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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 13049, 14 December 1905, Page 3

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; Nzw Zealand Herald Offioe, 4; ; Wednesday evening. Fair, business was iransacted on the share- . • market 7 to-day. In j standard stocks Kauri ' Timbers (contributing) sold at 45;; late sellers 4*. buyers 3s lid. New Zeals.nd Portland '■[' Cements changed hinds at : 30s, and : closed ~ -with,demand at 29s 6d. late sellers 30s' 6d. Jn mining stocks were dealt in from £5 . 12s to £5 13s to £5 12s to £5 14s. tji'- Late sellers offered £5' 15s 6d, sellers held for §7;-. £5 16s. Talismans sold freely from 26s 6d - to 26s 9d to 26s to : 26s 4d to 25s 6d. The & market closed with buyers at <dss Bd, sellers asking 26s 6d. Kuranui-Caledonians fold at Is 9d; late sellers Is lOd, buyers Is 9d. New May Queens eased, selling at 5s 4d, and closing with more on offer at the price, buyers 5s Id. ]few Saxons sold at 10id; late sellers 10|d. buyers 9£d. Victorias \ had buyers at 2sUd and 2s 2d; late, sellers 2s 3d, "buyers 2s' Id. Crowns were rather bettor, and were placed from 5s lOd to 6s to 5s lOd; lato sellers 6s, buyers 5s Bd. Ivomata Reefs sold at 2s; late sellers 2s, buyers Is lid. "VVaihi Beaches sold at Is 4d and fZ-C Is 2d; late sellers Is scl buyers Is 2d. Tairua Broken Hills hid sales at 3s 2d and 3s 1 4d. and late sellers offered mere at 3s 4d, buyers quoting 3s 3d. Waiir Extendeds were firmer, with business at 6s Sc., 6s 2d, and'6s 3d. Lato sellers asked 6s 3d, buyers offered 6s. ■ - . ' V -■ AUCKLAND STOCK EXCHANGE. ii l ~ The following are Wednesday's closing prices, ' *, the - business done being:—Kauri Timber (con- - tributing), 4s; New Zealand Portland Cement Company, ; 30s: Waiotahi, £5 12s, £5 13s, £5 12s, ' £5 12s "6d, £5 14s; Talisman, 26s 6d, 26s 4d, . 26s 3d, 26s 4d, 26s 3d, 265, 26s 3d, 26s 4d, 265, » 25s 3d. 25s 6d; Kuranui-Caledonian, Is 9d; New May Queen, 5s 4d ; New Saxon, - 10Jd ; Victoria, 2s id, 2s 2d; Crown. 5s lOd. 5s lid, 6s, 5s lOd; ' Komata Reefs, 2s; Waihi Beach, Is 4d, Is 2d; Waihi Extended, 6s jd, 6s 2d, 6s 3d. ; ' Sellers. Buyers. -' . £ s. d. £ «. d. /• ; BANKS- ■ - p'■ New Zealand ... ..7 7 0 7 4 6 "National * ... ... ... 60 0 '515 0 . ( - - INSURANCE— * : . New Zealand 5 14 0 510 0 '-j National ... ... ... 14 6 13 9 1 :v ";; South British 510 0 —' ■ ! Standard ... ... ... 018 8 . 0180 • I FINANCIAL- , ' N.Z. and River-Plate ... 1 9 3:1 8 '3 ■ COAL— Ilikurangi ... ... 016 0 014 3 i Norfc. Coal, Ltd.. 10s paid .0 12 0 010 6 , C- * Tiuiiiiri Mines, Ltd. ... 019 0 j 018 3 : GAS- *. * .. . v; Auckland ... ... ... 14 10 o.' — ■. . Palmerston.v North... — : — 5 0 0 / New Plymouth • ~ — ; 7 15 0 SHIPPING— . k . ■ -Northern Steam, paid, up 0 17 ,0 ' — ...... Northern Steam, con. ... 0 3 3 ■ • ;:v; > — ■■ Devonport Steam Ferry ... 117 0 .116 3 TIMBER— ... ->• Kauri, contributing ... 04 0 03 11 " ; bcyland-O'Brien, Ltd. ... 24 0 -230 Mitehelson Co.. 0 8 0 — rarker-Lamb, Ltd. ... — 14b MISCELLANEOUS— . •. " Auckland, Tramways Co. 11 5 0 11 0 0 D.S.C., Limited 0 8 6' 0 8 0 v; . S Milne and Choyce, pref. 13 0 116 - -O' * New Zealand Drug. £2 ... 2 7 0 — . N.Z. Portland Cement Co. 1 10 6 19 6 Northern. Boot ■ ... ... ;—A 0 7 6 j" f . New Zealand Paper Mills 14 0 t — Y-'. '■Tonson Garlick, Ltd. ... 019 0 • • — Union Oil . ... ... — 10 6 Wilson and Co., pref. ... 