TO-DAY’S QUOTATIONS

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 693, 19 June 1929, Page 10

TO-DAY’S QUOTATIONS

Closing auota,toln« at to-day’» mid- day call were:—

FRANKTON STOCK SALE

LATE RATES MAINTAINED (From Our Own Correspondent) HAMILTON, Tuesday. The weekly stock sale at the Frankton salevards this afternoon was not very well attended. Prices were on a par with the previous week's rates. The auctioneers report as follow: The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited—Fat bullocks made £l3 7s 6d to £l4 7s; fat cows, £9 2s 6d to £ll 7s 6d; lighter cows, £7 10s to £$ Is 6d; light cows, £6 10s to £7 7s 6d; fat wethers, 34s 6d to 37s 8d; ewes, to £3 17s; lighter. £2 19s to £3 2s; heavy porkers, £2 3s to £2 13s; store pigs. 13s to 18s; slips, to 10s 6d. The Farmers’ Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited —Fat steers sold to £l4; fat cows, £9 7s 6d to £lO ss; lighter, £6 5s to £S; light cows, £4 2s Kd to £5: fat wethers, 34s 2d to 36s lid; others, 31s to 33s 4d; fat ewes, 26s to 375; fat lambs, 28s to 30s: heavy bucon- » rs, £3 19s to £4 7s: lighter baconers, C 3 10s to £3 16s; heavy porkers, £2 10s to £2 ISs; lighter porkers. 35s to £2 4s. Dalgety and Company, Limited—There was a moderate yarding of beef, and prices were on a par with late rates. Prime ox beef sold at equal to 35s and 36s a 100. Best young cows and heifers made up to £lO 4s for medium weights. Prime runners made from £3 17s to £4; light Jersey heifers and young cows. £4 17s 6d to £5 15s. There was a small yarding of store cattle, which sold at late rates. Shorthorn cows in low condition (been running with Hereford bulls) made up to £5 7s; store cows of good quality, £5 10s to £6 15s; boners and inferior store cows, £2 10s to £3 15s. There was a fair yarding of dairy cattle of ordinary quality; best cows made up to £6 15s. There was a moderate yarding of sheep. Fat shep were a shade firmer than last week. Best quality prime wethers made up to 3Ss sd; light fat wethers, 32s 9d to 33s 6d: fat ewes made 28s to 30s 7d: fat woolly lambs, 26s to 30s; forward 2 and 4-tooth wethers, 29s 6d to Sis 6d:' forward black-faced lambs, 22s 6d. A pen of aged ewes in lamb to black-faced rams made 20s 6d. We sold a line of choice baconers at an average of £4 ss. Light stores, 20s to 255; other classes sold at late quotations.

CHICAGO WHEAT MARKET (Australian and X.Z. Press Association) Reed. 9 a.m. CHICAGO, Tuesday. Wheat.—July. 1 dollar « 7-8 cents a bushel; September, I dollar 1L 3-R cents; December, 1 dollar 16* cents.

HIDE MARKET FIRM

AUCKLAND SALE j There was a good market for cow and ox hides at the fortnightly sale conducted at the Auckland Chamber of Commerce yesterday. Cow hides showed a slight improvement, averaging about one farthing a pound increase in price. The values for sheepskins and tallow remained practically unchanged. The following prices were tealised: Cow Hides.—Light and medium, 6 7-8 d to 7\d a lb; second quality and cut, 6d to 6id; faulty, sid to 6d; ox hides, light, 7 1-Sd to 7id; medium, 82d to 9d; heavy, 9 1-Sd to 91d: second quality, 7d to Tid; cut, 7id to S£d: kips, best grade, 7Jd to 7id; seconds. to 61d: yearlings, best grade, Sid to 82d; seconds, Td to Tld. calfskins, heavy, 91b to 101 b weights. 82d to 9d a lb; best light. Is I 2.\d to Is 2id; best medium. Is 2ld to Is 3d; light and medium, cut, llid to Is; slippy. 9}d to lOd. Sheepskins.—Three-quarter to fullwoolled, medium to fine crossbred, Hid to Is; coarse crossbred, 10-id to lid; faulty, 92d to 10id; damaged, 9Jd to Old; badly-damaged and broken, Sd to SJd: half-woolled, medium to fine crossbred. 10id to lid: coarse crossbred, 91d to lOd; faulty, Sid to 9d; damaged, 72d to Sid; quarter to half-woolled, damaged, 7d to 71 d; quarter-woolled, sound, lOd to 10id; faulty, 9d to 96d; lambskins, sound, lljd to Is; faulty, and seedy, 10£d to 103 d: damaged, 9d to 9id; salted sheepskins, half-woolled. to three-quarter, large. 9s 6d to 10s Td each; medium. 8s 3d to 8s 9d; light, 6s to 7s; quarter to half-woolled, large, 6s 6d to 7s 3d; medium. 4s 9d to 5s 6d; light, 3s Sd to 4s 4d; lambskins, large, 6s 6d to 7s 2d; light to medium. 4s 4d to 5s 3d. Tallow.—Best mixed, in barrels, 27s Gd to 28s a cwt: second quality, 25s 6d to 26s 6d; poor quality and gut-stained, 20s to 235: in tins, good quality, 27s to 28s; seconds, 24s to 265; horse-hair, best ail. Is lOd to Is lid a lb; mixed. Is 6d to Is Sd; shorts, lOd to Is 3d; mane, 9d to 9id.

