heron, 2 at 28b; H. Page, 22 at 27s 2d. Ewes: On account J. Douds, 12 at 235, 9 at 21s Id; H. Dickhoff, 10 at 18s 8d; E. Pulley, 13 at 18s Id; James Fitzgibbon, 3 at 17s lOd; F.:Heron, 49 at 16s lOd; A. Kennedy, 7 at 16s lOd; Carboy Bros., 19 at 16s 3d, 24 at 15s lid; S» Smith, 34 at 17s; H. Page, 9 at 15s 8d; R. Ward, 5 at 15s ,7d. : Pigs—The entry of pigs was very small, and consisted of wcaners, which sold from 8s 6d to 14s.

entry of cattle .totalled 19 head.' The sale did not attract much interest, and as a result some lots were hard to dispose of at vendors' values. Fat steers made from £5 17a 6d to JE9 15s, fat heifers £5 to £9, store cows to £2 15s, heifer calves, to 40s, yearling calves 275. to 355. • Stores: "Good four, ' six, and eight-tooth ewes made up to 36s 6d, 18s 6d, halfbjed ewe lambs made 29s 4d to 33s 9d,- two-tooth wethers 25s 6d to 27s 6d. The lines sold wefe:— Lambs—lsl halfbred ewe lambs at 29s 4d,.331 at 33s 9d. Ewes—3s two, four, six, and ■ eight-tooth at 32s 9d, 40 at 30s, 110 at 36s 6d, 62 s.m. at 1.75, ,22 at 12s fld, 70 at 18s 6d, 72 at 14s 6d, 27 at 2Js 7d,*'6B failing-mouth at 12s 7d, 14 at lit. Wethers—9 t'wo-'tooth. at 265, 30 two, four, and six:tooth at 27s 6d, 35 two, four, six, and eight-tooth at-27s 6d, 35 at 25s 9d, v 56 at 265, £9 at 25s 6d, 41 at 27s sd, 141 at 25s 7d. Poultry—Roosters 10s a pair, hens 4s 9d, pullets Bs, ducks 7s. Produce—Chick wheat 27s a bag, oats 18s to 225, grass seed 6s a bushel, oat-sheaf chaff 6s to-7s a bpg, straw chaff 2s'6d, potatoes 12s to IBs a. bag, marrows 6s to 12s a dozen, cabbages 3s to 4s a dozen, cauliflowers 3s to 4s a dozen, celery 6d a stick, carrots 6s to 6s 6d a bag, onions 2d to 3d, tomatoes 2s 6d a 201b case, apples 2s 6d to 4s a case, peaches 2s to 4s. • . FROZEN MEAT. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., have received the following cablegram from London, under date 16th instant: New Zealand Frozen Meat—Lamb, lOd per lb (average); mutton, wether and maiden ewe, kght 6Jd per lb, beaw s|d per lb, ewe, light 4gd per lb, heavy 4Jd per' lb; market •low. Dalgety and Company, Ltd., have received the following cabled advice from London:— The list of arrival* for the April sales closed on April 19th. The quantities available for thes® saleg at*:—Australian 33,000 bales, N«w Zealand 37,000 bales, Cape 2000, South American 25,000, carried forward from last sales <5,000. All vessels except Otira, Tainui, Waiwera, Cambridge, and Trekieve arrived in time.

Buyers. Sellers. £ s. d. £ s. d. N.Z. GOVT. DEBENTL'KES4$ per cent. Inscribed, 193S and i939 96 5 0 4$ p»r rent. Bonds, 1930, l'J3«, and 1939 96 5 0 5 rer cent. Bonds, 1927 98 5 a 5J per cent. Inscribed and Bonds. 1933 .. 99 12 6 . (JTHKK DEBENTL'RESChrUtchurch Urainage, 5J }.or cent. OS 15 0 99 .1 0 N.Z. Breweries, Bonds 1 6 0 1 6 3 Glaxo, 64 per cent. fcSA.VKS- — .54 0 0 Australasia — li 3 0 Comm. of Anst. 1 10 4 1 10 8 Comm. of Aust. (piei.) 6 17 6 7 0 0 Comm. of Sydney 25 15 0 26 10 0 £., S., and A. (cum div.) 7 15 6 7 16 6 National cf Australasia (£10 raid) 18 0 0 18 7 6 National of Australasia (£5 paid) . 8 19 6 9 1 0 National of N.Z. 6 14 6 6 15 0 New South Wales 44 12 6 New Zealand .. 3 0 3 3 0 5 Hoyal (£1 paid, cum div.) .. — 1 16 6 Royal -(£4 . paid, cum div.) 6 18 0 7 2 6 Union of Aust. ■34 39 0 15 1 0 Victoria (ord.) 8 3 6 8 7 6 Victoria Jpref.l Western "Australian 16 0 2 16 0 0 — . „ n.iNUKNational 3 IS 6 — New Zealand .. 1 18 7 1 18 9 Queensland .. 2 12 3 2 13 0 South British — 2 19 0 Standard 2 11 _0 — LOAA A.\D AGENCY— Dalgefy and Co. 15 19 0 — Goldebrough, Mort 2 8 . 4 2 8 6 National Mortgage , — 3 19 0 National Mortgage (London Register) — 3 15 0 N.Z Loan and Merc. (ord. stock) SHIPPING— 91 0 0 — Howard, Smith 1 12 0 1 12 6 Huddart-Parker 2 4 3 2 i 6 P. and 0. (Deferred Stock) • .. 233 0 0 240 0 0 Union (pref.) 1 0 3 — FROZEN MEATN.Z. Refrig. (10s pd.) 0 8 2 0 8 3 VYOOLLENS— 0 11 8 Kaiapoi (17s paid) ' .. — COAL- ■ Westport 1 15 4 1 16 0 Stockton (pref.) 0 2 6 0 2 10 GAS-. Christchurch ... 1 4 0 1 4 2 Timaru 6 15 0 7 1 0 BREWERIES— Crown .. ' 1 0 0 — Manning (cum div.) .. 2 1 6 . 2 2 6 New Zealand .. 2 18 0 2 19 0 Staples .. ... — 2 1 0 C ' NTS— • Wilson's — 1 16 0 TIMBER— Bartholomew 1 2 0 — Kauri 1 1 13 3 1 13 9 Leyland. O'Brien 2 0 0 2 2 6 MISCELLANEOUS— . B.A.W.R.A. 0 11 7 0 12 0 Beath and Co. 1.11 0 1 12 6 .Burns, Philp 1 18 0 1 18 10 Colonial Sugar M 2 6 54 15 0 ■ Electro. Zinc (pref.) .. 1 15 3 1 15 9 Electro. Zinc, (ord.) .1 14 3 1 15 0 Henry Jones Co-op. 2 6 -6 2 7 0 Mason, Struthers (£1 .. paid) ' ... ' — 1 2 0 N.Z.' Drug Co. . . . 8 . 6 . 8 ' — N.Z; Farmers' Co-op. (£5 paid) .. — '2 0 0 1 N.Z. Guarantee Corpn. 0 9 4 0 9 11 Perdriau Rubber (5s pd.) 0 10 10 0 11 4 MININGKawarau 0 7 2 1 6' Jit. Lyell ... .. St. Bathana. "A"' 1 5 4 7 0 1 0 '01 0 dis. prem. " St. Bathans,/"B" — 0 10 or«m.