COMMERCIAL.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14209, 4 November 1909, Page 3

COMMERCIAL.

A good tone prevailed • upon the sharemarket yesterday. In investment lines Auckland Gas (old) gold at £15 6s; \ Kauri Timbers (con.) at 15s 9d; Auckland Tramways (ord.) at 21s 6d; and New- Zealand Portland Cements (old) at 3Bs 3d. In mining lines Talismans were a little easier at the first and second calls, but improved at the third, 'stocks changing hands at* from 50s 6d to 51s 6d, with sellers at 51s 9d and buyers at 51s 6d. Waihis were easier at £9 18s 6d and £9 18s, sellers closing at £9 19s and -buyers at Is less. "Waihi Grand Junctions firmed, sales being effected at from 42s 6d to 44s 3d to 43s 9d- to 445. Sellers closed at 44s • and • buyers at 43s 9d. Waihi Grand Junction options changed hands at 20s. Considerable business was also done in minor stocks "" I

AUCKLAND STOCK EXCHANGE.

BUSINESS DONE YESTERDAY. Previous day's clewing sales. £ «. A. Auckland Gas (old)—2nd call, £15 6s ... ■ — Kauri Timber (con.)—lst call, 15s 9d ... 015 9 Auckland Tramways (ord.}— call, 21s 6d \ ... ... - --■.. .'•» — N.Z. Portland Cement (old}—lst call, 38s 3d — Bonanza—3rd call, 6d — Dixon's Consolidated (con.)—2nd call, B£d and 9d; 3rd call, 9d 0 0 8J Magnet (con.)—2nd call, 4d; 3rd call, 4id ... ... 00 4 Magnet (paid)2nd call, 4d — May Queen— call, 4s 3d; 3rd call, 4s 2d 04 3 New Monowai3rd call, Is lOd — New Sylvia—2nd and 3rd calls, 4s 6d ... 0 4 5 Old Alburnia (paid)—2nd call, 2s ... 02 0 Old Alburnia (con.)— and 3rd calls, Is 8d — Point Russell— call, 5d — Saxon —2nd and 3rd calls, Is 5d ... — > Victoria—2nd call, Is 6d ... ••• — WaioUhi—lst and 2nd calls, 4s 9d; 3rd cull, 4s 9d, 4» 8d 0 4 9 Watchman— call, 2s 6d — Ross Goldflelds (paid)— call, lis 9d 0 13 6 Four-in-Hand2nd call, Is ... ••• — Old Hauraki-2nd and 3rd calls, 2s ... 0 2 0 Pride of Tokatea (con.)—3rd call, 9d ... 0 0 8i Royal Oak (con.)— and 2nd calls, Is 9d ; 3rd call. Is lOd 0 18 Golden Belt (paid up)—3rd call, Is Id ... 01 1 Tairua Golden Hills—2nd call, 5s 8d; 3rd call, 5s 9d, 5s lOd 0 5 7 Talisman—lst call, 50s 6d; 2nd call, 50s 9d; 3rd call, 51s, 51s 3d, 51s 5d ... 211 0 Waihi—2nd call, £9 18s 6d; 3rd call, £9 18s ... 9 19 0 Waihi Consolidated— call, 4s 9d ... 0 4 10 Waihi Extended— call, 5s Id, 5s 2d ; " 2nd call, 5s 3d, 5s 4d; 3rd call, 5s 4d 0 411 Waihi Grand Junction—lst call, 42s 6d, 435; 2nd call, 435, 43? 3d, 43s 6d, 445, 44s 3d; 3rd call, 44s 3d, 445, 43s 9d, 44s ... ... ' 2 19 Waihi Grand Junction (options)— call, 20s * — New Waitaia (con.) —Ist call, Is ... 0 11 New Waitaia (la paid)3rd call, Is 4d, Is 3d ... — CLOSING QUOTATIONS. Sellers. Buyers. £ b. d £ s. d.