AUCTION NOTES Messrs. Rutherford. Robinson. and Austin will sell by public auction at their rooms, Lister Building, Victoria Street East, on Friday, at two o’clock, a well built bungalow of five rooms, situated at Astley Avenue, New Lynn. Squirrell and Company, instructed by the Auckland City Council, will sell by auction, at its saleroms in the Hall of Commerce in High Street on Friday, June 21. at 10.30 ant., miscellaneous office fittings and unclaimed g^ocls.

Buyers. Sellers. BANKS- £ s. d. JC a. d. .'list, of Commerce 1 3 « 4 i 1ft ft Adelaide ift o .Australasia 14 17 6 Com. of Australia . 1 1ft 1 1ft Ditto (con.) .. .. 0 1ft ft Ditto (pref. ) . . . . 7 ft «'om. of Sydney . . ft 0 1 :ng., Scot., Aus. S s ft National of N.Z. .. 1 ft Vat. of Asia (con.) 1ft ft ft ft ..Vow South Wales . . 51 51 New Zealand Ditto (D. Mort.l . 1 1ft •Union of Australia . INSURANCE — 15 15 0 15 16 6 A.P.A — ft 1ft ft ft \ew Zealand .. s ft ft Queensland *•» South British .. .. •> ft LOAN AND AGENC1 (pref.) 4 — Dalgety and Co. .. Auctioneer! iik . . 17 •» 6 Ditto (A pref.) .. Ditto <B pref.) . «ioldsbrough, Mort . 1ft ft 2 Newton King (pref. > X.Z and River Plate 1 11 X.Z. Guar. < -orp. . - ft 0 N.Z Doan & Merc. ] Ditto (pref.) .. .. >*. Auckland Farmers SO 0 0 9 Ditto (B pref.) .. 0 10 Wright. Stephenson & Co. 4 COAL— Jlikurangi (pref.) 0 3 6 0 7 0 14 ? 11 Ditto (pref.) .. .. 2 ft — Ditto (pref.) .. .. 0 11 0 IT s Westport-Stockton . GAS— 1 4 4 1 4 6 0 Gisborne 0 li ° SHIPPING— Devonport Steam Ferry 5 0 Howard Smith . . . - 2 5 Ditto (pref.).. .. — Northern Steam 11 Ditto (con.) .. ft ft ft Union Steam (pref.) TIMBER— IS * Bartholomew 1 Kauri Timber . . . . ft o 0 National 0 u Parker-Lamb .. .. — * ‘ 9 WOOLLEN— Kaiapoi 0 13 10 0 14 6 Ditto (pref.) .. .. Wellington .. .. ** 4 Ditto (pref.) .. .. 1 breweries— C. L. Innes (pref.) 1 0 0 N.Z. Breweries MISGELLANEOU S— ° ft * 6 1 1 ft — Anthony Hordens 1 5 2 Ditto (pref.) .. -- — Aust. Tron & Steel (pref.) Aust. Glass, a\ div. Booth, Macdonald 0 1 l — Ditto (pref.) .. .. °

