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Greymouth Evening Star, 15 July 1933, Page 8

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GRAIN AND PRODUCE. [PEB PBESS ASSOCIATION.] CHRISTCHURCH, July 14. Though there has been little -doing during the week in the potato market, it has remained very firm. The South American order which it is now understood is for 1500 tons has absorbed the bulk of the potatoes available at the moment. The order will be going forward by different vessels, the first almost immediately, and probably two others by succeeding direct boats. Prompt whites are quoted at £6/7/6 to £6/10/- (Lyttelton) and July £6/12/6, values to farmers for prompts being £5/5/-. Shipments north are still small but there is a little more interest being shown by northern traders. Fowl wheat is unaltered at 3/6 f.o.b.s.i. Oats are very quiet. Prices for A gartons are 2/7 a bushel (Lyttelton), 2/5 to 2/6 (Dunedin), and 2/4 (Bluff). Quotations to farmers are 1/11 to 2/. on trucks. B’s 1/7. Chaff is meeting with little inquiry and is quoted unchanged at £2 to £2/2/6 a ton. Partridge Peas are quoted nominally, at 4/9 f.o.b.s.i.

BUTTER AND CHEESE. Copy of cablegram received by Dalgety and Company, Limited, from their London office, dated July 14: — Butter: Market slow'. Danish 94/to 96/-, N.Z. finest 77/- to 79/-, Australian finest unsalted SO/- to 82/-, Australian finest salted 76/- to 78/-, Australian G.A.Q. 72/- to 74/-. Cheese: Market slow'. N.Z. white 48/- to 49/-, N.Z. coloured 50/- to 51/-,

Canadian white and coloured 64/- to 68/-, Canadian C.I.F. 54/- to 55/-. companies REGISTERED. Southern Traders Ltd., Regd. as a private company July 4, 1933. Office: Ist Floor, Royal Insce. Bldgs., 187 Featherston St., Wellington. Capital: £2500 into 2500 shares of £1 each. Subscribers: Wellington—R. K. Entwisle 1150, "R. H. Collingwood 850. Hokitika —R. H. Jones 500. Objects: To purchase, charter, hire, build or otherwise acquire, own, hold, use and dispose of ships, steamers, launches, etc., employ' the same in the conveyance of passengers, mails, merchandise and general incidental. Downer and Co. Ltd. Regd. as a private company July' 5, 1933. Offices: Offices of Hunt, Turner and Heslop, public accountants, 127 Featherston St., Wellington. Capital: £lOOO into 10000 shares of £1 each. Subscribers: Hokitika—A. F. Downier 333. Wellington— G. A. McLean 333, AV. Mill 333, M. T. McLean 1. Objects: To carry on business of civil, structural, mining, electrical engineering ami general incidental.

STOCKS AND SHARES. DUNEDIN, July 15. Sale: Refrigerating * cont. (2) 6/6. Reported: Union Bank £9/1/-, Gillespies 1/7. RUGBY, July. 14. The dollar sterling rate opened at 4781, and later went to 478. Paris 85 3-8. ■>- Stock markets are good in tone, but business is wholly confined to speculative dealings in industrials, purchased mainly on. American account.