COMMERCE AND MINING

New Zealand Times, Volume XLVII, Issue 10896, 10 May 1921, Page 10

COMMERCE AND MINING

WELLINGTON STOCK EXCHANGE. YESTERDAY’S QUOTATIONS. Prices of investment and mining stocks Yesterday were as under: Buyers. Sellers.

tCum div. Sales on ’Change:—War Bonds (1930), £Sfi lii, jggfi 12s Gd (reported); Bank of New South Wales, £BO (reported). SALES IN ~OTHER~CENTKBS. ran roses a.hoci cttox AUCKLAND May 9. Sales on 'Change:—Bank of New Zealand. 46s 9d; Soldiers’ 3} per cent. Loan, JSSO 10s; War Loan (1990), .£B6 15e; New Zealand Insurance, 25s 3d; South British, fid. Reported sales—Waihi, 325. Sis •dDUNEDIN STOCK EXCHANGE. ns rasas associatiow. DUNEDIN. May 9. The following were the share quotations on the Stock Exchange to-day: Talisman Consolidated, buyers lie 7d, sellers 5e ltd; Waihi, sellers 32s fid; Waihi dtrand Junction, sellers 9s 6d; Mount Lyell, buyers 14s 7d, sellers 14s 9d; Bank of New South Wales, buyers J 230; Bank of New Zealand, buyers 46s 9d. sellers 47s Sd; Union Bank, buyers Jll 16s, sellers dill 17s fid; New Zealand Insurance, buyers 23s 2d, sellers 25s 9d; P, and O. Deferred, buyers £340, sellers jQSj); Huddart-Parker (ord-), buyers 39a, sellers 419; Westport Coal, buyers 25s Sd. sellers 26s 9d; Westport-Stockton (ord.), buyers 7s 2d; Goldsbrough Mort., buyers 28S fid, sellers 28s 9d : National Mortgage, buyers 635; Wright, Stephenson (pief.). sellers 16s fid : Dominion Rubber, sellers 18s; Donedin-Kaikorai Trams, sellers 25s fid; Gear Meat Co. (ord.), sellers 355; New Zealand Refrigerating, 20s paid, buyers "SEs; ditto. 10s paid, buyers 14s lOd. sellers 15s; Kaiapoi Woollen (ord.). sellers 25s fid; Mosgiel Woollen, buyers 92s fid. sellers 100 s; McLeod Bros. Soap, buyers £l4 ss; New Zealand Paper Mills, buyers 265, sellers 275; New Zealand Dxug Co., 40s paid, buyers 54s fad; Milburn Lime and Cement, sellers 80s 8d; Otago "Daily Times," sellers 48s) Trustees and Executors, sellers 51s; Whitcombe, Tombs, sellers S2B fid; Government War Bonds (1930), sellers £B7 10s, 1988, buyers .£Bl 17s Gd, 1939, buyers £Bl 17s fid; Inscribed Stock (1938), buyers £Bl 10s: Government Inscribed Stock (1939), buyers £BB 7s fid; Soldiers Bonds (1993), buyers £B9 7s fid; Soldiers Inscribed Stock, buyers -689 7s fid; P. and O. Inscribed Stock (1927), buyers £B9.

