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Evening Star, Issue 20572, 26 August 1930, Page 7

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THE SHARE MARKET DUNEDIN STOCK KXCHANGE. The market was bare of any -transactiofi this morning. There was a good selection of shares offered in the banking section, but the only buyer offered £2 ISs 9d for Bank of. New' Zealands, the best seller being, £2- 16s od.„ Most of the banking shares:, were offered "at. rather less than yesterday's -prices.: .I' A : seller _of New Zealand Insurances;offered to ,quit at £2 2s 6d, with .a buyer offering, £2-.ls* 6d; Huddatt, 'Parkers ' Were quoted (cum. dividend), sellers askmg £1 16s for the ordinary issue .arid £1 Os 6d for the preference issue without; buyers quoting. Westport- Coals were offered at £1 12s without a buyer responding. There was little in-' terest in, the loan and agency section, sellers of Goldsbrough, Morts at £1 6s and the ordinary issue of Wright, Stephensons at £1 being the only quotes. Dominion Rubbers were offered at ~os 6d,. without a buyer offering, and sellers were prepared to accept 15s for Eclipse Petrols, (paid issue), also without buyers. There was good demand for Government Bonds, the only seller in this section asking £99 10s for 1933 5£ per cent. Inscribed Stock, the buyer offering 5s less.

dates of dividends payable. Bank of New South Wales (interim), 10s, August 27. - _ „, standard -Insurance—(final), is oa, September 2. , „ „ _ . .Electrolytic Zinc >-9. o-oa, September 4. ‘ : r Huddart; / Parker(oj;d.,. interim), 9: 3-5d.-September-18.-- ; . Huddarf, Parker, (pref., .-interim), 7 l-sd, September ,18. V . PADDY’S POINT GOLD MINE. Advice has been received from the manager -of the Paddy’s Point Gold -Mining Company, Ltd., that- a return of 390 z lOdwt has been obtained from an area of approximately-half an acre. The'paddock now Jjeing worked is being treated in two'independent, sections of approximately half an aero each, and the al)ove ; return , has been obtained from' the wash up' of the first half of the paddock. BRADFORD, MARKET. Preu Aiaoci* tion—By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, August 25. (Received August 26, at 10.30 a.m.)’ The Bradford market is quiet and unchanged. ■ , BUTTER AND CHEESE. • The National Mortgage and Agency Company-, Ltd., has received the fol- ' lowing . cable from London: —Butter: Market very weak; New Zealand finest, 130 s to 1325; New Zealand first grade, 328 sto 130 s;■ Danish, 144 sto 146 e; .Australian, 128s'to 1325. Sales very slow; Continental prices declining. Cheese; Market' slow; New Zealand white, 7os to -77s';, New Zealand coloured, ; 80s to Sis; Canadian c.i.f. white, 745; Canadian c.i.f. coloured, ■76 s.

Quotations as under:— Buyers. Seller*. £ S. d. £ s. d. BANKINGBank of Australasia 12 0 0 Bank of New Mouth Wales (cum div.) ... — '9 36 10 0 Bank of N.Z. ... 2 15' 16 3 Commercial Bank ... — 1 0 3 E.S. . and A. Bank — 5 17 6 National Bank of New Zealand — 5 14 0 National Bank of 14 Australasia — 0 0 National Bank .of Australasia (cont.) — 6 19 0 Union Bank of Auk0 tralia, ltd. ... ... — 10 12 INSURANCE- ' ■ National ■ Insur- Co. — 0 14 1 N.Z. Insurance Co. 2 i 6 2 2 6 Standard Ins. Co. . (cum. div.) ... T -.0 0 0 shipping— * Huddart, Parser ■T I (ord., cum div.) ... — 1 16 0 Huddart, Parker 6 (pref., cum div.) ... — 1 0 P. and 0. Deferred . Stock ... . i.. — 2 7 I COAIr~ Kaitangata Coal ... 0 4 Od Westport Coal Co. — X u W estportrStocktcn , ..(ord.)., 0 2 3 W estport-Stocktoa (pref.), ... — 0 $ 6 LOAN AND AGENCT— Goldsbrough, Mort ... — 1 6 0 .Wright, Stephenson 0 ■ '(ord.) — i 0 MEAT PRESERVING— N.Z. Refrigerating 0 (paid) 0.10 0 11 0 N,Z. Refrigerating *) 3 4 (cont.) ... 4 0 9 Southland hrozen 5 -Meat (cont.) 0 18 — MISCELLANEOUS— British .Tobacco — 0 1 16 0 Brown, Ewingipref.) 1 0 — Bruce Woollen Co. . (ord.) ....o 0 9 6 0 11 6 Crystal Ice Co. 1 1 0 — Dominion Rubber — 0 18 6 Eclipse . Petrol (paid) — 0 15 0 Kauri. limbec ..,- ... — 0 14 0 Milburu Lime' and 0 1 Cement.' 1 14 Mosgiel Woollen Co. 6 5‘ 0 — 0 NationalBlectric — 0 10 N.Z. Drug Co. 3 0 0 0 1 6 N.Z. Express Co. ... — 0 17 0 N.Z. Farmers’ Fertilisers — 0 19 0 ‘ Otago Daily Times ’ 0 1 0 — Regent Theatre .., — 1 5 0 BREWERIES- ' N.Z. Breweries, Ltd. o 10 0 2 11 0 Staples’ Brewery ... 2 3 0 — Dunedin Brewery ... 1 7 0 MINING— Waihi, 0 14 2 — Electrolytic Zinc 0 0 (def. ord., cum div.) — 1 Electrolytic Zinc (def. ord., cum aiy.) -Mount Lvell ;*:■ ... _ . I 1 2 2 6 b Paddv’s Point . 0 3 9 Okar:to0 7 4 0 t 6 Stonev Creek ... — 0 0 4i ■ Oornirtr Point ' — c O 1 WAR BONDS (Bonds quotec are £100 Bondi) — 1953 44 .p.c. Bonds ... 99 17 6 — 1959 44 p.c. Bonds ... 99 17 6 — 1941 44- p.c. Bonds ... 99 17 6 — 1935 5j p.c. S.S. Bonds 99 5 0 — 1938 44 p;C. Inscribed 99 17 6 * 1939 U p.c. Inscribed 99 17 6 — 1933 54 p.c. S.S.'Insc. 99 5 0 99 10 0 1936 54 p.c. Bonds 99 2 6