AUCKLAND STOCK EXCHANGE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 14530, 18 November 1910, Page 3

AUCKLAND STOCK EXCHANGE.

BUSINESS DONE YESTERDAY. Previous day's closing sales. . - £ s. d. Hikurangi Coal—3rd call, 19s ... — I'aupirl Coal— call, 19s 9d, 20s; 2nd call, 20s — Wilsons Portland Cement (ord.)—2nd „ call, 39s 9d ... ... _ New Sylvia— call, 4s .. ... 04 0 Occidental Consolidated—lst call, 2d, 3d — Waiotahi—lst call, 3s 4<l — Watchman—2nd call, 3s 3d !.. ... 03 2 Iloss Goldflelds— call, 2s 7d ... — Bremner's Freehold—3rd call, 7d ... — Hauraki Reefs (con.)— call, sid ... — Old Hauraki Gold Mines— call, 2s 3d 02 3 Crown—lst, call, 4s sd; 2nd call, 4s 4d... — Komata Reefs—2nd call, 74 d — - Tairtia Monarch—3rd call," 3,1 d ... 0 0 4 WaUii-lst and 2nd calls, £6 6 0 0 Waihi Grand Junction—lst call, 31s 6d; 2nd call, 31s 3d; 3rd call, 31s 6d ... 111 3 CLOSING QUOTATIONS. Sellers. Buyers. banks- £s ' d ' £a ' d ' New Zealand 10 12 6 — * 2tlonul ... 5 I'd 6 5 16 0 INSURANCE— National ... _ inn •South British ..." " _ 33 6 financial— Zealand and River ™^ ,ate 20 0 118 0 COAL— Hikurangi ... ... ... 019 3 018 6 A°rt. ( - <> " Ltd., 10s paid 0 9 6 0 9 0 Paupiri Mines, Ltd. ... 10 6 10 0 cstport 7 0 0 6 15 0 Westport Stockton ... 0 8. 0 — Drury, con. 0 5 0 0 4 0 GAS— Auckland ... 376. 370 Auckland, new issue ... — 214 9 Gisborne ' ... 3 0 6 219 0 SHIPPING-. . V»vl° n aa - 117 6 116 6 New Zealand __ 10 17 6 Northern, con. 0 7 6 0 7 2 Devonport Steam Ferry... 1 16 6 116 0 TIMBEfiKauri, paid up l 19 0 — Kauri, con ... 018 0 017 9 Premier Joinery Co. .16 0 — WOOLLEN— Wellington ... 315 0 312 6 MISCELLANEOUS— Marks's Turbine, paid up 015 0 — N.Z. Consolidated Dental Company _ 10 0 Rubbersub ... 10 5 0 Auckland Tramways, pref. 15 0 13 9 Auckland Tramways, ord. 14 0 13 6 D.S.C., Limited — 0 0 5 A. J.. Entrican and Co., pref. _ 110 A. J. Entrican and Co., ord. 0 19 6 Hill and Plummer, Ltd.... 12 0 — Mi Ino and Chovce, Ltd., -.!»"'■ - 14 6 Milne and Choyee, B ... — 14 6 Milne and Choyce, ord. ... 1 1 6 10 0 N.Z. Portland Cement Co. 1 17 3 1 16 6 A.Z. Portland Cement Co., new issue ... .. 017 0 New Zealand Paper Mills 14 0 — Tonson Gariick Co., Ltd. 0 18 0 0 17 6 Union Oil ... _ 17 6 Wiseman and Sons, 0rd.... 019 0 0 17 6 Taranaki Petroleum, paid 0 8 0 — MINING— I Alburnia ... 0 0 7 —. Ajax, 6d paid ... 00 24 00 1 Bonanza 0 0 5 CO 34 Dixon's Consolidated, paid 0 0 5 0 0 2 Dixon's Consolidated, con. 0 0 2 Kuranui 00 5* 005 Kuranui-Caledomao ... 0 1 6 0 i 4 May Queen 0 3 7 0 3 6 May Queen Extended ... 0 0 6 0 0 4 Monover.i ... 0 2 8 0 2 4 New Sylvia ... 0 4 1 0 4 0 Occidental Consolidated... 0' 0 21 0 0 2 Span. 0 17 0 15 0 11 0 Oil Waiotahi 0 3 6 0 3 4 vvaitangi Consolidated ... 0 111 0 16 Watchman ... 0 3 4 0 3 3 Zeehan, con 0 0 104 0 0 9 Consolidated Goldflelds ... 1 0 6*" 10 3 Boss Goldfielda 0 2 8 0 26 Bremner's Freehold ... 00 74 00 6 Four-in-Hand 0 1 0* — Golden Pah ... ... 00 2 " Hauraki Beefs, paid up... Oil 010 Hauraki Reefs, con. ... 0 0 7 0 0 6 Old Hauraki Gold Mines 0 2 4 0 2 3 Kapanga. con. ... ... 00 6 00 3 union Hauraki ... ... 0 0 5 — Bendigo ... 0 0 3 — Champion ... 0 0 5 — Crown ... 0 4 5 0 4 3 Crown (options) 0 1 11 0 18 Golden Belt, paid up ... 