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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 12524, 17 March 1904, Page 3

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•■•■■ ■ ; - :.:• ■: -.-7 ' ■ ■ ■>. .■ * ''■■: New Herald Office, .. : ''''■; / '../. ' ' Wednesday evening. . The sharemirket was very quiet to-day.: In investment ines National Banks-were looked for at ; j(7s 6d, sellers 903. Insurance stocks had l£>od demand, but no business. sulted. "Vfestport Goals had inquiry at £6 17s 6d, no tellers, quoting. For Kauri Timbers (contributing) 3s lOd was offered, sellers asking 4s. J In mining lines Crowns were a little firmer at 6s 2d, buyers 5s 6d. Talis-, mans ' wer« easier: at Is lid, buyers Is Bd. "Waihis eaied to £5 4s, buyers £5 Is 6d. For 'Waihi Estendeds buyers offered lis 3d, sellers 2s 6d. < there was a little inquiry tor Waitokauris lid, no sellers quoting. In other lines We prices ruled. The Stock Exchange will hi closed to-morrow for tho observance of St. Patrick's Day. AUCKLAND STOCK EXCHANGE. Tha' following' are Wednesday's closing prices, no business being done: — , ';'.)' Sellers. Buyers. BANKS— - £ s. d. £ 8. d. New Zealand ... ... i 13 0 — National ... „ ... ... 4 10 0 4 1 C INSUBANCE— *, New Zealand ' ... ... 410 0 4 8 0 National ...::■ ... ... — .1 0 South British \'< ... ... 6 5 0 COO Standard ... — 0 17 3 COAL— Hiknrangi ... ... ... —• Oil 0 : Tanpiri Mines. Limited ... 0 18 G 0 IS 2 Westport ~ ... — ti 17 U GAS— .. ,': ~' /■■:.: .-;■ ./'.,;. Auckland ... '' ... ... 14 5 0 — BHIPPING— Northern Steam, paid up ... 0 1" 0 — Northern Steam, con. ... 0 710 — DcTonport Perry "... ... 117 6 TIMBERKuuri Timber, paid up ... 016 0 0 It G Kauri Timber, contributing 0 4 0 0 3 10 Mountain Rimu, Limited ... 1 i 6 .— MISCELLANEOUS— Avondale Brick and Pottery 110 — D.S.C., Limited ... ...0 13 5 012 1 : Northern Book ... ... — 0 « 0 Biverhead Papei Mills ... 1 12 U — Union Oil ... 10 0 — MINING— ;;•-.■.; ~':: Kuranui ». .. . ... ... 0 0 5 _ Mahara Boyai, con. ... 0 0 o — Queen Extended ... 0 0 3 — New Eclipse ... ...0 0!) 0 0 C New Una ... ... ... 0 0 U 0 0 4 Old Alburnia ...... 0 12 — Victoria ... 0 0 3 • . — Crown ... ... ... ... 0 6 2 0 5 6 Golden Belt, contributing... 0 3 0 — KomaU Beefs 0 1 G 0 13 Tairua Broken Hills ... 0 3 0 0 2 II Talisman Consolidated ... 0 ] 11 i) 1 S Wajui ...... ....... 5 4 0 5 1 « Waihi Consolidated ... 0 10 — Waiiii Consols ... ... 0 0-1 "— Waihi Extended * 0 2 0 0 2 3 Waihi South ... ... 0 0-1 — Waitekauri ... ... ... — 0 Oil Bunker'* Hill 15 Oil Hanraki Freehold ... ... 0,0 55 — Harbour View .... ... 0 0 3 — . Old Hauraki, paid up ... 0 IS 0 12 Old Eauraki, contributing 0 14 0 10 O. A. Btrrrt.E. Chairman. W. H. 0. JOHS3TOS, Secretary. S.IB p.m., March 16, 1004. CALL AND DIVIDEND LIST. Dividends. . DueStandard Insurance Company ... — Now. .- Bank of Australasia .. ... 3 '■; 8 0 -Mar. £1 : Calls. .Due. Waihi Extended, January 2$ ... 00 1 Mar. 2i Waihi Consols, February 9 ... 0 0 1 Mar. S3 Thames Talisman February 9 ... 0 0 1 M?r. 22 Old Hauraki, March 15 ... 0 0 1 Mar. 31

. ' WHANGAREI HORSE SALES. 1 [BT TELEGRAPH OW'X CORKF.SrOKDF.ST.] .-.:■■ Whasgakki, Wednesday. 'At- the autumn horse sale of Messrs. Hunter and Wilson, auctioneers, at their Korahore. salpyarus jestcrd3y, 140 horses of different descriptions were offered. The day being very vet,, then were very lew covers, and the .major portion of the horses •were withdrawn, the prices offered riot being up to value. To-day Messrs. Wakelin,. Crane and Co. offered over 200 horses at their horse bazaar, Bankstreet. There was spirited bidding, but sellers were not satisfied with the prices offered. There were cot any heavy draughts offered- ■.Medium fetched up to £30 10s-, good hacks, £2«; medium hacks, not broken to harness, £15; and light. ponies and hacks, £3 to £7. A number of horses are being cleared off dairv farms to make room for milfciag cows, this, together with the fact of the winter coming on, being tho chief cause of the slackness in the market.' ,

