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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19135, 2 October 1936, Page 10

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WOOL MARKET FIRM SYDNEY AUCTIONS SYDNEY, OH. I. At the wool sales thn closing auctions for the week saw keen competition from Yorkshire and the Continent. The market continued firm at full late rates. Greasy merino made to 2] |«1. A total of 12,101 bales was offered and 10,08(3 sold, also 22"il privately. ACTIVE TRADING AUSTRALIAN SHARE MARKETS SYDNEY. Sept, 50. (in the Sydney Stock Exchange today business in investments was wide in range rather than heavy in volume. Prices were inclined lo harden. Dank shares were steady. Dealings ill gold shares contracted, 'and Mandated Alluvia Is receiver! another heavy setback. Sale;;: Bank of New South Wales, £33 12s 6d'; ditto, New Zealand register, ±J33 ICs : Commercial Banking Company of Svduev. £l9 17s: K.S. and A. Bank, £5 16s. ' Colonial Sugar, £43 7s 6d : Associated News, Ks 10|(l: ditto, |irof.j ?.4s; Burns, I'hilp, 725; British I'obaeco, ex dividend. 445: Tooths. 55s 9d ; Tooheys, ex dividend. 31s M ; Carlton Brewery, 62s 6d. Dnnlop-l'crdrinu, ex dividend. 17s7.gd; ditto, pref. 33s 6d; Goldsbrough. Mori, oos lOj-d ; Wiuehcoinbe Carson, 34s 3d; Anthony Jlonleni, Jos 9d ; Cash Orders, 23s 3d'; Siedman, 16s 7Jd : Sargents, 28s 9d; Gibson and Howes, 32s 6ci. Wool worths, Limited, buyer, £5 6s 6d ; seller, £5 7s 6d. Mt. Morgan, 14s lOd : South Broken Hill. £6 2s: Zinc; Corporation. 83s 6d; Taranaki Oil. Is 3.',<l ; .Mandated Alluvials. 17s 6d.

Morning sales included:—Commonwealth Bonds, 4 per cent, 1941, £lO2 10s: 4 per cent. 1955. £lO.l 17s 6d; 4 per cent, 1957, £lO2 7s 6d ; 4 per cent, 1961. £lOl 2s 6d: Commercial Banking Companv of Svdney. £l9 17s: "Bank of New South Wales.'.£33 12s 6d ! ; Australian Cas. A. £( 7s 6d : Tooth's Brewery. 55s 3d: British To-bacco, ex dividend. 445; Burns. J'hilp, 725: General Industries, ex dividend. 19s 3d; Goldsbrough, Mon, 33s 10^1: Sargent's,, 28s MELBOURNE. Sept.. 29. On the Melbourne Stock Exchange loday Biwriers and general investments were in strong demand. There was some profit-taking in gold mining issues. Sales: Commercial Bank of Australia, 18s 7d : National Bank of Australasia, t 5 paid. £7 3s 6d : ditto. £lO paid, £l4 10s; G. •). Coles, ex rights. 77s Sd ; Drug Houses, 31s 3d: Australian iron and Steel, pref., 26s 4£d; Australian Glass. 93s 6d; Dunlop-I'erdriau, ex dividend. 17s 8d; Goldsbrough Mort, 345. Electrolytic Zinc, ordinary, 43s 9d ; ditto, pref.. 46s Qd: Mt. .Morgan. 14s lid; Mt. Lvell, 3Cs : North Broken Hill. £9 13s 6d; South Broken Hill, £6 . 2s ; Emperor, 15s 4d : Loloma. 23s 4Jd. Varra Falls, 40s 3d; Kauri Timber, 255. ■ JERSEYS AT AUCTION I ANNUAL MANAWATU FAIR TOP TRICE 4GGNS. (Per Press Association.) PALMERSTON N., this day. At the fourteenth annual Manuwatu Jersey bull and heifer sale yesterday, the top price of 46gns. was secured by Mr. !'. A. Anderson, of Levin, for a yearling bull. There was a representative attendance of buyers and a very good sale resulted. HASTINGS STOCK SALE PAT SHEEP RTSE BY 1/A strong demand existed in all sections at, the Hastings stock sale on Wednesday, particularly for a short, yarding of fat sheep, where thine was a gain of 4s a head over last week, values returning to peak level. Baukawa shorn prime four and six-tooth ewes made to 235; best heavy woolly owns, to 34s 6d;, best- wethers,* to 355. Medium-grown pood-conditioned spring lambs made 32s for the top. Stoie sheep consisted chieily of woolly wether hoggets. Values were slightly easier at the commencement, but improved as the sale progressed. Best woolly wether hoggets made 275; ewe hoggets, to 565, fat and forward wethers, to 28s 4d; others, (<• 27s Bd. Store cattle totalled 850, compared with 1250 the previous week. Well-grown rattle were easily quitted, young bullocks making to £9 ss; extra good yearling steers, to £6 13s; good two-year-old breeding heifers, to £6.