0 0 6J 0 0 6 Golden Belt, coo. ... 0 0 54 0 0 5 Golden Cross ... ... 00 6 00 4 Koroata Reefs 0 0 8 0 0 7 Maoriland 0 0 7 0 0 41 Pride of Waihi ... ... 0 0 4 " Rising 1 Sun -.006 0 0 4 Tairua Broken Hills _ 013 0 12 Tairua Golden. Hills ... 0 2 0 Tftirua Monarch Con. ... 0 0 4 0 0 34 Talisman Consolidated ... 215 0 . 214 6 Talisman Consolidated, new issue ... ... ... il6 0 115 6 Waihi ... ... 6 0 6 6 0 0 Waihi Reefs Consolidated; 0 3 2 0 3 1 Waihi Extended ... ... 02 3 02 0 Waihi Grand Junction ... 1 11 9 I 17 fi Te Puke Reefs 0 0 7 Handßworth 0 0 7 0 0 6 Mountain King 0 0 74 0 0 7 New Waitaia, con. ...0 0 8"' 0 0 74 CALL AND DIVIDEND LIST. Dividends. National Insurance ... ... _ • ow Levland-O'Brien Timber ... ... 7£ p.c. NowNorthern Steamship 7 p. c Nov. 18 Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Co. 0 13 Nov. 21 Talisman Consolidated, Is 9d old issue, sid new issue ... ... ... Nov. 25 Waihi ... ... ... 0 4 0 Deo! 1 Calls. New Waitaia, November 4 ... 0 0 1 Nov. 18 Monowai, November 5 ... 0 0 2 Nor' 24 Point ; Russell, November 9 ... 0 0 1 Nov*. Royal Oak, November 14 ... 00 1 Nov" 30 May Queen, November 8 ... 0 0 1 Dec! 1 Kapanga, November 14 ... 0 0 2 Dec 2 Kapowai, November 15 ... 0 0 1 Dec." 2 Golden Belt, November 14 ... 0 0 1 Deo.' 7 Golden Pah, November 3 ... 0 0 1 Deo. 14 Monowal, November 3 ... 0 0 2 Dec. 22 Monowai. November 2 ... 0 0 2 Jan.* 12 New Waitaia, November 4 ... 0 0 1 Nov. 18 Saxon, November 17 ... ... 00 1 Dec! 12 N.Z. LOAN AND MERCANTILE AGENCY CO.'S REPORT. On Thursday, November 11, at the Wesffield Yards, we held our weekly sale of dairy and store cattle. There was a good yarding and prices were the same. Dairy cows and heifers close to profit sold at from £5 10s to £8 17a 6d; others, more backward, £4 10s to £5; empty cows ami heifers, £3 to £3 18s ; calves, 20s to £1 16s. At the Albert-street Yards on Friday we held our opening sale. There was a large yarding of horses of all classes, which sold at late rates. Heavy draught horses sold at from £25 to £36; medium do., £19 10s to £25 15s; horses suitable for butchers' or bakers' carts, to £17. The unbroken draught colts sold at from . £19 10s to £33; light harness horses and hacks, £8 lOs to £17; Shetland ponies, to £14 ss: gig, horse, and harness, £23; spring-cart, £10. At the Westfleld Yards on Wednesday we held our weekly sale of fat stock. There was a good yarding of fat cattle, which pold at fully last week's rates, ox beef selling to 26s per 1001b and cow £1 to £1 3s. Steers sold at from £7 5s to £14 15s; cows and heifers, £3 5s to £9 2s 6d. Fat calves were penned in email numbers and sold at from 3s to £1 18s. The sheep pens were well filled and sold at lower rates. Best shorn wethers sold to 20s 9d, others 14s 6d to 18s 9d; ewes. 8s 9d to 158 9d. Lambs were yarded in large numbers and sold at late rates. Extra well fatted, 18« to £1 2s; others, 14s to 17a 6d; lighter sqrls, 12u to 13s 6d. Pigs were penned in usual numbers and declined in ' prices. Baeoners sold to £2 10s: porkers. £1 8h to £1 12s;-good weaners, 12s to 14s; small weaners, 3s 6d to 6s. We submitted and sold extra large catalogues of hides, skins, and tallow on Tuesday, competition being very keen for all lines. Hides: Market advanced. We quoteOx, extra stout 7d to 74' i, stout 6|d to 63d, medium 6id to sgd, light 6id to 6Jd; cows', best lines 6gd to 6|d, good s|d to $£d. soored and sloppy sid to s§d; stags'. 