AUCKLAND STOCK EXCHANGE. LAST MONTH’S OPERATIONS. Business on 'Change has been much better during the past month, and in several instances shares have shown an improvement in price. Bank of New Zealand have sold up to £2 7s, the closing quotation being: seller 4fis 9d, buyer 46s fid. Union Banks have also improved, and there are buyers now at jKll iia, no sellers, quoting. There has been a very fair demand for insurance stocks during the month, particularly New Zealand and South British. Auckland Gas have also improved, the fully paid shares selling as high aa 24a 3d. Wilson's Cements fell to 14a early in the mouth, but have improved again, and are now in demand at 14e lOd, sellers asking 15s 3d. There has within the past few days been a notable improvement in the AJ per cent, free of income tax war loans, both bonds and inscribed stock, for all of, which there are buyers at £BO, no sellers quoting. SYDNEY WOOL SALES. A FURTHER POSTPONEMENT. By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. May 9, lts p.m.) SYDNEY. May 9. The wool sales, whioh were to be resumed to-day, were .again postponed buyers objecting to the present Customs regulations, but stating that if matters are satisfactorily arranged by Thursday next the sales be resumed. THE PRODUCE MARKETS. LAEBY AND OO.’S REPORT. Messrs Laery and Co., Ltd.. Wellington. report wholesale prices as follow i Feed barley. 4s fid per bushel, sacks In; crushed barley, 4e lOd bushel, sacks Ini • Partridge peas. 7s fid per buahet. in ; peas, Prussian bins, 7s fid par bushel, sacks in; peas, feed Ss fid per bushel, sacks in; oats. Algerians seed, prime 3s lOd, good 3s 9d per bushel, sacks in; oats, Dans choice heavy 4m Id sacks in; Sparrowbilla for poultry feed 4a 2d; oats, dressed oats for poultry teed 4s lud bushel, sacks in t onta. Gartens A grade Ss lOd per bushel, sacks in; crushed oats, 4#3d per bushel; Farro food, ton lots £3.0 7s fid per ton; shag oaten sheaf. Blenheim, prune ton lots. £ 7lss per ton, sacks in, free on trucks Wellington; hay. extra choice lucerne £9 ton. good clover JBB 10s ppr ton; potatoes Canterbury, good table white, ton lota. £6 So ton, sacks in; Red Dakotas M 15s ton, sacks in; fowls, hens fie to 7a, heavy roosters. 7s to 9a per pair; ducks, 10s to 14a per pair; geese, 13s to 15s pair; turkeys. Is 7d to Is 8d per lb; hotter, farmers’ separator dairy or milled la lid to 2s per lb; eggs, fresh 3s 8d to 4s per doxon, preserved 2s 3d to 2s fid per dozen; shell grit, choice qualtay, 1001 b bags 6s 6d per bag; onions, 7s fid Per cut, sacks an; picklers, Bs, per cwt; maixe, whole 7s 9d pet bushel, sacks in; crushed 8s 3d bushel, sacks in; fowl wheat, ten-sack lots, whole 8s 10d. broken 8s fid per bushel, sacks Is • meat meal for poultry feed. 22s per 1001 b bag; pig calf meal, jelO 10# per ton; oatmeal . for poultry feed lfis per' 1001 b; lineeed oilcake meal, £ls per ton; mutton birds, Tasmanian, in casks Bd, New Zealand, in kits, cooked Is, salted llfd each. WELLINGTON CUSTOMS. The Customs revenue received at Wellington yesterday totalled £6207 17s 3d.

Mining— J£ 6. d. £ e. d. Progress — 0 13 Talisman . — 0 5 10 Waihi War Loans— ti 12 e Inscribed Stock (1933) 89 2 6 89 10 <v War Bonds (1930) — 87 0 0 War Bonds (1933) Investments Bank of Australasia 88 13 0 (rights) Bank of Australasia 13 5 0 (fractions) —e 2 0 0 National Bank — 5 7 ti Bank of N.S.W — 30 10 0 Bank of New Zealand a 6 6 2 7 0 U nion Bank Financial— Abraham and William* n ifi 0 12 0 0 (ord.) — 4 10 0 Goldsbrough Mort. Squitable Building Co. 1 10 0 8 5 0 CVn. Invest.T. and A. — 0 10 6 Wn. Gas <pref.) 0 14 a 0 lfi 0 National Insurance ... +3 15 0 — Sth. British Insurance — 1 11 0 Standard Insurance ... NlZ. Refrigerating 3 3 0 (jBI) N.Z. Refrigerating 1 4 9 16 0 (10s) Wn. Meat Export (-£3 0 15 0 12a fid) : — 3 5 0 Adelaide Steam — 0 18 0 Kaiapoi Woollen (ord.) — 14 6 Westport Coal +1 5 0 — Waipa Coal — 0 15 0 Leyland-O'Brien ........... Miscellaneous— 1 5 6 N.Z. I>rug *— 2 17 0 W.F C.A. (pref.) 0 14 6 *- Wilson's Cement 0 15 10