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STOCK AND SHAKE MARKET. DUNEDIN, December 13. Sales reported: New Zealand Breweries, debentures, 25/9. Sales on ’Change: New Zealand Breweries 57/6. WELLINGTON. December 13. Reported slaes; Huddart Parker ord. 48/6, Bank New Zealand 61/3; Bank N.S.W. £5O ,7/6; National Bank of Australasia. £9 7/-; Howard Smith ord. 25/-; New Zealand Breweries 57/6. AUCKLAND, December 13. Sales: Bank of New Zealand 61/6. [lnion Bank £l5 10/6; Renown Collieries 15/3. Reported: Sandford (ord.) 17/6; Commercial Bank 30/9; Xew Zealand Breweries 57/6, deb. 75/9; Devon port Ferry 25/-; Bank Adelaide £10; War Loan 41 per cents. 193.8 £99 10/-; Soldiers’ Loan 5.’. per cent. £lOl 10/-. LONDON QUOTATIONS. LONDON, December 11. Quotations arc as follows:— Copper standard £69 3-32. £6.8 77-16, e>ctroilytic £74}. £717.1, wire bars £7s}, lead £221, £2l 22-32, spelter £264, £26.1, in £225 5-8, £223 5-8. Silver, standard 26], 28 5-16 pence. the Canterbury Employers’ Association, has been visiting Westport and district, and returned to Christchurch to-day. Mr L. J. Carmine, of Bank of New Zealand staff. Fcilding, who has been spending a week with his parents at Granity, loft home to-day on his return. At the Public Service Commissioners examination for shorthand-typists, held at Westport recently, successful candidates were Alice Vincent, a dav pupil at the Technical High School and Doreen Marshall, an evening pupil. Mr Reg Larsen arrived yesterday from Dunedin, to spend holidays with his people.
Messrs Me Donald, Mrs and Miss Nicholson, left this morning for Christchurch. Mr B. P. Swinburn, assistant engineer to the Invercargill Borough Council, was last evening appointed
Enginee r to the* Westport Borough Council. There were fifteen applications. Out of seven application’, the Bor ough Council last evening appointed Mr Jack .Tope, motor duvet in the gas-works department, to the. position of Borough Inspector. Two teams of cricketers from the Westport primary school visited Denniston on Tuesday and played matches with A and B teams. The A team drew after exciting match, while Westport I> suffered defeat at the hands- of Denniston B team by L runs. Mr IT. Curry, representing the Fam ous La sky Film Service (N.Z.) Ltd.Paramount Pictures, spent yesterday out in the mining townships. His visit is in connection with screening of the aerial picture, “Wings.” A couple of trucks of Charming Creek coal arrived in town early thb week, and seven or eight further trucks are being sent in for shipment but as this coal is from a drive de ’ signed merely to meet the main seam the date of further consignments is ' uncertain. There is said to be over three million tons in the deposit and the quality is good. Capital for this » mine is now being I
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Grey River Argus, 14 December 1928, Page 7
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