* • 10 FINANCE Mi Firm Tone on ’Change Breweries Continue to Harden THE general feeling on ’Change is excellent and numerous 1 transactions are being recorded. New Zealand Breweries continue to harden, buyers now quoting 73s 6d, sellers .' holding for 75s 6d. "Yesterday afternoon’s business.—On and prices remain firm. Australian "VVilsons Portland Cement. £ 2 Is 9d. Reported: Australian Bank of Commerce, .£1 16s 7£d; National Bank of Australasia (con.), £9 11s 9d: National Mortgage and Agency, £4 Ss bd; Cirey Valley Coal, £ 1 3s 3d. asked for and many sales have been written up. Bank of New Zealand and Union of Australia are both very firm. Coals in most cases remain firm. Pukemiro are still hardening. ReOn ’Change: Wilsons Portland Cement. £2 Is 9d; Lucky Shot Mines (paid). Is 4d. Business at today’s midday call.—On piri, both ordinary and preference, are in demand. no sellei's appearing. Waipa are steady with buyers 11s 3d, sellers 11s Sd. (con.), £9 11s 6d: Renown Collieries ford.), 14s 6d. Reported: Auckland (ias, £1 4s 6d; Wellington Woollen (ord.), £7 6s. Dividends expected in the near future include: — Robinson Ice Cream—10 p.c. p.a. June 20 Bank of New Zealand—14 1-3 p.c. p.a., ord., and 7£ p.c. p.a., D pref June 22 Mount Lyell—Is 3d a share (int.) June 24 A. J. Entrican and Co.—6 p.c. ord v and 6 p.c. p.a.. pref. June 27 Insurance section is firm. .Nationals remain steady. New Zcalands haye advanced to buyers 48s. sellers holding for 48s 3d. South British are alsoin aL C # J ‘ S 4,1 (int.) . *. . . .... Jun 29 Alining remains quiet. Wailiis aye somewhat depressed. Mount Lyells are continually changing hands, the last sale recorded being Kuala pref. (int.); 3} p.c. on 2nd pref. (int.); 3 p.c. on ord. tXew Zealand and River Plate —4J p.c. (int.) July 1 to attract sellers. Bank shares are attracting investors (int.) J uly 2 •Less 2s in £1 English income tax. tLess 4s in £1 income tax. TO-DAY’S QUOTATIONS Closing quotatoins at to-day’s mld-daj Buyers. Sellers. call were:— Buyers. Sellers. HANK*— £ s. d. JC «. d. Aust. of Commerce. 116 4 116 9 Adelaide — 1050 Australasia — 1417 6 Com. of Australia . 110 0 110 3 ■Ditto icon.) .... — 0 19 9 Ditto (pref.) .... 7 8 0 — » 'om. cf Sydney . . 27 o 0 27 10 0 n:ng.. Scot., & Aus. 8 8 6 8 9 0 National of N.Z. .. 7 1 0 7 3 6 Nat. of A’sia (con.) 9 10 0 9 1 1 6 New South Wales . . 51 5 0 51 10 * 0 British Tobacco .. 2 S 9 2 9 3 Burns. Philp — 2 5 0 Bycroft, Dtd 1 11 0 — Colonial Sugar ... 57 15 0 58 7 6 Dom. Pictures .. 10 6 — Ditto (pref.) .. 10 6 — Donaghy's Rope .. 1 13 0 — Dunlop Rubber ... 210 — Electrolytic Zinc (ord.) 1 lo 9 1 16 0 Farmers’ Trading „ „ (ox div.) 0 7 10 0 8 6 Ditto A (pref., ex c o 17 « Ditto~(D. Mort.) . 1 8 10 — "Union of Australia . 15 15 0 15 16 6 3 NSURANCE — Ditto B (pref., ex. div.) J 1 ?, " ~ Gear Meat 2 2 6 — Grey and Menzies . 0 10 9 7National 016 o 016 4 New Zealand .... 