019 0 — . MINING— ; ' , • " .Kuranui - ...' .... ». -—' ■ 0 0 J Kuranui-Caledonian, paid 0 1 10 0 13 KuranuT-Caledonian "rights' 0 0 3 — ; t.;y' Slav Queen Extended ... 0 0 4 0 0 3 ; New Dart , --- .— 00 2! 00 2: New Eclipse • ... ... 0 06. —. : • New May Queen ... ... 05 4- 05 1 New Moanataiar: ... ... 0 17 0 15 New Monowai ... ... 00 7J 007 rv;.New Saxon - ... ... ,0 0 10£ 90 9i New Sylvia ... ... 0,0 6- — ... . Old Albtirnia - ... ... 0 19 " 0 3. 6 Victoria ... ... ... 0 2 3, .021 Waiotahi \ ... ... . ... 6 16; 0:..., 513 6 • •. , Auckland 5- : ... ... ... 02 2 0 2 1 Crown ' ... ... 0 6 0 0 5 8 Golden Belt, paid up ... 0 3 D 0 210 (•olden Belt, contributing 0 2 4 0 2 0 r Kirikiri s ... 0 0 5 —-t ' Komata Reefs ... ... 0 2 0 0 1 11 Prid"? of Waihi ... ... 0 1, 5 00 9 Rising Sun * ... ...00-9 005 . . - Tairua Broken Hills ... 0 3 4 0 3 3 Tat.Jinan Consolidated ... 16 6' 15 8 Wniba :.. . ... ' - ... 7 2 5 618 0 \ V.'ailu Beach ... ... 0 1 a 0 12 Waihi * Consolidated v ; ... 0' 22 0 ,1 10 Waihi Extended 0 6 '.3 0 6 0 Waihi Grand Junction ... — . . ;i lo 0 'iS'ir'i Bunker's J Hill • ■00' 7 ',004 llaurnkf Freehold... 0 0 j — '■ ~ ' Old Hauraki, paid up ... 0 1 0 •' 0.0 8 •* Old Hauraki. con. ' ... 0 0 ,3 .0 0 6 »?«.' - Sunbeam Gold and Silver, ■ .. « „ .. fys 1 ; Limited; ! - 0 0 11 0 0 10 Mount Lyell Mining ' and . Railway ... ... ... — 113 0 ' H. P. Hudmstok, Secretary. C. A. Buttle, Chairman. § '12.15 p.m., December 13, 1905. - ' "■ —~' V- ; . CALL AND DIVIDEND LIST. . Dividends* - Due. . P-' Mount Lyell Mining and Railway 013 »nc. 15 Ha^v^-" '- J-*" 0, " Moanataiari Extended, Nov. 10 I). 0 1 Now . / Kuranui G.M. Co., November 14 I) 0 1 Now Vanguard, November 30 . ... 0 0 2 , Dec. 23 OHAUPO STOCK SALE. Messrs. McNicol and Co. report;—At Ohaupo 5 ' .'" we yarded 900 head of well-bred cattle. There was*a good attendance of buyers, and most 01 the cattle changed hands before leaving the yards. *V-A- Forward-conditioned bullocks were keenly com- . peted for. . Four-year-old bullocks (fat and forward) brought from £6 15s to £! 8s; forwardi'S '- v conditioned three and three and a-lialf year bullocks, £5 14s to £6 Is; two and a-half and threevear steers, £4 6a to £5 lis; 18 months and two- ; „ > year steers, £2 2s 6d to £3 2s 6d; yearlings. 30s : --i> to 42s 6d;, 18 months' heifers, 35s to 375; yearlines, 30s; "fat cows, £5 ss; empty cows and heifers, £2 10s to ,£3 15»; this season s calves, V -- 18s; springing heifers, £3 ICs to £4 10s. _ Four 'M' thousand four-tooth wethers from Hawke s Kay i v were all quitted before leaving the yards, makuig 14s 4d to 16s 9d; : fat two-tooth wethers, las; "v '.V ewes, 135.. - ' ' - i'.:/''.''' _____ • " . : -. - . ..... i%. t STOCK SALE. - "Messrs. Hunter and Wilson report:—At . Hiku- . ranci sale a small muster of cattle sold at about ruling values. At the Wliangarei monthly sale about 600 head of cattle were yarded, and were not sufficient for the demand. There was an all- "■ - round improvement in the price of stores. "We Wi ouote; Fat cattle, 17s to 203 per 10011); dairy pi-' cows and heifers, a large entry, were slow of sale at auction, but many of those passed sold privately, £3 os to £6. Bulls sold freely. Shorts' horn yearlings, £3 10s to £10 10s; Polled Angus do £7 7s to £8 10s; two-year-old Jlolstein, £8 V 6s;'crown bulls, £4 10s to £6 6s; grown steers, £5 to £5 10s; store cows, £2 7s 6d to £3 13s; > : a line of 37, £3 8s; one to tw,.. and a-half year- , old steers, £1 17s to £3 las; one to two-year- j old heifers, £1 10s to £2 lis; calves and yearlings, 193 to £1 15s; 105 store wethers, Ids 6d. We have • disposed of privately' 80 grown steers 'j- for export; also, 22 grown cattle, at ruling , values. ■ .