TODAY’S QUOTATIONS

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 749, 23 August 1929, Page 10

TODAY’S QUOTATIONS

V PUKEKOHE SALE OFFERINGS WELL SOUGHT (From Our Otctt Correspondent) PUKEKOHE, Thursday. Springing heifers, beef and fat and store pigs met with keen demand at Alfred Buekland and Sons’ sale at Pukekohe today. There was a good yarding of springing heifers, and prices showed an improvement. An average number of beef cattle were penned, more steer beef being offered than usual. They sold at late rates. There was an increase in the number of pigs penned. Bidding was spirited, fats and stores selling at prices ruling at Westfield. Quotations:— Dairy.—Best springing heifers sold from £l3 5s to £l6 10s; good quality heifers. £l3 5s to £ls; good sorts, £lO to £l3: baekward, £5 to £9 10s; best dairy cows realised up to £10; good cows, C 7 to £8 10s; poor and backward, £3 to £6 10s. Beef.—Heavy fat steers, £ls 5s to £l7 17s 6d; lighter, £ll 12s 6d to £l4 ss; best fat cows and heifers. £ll 7s 6d to £l2 15s; lighter, £D 5s to £lO 17s 6d; store steers, £9 to £ll 9s; store cows, €2 12s 6d to £5 10s; yearling Jersey heifers, £5 5s to £6 6s. Pigs.—Heavy prime baconers, £4 14s to £4 19s; medium. £4 7s to £4 11s; light. £3 19s to £4 3s; heavy porkers, C 3 12s' to £3 15s; medium, £3 4s to £3 Ss; light. £2 14s to £3: small and unfinished. £2 2s to £2 12s; best framed stores, £2 2s to £2 14s; extra large stores. £2 14s: smaller, £1 16s to £2; best slips, £1 9s to £1 12s: small, Cl 4s fo £ 1 7s: good weaners, 19s to £1 3s; others, 11s to 16s. BRADFORD TOPS MARKET (Australian rind N.Z. Press Association) Reed. 11 a.m. LONDON, Thursday. The Bradford tops market is quiet, with a weaker tendency. Quotations: 64 s. 37d; 60's. 34*d; 56’S, 28id; 50’s, 25d; 46 s, 21id; 40’s, 2ld. NEW DIRECTOR (Special to THE SUN) CAMBRIDGE. Today. The chairman of directors of the Cambridge Co-operative Dairy Company, Limited, Mr. F. H. Anderson, has been elected a director of the Auckland Farmers’ Freezing Company, Limited.

BUTTER IN GOOD DEMAND LONDON MARKET REPORT (Australian and N.Z. Press Association) Rccd. 11 a.m. LONDON, Thursday. Butter is in good demand. Danish, 1795; choicest suited New Zealand, 174 s to 1765: Australian, 170 s to 1725. Unsalted butter, 2s less. Cheese is firm. New Zealand, white 89s, coloured 91s; Australian, Sss to 80s. MELBOURNE HIDES MARKET (United P.A.—By Telegraph — Copyright) MELBOURNE, Thursday. On the Melbourne hides market values are very firm and in sellers’ favour. BANK OF ENGLAND RETURN (Australian and N.Z. Press Association) (United Service) Reed. 9 a.m. LONDON, Thursday. The Bank of England return for the week ended today is as follows : Issue Department Notes issued : Jn circulation £365,443,495 In banking department.. 31,516,477 Total £396.959,972 Government debt 11,015,100 Other Government securities 235,429*936 Other securities 8 715>’i75> Silver coin Amount or fiduciary issue.. 260,000,000 Gold, coin and bullion .. 136,959,972 Total £396,959,972 Banking Department Proprietors’ capital £14,553.000 **’**. •• 3,645,96 5 Public deposits 26,286 065 Other deposits, bankers .. 55,850 949 Other accounts 36 037 051 Seven-day and other bills . . ’ 2^536 Total £136,375566 Government securities. . . . 71,046,855 Other securities, discounts advances 3.532.387 Securities 28,737,815 Notes 31,516.477 Gold and Silver coin .. .. 1,242,032 Total £136,375,566 The proportion of reserves to liabilities is 27.70 per cent. Short loans are quoted at 4J per cent., and three months bills at oi per cent.