BANKS— New Zealand '. 9 14 0 910 0 National 6 2 0 5 19 0 ; INSURANCE— New Zealand ... ... 3 16 6 — National ... 1 9 6 — South British .., ... 2 15 6 — . FINANCIAL— New Zealand and River Plate 1 In 0 COAL— Hikurangi 10 0 0 18 9 Nort. Co.. Ltd., 10s paid... 0 11 9 - Taupirl Mines, Ltd. ... 0 19 3 018 6 GAS— Auckland ... 15 6 0 15 3 0 , Auckland, new itsue ... 16 0 15 ' SHIPPING— Northern, paid up ... 0 13 0 — Northern con ... ... 0 6 2 0 6 0 i Devonport Steam Ferry... 112 0 1 10 0 TIMBER— ; Kauri, con. ... ' ... ..."! 016 0 015 9 Leyland-O'Brien, Ltd. ... — 13 3 Mountain Kimu Co., Ltd. 12 9 12 0 MISCELLANEOUS— Auckland Tramways, pref. — 12 6 ■ . Auckland Tramways, ord., 116 . 113 D.8.C., Limited ... '...*'. 0 3 6 0 3 3 Hill and Plummer, Ltd... 10 6 — H.M. Arcade Co., pref. ... 1 1 0 — Milne and Choyce, Ltd, A — 116 Mllno and Choyce, Ltd., B — 116 ' N.Z. Portland Cement Co. 119 0 118 3 Northern Boot ... ... — 0 li J N.Z. Paper Mills ... 1 2 9 12 3 Sharland Co., Ltd., pref. — 10 0 Tonsdn Garllck, Ltd .. 0 18 i ; — Wilsons Portland Cement Co., pref ... ... -» 2 0 0 • Wilsons Portland Cement Co., ord. ... ... — 1 19 0 MINING— Bonanza 0 0 6 0 0 54 Dixon's Consolidated, con. 0 0 9i 0 0 84 Halcyon 0 0 3| 0 0 2 Kurauui ... ... ... 0 010 — Kuranui-Caledonlan ... 0 1 4 0 13 Mugnet, con 0 0 44 0 0 4 Magnet, paid up ... ... 0 0 44 0 0 4* May Queen ... 0 4 3 0 4 2 May Queen Extended ... 0 0 5 — • New Monowai 0 1 11 0 1 10 1 New Sylvia ......... 0 4 7 0 4 5 Occidental Consolidated ... 0 0 4 0 0 3 Old Alburnift, paid up ... 0 2 0 0 1 10 Old Alburnia, con. ... 0 1 8 0 17 Point Russell .......006. 00 4J . Saxon ... 0 16 0 14 Scandinavian ... ... 0 0 3 0 0 2 Southern Queen 0 0 3 *'— Thames ... ... ... 0 0 5i 0 0 4j Victoria 0 18 0 17 Waiotahi " ... 0 4 9 0 4 7 Waitangi Consolidated ... 03 9-0 3 7 Watchmam ... 0 2 7 0 2b Consolidated Goldfields ... 0 18 0 0 17 0 New Alpine, paid up ... 0 5 3 — New Alpine, con. 0 4 9 _ Ross Goldfields, paid ... 012 0 011 0 Progress Mines 0 13 0 0 12 3 Four-in-Hand ... ... 0 12 0 011 Golden Pah ... 0 0 44 0 0 3 Hauraki Freehold ... ... 0 0 7 — Kapowai, con 0 0 3 — Monte 'Christo 0 0 5 0 0 4 Mount Welcome, con. ... 0 0 4 — ' Old Hauraki Gold Mines 0 22 0 2 0 : Kapanga -'...;' ... ... 0 064 00 6 ; Pride of Tokatea, 0 0 94 0 0 9 ' Royal Oak, paid up ... 0 2 3 0 1 10 Roval Oak, con 0 1 10 0 19 i Tokatea , , ... 0 0 3,* — , . Beridigo ... ... ... 0 0 6 00 5 Lanigan's Antimony Mine 0 0 3 — , Moewai ... 0 0 24 0 0 1 Seddon ... 0 0 24 0 0 14 Crown 0 5 10 .058 Dominion, con 0 0 6 0 0 3 Glamorgan ... 0 0 64 0 0 6 Golden Belt, paid up ... 0 1 2 0 10 Golden Belt, con 0 0 6 0 0 54 Golden Cross 0 0 3 — Kirikiri ... 0 0 3 0 0 1 Karangahake 0 0 7 0 0 3 Komata Reefs 0 0 64 — Maoriland ... 0 0 11 0 0 7 New Waitekauri 0 0 4 0 0 3 Phoenix ... ... ... 0 0 5 ,0 0 2 Pride of Waihi ... ' ... 0 011 0 0 74 Rising Sun /.. ...... 00 7- 0 0 6 Shotover, con. ... ... P0 34 . 0.0/2 i Talma Broken Hills ... 0 1 5 013 ' Talma- Golden Hills ... 0' 6 0 0 5 10 Tairua Extended , 0 0 4 — Tairua Leads ... .'.. 0 0 24 0 0 1 Tairua Monarch Consol. 0 0 34 0 0 24 Tairua Reefs, 6d paid ... 0 0 4 0 0 3 Tairua Reefs, con. ... 0 0 24 0 0 2 Talisman Consolidated ... 211 9 211 6 Waihi 9 19 0 9 18 0 Waihi Beach ' 0 0 8 0 0 64 Waihi Consolidated ... 0 4 10 0 4 7 Waihi Extended 0 5 5 0 5 3 Waihi Grand Junction ... 2 4 0 2 3 9 Wcihi Grand Junction .-...,,, options ... „ .... ... 12 0 10 0 Handsworth ... .» ... 0 011 0 0 9 Missouri ... ... ... 0 0 2 0 0 1 ; Mountain King, Is paid... 0 14 0 10 , Mountain King, con. ... 0 1 1 0 0 114 Mountain Queen, con ... 0 0 7 — New Waitaia, con. ... 0 1 1 0 0 104 CALL AND DIVIDEND LIST. Dividends. Wilsons Portland Cement, per annum ... ... ... 124 p.c. .Now Talisman Consolidated 0 16 Nov. 25 Wnihi ,G.M. Co ... 0 4 0 Dec. 1 . Calls'. •■„'.. Shotover,' October 13 0 0 1 Now Victoria, October 26 0 0 1 Nov. 10 Southern Queen, October 28 ... 0 0 1 Nov. 10 Mav Queen, October 18 ... 0 0 1 Nov, 15 Golden Cross, October 29 ... 0 0 1 Nov. 15 May Queen Extended. Sept. 17 0 0 04 Nov. 23 , BURNSIDE STOCK MARKET. [BY TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Dr/uEDur, Wednesday. At the Burnside stock market to-day there was an unusually large entry, which was responsible for an all-round decline in prices. Wethers were sold at from Is to 2s less than last week, and ewes were from 2s to 3s cheaper. Best wethers made from 21s 6d to 24s (extra, 26b to 27s 9d); Medium, 18s to 19s 6d; shorn wethers, 15s to 17a 6d; best ewes, 17s to 19s (extra prime, 23s to 26s 3d); medium, 15s to 16s 6d. Lambs to the number of 140 head were yarded, and the quality was good. Best lambs made from 16s to 17s (extra, to 18s); medium, 14s 6d to 15s 6d. Of cattle there was a specially big entry. At the commencement of the sale prices declined slightly, and dropped later to a further extent. Bent bullocks made from £8 10s to £9 10s (extra, to £11 Is); medium, £7 5s to £7 15s; inferior, £6 5s to £6 15s; best cows and heifers, £5 10s to £6 15s; medium, £4 5s to £5; inferior, £3 10s to £4. , . The number of pigs penned, was much in excess of requirement, and prices consequently were low. Suckers made from 14s to 16s; Blips, 17 to 19s; stores, 23s to 28s; porkers, 35s to 40s; light baconers, 43s to 465; heavy. 48s to 535; choDpers, to 688.

