THE SHARE MARKET.

Colonist, Volume LII, Issue 12769, 15 April 1910, Page 4

THE SHARE MARKET.

(Special to. "The Colonist.") Wellington, April 14. Messrs. Harcourt and Co, report sales as follows : — ■ Loan- and Mercantile 6s 9d. • Old Hauraki 3s 4d. . Saxon Is 6d. -Waihi 183s 6d, 184s, 184s Cd, 183s, 183s 6d, 181s, 180s 6d, 180s 6d. ' Talisman 535. ' ~ . Grand Junction 30s. Blackwater 31s.6dv 30s 6d. The quotations given are : — ' ' Bank of New Zealand buyers 1955. ' Loan and Mercantile buyers 6s : 6d. New Zealand Shipping buyers 1555. May Queen, buyers 4s, sellers 5s 2d. New Sylvia buyers 4s, sellers 4s 7d. Old Hauraki buyers 3s 1 3d, sellers 5s sd. l. Talisman buyers 52s 6d, sellers 52b 9d. • • Waihi buyers 180s, setters 181s 6d. ' Grand Junction buyers 295, sellers 30s. Blackwater buyers 295-, sellers 325. Consolidated Goldfields buyers 21b sd, sellers 21s 6d. Ross buyers Bs, sellers 'Bs 6d. Waitangi bu3 r ers 2s 3d. i . Progress buyers 14s 6d< Saxon buyers Is 6d, sellers Is 7d. - '-'A telegram from Auckland states that the continual weakening of Waihis on the share market during the last few days has created a good deal of apprehension among the pubilic, especially those possessing shares in the mine. Inquiries made at the office of the Waihi Gold Mining Company went to show that, as far as the mine was concerned, there is no reason whatever for the weakening tendency. There has been no fall in, the assay values, the mine is keeping up its -output of recent years,'and atf a matter of fact .thadir-ectors confidently anticipate another- record output, amounting to something like £975,000 this year. The London market has not been the causo j of the drop, ijnd the reason for the fall must be looked for locally. It was further stated that the public need have no -cause for anxiety and that, owing to the soundness of the mine, things '■ must eventually right thsmeelvoju . '