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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13702, 19 March 1908, Page 3

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THE sharemariket was quiet yesterday. In investment linos South British Insurance sold at 595, sellers closing at that price, with buyers at 58s. Auckland Gas were done at, £14 14s, late buyers offering £14 13s, with sellers at £14 16s. Northern Steam (paid up) sold at 17s. Kauri Timber (cont.) at 10s Id; Leyland-O'Briens at 44s 6d; Mountain Ilimus at 23s 9d; Wisemans (ordinary) at 13s; and Wilson's Portland Cement (ordinary) at 44s 3d. la mining lines there was a further advance, in Waihis which sold at, from £9 8s to £9 9s 6d to £9 9s to £9 9s 6d, with further buyers at £9 9s 6d, sellers asking £9 10s. Talismans sold at 525, at which price more were sought, sellers 52s 6d. May Queens sold at Is 9d; Thames at lOd; Waiotahis at 3s and 3s Id; Old Haurakis at ?,s Id; Golden Belts at Is lid and Is lOd ; Rising Suns at 7|d; Tairua Broken Hills at os 3d; Waihi Extendeds at 3s Bd. AUCKLAND STOCK EXCHANGE. BUSINESS DONE YESTERDAY. Monday's closing: sales. South British— and 2nd rail-. 59s ... 2 18 3 Auckland Ga»-2nd .'all. £14 14s ... 14 14 0 Northern Steamship (paid up)—2nd call. 17a — Kami Timber (con.)—2nd call, 10- 1d... — Levlnnd-O'Brifii Timber Co.—2nd call, 44s od — Mountain Rin hi Timber Co.3rd call, 23s 3d — Wiseman and Sons (ord.)~~ Ist and 2nd calls, 13s Wilson's Portland Cement (old.)—2nd call, 44s 3d May Queen—2nd call. Is 9d Thames— call, lOd Waiotabi—2nd cull, 3s. is Id; 3rd cull, 3s 3d 0 .'■ 0 Old Hauroki—2nd call. 2s Id Golden Belt—lst call, Is lid; 2nd call. Is lid, Is 10.1 ... 0 2 0 Rising Sun—lst call, 7id — Tairua Broken Hills—lst and 2nd calls. Os 3d — Talisman—2nd and 3rd calls, 52s ... 2 12 0 Waihi—2nd call, £9 Bs, £9 9s. £3 9s bd: 3rd call, £3 9s, £9 9s 6d ... '■) 8 0 Waihi Extended call, is 8d ... 0 3 6 CLOSING QUOTATIONS.

CALL AND DIVIDEND LIST. Dividends. Vfaiotalii ... 0 0 3 Now Bank o[ Australasia, per annum 14 p.c. .Mar. 27 Calls. Mount Zechan, March 4 ... 0 0 2 Mar. 23 New Dart, March 9 0 0 1 Mar. 23 Coronation, March 9 U 0 1 Mar. 25 Reliance, March 9 0 0 1 Mar. 26 New Sylvia, March 5 ... 0 0 1 Mar. 26 Sunbeam, February 17 0 0 1 April 3 Wnilii Extended, March 6 ... 0 0 2 April 6 Watchman, March 11 ... ... 0 0 1 April 8 May Queen Extended, March 16 0 0 o,] April 8 May Queen, March 16 0 0 1 April 13 .SHEFFIELD BEATS AM ERICA. "It redounds to the credit of Sheffield (says the Sheffield Daily Independent) that Hadfield's and Edgar Allen's have been able to take the leading positions in the world in the manufacture of tramway,lay-outs, and points and crossings. . Everywhere there are tramways nowadays, and it is recognised that if the best*"essentials are needed either of the two Sheffield firms named must be called upon. _ The only formidable competitor was America, hut tho American firms have had to take a back seat, and acknowledge that they cannot rank with Sheffield. This has meant, millions of pounds to Sheffield's credit, and it will mean very much more as time goes on. It should be borne in mind that Sheffield beats America in face of the 45 per cent, duty which has to bo paid on this class of material imported into the United States. No better evidence of Sheffield's superiority ovei - America in this direction is to be found than in the fact that at the present time Messrs. Edgar Allen and Co. are completing a big contract for manganese east steel rails for the line which, the Hudson River Company are laying under . the Hudson River, and, further, are about to deliver to the Ncwcastlo-on-Tyno Corporation an immense lay-out which is in part to supplant material from America, which has been found to be unsatisfactory. Lay-outs have also been completed for Leeds and Liverpool, and points and crossings for electric tramways, undertakings in Franco, Italy, Spain. China, Japan, and New Zealand." , KAMO STOCK SALE. MoHsre F. ami W. Wakelin report that at (heir monthly sale held at, Kamo on the 4th inst. a good yarding o' stock came forward, especially beef, there being 80 head yarded, and all sold at about 22s 6d per 1001b—cows and steers alike. Good young springing cow«, close to profit, sold better than for some time past. Mont of the store stock entered for this sale were withheld on account of the very dry weather prevailing. Those offered were dull of sale. At Muungakaramea monthly sale over the advertised number of stock came forward, and although a good many cattle ch unseed hands prices were low. L

