YESTERDAY'S SALES.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20037, 19 September 1930, Page 12

YESTERDAY'S SALES.

CHRISTCHURCH. Sales on 'Change—- . ■ il s. d. Commercial Bank of Australia 017 2 Bank of Now South Wales 31 0 O Feilding Gas ... ... 0 3 0 New Zealand Breweries ... 2 7 7 Mt. Lyell ... ... 10 2 New Zealand Farmers' Coop. (10s paid) ... 0 0 8 Mnhakipawa ... (2) 0 0 54 (5) 0 0 5 Stoney Creek (6d paid) ... 0 0 1 Sales Reported — Timaru Borough 5 per cent., 1935 (late sale, 17th) ... • :.. 96 2 6 New Zealand Refrigerating 6J per cent., 1935 ... 95 0 0 Australian Bank of Commerce ... ... 019 8 United Building Society (cum div.) ... ... 016 6 British Tobacco (cum div.) „ , ,„ ■ (2) 112 0 Bank of New South Wales 31 0 0 AUCKLAND. Sale on 'Change—- £ s. d. Government Bonds, 1936, 5} per cent. .. .. 99 7 6 Auckland Hospital Board, 1931, 6J per cent. ..100 0 0 Commercial Bank of Aust. 0 stß 0 0 17 6 Bank of New Zealand .. 215 6 New Zealand Insurance .. 2 10 South British .. .. 217 3 Auckland Gas (con.) .. 017 9 British Tobacco .. 111 11 Colonial Sugar .. .. 30 10 0 Sharland and Co. (pref) .. 018 9 Waihi .. ~ 014 11 Mount Lyell .. .. 10 2 WELLINGTON. Bales Reported—- & «. d. Australian Bank of Comm. 019 9 National Bank of Australasia ... 6 0 0 Bank of New Zealand ... 215 6 New Zealand Breweries ... 2 8 0 Wellington Harbour Board, 54 per cent., 1940 ... 98 10 0 DUNEDIN. Sale on 'Change—- £ s. d. New Zealand Insurance ..220 WOOL SALES. QUOTATIONS FROM LONDON.

(UNITED PEBBS ASSOCIATION—BY Bt-BCTBIO TBLEaRAPH--COPYBIOnT.) LONDON, September 17. At the wool sales 10,423 bales were offered for sale, including 5979 bales of New Zealand wools. About 5850 bales were sold. There was a poor selection of merinos and a good supply of New Zealand sorts, with steady competition. Opening rates were confirmed. There were some withdrawals of slipeg owing to tho high limits. New Zealand lots Bold as follows:—Greasy crossbred*, Pakirs, top price Od (avorage 8Jd); W.'.ireka 9d <BJd). Hslfbreds, Settercairn Hid; Mount Gladstone IOJd (OJd). New Zealand scoured merino, Rsndco /T made 23d. Greasy crossbreds, Erewhon made 11 Id; slipec, Tomana/T 12Id; scoured hslfbreds and winterslow combings 20d, and pieces 19d. KEEN COMPETITION AT SYDNEY. (Reeelved September 18th, 9.40 p.m.)

SYDNEY. September 18. At the wool sales the offering amounted to 11,660 bales, 9556 being sold, also 1903 being disposed of privately. The market was very firm for stylish quality wools, the competition for which continued to be keen from French, German, and -Japanese, and to a Ids* extent from the Yorkshire and American section of the buyers. Greasy merino made up to 17td.

