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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18758, 15 July 1935, Page 11

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WOOL SALES & EXPORTS LARGE DECREASE SHOWN According to the returns compiled by Dalgety and Company, the oiferingy of wool throughout New Zealand during the 12 months ended June 30 totalled 536,603 halos, of which 479,283 bales, or 89.31 per cent,., was sold. For the 12 months of the 1953-34 season, the, total offerings were 692,090 bales, of which 647,994 bales, or 93.63 per cent., was sold. Thus, the offerings during the season just ended were less by 1-55,487 bales, and the sales show a decrease' of 168.711 bales. Exports of wool from Iho Dominion during the 12 months ended June 30, totalled 598,841- compared with 805,685 bales for me previous 12 months, a decrease of 207,017 bales. SYDNEY SHARE MARKET ACTIVE SYDNEY, July 12. The markets oil the Sydney Stock Exchange to-day were active and firm. Sales.—Bank of New South Wales, £32; Commercial Bank of Sydney, £lB 2s; National Bank' of Australasia, £5 paid, £6 7s 6d; Queensland National Bank, £5 ; Colonial Sugar. £44 12s 6d. South British Insurance, £s' 0s 6d; Howard Smith, 16s; Burns, Philp, South Sea, 27s 6d; Australian Gas, A, £3 4s; British Tobacco, 39s 3d. Tooths, 565; General Industries, 19s 4^d; Sargents, 21s; ditto, New Zealand delivery, 21s. Australian Glass, 70s 3d; DunlopPerdriau, pref., 335; Goldsbrough Molt, 29s 7Ad; Greater J. D. Williams, 7s 4d; Henry Joiies, 375; Electrolytic Zinc, 27s 9d; Wunderlich, 22s 9d; Farmers, 27s 6d. ’ 31 f. Lyell, 19s 3d; Broken Hill Proprietary, 59s 9d; South Broken Hill, 89s 6d. Commonwealth Bonds, 4 per cent., 1833. £lO3 10s; 1941, £lO4 ss; 1944, £lO5 2s 6d; 1947. £lO6 ; 1950, £107; 1953. £lO7 2s 6cl; 1955. £lO5 6s 3d; 1957, £lO5 ss; 1959. £lO5 10s; 1961, £lO6 10s. Morning sales included :—Commonwealth Bonds, 31 per cent., 1948, £99 15s; 4 per cent., 1938,- £lO6 7s Gd; 4 ;er cent., 1941, £lO4 ss; 4 per cent-., 1947, £lO5 17s 6d; 4 per cent., 1953, C 107; 4 per cent., 1957, £lO5 ss; 4 per cent., 1959, £lO5 lOs; National Bank, £6 7s ; Bank of NevV South Wales, £32 ;■ Anthony Hordern, 20s; British Tobacco. 39s lid ; Burns Philp. South Sea, 27s 6d; Dunlop-Perdrinu Rubber, 16s 6d ; Howard .Smith, 16s. MELBOURNE, July 12. Sfock Exchange sales to-day included : E.S. and A. Bank, £5 3s 6d‘: Commercial Bank of Australia, pref., £9 15s; British Tobacco, 39s lid: Herald and Times, 57s 3d.

MELBOURNE PRODUCE MARKETS MELBOURNE, July 12. Wheat, 2s lid a bushel; flour, £lO 12s Cel a toil; bran, £4 15s; pollard, .£5; oafs, 2s 3.W1 to 2s 4d a bushel; barley, English, 2s 7d to 3s; maize, 4s 6d to 4s lOd. Potatoes, £lO 5s to £lO 15s a ton; onions, £8 15s to £9. DAIRY PRODUCE PRICES (Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, this day. Dairy produce prices have been fixed as follows: Butter. lOfd, ' cheese sd, eijuivalent- to 86s, 4d and 44s e.i.f.e. GOLD MINE RETURNS The Charleston gold return for the fortnight ended to-day was, 15oz. I9dwt. for 20 shifts. The claim manager of the Goldfields Dredging Company, Limited, reports a wash-nii of l3oz. 18dwt,. for 256 hours dredging. The return at, King Solomon Mine this week amounted to 52bz. ldwt. LONDON MARKETS The Bank of New Zealand advises receipt, of the following report from London as at the close of business this week:—"Wethers: There is a little better demand. Ewes: The market is dull and them is little business doing. Lambs: The demand is steady and there is a hotter 1 inquiry for light-weight seconds. Quotations; Wethers, light, 2|d to 4d, heavy 3,'yl to 3jd; ewes, 2d to 3d ; lambs, twos to 7id,. eights 6;d to 7id, fours 6jd to 7d, seconds 6d to 6Jd.” PIGS AT MAT AWHERO Prices for pigs at' the Matawhero stock sale yesterday included the following:— Three medium Berkshire slips, 12s 6d: 4 good do, 15s 9d: 3 heavy porkers, 1 at 37s 6d ahd 2 at 56s 6d; 5 medium White slips, 3 at 12s and 2 at 9s 6d ; 5 average Berkshire slips, 11s 9d ; 3 slips, poor condition. 9s 9d; 2 good small Tannvorth stores, 17s 9d; 2 do., better condition, 18s 6d; 3 medium-weight porkers, 1 at 27s and 2 at 235; 5 won tiers, 11s.