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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18256, 27 November 1933, Page 9

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CANTERBURY MARKETS The grain and produce market is lifeless, states a Christchurch message. Very little produce is now in farmers hands to offer, and merchants are receiving a minimum of orders. Fowlwheat is quoted at 3s (id to 3s 7d t.o.b, sacks excluded, Lyttelton, but the inquiry is very small, A Gartou oats are quoted at 2s (id f.0.b., sacks included, Lyttelton, but there is no inquiry. The new potato crop is coming away satisfactorily, but a frost last week nipped back some crops north of Christchurch. No damage appears to have been done further south. There is no export at the moment. MINING NEWS Golden Dawn Gold Mines, Limited (Owharoa). —For the 12 working days ended November IS, a total of 246 tons of Golden Dawn ore was treated for £686, not including premium and exchange. In addition, 8S tons of outside ore were treated. King .Solomon (Gore). —Last week, 930 z. 15dwt. Freshford (Waikaia, Southland). — Last week, lloz. Goldfields Dredging Company, Limited (Queenstown). —For the past fortnight, 290 z. for 253 hours’ drodgin£. SHAREMARItET V (For Pross Association.) WELLINGTON, this day. Sales on ’Change: King Solomon, 3s 4d ; Hill and Plummer, 11s 9d; Commercial Bank, pref., £8 14s. CHRISTCHURCH, this day. Sales on ’Change: New Zealand Refrigerating, £1 paid, 19s 7d; Tooths Brewery, 42s 6d (2); Mt. Lyell, cum div., 22s 2d'; Nevis Diesel Electric, 10 jd; Nokomai, 3s (3) ; Okarito, 10s 4d. Reported sale : Alt. Lyell, 22s 3d. DUNEfrIN, this day. Sale on ’Change : Okarito, 10s 3d.