BANK SHARES. By Telegraph.—Press Association.—Copyright. London, November 2. Bank shares are quoted as follows Union, buyers 65i, sellers 66i; Bank of New Zealand. stock, 100; New Zealand Loan and Mercantile, 96. The rest are unaltered. ■, , ~ _ DUNEDIN STOCK EXCHANGE. ■ [BY TELEGRAPH.— ASSOCIATION.] DUNEDI.N. Wednesday. At the Stock Exchange to-day'the following sales resulted— and Shine, 365; Waihi Extended, 5s 6dj Waihi Grand Junction, 445, 43s 9d. The following sales were reported: Waihi Extended, ss, 5s 2d; Waihi Grand Junction, 435, 455, 445, 42s 9d; Consolidated Goldfields, 16s 9d; Talisman Consolidated, 495; Waitangi, 3s 7d. ADDINGTON STOCK SALES. [Br TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.] CnßiSTcniTßcn, Wednesday. At the Addington Yards to-day there was "a double sale, and the entry was consequently considerably larger than that of last week. Store sheep showed an advance on late rates, and the fat cattle entry—which included some very good stook—brought good prices. There was a larger attendance of buyers, and bidding was brisk for most lines submitted. The entry of store sheep was slightly smaller than that of last week, and represented all classes, including forward wethers in wool, shorn wethers and ewes, and lambs of various ages, but mostly of medium class, ewes being unshorn. There was an unusually large attendance, and brisk competition for all forward sheep, shorn and unshorn wethers, end a few pens of hoggets to hand. Sheep of these classes showed an improvement of from 6d to 9d per head on last week's rates. For ewes and lambs there was a fair demand, and most of the lots were sold, but prices for these did not show the same advance as in other classes mentioned. Forward wethers in the wool made 16s 6d to 17s 8d; shorn wethers, 9h 9d to lis lid; exceptionally good wether hoggets, 17s 3d; shorn wethers, hoggets, (small), 8s Id; ewes, with lambs at , foot (all counted), 6s to 8s 6d ; cull wether hoggets (unshorn), 8s 9d. There was a good entry of fat sheep, and late rates were well maintained. Prices ranged for prime wethers in wool from 19s to 24s 9d; lighter, 15s lid to 18s 6d: prime shorn, 15s to 18s lid: lighter, 13s to 14s. 6d; woolly ewes, 14s Id to 23s Id : shorn ewes, 13s to 16s Id; merino • wethers, 12s to 16s 6d ;woolly hoggets, 14s 9d to 19s. ■■■<••

There was a yarding of 360 fat cattle, .principally steers, and the price of steer beef showed a rise, being from 19s to 24s per lOClb. Steers made from £7 7s 6d to £11; heifers, £5 5s to £8 19s; cows, £5 to £9 ss. There was a fair yarding of fat calves, and prices ranged from 4s 6d for small animals to £3 for those that were well grown. There was a very large yarding of lambs, and the sains opened rather dull, prices ranging from 9s to 15s. •

The demand for pigs was fairly strong. Choppers brought from £2 " 10s to £3 lis heavy baconers 50s to 625; lighter, 42s 6d to 50s (equal to 4sd to 4Jd per lb). Porkers made from 35s to 425; lighter, 30s to 37s (e'lual to 5d per lb). Large stores made 355, and medium £2 2s. ■' t •