280 28 3 Queensland ...... — i*. 0 South British .... 360 3 66 LOAN AND AGENCY— Abraham and Williams (pref.) -. 4 8 0 T . Dalgety and Co. — lo o o Haytvard’s Pictures — } ® ® Henry Jones Co-op. — 1 14 0 H.M. Arcade (pref.) 110 — N.Z. Drug — 0 16 6 Lewis Eady (ord.) . 110 Ditto (pref.) .... -7 10 0 Milne and Clioyce .16 6 — Ditto (pref.) .. 16 6 — Ditto B (pref.) .. 16 6 — Auctioneering . . 3 3 0 .» 12 6 Ditto (A pref.) .. 0 17 9 — Ditto (B pref.) . 0 16 9 ~ „ N.Z. Farmers’ Fert. 1. 0 6 116 N.Z. Paper Mills . . 0 19 9 10 6 N.Z. Refrigerating Ncwton King (pref.) 6 1 ~ (tuil.) • * ' ' • ' . . n r* Phillipps Impey. . 2 5 o z b N Z. Guar. Corp. .. 0 9 6 o jo o Sanford, Ltd ? 18 3 0 19 0 Ditto (pref.) .... 0 0 — Sharland and Co. .. 1 J| Co-op (ord.) .... 0 29 n TZ n Oilfields . 0 6 0 5 0 Wright, Stephenson & Co 14 6 — COAL— Hikuransi (pref.) .. ® 3 ® J J J TonsorT Garlick . . ® 3 0 0 7 6 Whittome Stevenson 2 7 0 - 8 y Wilsons Cement .. 2 1 J -jo MINING— Renown 0 14 0 Ditto (pref.) .... 0 2 11 0 3 1 Moanataiari (paid) 0 0 4 o l J. Ditto (con.) .... 0 0 1 0 0 6 Lucky Shot (4s pd.) 0 1 u J •? Ditto (con.) .. .. — u l u Occidental-Una (2s „ n n « paid) 003 008 Ohinemuri (ord.) .. » J > J J 5 Walhi 0 11 8 u u u Waihi Grand June. 0 0 8 0 0 9 Broken Hill South . — “ g " Ditto (pref.) .... 13® n TT 8 Waipa 0 11 .> 0 11 S Westport-Stockton . 0 i 2 — GAS— Auckland 1 4 4 4 4 ® Ditto (con.) .... 0 IS 5 !! 55 •* SHIPPING— Devonport Steam Kuala Kampar .. 0 12 1 — DEBENTURES — Auckland Gat, 1932, Howard Smith .... —- 15 0 Huddart-Parker . “ 5 .* - 5 J Ditto (pref.).. .. 1 0 o — Northern Steam .. 0 14 :» Ditto (con.) .... 0 6 6 0 6 11 Union Steam (pref.) 10 9 — Ditto, 1935, 61 p.c. 103 0 0 — Auckland Har. Bd.. BV pc 99 0 0 — Ditto. 51 p.c 100 0 0 102 0 0 Ditto, 6 p.c 102 10 0 — Ditto. 61 P.C. ... 100 0 0 — Bartholomew .... © If ® } J f Kauri Timber .... 0 1 ( 6 ] 10 0 Xa?,on a d r OBr ' Cn .'.: o N 0 1*8 0 1940 6i p.c 09 0 0 — Ditto, 1936, 5J p.c. 99 0 0 — Ditto, 1943, 54 p.c. 101 0 0 —* Parker-Lamb .... — 017 ' J Bor. of Devonport, 6 102 10 0 — Kaiapoi .V S 1: i ?, * Ditto (con.) .... ® * J 0 ° 6 Ditto (pref.) .... 0 15 9 Wellington ...... 4 © Ditto (pref.) .... 7 6 0 BREWERIES— o. L. Innes (pref.) o £ B Eden, h 5i p.c. .. 9S 0 0 99 15 0 Ditto. 6 p.c 104 0 n — N.Z. Breweries . . 14 6 lob Gisborne Sheepfarm- „ „ ng „ 0 GOVERNMENT BONDS — War Loan, 1938, 4 4 0 0 MISCELLANEOU S— I Ditto! 194b 4) p.c. 99 10 t) — Ditto. 1933. EJ p.c. 99 5 0 — Anthony Hordens . 1 4 ** i .» n Auck. Amuse. Park 0 0 6 0 - 0 Ditto (pref.) .... — 0 1-0 Aust. Iron & Steel . o « (pref.) .... ... 118 l-o Aust. Glass, ox div. 2 9 0 Booth, Macdonald (ord.) Ditto (pref.) .... 0 3 9 — Ditto. 1936. 51 P-C. 191 5 0 — INSCRIBED STOCK.— War Loan. t938, 4* . — 100 0 0 Ditto, 1939, 41 p.c. — 99 17 6 Ditto. 1927-41, 5?( 93 5 0 100 0 0 Ditto, 1933, 51 p.c. 99 5 0 — Ditto, 1933, 51 p.c. — 101 l 6 Ditto. 1936. 51 .. 101 5 0 —