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Northern Advocate, 20 December 1932, Page 10

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BONDS AND SHARES AUSTRALIAN TRANSACTIONS. MODERATE TPRXOVER. SYDNEY, December 10. There- w;is a moderate turnover on the Sydney Stock Exchange today. Prices continue to ease. Commonwealth bonds also weakened under soilin'* pressure. This morning’s sales were; Commonwealth 4 per pent bonds, .1028, £lOl .>/; 1044, £lOl 1.0/; 1047, £lOl 7/(5; 10.10, £lOl 17/0; 105.2, £102; 1055, £10(1 7/0; 1057, £IOO 7/(5; ,10.10, £lOl 10/; 10(5.1, £lOl 37/0; Bank of X.S.W., £22!) .10/:

Colonial Sugar, £l2 11/; Henry Jones. 2(5/101. ■ This afternoon’s sales weri*; Hank of X.S.W., £2O 10/; Commercial Bank of Sydney, £ll 7/0; Colonial Sugar, £l2 8/; Burns Phi Ip, 47/0; British Tobacco, Melbourne register, 12/; Ilrnry Jones, 20/101; Goldsbrotigh Alert, 24/41; Tooth’s Brewery, 24/; Nestle’s preference, 21/2; North Broken Hill, (!!*/•”>: South Broken Hill, 45/0; Commonwealth 4 per cent bonds, 102 S, £lOl 1/: ion, £IOO 10/: .1044, £IOO H/: 10.17, £101; l!>lo. £K»I 10/: 1052. £lOl 17/(>: 1051, £loo 10/; 1017, £IOO 7/0; 1010, £lOl 11/: 1001, £lol 17/0. Alt Iltoume sales wen-: Commercial Bank of Australia, preference, £S; National Bank of Australasia, £1 paid, £1 17/(5; Goldsbrough Moi-t, 24/0: Commercial Rank of Australia. 11/0; Electrolytic 7j inc, preference. 27/71; South Broken Hill. 41/0; Dunlop Pcrdveau, 11/3MINING NEWS. ■ KING SOLOMON DISTRIBUTION. t (Per Press Association.—Copyright.) WELLfX(>TOX, This Day. King Solomon’s Deep Lead, Ltd., (Gore), has advised the Stock Exchange Association that a distribution 0.-; 21 per cent on capital to shareholders on the register at January 0 will be made next month.

OKARITO WASH-UP

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DUNEDIN, This Day

The secretaries of the Okarito Fivcm;le Beach Oold-drcdging Co., Ltd. (South Westland), report I hat Uio wash-up for the week ended last ..Saturday was 54 ounces 18 pennyweights for 122 hours’ dredging.

POTATOES AND ONIONS.

PHKEKOHE REPORT

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PUKEICOHI-;, This Day

Xo improvement is shown in today’s quotations for locally-grown new potatoes, which are the same as for hist Monday, 2/0 to 4/ per cwt., f.0.r., Pukokohe. The demand as before is very poor, the quantity tailed from Pukekohe having fallen almost 10(1 runs a' week during the past three weeks.

Xev, -season V- onions, which are now a\tillable in good quantities, have fallen 1/ per cut. during the past week-, and now sell at 7/ to 7/<> per cwt. Large supplies of Canadian onions are held to be the chief factor contributing to the low -price.

SALE OF SHEEPSKINS. LOXDOX DEALING*. (Special to “Northern Advocate.”) AUCKLAND, This Day. Dalgety and Co., Ltd,, has received the following cablegram from its Loudon office, dated December Hi;—The following is the range of prices at the London sheep skins sale of tin- 15th inst.—Merino, three-quarter to fill 1woolled, 4-UI to 7d; merino, quarter to half-woolled, 2-Id to 41,d; merino, short, and shorn, JJd to 2d; crossbred, threequarter lo full woolled, line, 5d to 0 : ;d; crossbred, three-quarter to fnll-woolled, medium and coarse, 551 d -to sd; crossbicd, quarter to half-woolled, line, 2ld to 4- ! ( ‘d; crossbred, quarter to halfwoolled, medium and coarse, 2 : ,'d to 4d; crossbred, short and shorn, 2d to 2|d; Irmb, ltd lo Old. A total of 2998 bales was offered and 270(1 were sold.

VICTORIA NVANZA SUGAR, STOCK EX CHANG 5 E AD V (SET). (Per Press Association.—Copyright.) WELLINGTON, This Day. 'l’he Victoria Xyan/.a .Sugar Company advises the *tor-k Exchange Associat’on -that a cablegram received yesterday morning reads as follows:—Tons of sugar manufactured, 1(500. Locusts caused slight damage dining last month. Weather very dry. WHOLESALE MARKETS.

(TRUEXT PRICES

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AUCKLAND, This Day

The following prices wore quoted on the wholesale markets this- morning;— Butler.— First grade factory booked, Jold per II) and Hhl per lb for prompt, cash; second grade, bonked, Old per lb, and Od per lb for prompt cash. Farmers’ separator, 8d per lb. Cheese. —First grade factory si/o (SO’s), (Jd to (Hd per lb net; best quality medium (40’s), Old to 7d per lb; first (piality, 7ld per lb; loaf, 7 : ,‘d to ■S-’Jd per lb; tinfoil, half lb. pats, 1/2 per lb; bars, lid to 1/ per lb net. Honey.— Bulk while, 5d per lb; light amber, -Lid per lb. Blucstone. —2(5/2 per cwt. Linseed oil cake nuts. —12/2 per .100 lbs.

Bacon.— Hams, Obi to 11<1 per 11).: rolled hams, 1/1 per lb; cooked ham, 1/1 lo 1/2. per lb; cooked pressed hams, 1/5 per lb; bacon sides, Did to S.ld petlb; rolled sides, !»,)d lo 10d per lb; middles, Old to Ifid per lb; shoulders, did per lb; rolled shoulders, Sid per lb; lard, bulk, did per lb: pats, 7-ld per lb. Linseed. —Whole. 1(5/2 pei cwr. Linseed meal.--i 11/ 1 I per 1001 b. I-lour.—Local: 2001 b sacks. £ls 7/0 per ton; 10(1 N, £lO 2/(5 per ton; 51) ’s, £l(s 12/)5 per ton; 25’s, £l7 7/(5 per ton; 121 N, £4 s .1/ per ton; til's. £IS 15/ per ton. Alalt.—Crushed, 11/0 per bushel; whole, white, 11/2 per bushel; whole Mack-, 12/ per -bushel. Twines. —Seaming, tlrst quality, 2/(! per lb; .second, quality, 2/2 per lb; binder, 50/ per cwt.

I’eameal. —10/ per 10olb

Blnestoiie. —2(5/2 per cwt. Linseed oil cake nuts.—l2/2 pei limlb.