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Evening Star, Issue 20635, 7 November 1930, Page 12

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SALES ON ’CHANGE: THIS DAY

Christchurch.—Goldsbrough, Mort, 22s 2d; Colonial Sugar, £35; Mount Lyell (cumdiv.), 19s lid (7). Reported: ,E.S.,and A. Bank, £5 10s (cum div.). Wellington.—Reported: Mount Lyell, 21s 6d. Sales: Union Bank, £9 16s Gel; Wilson’s Cement', 40s. Auckland.—earners’ Trading tii prel.), 12s Gd; Mount Lyell, 20s; Commercial Bank, 17s. Reported Okanto, 5s sd; Bank of New Zealand, 56s 6d; Union Bank. £9 17s; Farmers’ 1 radmg, 6s 9d; Wellington Investment Trust, 10s; Commercial Bank, 17s 2d.

AREAS UNDER CROP,

[Psa United Press Association.]

WELLINGTON, November 6. Tho following are tho estimated areas under wheat, oats, barley, and potatoes (season 1930-31) in New Zealand, according to a return contained in tonight’s ‘ Gazette ‘; —Wheat, 243,000 acres (South Island 239,300, North Island 3,700) ; oats, 322,000 acres (South Island 305,500, North Island 16,500): barley. 25,250 acres (South Island 23,350, ‘North Island 1,900); potatoes, 24,000 acres (South Island 19.600, North Island 4,400). The totals last season were;—Wheat, 238,653 acres; oats, 282,814- acres; barley, 18,631 acres; potatoes, 23,314 acres.

NATIONAL BANK OF NEW

ZEALAND.

[Per United Press Association.]

WELLINGTON. November 6

The general manager of the National Bank of New Zealand Limited has received a cable message from London advising that the board had ordered the payment of an interim dividend for the half-year ended September 30 last at the rate of 12 per cent, per annum, free of tax, payable on January 3.

BRADFORD MARKET

Press Assooiation-rßy Telegraph—Copyright

LONDON, November 6. (Received November 7, at 11 a.m.)

At Bradford merinos are firm in tone and slightly better. ; Cross-breds are irregular. Quotations: —Sixty-fours, 24d; sixties, 22d_; fifty-sixes, 16Jd; fif ties, 14d; forty-sixes, 12d; forties, 12d.

WHEAT, FLOUR, ETC,

Pres* Association—By Telegraph—Copyright

LONDON, November 6. (Received November 7, at 1.50 p.m.) Cargoes are dull and quotations lower. Parcels are 3d to Gel down. Futures: London —December, 24s 7d ; February, 2-ls 9d. Liverpool—-Decem-ber, 5s 7|d; March, 5s .6gd; May, 5s 7gd. The spot trade is slightly more active. Australian, ex ship, 30s 6d, Flour is quiet. Australian, ex store. 22s 6d and 23s 6d.

Oats: Easier. Australian Algerian, 12s and 16s; A Gartens, 16s and 17s. Peas are neglected. Maples, Tas manian, 65s and 67s 6d; New Zealand. 55s and 60s; blue, Tasmanian, 220 s and 2405; New Zealand, 200 s and 2205, Beans: Quiet. New Zealand, 33s and 355.