1 44' dto sid; kips, 6id to . 6Jd; ' callskina, best Bid to 9id, good 74d to Bd, cut and damaged 44d to 6Jd; damaged hides, 3id to 4Jd. Sheepskins: Market brisk. Best butchers* skins, picked to-88, good lines 6s to,7s, medium 4s 3d to 5s 3d, small 4s to 4s 4d; country dry skins, large to 6s 6d, medium 3s 6d to 4s 3d, small Is 6d to 2s 6d, Jamba' and pelts Is to Is'sd. Tallow: Market firm. Best mixed, to 30s; good, 26s 6d to'2Bs; inferior, 24s 6d to 25s 6d; roue-h fat, l£d to 2d per lb. Bones, £4 15s. Cowtails, Is 8d per dozen. '' Horsehair. Is '3d to Is 7^d. Wheat: Steady sales.. Market firm at 3s 8d ex store. Oats: Market advancing. Local supplies short--2s 8d and 2a 9d ex store. ' Maize: As anticipated, a slight fall lias taken place, and wholesale supplies ex wharf at lower rates. Bran,; In good demand. Supplies very short* £5 10a ex store. ' ' Pollard: Sales firm at £6 5s ex store. Barley: Sales steady at 2s 8d ex store.. Potatoes: New coming into town freely Fairsized samples, Id per lb ex store Butter: Choice' registered, 9Jd; first-grade separator. 9^d; second-grade separator, 9d. Unregistered is slightly lower. Eggs : In good demand at 9d per dozen Cheese: First-grade medium size factory is in good demand at 5Jd; farmers', slow of sale'at 44d Fungus: Sales finn at s|d ex store.. MESSRS G. W. BINNEY AND SONS' REPORT. We again submitted extra large catalogues of hides, skins, tallow, etc., at Tuesday's sale. Hides: Market remains the 'same. Ox extra stout, 6Jd to 7d; etout, to 6?d; medium, 6id to 6gd ; light, 52d to 6id; cow, best lines, 64 d to 6id, good sid to 6d, seconds 4Jd to sd; stags', 4Ad to 43d; kips, 54d to 6d; Readings, sjid to 6d; calfskins, best 7id to BJd, good 6d to 7d, seconds 5d to s|d; out and damaged hides, 3id to 4|d per lb. Sheepskins • Market continues firm. Butchers', extra large to Bs, large 6s 6d to 7s, good 5s 6d to 6s 3d, medium 4s 6d to ss, small 3s to 4s; country dry skins, extra large to 5s 6d, large 33 q d to 4 g 6d, good 2s 6d.'to 3s 6d, small Is 6d to 23 6d, damaged 6d to Is, pelts and lambs' Is to Is 5d each. - „ : r _ • . - , , „ Tallow: Market very firm. Best mixed, to 28$; jrood 24s 6d to 26s 6d; medium, 20s 6d to 23s 6d; Inferior, 15s to 18s 6d per owt. Rough fat, lid to ljd oer lb. Cowtails, Is 8d per doien. 'Bones: Good dry. £4 15s per ton. Owing to the first wool sale taking place next Wednesday, 110 sales' of hides, sking, or tallow will be held neat week,,

MESSRS. ALFRED BUCKLAND AND SONS' REPORT. At the Hay market on Friday last wo had. a full yarding' of horses and & large attendance of buyers. Young heavy spring cart and lorry class sold at from £53 to £42; aged, and worn draughts, £11 to £27 10a; bakers' and grocers' cart class, ' £16 5s to £28 buggy horses and good hacks, £16 10s to £25 10»; light harness and ordinary riding sorts, £5 15s to £12; gig ponies, £4 10s to £10; weeds, all prices; three to four-year light to medium colts realised