THE TRAMWAYS COMPANY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17335, 5 December 1919, Page 5

THE TRAMWAYS COMPANY.

FINAL DIVIDEND PRo*\..»Eu, J The annual meeting of ah' npt, dots .a I the Auckland Electric Trsmwc.s : >3>"..ny. 1 Ltd., is to be held in Lonrtc ...-a Mon- ' day. A cablegram has been t-aoeivet stating that the directors propose _to teoommend the payment of a final dividend of 6d a share on the ordinary issue, less English income tax of 3s 6d per £1 of dividend. The sum of £22,500 has been placed to' the depreciation account, and £9776 has been carried forward. The company's register of ordinary shares will be closed from Decem- . ber i to 8. 1 AUSTRALIAN PRODUCE. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. ' (Reed. 1030 p.m.) SYDNEY. Dec. 4. Oats: Algerian, 6b to 6s sd; Taemattian, 6s 2d to 6b 6d. , ' Barley: Cape, 6s 6d- . Maize: 9s 3d. __ , , " • Potatoes: Tasmanian. new £20, old £18; > New Zealand, old £4 to £10. Onions: £6 to £13. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. t" (Reed. 10.30 p.m.) ADELAIDE, Dec. i. Oats: 6s 3d to 5s 7d. i . '. PROPERTY SALES. I Mr. C. F. Bennett will offer for sale at • his Land Sales Rooms, at soon to-day, in . I tho estate of the late Mr. R. B. James, dej ceased soldier, the following farm properties " at Hunua: 170 acres as a going concern with , 23 cows, horses, milking machine and im- . plements, 6-roomed houso and outbuildings: . 50 acres rioh river flats, also as a going con- .

cern. with 12 cows, etc., cottage and cow- i shed; 136 acres of easy rolling country, no , buildings, and 60 acres without buildings. j Messrs. T. Mandeno Jackson will offer for sale at their rooms, Customs St., East, at 11 o'clock this morning. 2 shops with 5 living rooms attached standing on section having 33ft frontage to Hobson St., by a depth of ].00ft; and two semi-detached houses, each containing 6 rooms, and standing on section having 33ft frontage to Wellington St., by 100 feet deep. Samuel Vaile and Sons. Ltd., will hold an auction sale of the sections in the Seat-on Estate. Takapuna, at their rooms, 83, Queen Street, at 2 p.m. to-day. Th* estate is situated on Lake Road, apposite the Clifton Road stop. The owneTS of the estate have | arranged to lay out the streets in an attractive manner with garden plots. Easy terms arc offered. NORTH AUCKLAND STOCK SALES. Dalgety and Co., Ltd.. report: DuriDg the past month we held our usual stock sales as follows — At Broadwood there was a full yarding of all classes of cattle, and with the exception of a few pens of cows and calves and young steers, everything was sold. Prices were much the same as last month. Three to 3i-yr. steers, £10 to £10 12s 6d: 0 to 2J-yr. steers, £5 10s to £8 Is; yearlings, m.s. £1 i 10s to £2 15s; empty cows, £4 5s to £6 6s; 2 to 2£-yr. empty heifers, £3 10s to £5 12s 6d:, bulls, £7 10s to £12 6s. I At Rangiahua there was a small yarding. Fat cows brought £8 10s to £9 10s; no grown cattle offering; 2 to 2}-yr. steers, £5 to £6 las; dairy heifers, close to profit, £6 to £7 ss. ! There was a. full yarding at Kaikohe. but on account of dry weather prices were not so good as in the previous month. With the exception of a few pens of young steers most of the other lines changed hands; ■ prices were in favour of buyers. Pat cows, | £9 10s to £11 7s 6d: 31-yr. steers, £10 5s to ; £10 103: 2 to 2i-yr. steers, £5 5s to £7 2s 6d : yenrling steers, £1 12s 6d to £2 10s: empty heifers. 2Jyrs. £4 5s to £5 2s Gd ; eTi-oty cows to £6 15s according to quality; dairy cows | from £8 2s to £13 2s 6d. I At Ohaeawai there was a full yarding, and prices were much the same as at Kaikohe on I the previous day. At Whansaroi and Karoo there was a fair ' yarding at both sales, but owing to the weather conditions, the demand was not k««>n. Prices were as Wows:—3 and 4-yr.-old steers, forward condition, from £11 to £12 19* 6d: 3 and 31-yr. steers £8 10s to £10 12s 6d: 2 and 2s-vr. steers, £5 to £6 15s: forward empty cows to £6 15s; others. £3 10s to £5 5«: emr>tv h«if«rs. 2-yrs. £3 10s to £4 16*; y«>a'-lin'rfi. mixod sexes. £1 5s to £2 12b 6d : ? and 4-tooth wethers. £1 Si to £1 5s 9d ; 2-fnoth mixed "eims. £1 1« to *"1 2s 6d; woolly wethers. 2 and 4-tooth. 32s 6d.

AVONDALE ROAD BOARD. ♦ Tlie Avondale Koad Board met on Wednesday. Mr. R. B. Nesbitfc presided. ■■ and there were also present Messrs. F . Hampshire, A. Morgan, J. Thomas, K !J. Allely, C. F. Gardner, and J. W. Tait. Mr. Tiarks wrote complaining of the state of Gilfillan Street. The supervisor said the work was done in the usual way. The letter *>." 5 received. I The De,.'.. .unent of Lands wrote grantj ing permission to the board to sell the site and offices in Blake Street. 1 Mr. R. Ward, on behalf of the local lodge of Oddfellows, asked the board to i rescind a resolution recently passed to I increase the rent charged the lodge for i use of the public hall. He said, the lodge, during the lust five years, had paid out over £500 in skk and • funeral benefits. Mr. Hampshire gave notice uf motion to' rescind the resolution. Mr. Gardner reported having attended ; the conference of local bodies to discuss I the quality of gas. The substance of his report was that he disagreed with the method of analysing the gas, but ho I agreed that the company should supply gas of a pure quality. I The chairman and Mr. Gardner jointly reported having attended a meeting called by the Good Roads' Association in furtherance of its objects. The next meet- , ing of the board will be held on December I 18. Mr. Bellamy's tender for deg collars at* 8s 9d per dozen was accepted. It was decided that the price of collars next year be the same as now charged. It was resolved to ask the Postal De-

partment to provide a postal clearing box I at the corner of Great North and Rosebank Roads.