ADDING-TON STOCK SALES. [BY TELEGRAPH— ASSOCIATION.] Christchurcu, Wednesday.' At -flddington vards 218 fat cattle were yarded, most ol them being of ordinary quality. ..There was » fair demand at prices about equal to last week a. Prime fetched from 20s to 25s per „J OTI special steers, £9 5s to £11 ss; others,;£B to £10 Is, heifer*, £5 17s 6d to £8 lis 6d; a few special, £7 6s to £9 ss; cows, £5 10s to £9 ss; dairy cows, i.4 to £'0. F*t sheep: A large entry, several pens being" very prUne and mostly wethers of medium weights. The ex-port demand was. sluggish and prices weaker. Ewes closed very firm. Crossbred wethers, prime, 18s Cd to 20s 64; one ■ lot brought 23s id Light, 16s 7d to 13* {.**%?* ewes, 18s to 20s 3d; medium, Me Cd to .«»<»*' li»ht, from lis 6d; : merino wethers, Us Id to Ms if Pat lambs: Upwards of 3000 penned, previous rates being barely maintained. Tegs, Us Cd to IBs M; best freezers, 13s to lis 103; light freezers, lis 6d to 12s 6d. Pigs: Bat-oners, 41s. to 5,55; porkers, 34s to 40s; stores, large 30* to 345, medium 20« to 27s Gd, weaners lis to lis W. -"..-■..• * '' GRAIN HABKET. ■ [BT TELEGRAPH— AB3OCIATIOX.I u . IiVSKXUS, Wednesday. ■J-- Wheat: Business doing is small, very few samples new grain coming to hand. Millers are holding off. Fowl. wheat is scarce; prime milling, os Id to U4A-, medium, 2s lOd to 3s; whole fowl wheat, 3« 7d to 2s 103; broken, 2ai to 2s 6d (sacks eit.a). Oats - ■-■ Eecent rains have stopped supplies. Samples offering command good inquiry, though shippers complain that Northern ports are underquoting them. Prime milling, Is « ( .to Is -d good to best feed. Is 5d to Is Cd; medium. Is 2d to Is 4d; inferior, I'd to Is 3d. • ... / DUNEDIN STOCK EXCHANGE. [B't' TELEGRAPH.—PBF.B9 ASSOCIATION.J . , V.v;i, :' : DTJXEDIS', Wednesday. Stock Exchange sales: Electric, 355; First Chance, lis; Junction Electric, 4b Cd; New Alpine Consols, 13s 6d; Kotown Creek, 20s; bailor Lend, 31s. ■"' ■ _ '' '" ' ■-'■ "" ' ' AUSTRALIAN MABKETS. By Telegraph.—Press Association.— Copyright. ■ ■■ -' . Sydney, March 10. : Wheat: Chick, 2s 7d to 2s 9^d;- milling, 3s ljd to St 2d. Flour, £8 to £8 ss. Oats: New Zealand, 3« 4d: Tasmanian and local white feed, 2s to M; Algerian, Is 9d to la 10>,d. Barley, Cape, 2s 4d to 27 5d Maize, 2s Bd. Bran, Cd Pollard, 70. Potatoes, Circular Heads, £2 to £2 ss. Onions up ; to £2 15s. Butter, best, 8d to Bjd. Bacon, <id to - " MELBOURNE, March 16. Wheat, 3s «d to 3s 2Jd. Flour, £7 15s to £8. Oats, Algerian, feeding, Is to Is 3d. Barley, malt■tag, -Si 6'd to 3s 3d. Make, 2s 3d. Bran, ,d Bollard, 7d to Ud. Potatoes, £2 5s to £2 10s. Onions, £1 15s to £2. ■, , ,„ ADELAIDE, March 16. Wheat, 3s to 3s Id. Flour, £8 5s to £8 10s. Bran, 7d to 7Jd. Pollard, 8d to Bj,d. ; ' • WOOL. Bt Telegraph Press Association.— :* ', .- ~..-■ SYDNEY, March IG. The wool Bales were resumed with active competition for the better classes of greasy and scoured. Last month's quotations were, on the whole, maintained. Inferior and medium are easier. Greasy sold to 9Jd; scoured, 20Jd. - ~',",, • - LONDON,; March 15. The wool market is ; steady and unchanged. There have been some withdrawals of merinos. Broadlands clip sold at BJd; Otekaike, lfljdj Greenbill, lljd. ' _____ ,; ■•' -■ ■ LONDON. ' ' By Telegraph.— Association.—Copyright. LONDON, March 15. • Consols, 86J. '• . Copper- Spot, 57£; three months, OGJ. Tin: Spot, 127_; three mouths, 127*. Silver, 2s 2Jd. , ...... Wheat, 8500 quarters of Victorian April shipment sold at 31s Bd, and an Australian cargo was resold at the same price. „,..'" ~ TT ' .'. The total wheat and flour afloat for the United Kingdom is 3,550,000 quarters, and for the Continent 1,325,000 quarters. Atlantic .shipments, 49,000 , quarters. Bhares are unchanged.