COMMERCE & MINING

New Zealand Times, Volume XLIII, Issue 9955, 26 April 1918, Page 2

COMMERCE & MINING

WELLINGTON STOCK EXCHANGE. YESTERDAY'S QUOTATIONS.

QUOTATIONS ELSEWHERE. Frees Association: DUNEBIN, April 25. Stock Exchange sales: Hudda-rt-Parkkr. S7s 6d. Westport Ooai, 30a sa, 30s 3d. LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE. _ ' -= LONDON. April 24. Among the quotations on the Stock Exchange yesterday were the following: Bank of Australasia, £117: Bank of New South Wales, £35 Ids; Union Bank, -U* 15s: National Bank of New Zealand, £5 6s: Bank of New Zealand £3 6s 8d shares). .£ll. 12s 6d: New Zealand Loan and Mercantile 5 ner cent, stock, -coo. LIVE STOCK SALES AUCTIONEER'S’ REPORTS. Abraham and Williams, Ltd. At Levin on Tuesday we bad . small yardines of stock which met with fmr inquiry, prices being as under: —Forworn ewes 26s 5d to 27s 9d. light fat cows £lO 15s, store cows £5 ,ss. .£6 10s, fresh con." ditioned. cows .67 12s 6d. .68 ss, 18-month steers £6, weaner steers ,£3 7s 6d, ; weaner heifers dll 15a to £2 17s Cd, station-bred Hereford and S.H. cows in calf £l4. bust fed weaner. heifers £B. steers ms, bulls £B, £9 10s. store pigs Us, 15s. l.s, porkers 38s, 395, 51s. 525, 565, 635. At Waikanae on Wednesday bidding was dragging and very little stock changed hands. Quotations: —Forward ewes 19a 3d. small two-tooth wethers 16s, 19s, medium lambs 10s Sd. 12s Sd, small lam_”s 7s lid. fresh-conditioned heifers £8 is, store cows £5 13a 6d. -£6 6s, £6 15s, £7, 21-year steers £9 10s, H.S. yearlings £4 2s 6d, £4 145,, springing cow £lO. Dalgety and Co., Ltd. Dalgety and Company. Limited, report having-a good yarding of sheep and only a fair yarding of cattle at their Palmerston North, sale yards on Thursday. There was a small attendance of buyers and most of the lines offered failed to change hands. The- following are prices: Springing heifers £lO 10s, fat and forward ewes 25s 9d, good empty, ewes 17s Gd. fat two-tooth wethers 29a 2d. fat lambs 21s 6d, good rape lambs 16s Bcl, medium lambs 11s Gd, old rams 11s, 15s 6d to 265.

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