AUCKLAND SHARE MARKET.
Auckland. February 15. The market showed considerable improvement all round tp-d.ay, and although buyers in many instances offered slightly boater prices, still holders were so firm that transactions were ijot numerous. Upper .Thames shares were in especial favour. Queen of Waibi shares sold at 2s lOd, and ihere were further buyers at the same ptice.- Waihi. Silverfon .were wanted at 63s,'but there were no sellers under (jis. Talismans were also firmer, Ss being offered and refused! Waitekanris ahn were wanted at 83,' whH'o Waihi Cnhspls travelled up to Is 7d, ..with still buyers aflu si, aiid Consols sold at la 4i. Many smaller-priced stock'in the Upper Thames were also inquired for. There was a distinctly ivnproypd feeling with regard to Coromandel shares, though transactions werfi almost nil. There were buyers fqr no leas than 14 stocks in this section of the gqldfields. Ip Kuaofunu stocks thp, oDlymoyemerit was |n Try Flukes, whioh sold at 6s and (is 2d. Krtpai Vermont! were wanted nt 7» Od, but no tales resulted, as holders asked Ss 3rJ. Lower Tbsmc3 stocks moc with steady buyer's, but thp most transactions were jn Victorias, which sold at from 33 lid to 4s 2d, and then receded ip the former figure, with buyers at 3-i lOd. Tha Victoria crushed from the new find 23?0z0f gold! > One hundred and ninety-five pound of picked stone gave 1420z; 22 loads of general quart? 66nz 4d\rt; apd from the adit level 31oz. .Arrangements ba.v<t been completed.'' fqr (hating 390 acres of the Wli'aneamata. Th<> purchasers are wpling to pay £1000 deposit. Very rich ore has been obtained from the Premier rninp at Waiorongatnai. . The raof, whiqh hi»3 widened to 25ft, is owned by an English syndicate.
The Duncan Times reports that at Springvale Messrs K. Ryan snd J. Jl'Lean washedup with very satji-fuctir'y results. At Bald Hil) flat Messrs airroll aqd p.trty finished cleaning up a small paddock during the early part of last week, with satisfactory results.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 10596, 17 February 1896, Page 3
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330AUCKLAND SHARE MARKET. Otago Daily Times, Issue 10596, 17 February 1896, Page 3
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