from £11 10s to £28. The trotters sold as follows —Woodbury, 53gs; Queen Victoria, 40gs; Pakuranga Lad, 17Jgs; Lass, 9igs; Bellman Ally, 21gs; twoyear co'lt, 23gs; heavy mares, with foals at foot, £21 10s and £23; sulky, £11. On Saturday we held a clearance sale at Mr. Geo. Scott's, East Tamaki. There was a large attendance, and good competition for every lot. The dairy cows sold at from £b 5s to £15 10s for best; others, £6 5s to £7 10s; two-year-old heifers, £5 2s 6d to £5 17s 6d; yearling to 18 months, £3 19s to £4 2s 6d; heavy fillies, two to three years, £21 10s to £38 10s; medium yearling, £14; hack, £10 15s; weaner pigs, 12s 6d to 13s; fowls, 3s to 5s fid; ducks, 2s 6d; cart and frame, £12 ss: dray, £7 ss. The implements and sundries realised satisfactory figures. Hides: Ox, 53d to 6gd; cow, fid to 6id; calf, 53d to 9d; kip, 5Jd to 6Jd; damaged hides, Id to sid. Tallow, 18s 6d to 28s 6d. Horsehair, Is 6d. Skins: Large, 6s to 8s lOd; good, 4s 2d to 5s 6d; small to medium., 2s to 3s lOd; damaged, 5d to Is lOd; pelts and lambs, salted). Is 3d to Is sd; dry, 3d to Is. > The Clevedon yards on Saturday were fairly well filled with stock, which found ready buyers. Dairy cows, £4 5s to £6 15s; fat cows, £4 12s 6d to £5 10s'; • empty cows and heifers, £2 5s to £3' 17s 6d; yearling to 18 months steers, £2 10s to £3 16s; strong calves, £1 7s to £1 18s; fat ewes, 13s 9d; hoggets, 14s; ewes with lambs, 19s. On Monday at Pokeno a full yarding of cattle changed owners at ruling prices. Dairy cows and heifers, £4 to £7 7s 6d; empty young cows, £3 to £4 2s: fat cows, £5 to £6 10s; 18-month steers, £3 9s to £3 15s; mixed yearlings, £55 2s to £2 10s; calves. £1 la to £1 14s; fowls, 2s Id to 2s 3d; gray mare, £27. A quantity of furniture realised satisfactory figures. At Runciman on Tuesday there was an exceptionally large yarding, every pen and yard being utilised. Values were much the same as those ruling lately. Dairy cows and heifers of first quality, £6 to £9 10s; others, £3 10s to £5 10s; large-framed, empty cows, £2 15s to £3 15s; fresh empty young cows and heifers,' £3 to £4 ss; yearling to 18-month empty heifers, with a strain of Jersey or Holstein, £3 15s to £5 15s; fresh throe to four-year-old steers, £5 15s to £6 18s; two to three-year-olds, £4 103 to £5 7s; 18-months to two-year steers, £3 _ 103 to £4 8s; yearlings, £2 as to £2 16s; mixed sexes, £2 to, £2 10s; strong calves, £1 10s to £1 18s; small, 15s to £1 3s. At our Westfield fat stock market, on Wednesday, beef totalled 393 head. Competition was steady throughout, last week's advance being maintained. Ox beef, £13s to £1 5s 6d; cow and heifer, 19s to £1 4s. steers ranged In price, £7. 2s 6d to £15 ss; cows and heifers, £4 to £9 10s. In consequence of the short supply of calves, prices improved. Heavy, £2 10s to £2 19s; choice suckers, £1 14s to £2 ss; medium to light, 18s to £1 10s: small and fresh dropped, 5s to 13s (55 sold). There was a full entry of fat sheep, but the demand was limited. A few pens of extra prime wethers sold within a Is of last quotations, but taking the sale on the whole, there was a drop of 3s. per head. Heavy prime wethers, shorn, 18s 6d to £1 Is; medium, 15s 9d to 17s 6d; light and unfinished, 12s 3d to 15s 6d; best weighty ewes, 14s to 15s 9d; others, lis 3d to 13s 6d (1851 yarded. 