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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXIII, Issue 11767, 14 October 1932, Page 2

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STOCK AND SHARE MARKETS. (Press Association.) Auckland, bet. 13. Sales - on, ’Change: f ' Dunlop Per? driau, 14s 9dj New Zealand~Breweries, 28k 6dj Wilson’s; Cement, 325; New' Zealand Insurance, 435; E.S. and A. Bank, £4- 14s; Loan land Mercantile, £59; Government ’ bonds, 5J per cent., 1933, ,£98,105; stock, 1933, s’j P<?r cent., £99 10s; 1937, ditto, pqa 10, dA WELLINGTON, Oct. 13. Reported sale ; Union Bank, £7 18s. CHRISTCHURCH;, Oct. 13. Gules on ’Change: Government 5} per cent, inscribed stock, September, 1937, £99 12s 6d; National Bank of Australasia, £5 paid, £5 16s; National Bank of New Zeeland, £3 19s; Union Bank of Australia, £7 18s; National Insurance, 14s 6d; Goldsbrougb, Mort, 23 lid; United Building Society, 14s 7d; Wilson’s Cement, 31s Dd; Okarito, 6s 6d. , Reported sale: Beath and Company, pref., 19s 3d. DUNEDIN, Oct. 13. Sale reported: National Bank of New Zealand, 795. LIVE STOCK MARKET. WAIPUKURAU SALE. WAIPUKURAU. Oct. 11. ’J'hcre was an exceptionally lai- s „ yarding of cattle both fat and store, totalling 2000 hea'd, at the weekly Waipukurau sale. Prices for sheep •showed a slight decline on last week’s rates, but cattle sold at prices consistent with those ruling of lafe in Central Hawke’s Bay. Passings wero few, except for store cattle. LONDON WOOL SALES OPENING RATES FIRMLY MAINTAINED (U.P.A. by Elec. Tel. Copyright.) LONDON. Oct. 12. At tho wool sales 7933 bales were offered, including 3176 bales from Now Zealand, and about 3771 were sold. There was good Yorkshire and Continental competition, and opening rates were firmly maintained. New Zealand sales: Greasy crossbred. DCD, 7.1 d; halfbred lambs, elipes, Waitaki, 123 d. These are the only prices given, BRITISH TRADE RETURNS (U.P.A. bv Elec. Tel. Copyright) LONDON. Oct'. 12. Hoard of Trade returns for September show that the total imports were valued at £54.266,000. the total exports at £26.228,000, and the' reexports at £2,901,000. Compared with September, 1931. the prinepial decreases in .imports were- Grain and flour, £739.000: meat! £914.000; animals for food, £957.000: wood and timber, £692,* 000; iron and steel and manufactures thereof. £967,000; cotton yarns and manufactures, £697.000: woollen ditto. £1.150,000: apparel, £1,383.000: vehicles, £606,000. In exports, the decreases vere: Coal, £604,000: vehicles. £956,000. Increases were: Tn imports. raw cotton, £959,000. Tn exports: Cotton varus and manufactures, £060.000.

■SYDNEY WOOL SALES STRONG JAPANESE AND CONTINENTAL DEMAND (U.P.A. by Elec. Tci. Copyright.) (Received Oct. 13, 9.30 P.m.l SYDNEY. Oct. 13. At the wool sales, 12,673 bales were offered, and 11,618 sold, and ’ 1033 bales were disposed of privately. Firmness still characterises the market. Competition was strong from Japan and the Continent, with moderate support from Yorkshire. Greasy merino sold to 18-Jd.