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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20074, 21 October 1939, Page 8

COMMERCIAL

GOOD BUYING DEMAND A USTR A LIA N EXCH A NGES MARKET PRICES FIRM ( Pit. Ti-1, ('opyH.-ht L T nit(Ml Press Assn.) SYDNEY. Oct. 19. The Sydney Slock Exchange to-day was firm, with good buying support. Sales included: —Bank of New South Wales, £27: Colonial Sugar. £4O 10s; Woolworths, Limited, £1 2s Gd : Australian Consolidated Industries, £1 15s; Duniop-Perdriau. 18s (hi; Tooheys. Limited. £1 7s -kl; L. W. Atkins. £1 Is; Broken Hill Proprietary. £.'! 8s 3d: Nor'h Broken Ilill, 12 (is 9d; South Broken Hill, £1 8s 3d; Rawang Tin. 9s; Placer Development, £8 14s; Bttlolo Gold, £(J 12s. Morning sales -included: —Tooheys, Limited, 20s 9d; Australian Consolidated Industries, 34st lOJd: Ausiralian Consolidated Industries, contributing. 11 s 3d: .Bradford Colton. -12 s yd; Dartre! 1. White, 10s; Goldsbrough Mor‘... 23s (id. Sales on the Melbourne Stock Exchange to-day included: —Australian Consolidated Industries, £1 14s Pd: Hume Pipe. 15s: G. J. Coles, new. paid, £3 3s 3d; Woolworths. Limited. £1 2s 3d; Emperor Mines, 9s lid: Lolor.in, £1 3s lid: Electrolytic Zinc, £2 14s 3d; Electrolytic Zinc, pref., £2 l(is.

OPOTIKi PIG SALE

INCREASE IN VALUES Increases in values occurred at the Opotiki pig sale. The top price was obtained by Mr. Boris Black for heavy-weight baeoners. which made ,03 1 (is. Ollier quotations wore: Heavy baeoners, .£3 9s to .Cl 14.-; medium. £3 3s to £3 8s: light, £2 19s to £3 2s. Porkers were not in demand and practically every porker was purchased by butter-milk buyers, these buyers paying to £2 15s. Weaners and slips sold under keen competition, late rates being easily maintained .and in some instance'! eclipsed. Among the -entries of slins

and weaners were two pens on account of Mr. Peter Baker, one pen making 29s and the other 275.

Sows, duo to farrow at an earb date, made from £3 10s to £4 2s (id and one sow with a litter of fom sold at £3 ss.

DIVIDENDS DECLARED (Pur Press Assoeiiition.) WELLINGTON, this day. The D.I.C. company of New Zea'ar.d lias declared a. final dividend on a..c'.'orice shares at the rate of 2' cent for the six months ended ' ugust 20. which is payable on December 9. The directors of the Bank of New Zealand announce an interim dividers of is a share on ordinary shares and 3 : | per cent on "D" long-term, and a final dividend on ordinary shares of (i per cent for the 12 months ending August 20.