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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVII, Issue XLVII, 6 March 1912, Page 8

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{Press Association. —Copyright.) (Rec. March 6, 12.30 p.m.) LONDON, .March 5. Banks: Australasia 117 and 1 19: Union 59' and 60; New Zealauj 6d and £5 7s 6d. , WELLINGTON FRUIT AND PRO- 1 DUCE MARKETS. t •»• (Special to "Mail.") WELLINGTON, March 5. | Laerv and Co. report as follows on ' the Wellington fruit and produce mar- j kets: — • ~ , 1 Following values were ruling to-da} . ( Grapes, 6d to 9d lb; apples: desert, Cox's Orange and Ribston, 6s to os oa, Gravenstein, 5s 6d; cookers, 3s 6d to 4s case; pears, Williams' 8.C., 5s to 5s 6s; Fertility, 4s 6d to 5s 6d ; cookers, 4s to 4s 6d" case; peaches, 3s 6d to 4s; nectarines, 3s to 3s 6d ; tomatoes, 3s to 3s 3d ; plums : dark dessert, 3s 6d to 4s ; Diamond, 3s to 3s 6d; Satsuma. 3a to 3s 6i ; Pond's Seedling, 2s 3d to 2s 9d ; greengages,, 4s 6d to ss; all half-cases. The above prices are for choice fruits. "French beans, Id lb. ; cucumbers, 3s to 3s 6d half-case. Hens, 2s 6d to 3s ; voung roosters, 3s to 4s; ducks, 4s to is; fresh eggs, Is 4d. WELLINGTON WOOL SALES. LO\N AND MERCANTILE CO.'S REPORT. (Special to "Mail.") I WELLINGTON, This Day. 'lhe concluding sales of the season took place in Wellington to-day, when about ociUO bales were offered, our catalogue being "about 700 bales. There was a good attendance of buyers, and excellent | competition in many cases, £d to per lb. advance on February passed-in wools being obtained; but in some instances a lower price had to be accepted. There is no doubt the big coal strike at Home had the effect of lowering buyers' limits. A special feature of the sale was the eager competition for lambs' wool, buyers on French account being very active. The offering comprised a fairly large proportion of passed-in lots from last sale, and, as already stated above, many of. .these were' sold to-day at an advance. The offerings as a whole were ofi poor quality; but we are pleased to report, that a good clearance was made i at satisfactory prices. . . The' following are some of the sales I made, by us of interest to your district : i —-C. "P. Carlsson, 6j?d ; John Ingram, 7-fd;. A. F. Kinzett, 7^d; F. E. Hargreayes, 7d; J. A. Price, 7£d. STOCKS AND SHARES. j WELLINGTON, This Day. | - Mr A.. T. Bate, of Wellington, reports the Wellington Exchange at noon to-day as follows National Bank, b lift 0 National Bank, s 120 0 Bank- of New Zealand iiltf 0 l:iver Plate, seller 40 6 Do. do (new issue) 17s 6d pd, s 39 6 Wellington Gas (first) b 360 0 Wellington Gas (first) s 370 0 Wellington Gas (third) seller 250 0 Wellington Gas (third) (pref.), seller 8 0 Zealand .Shipping Co., seller 300 0 Uiiion S.S. Co. 40 6 Kaiapoi W'oollen, ' seller 112 6 Wellington Woollen (ord.), seller 72 6 Wellington Woollen (pref.), b 57 6 Welington Woollen (pref.), s 58 6 Golden Bay Cement, seller 24 9 -N.Z. Druff 50 6 Ward and Co., seller IC4 0 Caledonian, b- 13 Caledonian, s 16 May Queen 1 5 Sylvia, seller 1 5 Roes Goldfields, sales 3 4A Talisman, b 50 6 Talisman, s 51 3 Waihi . 39 6 Waihi Junctions, b 27 8 Waihi Junctions, s 28 6 Waiotahi, b 3 4 Waiotalii, s 3 7 Waitangi 1 2 Taranaki Petroleum 18 0 REEFTON, This Day. Meiers M'Mahon and Lee, sharebrokers, report on the share market as follows at noon to-day :

Buyer. Seller. s. d. s. a. Blackwater 25 6 24 : 0 Consolidated Goldfields 14 0 15 0 Just in ume 1 3 1 6 Keep it Dark 21 0 ' 21 6 'Kotaka Oils 20 0 21 0 May Queen 1 5 1 7 Hig" Ri%"er 72 6 75 0 Crown 3 4 3 6 Sylvia 1 0 1 3 Hauraki 1 4 1 7 Pactolns 4 0 4 0 -Progress Mines 7 0 7 6 Boss 3 0 3 6 Saxon 0 10 1 0 Success Dredge 17 6 20 0 St. George 1 0 1 6 Talisman 50 9 51 0 Victoria 0 8 9 Waihi 39 6 40 6 Waihi Extended 1 0 1 2 Waihi Junctions 28 0 28 9 Waihi Reefs 1 0 1 2 Waiotahi 3 5 3 6 Watchman 1 11 2 1 Westport 26 6 27 6