■■■■■•• - - . ADDINGTON -STOCK MARKET [BY TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.] v" ' CHRISTCHUKCH, Wednesday. •At Addington live etock market to-day : there were fairly large entries- of almost all H• v classes ' of ; stock, and the attendance - was much above the average m consequence or 4'- many sheep farmers having come in for the , >*. wool side. Beef sold irregularly, and except for prime quality prices were easier. 1 here was a decided drop :in fat lambs and fat L - sheep, especially ewes, and wethers not well b finished were easier than last week. Pigs of all classes were dull of sale at much lower A*. rales, and store sheep were not in very keen demand. Store and dairy cattle were very dull of sale. , . Store Sheep: The yarding of store sheep * was again chiefly composed* of wethers, una •' the demand - was somewhat dull. The chiel k%, lines sold were 10 1 ) four-tooth ,withers 163 Ml, 't ' 170 •at 15s 6d, 250 two-tooth wetuers 13s 6d. 88 at 12s 6d, 40 aged ewes and lambs 8s lira, sS-t-... 153 at 6s 3d (all counted). 54 ewes 7* _10d. _ • Fat Lambs:- Thus were _ about . 000 Jat gSS lambs penned, and competition was, connneu ?>; . to butchers only, the export buyers not yethaving begun to operate. The quality of the fe€"? lambs was good to prime, but prices snowed , si decline of fully Is 6d to 2s per head. Best ' . sorts made 15s to 16s 6d, a, few extra to 17s 9d, others 13s- 9d to K* '-6d, Some ol the principal lots sold were:—lor . Mr. ft. -A iliac (West Melton),-; 19 at 16s 6d; Mr.- Ceo. b. *?-- x .Stead (Coringa). 14 at 15s 9d to> 16h od; Cash- ;>•- mere Estate, 25 at 15s 6d to 15s 9d; Mr. far. fe''' Taylor (Yaldhurst). £5 at 14s 6d to 153 Id; Canterbury Agricultural College, 42 at I s 6(1 ?M.;> to 15s; Mr. W. F. Craig (South bridge), 35 at, ,: •- 15s; Mr. W. Power (Fernside). 19 at 146 7d, Mr. J. Moorehead (Snuthbridge). 24 at 14s m, Mr. R. Atkinson (Cast), 61 at • I'tS- , Fat Sheep: There was a fairly large J"™" . ing of fat sheep, aud ewes of all cl^- o ? s J 1 ;".'; brought- much lower rates than last and wethers that were not well nnishwl wei viV" easier. A few- wethers were taken for export- at 16s 6d to 18s. 'Thoi--iOTße^of : prices was: Prime wethers, 18s .to 2-3 Id others. ' 15s to 17s 6d; best ewes, 15s 6d to 17s 6cl, a. ,i few extra, to 19s; others. 13s, 6d to l->s,. ■ : merino wethers. 9." 6<l to 10s 3d. t „» n ii w | . " * Fat Cattles The supply of beef totalled 223 ad, mostly of prime quality, lbe sale iif • opened 'very dull, but afterwards improved, and prime quality maintained late rates, M&plwhilst medium and interior were much, easier Among tlie lots offered were thtJ following -For Mr. W. F. M. Buckley (Hooit W: Hay). 5 steers, £10 to £12 ss; three heifers. £6 |ifeslss.to £7 12s 6d;. and two cowa^Xfito 6djnd ■>": ■'% £6 12s 6d. Mr. T. Chapman (Mount Palm). '4' ' 18 steers. £10 17s 6d to £12 and three heifers. |tem;£7.lss to £10 17s 6d. Mr. E. ,D. Gi es (Woun. I'teii't!- Parnassus), 16 steers, £8 5s to £10 m OUiLi pfeeteers brought £6 ,17s fid to £10 to ; -heifers, £5 5s to -£8; and cows." £4 17s fid to £7 2s 6d, igSg equal' to 22s to 25s for prime and 19s to 21s fafes^.for.-.lnferior-.to medium -.per 1001b. . There as k- a large yarding of veal calves, and they sold I 7><at lower : rates, ranging { »m 5:3 toi tt». Store' and '.'Dairy Cattle. Thero waa a large ■Mi mixed; entry of i store cattle, for which there afe'r' was dull,demand, and dairy cows wwe difccult to dispose of. Yearlings made 18s to ■ : * - - -1 ' -

