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Evening Star, Issue 22086, 20 July 1935, Page 20

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PRICE OF GOLD. Preu A ••edition —By Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, July 19. (Received July 20, at noon.) The price of gold is quoted at £7 Is OJd per ounce. DOLLAR AND FRANC. Preis Association—By Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, July 19. (Received July 20, at noon,) The dollar is quoted at 4.95 5-16 and the franc at 74 5-8. DAIRY PRODUCE. The South Island Dairy Association has received the following advice from London: —Butter, firm, with more inquiries,* 89s to 90s; Danish, 102 s. Cheese, quiet; white and coloured, 43s od. _____ MAORI GULLY RETURN. The Maori Gully return was 740 z 18dwt lor 123 i hours. —Greymouth Presfi Association. GOLDEN SANDS RETURN, thm Vmntb Pans Association.) GREYMOUTH, Julv 20. Golden Sands return, 390 z 4dwt for 36 shifts of eight hours. DAIRY PRODUCE PRICES FIXED. A Wellington Association message states that the dairy produce prices have been fixed at butter 10|d, cheese sd, equivalent to 86s 4d and 445. LONDON PRODUCE MARKET. The Bank of New Zealand lias received the following advice from Its London office, under date 19th inSt. :- Frozen Meat.—For wethers tlje demand is improving. For ewes weaker values are ruling owing to lack of demand, The lamb market is firm, and there is a good demand. Wethers—light, B|d to 4Jd per lb; heavy, 3Jd to 3|d per lb; ewes, 2d to 2jd per lb; lambs —twos, 7d to 7jd per lb; eights, 7d to 7id per lb; fours, 6|d to 7d per lb; seconds, 6d to 6Jd per lb. SALES ON ’CHANGE: THIS DAY. Auckland. —Renown Coal (preL), 2s , 8d; Grand Junction, 4s lid; Pukemiro, 265: Golden Crown, 7s lid; Bank of New Zealand. 51s sd; Union Bank, £9 2s; Auckland City (1942), £lO3 15s. Wellington.—Bank of New South Wales, £32 2s 0; New Zealand Refrigerating (£1 paid), 20s 9d; Anthony Hordern, 20s Id; Dominion Rubber, 28s 9d; Christchurch Drainage Board 4J per cent.. (1961), £IOB 17s 6d; Woolworths Ltd., £4 13s, . , _ , Christchurch. Commercial Bank (cum div.), 16s 9d. 16s 10 d; Dalgety and Co., £8 ss; Timaru Brewery (7s 6d paid), 6s; Electrolytic Zinc (pref., cum div.) 35s 6tl (2); Big River, 2s; Goldfields Dredging, 3d; Mahakipawa, 6d; Mount Morgan, 375. Reported: Christchurch Drainage Board 4J per cent. (1961), £IOB 10s; Anthony Hordern 30b; Big River, 2s,