PRICES FOR THE SEASON. A FRENCH BUYER»S OPINION. (VKITSO PKEBS iSBOCUTIOS—B* BLECTEJC TELEOBAPU—COPTRIOHT.) (Received September 18th, 9.45 p.m.) SYENEY", September 18./ A French wool buyer, M. F. Bourgeois, who arrived in Sydney to-day, said that while depression, characterised every industry, the prices of wool could hardly be expected to improve. However, the average rate (or the season would be about that of last year. WOOL SALE POSTPONED. . The supplementary wool eale which was to have been held in Chriatchurch yesterday, w«ji postponed. It will be held on October 3rd, at 2 p.m., in the land sale rooms of l*rr.e, Gould. Guinness, Ltd. GERALDINE STOCK SALE. TUo rise of £s and £s a head at tho Geraldine stock sale a fortnight ago was nnt maintained this week, when prices wero much ea3ier. The following* sales wero made: Store Sheep—Sir- ewce at lis 2d, 54 owes at 9s, CO ewes, at 9s Id, 54 ewe hoggets at 115s 2d, 8 ewe hoggets At 8s 3d, 42 wether hoggets at 13s 2d, 55 lamb* at 9s Id, 21 owe» and 22 lambs at 8s Sd. Wethers—Fourteen at 16s, 10 tti 18s Cd, 51 at 16s, 14 at J9e, 15 at 17s 9d, 28 at 17b 5d Fat Sheep—Twelve ewes at 17a 9d, 10 owes at 15s Id, 12 ewes at 18s 7d. Pigs-r-Three at 275, 1 at 245, 3 at 81s, 2 at 2Ss, 2 at 29s 6d, 1 at 86s, 1 at 265, 2 at 25s 6d, 1 at 20a, 2 at 18a 6d ( 2 at 17a, 1 at 18s, 1 e,i 26e, 8 at 255. SKIN SALE. H. Matson and Co. held their weekly skin and bog wool sale yesterday before the usual bench of buyers. The sale was dragging throughout, and prices were on a par with last week. Crutchings met with a fair demand. The range of values was: — Pelts 42d, damaged pelts 2d, faulty pelts 2d; merinos, sound 5d to 53d, dead and faulty BJd to 6Jd, dead and damaged 2Jd; crossbredß, eound (id, dead and damaged 3d to 4Jd; halfbreds, sound 6d to 7Jd, dead and damaged sid to 6Jd; tbroe-quarterbreds, sound 6Jd; hoggets, sound 5d to 7d, dead and damaged 5d to s|d: black, 2|d to 4gd; lambs, 8d to 3 Id. Country Skins—Crossbredß, dead 2a 5d to 3s lid; halfbreds, dead 2s lid to 4s sd; faulty halfbreds, 2s to 5s 9d. Country Butcher Skins—Hoggets 3a to 4s 6d, crossbreds 5s to 5s 3d, three-quarter-breda 4s 4d to 5s lid, halfbreds 3s Id to 5s lid, merinos 4s. Abattoir Skins—Crossbreds 3s 6d to 5s 6d, three-quarterbreds 5s Id to 6s 4d, halfbrods 4s 4d to 7s. Bag Wool—Halfbred and three-quarterbred crutchings, 3Jd to 4|d; halfbred, dead 49d to sd; pieces 3d to 5Jd, locks 2Jd, mixed crutchings 2d to 4d. CLEARING SALE. Jones, McCrostie Co., Ltd., held a clearing sale.on the premises, Aldwin's road, on Tuesday, and in their rooms on Wednesday. There was a large attendance at both sales, and the following are amongst the prices realised:—Ford tourer £3O, chesterfield and two chairs £ls. buffet £4 12s 6d, secretaire £3 10s, two seagrass chairs £2 2s. wardrobe £6 23 6d. duchesse chest £4 ss, cupboard £l, bedstead £3 2s 6d, do. £3 2s 6d, cupboard £2 10s. duchesse cheat £3 ss, buffet £4 12s 6d, dinner set £1 17s 6d, Singer sewing machine £6, extension ladders £2 10s, £2 7s 6d. £1 15k. and. £1 17s 6d. bicycle £3 10s, piano £76. bedroom suite £2O. Wilton carpet £6 10s. gramophone £ll. do. £7 10s, old piano £3, carpet £lO ss. do. £5 ss, rug £2 2a 6d. secretaire £4, oak table £6 10s, walnut work table £6, Singer sewing machine £9, mahogany occasional table £4 ss, table £2 ss, coach £3 15s, bookshelves £2, duchesse chost £2 17b 6d.