20s; 15 to 18-months, 35s to 42s 6d; two-year heifers, 50s to 555; two and a-half to threeyear steers, £4 2s; three-year steers, £4 12s to £5; 10s; I three-year i heifers, £3 5s to £3 i 15s; dry cows. 15s to £4; ; dairy cows, £3 108 to £7. Pigs: ' There was a large < yarding , of; all classesof pigs, the- supply being; beyond reI quirements for both - fat and : stores, and I pricc3 were much,lower all round. Baconers made 30s to 38s (equal to 3d per j lb); porkers. 22s to 30s; ■ smaller, 16s to 20s (equal to 4d per lb): large stores, 18s to 245; - medium, ; 10s to 17s; and suckers and weaneis, 3s to Bs. i ■ - GRAIN. '' ! [BY TKMEGRAPU.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.] ' . ; ; DUNEDIN, Wednesday. Wheat: Very little is to hand, and only the best, is taken up by millers.' There i 3 still considerable demand for medium and fowl wheat. Prime milling, 3s 3d to 3s 7d; medium, 3s 3d to 33 4d; best fowl feed. 3s Id to 3s 2d; broken. 2s lOd to 3s, sacks extra. ; Oats: Prices show 110. change.. Very little export trade seems to have been done, most of the lines coming forward being taken for local consumption. Prime .milling. 2s 2d to 2s 3d; good to best feed, 2s Id to 2s lid; medium, Is lOd to 2s, sacks extra. ■ ' • MEAT AND • BUTTER TRADE. \ [BY TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION*.] Wellington. Wednesday. The Department, of . Industries and Commerce has received the following cablegram from the High - Commissioner,; dated London, December . 12:—The ! importations of River Plate mutton, lamb, and butter into the United Kingdom for the month of November totalled 240,601 carcases mutton. 1913 carcases lamb, and 4684c\vt butter, distributed as follows:—: London 71,991 carcases,. Liverpool 156,420, Newcastle 1920. .dull 8100. Southampton 2170. Lambs: London 500 carcases, Liverpool 1413. Butter: Southampton and London 4684c.wt. AUSTRALIAN PRODUCE MARKETS. By Telegraph. Association Copyright. Sydney, December 13. "Wheat: Chick, 3s 5d to 3s 6d; milling, 3s 7d to 3s ?id. Flour, £7 15s to £8. Oats: Algerian, 2s Id to 2s 2d ; New Zealand Gartens, 3«: I? grade, 2s lOd to 2* lid. Barley, English. 3s lOd; maize, 4s 3d to 4s sd; peas,- 5s to ss '3d; bran, lOAd; .pollard, lOd; potatoes, local, new, £11. Onions: Local, to £4 15»; picklers, £8 to - £10. : Butler, best, 9id to 10id ; bacon, 6d to Bd. Melbourne, December 13. Wheat, new, 3s 4d to 3s 4Ad; flour, -£7 10a to £7 Ids ; oats, Algerian. Is 8(1 to Is lid: barley, thin English, 3» to 3s 3d; maize. 4s; bran, 10id ; pollard, Is 2d; potatoes, new, £8 to £9; onions, £3 to £4. Adelaide, December 13. Wheat: Old, 3s 6d; new, 31 4d to 3s sd. Flour, £7 15s. Oats: Algerian, 2s 2d; white, 2s 7d. Bran, Is 2d; pollard. Is 3d. LONDON. By Telegraph.—Press Association.—Copyright. London, December 12. Wheat Market: Wheat and flour afloat for the United Kingdom, 1,985,000 quarters: for the Continent, 2,460,000 quarters; Atlantic shipments. 207,000 quarters; Pacific shipments. -35.000 quarters. An Australian wheat cargo has sold at about 335; 11.000 quarters January shipment at 32s 3d, or, if shipped in February." 325. Copper: Spot, £79 7s; throe months, £78 155. ; Tin: Spot, £163 ss; three months, £161 15s. Lead, £17 7s 6d. Silver, 2s 6|d per ounce. Shares unchanged.