Sellers. Buyers. £ 8. d. £ a. d. BANKSNew Zealand S 16 0 — National i> 8 0 5 V 0 INSURANCE— New Zealand 3 16 ft 3 IB ft South British 2 19 0 ■ 2 18 0 FINANCIALN.Z. and River Plate ... -1 I-, 6 1 12 0 COAL— llikurangi 0 15 0 0 14 6 .Voir. Coal. JOs paid ... 0 16 8 0 16 a TKupiri Mines, Ltd. ... 1 0 6 10 3 Westpoit .. . ... 'i 4 0 Drury, ord. 0 4b 040 GAS— Auckland 1-5 16 0 14 13 0 New Plymouth 8 10 0 HO 0 SHIPPING— Union S.S. I l-> 6 . 1 14 6 Northern, paid up ... 0 17 3' 0 17 0 Northern, con OHO 077 Devonport .Steam Ferry... — 1 11 6 TIMBER— Kauri, paid up 1 •> ft — Kauri, eon. 0 10 4 0 10 1 Leylaiid-O'Brien Co., Ltd. 2 3 0 2 4 0 Mountain Riniu, Ltd. ... — 13 3 MISCELLANEOUS— Auckland Tramways, pref. 15 0 — Auckland Tramways, ord. 14 6 140 D.S.C., Limited ' 0 5 0 0 4 9 Grey and Menzies, ord. 0 9 0 — Hill" anil Hummer, Ltd.... 110 ~ II.M. Arcade Theatre Co., prci. 10 6 0 19 6 ■New Zealand Paper Mills — 13 0 Tomou Garlick Co., Ltd. 0 19 6 — Union Oil ... ,-- 110 Wiseman and Sons, pre!. 10 0 0 18 0 Wiseman and Sons, ord. 0 12 9 — Wilson's Portland Cement Co., pref. 2 7 6 — Wilson': i'ortiaud Cement Co., ord. 2 6 0 2 4 0 DEBENTURES— Auckland Harbour Hoard 4 per cent .. .. 97 0 0 — Auckland Gat, 5; percent. 53 10 0 — MINING— ' bonanza., con. ... -'.DO 4', 0 0 2 Halcyon ... 0 0 6 004 Kuranui ... 0 10 I) 0 71 Kiiianui-Caledonian ... 0 0 11 0 0 8j Mav Queen 0 1 11 0 18 Mav Queen Extended ... 0 0 8 0 0 4 New Dart, paid 0 0 5 0 0 3 New Moanataiari 0 0 6 0 0 4 New Monowai 0 0 5 ■— New Occidental 0 0 3 — New Svivia ... ... 0 13 Oil Old Albuniia ... . ... Oil Saxon ... 0 0 9 — Scandinavian .. ... 0 0 ft 1 . — Thames ... 0 0 10" 0 0 9 Victoria Oil 009 Waiot.ihi 0 3 2 0 2 11 Waitarigi 0 2 10 0 2 7 Watchman 0 0 3 0 0 ;:■, Mount Zeehan, con. ... — 0 0 4" Old JIauraki Gold Mines 0 2 1 0 2 0 Old Kapanga 0 0 4 0 0 2 South Kapanga 0 0 1J 0 0 1 Tangiaro 0 0 6 — Tokatea ... o 0 4 V _ Auckland 0 0 4* — Comstock, con 0 0 8 0 0 6i Champion, paid up ... 0 3 /.' 0 4 11 Champion, con 0 3 10 0 3 6 Crown ... 0/1 070 Golden Belt 0 1 10 0 19 Golden Cross ... ... 0 0 3 0 0 4J Kirikiri, con. 0 0 31 — Karangahake 0 1 li" 0 10 Komata Reefs , 0 14 Oil New Waitekauri 0 0 7 0 0 44 Pride of Waihi ... ... 0 0ft _ " Rising Sun 0 0 li, — Silver Hills 0 0 5" 0 0 4£ Taihoa 0 0 4.', — Tairua Broken Hills ... 0 3 4" 0 3 0 Tairua Consols 0 0 4 — Tairua Golden Hills, 9d paid ..018 0 16 Tairua Golden Hills* bd paid 0 15 0 13 Tairua Extended ... 0 0 4 — Tairua Triumph, con. ... 0 1 9 0 14 Talisman Consolidated ... 2 12 6 2 12 0 Waihi 9 10 0 9 9 6 Waihi Beach , ... ... 0 0 6 0 0 54 Waihi Consolidated ... 0 1 0 _ Waihi Extended 0 3 8 0 3 7 Waihi Grand Junction ... 1 2 0 10 0 Ready Bullion 0 0 6 0 0 44 Mountain Kins;, con. ... 0 0 9 0 0 6* Sunbeam Gold anil Silver, ! la 6d paid 0 0 4! 0 0 21 Ngatiawn 0 12 Oil" Aupouri 0 0 2J Lanigan's Antimony Mines 0 0 6 _