Closing quotations at today's mid-day . Buyers. Sellers. - • - • . £ s. d. £ s. d BANKS— Aust. of Commerce . 1 16 0 1 16 3 Australasia 14 7 0 14 10 0 Com. of Australia . 1 9 1 9 7 Ditto (con.) .. .. U 19 Ditto (pref.) .. .. 7 5 0 Eng.. Scot. & Aust. 8 6 6 8 8 6 National of N.Z. . . Y 0 0 Nat. of Australasia 19 16 0 New South Wales . 51 15 0 New Zealand 3 3 0 9 Ditto, D mort .. 1 8 Union of Australia . lb 1 0 15 2 6 INSURANCE— 0 14 0 National n 16 0 16 7 New Zealand .. .. 7 6 X 6 Queensland n 9 4 South British .. .. 3 7 0 3 8 0 LOAN AND AGENCY — Abraham £& Williams (pref.) 4 S 0 Farmers’ Co-op Auc. Id 0 4 0 Ditto (B pref.) .. 0 16 9 0 17 9 Goldsbrough, Mort. . 2 7 6 8 Newton King (pref.) 0 10 0 N.Z. & River Plate 1 10 6 1 11 9 N.Z. Guar. Corp. .. 0 9 4 0 9 9 Loan and Merc. .. 0 0 12S ft 0 Ditto (pref.) .. .. 80 0 0 N. Auck. Farmers’ Co-op. (ord.) 0 D 0 Wright Stephenson (pref.) ... .. 0 18 3 — COAL— Grey Valley — 1 G 6 Hikurangi 0 1 6 Ditto (pref.) .. .. 4 Ditto (A pref.) .. 0 6 ft 6 0 Pukemiro 1 5 0 Renown . . . .. .. 0 16 0 0 16 Ditto (pref.) .. .. 0 3 0 0 3 Taupiri 1 9 6 1 9 11 Ditto (pref.) .. .. 1 3 9 Waipa 0 13 0 14 ft \\ estport-Stocktori , 0 11 4 Ditto (pref.) .. .. 0 4 0 0 4 10 GAS— Auckland 1 4 1 1 4 3 Ditto (con.) .. .. 17 3 Gisborne ., .. . , 0 lb 3 — SHIPPING— Devonport Steam .. 1 1 0 1 1 9 Howard Smith .. 1 3 6 Hiiddart-Parker . . 2 6 9 Ditto (pref.) .. .. 1 1 6 Northern Steam 0 14 0 14 Ditto (con.) .. .. 0 6 4 ft 6 9 P. and O. (def. stk.) 16 19 0 Union Steam (pref.) 1 0 s — TIMBER— Kauri 0 17 6 0 18 (; National 0 7 6 0 9 0 Parker-Lamb — 0 17 9 WOOLLEN— Kalapoi 0 13 10 — Ditto (con.) .. .. 0 4 6 — Ditto < pref. > . . .. 0 16 0 ft 17 6 Wellington (pref.) . — 7 6 0 BREWERIES— C. L. Innes (pref.) 1 0 0 N.Z. Breweries 4 4 0 4 4 6 < hrown .. 0 7 6 0 10 6 Timaru •• . • »• •• 0 15 9 —

calJ were:— Buyer*. Seilers. MISCELLANEOUS— Auck. Amuse. Park 0 2 0 Ditto (pref.) . . . . — 0 11 G A. J. Entrican (pref) 1 ft 0 Ditto (ord.) .. . . ft 16 G Australian Glass 1 0 Booth. Macdonald (ord.) 0 2 0 British Tobacco 7 6 8 Bycroft, Ltd. ] 13 0 1 15 6 Dominion Pictures . 0 6 Ditto (pref.) . . . . 1 0 6 Donaghy’s Rope 1 14 6 East African Coffee 0 0 0 Electrolytic Zinc (ord) 1 19 0 1 19 9 Ditto (pref.) .. .. 1 19 1 19 9 Farmers’ Trading- . 0 9 0 9 8 Ditto (A pref.) .. 0 17 0 0 19 0 Ditto (B pref.) .. 0 14 0 < iear Meat 4 6 Grey and Menzies .. 0 10 0 Hayward’s Pictures 1 0 0 Henry Jones Co- op. 1 13 1 14 H.M. Arcade Cprer.) 1 1 ft Lewis Eady (ord.). 1 Ditto (pref. > . . . . 0 IS 6 1 0 0 Milne and Choyce . 1 6 6 Ditto (pref.) . . .. 1 6 6 Ditto (B pref.) .. 1 6 Ditto (deb. stk.) .. 1 6 6 1 G 9 Morris Hedstrom (pref.) 0 18 6 — X.Z. Farmers’ Fert. 1 1 6 1 3 0 Robinson Ice Cream 1 3 6 Sanford, Ltd 0 19 0 Ditto (pref.) .. .. 1 0 0 1 2 Sharland and Co. .. 1 1 6 Ditto (pref.) . . .. 1 1 6 Taranaki Oilfields .. ft 4 2 0 4 9 Union Oil ft 0 Victoria Nyanza Sugar 1 6 Whittome-Stevenson 2 10 0 Wilsons Cement 2 4 3 2 4 9 MIXING— Alburnia 0 1 3 0 2 0 Moanataiari (paid) . 0 0 6 0 1 1 Ditto (con.) 0 0 1 ft 0 b Lucky Shot (4s pd) 0 1 0 1 9 Ditto (con.) .. .. ft ft 4 0 1 ft Ohinemuri (ord.) .. 0 10 4 0 1ft Waihi .. 0 12 3 0 12 Waihi Grand June. 0 1 ft 0 1 4 Mount Lyell 2 4 4 0 Kuala Kampar Tin 0 13 7 ft 14 0 DEBENTURES — Auckland Gas, 19S2, 5 per cent 96 0 0 Auckland Har. Bd., 5* P-c 99 0 0 Ditto, 5i p.c 1ft 1 0 V City of Auckland. 1940, 5i p.c 99 0 0 Ditto, 1936, 5J p.c. 99 ft 0 Ditto, 1943, 52i p.c. 101 ft 0 Bor. Mt. Eden, 6.. 104 1ft ft X.Z. Breweries . . . 1 s 0 1 8 3 Gisborne Sheepfarmers — 99 0 0 GOVERNMENT BONDS— War Loan, 1938, 4 h 100 0 0 — Ditto, 1939. 4i p.c. 100 0 0 Ditto, 1941, 4i p.c. 100 0 0 Ditto, 1933, 5.\ p.c. 99 10 0 Ditto, 1933, 51 p.c. 101 ft 0 Ditto, 1936. 51 p.c. 101 5 0 — INSCRIBED STOCK War Loan. 193S, 41 100 0 0 Ditto, 1939, 41 p.c. 100 0 ft — Ditto, 1927-41. 5J 99 1ft 0 Ditto, 1933, 51 p.c. 99 1ft ft Ditto, 1933, 51 p.c. 101 ft 0 Ditto, 1936, 51 p.c. 101 o 0 —