1353 sold). The 502 lambs penned met with a firm sale, at fully late figures. Prime heavy, 17s 6d to £1; medium, 14s to 16s 6d; light, lis to 13s 6d. Although only an average yarding of 'pigs, the number was considerably in excess . of • requirements, and values were the lowest experienced for a long time. Heavy, baconers, £2 9s to £2 15s; lighter, £2 to £2 7s; large porkers, £1 6s to £1 13s; smaller, 17s to £1 ss; large stores, 103 to 15s; weaners, 7s 6d to 83 (115 sold). On Thursday, at Westfleld, dairy and store cattle were yarded in usual numbers, and there was a good demand for all descriptions. Dairy cows and heifers. £6 to £9 10s for best, others £4 10s to £5 10s; empty cows, £3 5s to £4 lis; 18-months steers, £3 12s 6d to £3 16s; 18-months Jersey heifers. £4 10s to £5 15s; calves, £1 Is to £1 15s. In future the firm's weekly report will appear in Thursday's HEBAID. FROZEN MEAT MARKET. [BY TELEGRAPH.—PRESS JLSSOOEA.TIOJr.I Napier, Thursday. : The Colonial Consignment and Distribute Company to-day cabled the following report Frozen meat: "To-day's prices: Mutton —Canterbury, 4id; Napier, Wellington, and North Island, 3|d. Beet—Hindquarters, 3Jd; forequarters, 2|d. WELLINGTON STOCK EXCHANGE.. [BY TELP.GKAPII. —PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Wemjngton, Thursday. The following business was transacted today on the Wellington Stock Exchange:— At 10 a.m.: Waihi, £5 19s, £6 0s 6d (reported). Noon: New Sylvia, 3s Hid (reported): Talisman, £2 14s 3d (on 'Change). At 3.15 p.m.: Talisman, £2 14s 3d (reported), new issue, £1 15s 6d (on 'Change); Waihi, £5 19s 6d (reported). . DUNEDIN STOOK EXCHANGE. [BY TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.] j/ ; i Dusumsr, Thursday. The following sales took place to-day on the Dunedin Stock Exchange-.—lsland Block, 5s ; Koputai, 18s 9d and 19a; Waihi, £5 19», £6 Is, and forward deliver}- £6. Sales reported: Waihi, £5 19s. £5 19s 6d; Wellington Gas, £19; NewZealand Paper Mills, £1 3s 6d. . LONDON. By Telegraph.— Association.—Copyright. WHEAT: LONDON, November 16. Twelve to fifteen thousand quartern of wheat, per sailers, January-February shipments, have sold at 35a. .'. METALS. Copper: Spot. £57 16s 6d: three months, £58 15s; electrolytic, £59 15s. m Tin: Spot, £165 10s; three months, £166. Lead, £13 7s 6d. TALLOW. " There were no sales, of tallow to-day, owing to scarcity of supplies. (Received November. 18, 10.5 p.m.) London, November 17. METALS. ■ Copper: Spot. £57 18s 9d: three months, £58 12s 6d. Electrolytic, £60. Tin: On spot and three months, £167 7s 6d. Lead: £13 6s 3d. ANTWERP WOOL SALESThe Antwerp wool sales opened to a good attendance, with moderate animation. Merinos and crossbred a were from 10 to 15 centimes lower. Of 3463 bales offered, 1640 sold. Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Limited, Auckland, have received the following cablegram from their London office under date the 16th in-et. Tallow• Owing to small stocks there will be 110 pnblio sales of tallow, held this week. The market for . shipments to arrive is quiet.