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Colonist, Volume LIII, Issue 1316, 12 July 1911, Page 1

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(Special to "The Colonist.")

Wellington, July 11. Messrs. Haroourt and Co. report the following sales on the Wellington Stock Exchange:— National Bank 121s 9d. South British Insurance 75s 6d Ne;y Zealand Shipping 245s Wairarapa Farmers 100s, 1455. Tairua Mines 2s 6d, 2s 52d, 2s 6d, 2s 6d, 2s sd. Waitangi 2s lid. Quotations are :-r—

National Bank buyers 121s 6dj sellers 1225.

National Bank buyers 121s 6d, sellers 1225.

National Mortgage buyers 68's 6d. Wellington Woollens, ordinary sellers 81s 6d: preference buyers 61s. New Zealand Paper Mills buyers 21s 3d, sellers 21s 9d.

Taranaki Petroleum, sellers 17s 3d. Taringamutu Sawmill buyers 465, sellers 48s.

May Queen buyers 2s Bd, sellers 2s M.

Sylvia buyers 3s 9d, sellers 3s lid. Saxon buyers 2s 4d, sellers 2s 6d. Tairua Mines buyers 2s sd, sellers 2s 6d, '

Talisman buyers 50s 3d, sellers 50s 9d.

Waibi; buyers 635, sellers 63s fid. Junction buyers 26s 6d, sellers 27s Waitangi buyers 2s lOd, sellers 3s.

Commenting recently on.the cjiuus a writer in the "Devon and iixdter Gszatte " says :—Education having reached such a pitch there will be very little difficulty experienced in filling up' the census papei s. la the census of 1881 of 1891, aDd 19J1,1 as&itedthe enumerator (Mr Yeo). Now, in 1911, the good oldfashioned foiks are tones, ftot many I will fill in their ages as 709 (for 79) and 802 (for 82), as wad the cisc thirty yeata a.^o, running MetLusel.h pretty close. One goud old party who has Bince gone "where they rojkon not by days tnd months," told me that he was zeuty-Jte come next turmith iwing. "I'm afraid that date will not satify il.e authorities," said I. "well, zur, I can't lall 'cc how old Ibe zactly if I was to die to-monow, zertain zure.