COMMERCIAL

Taranaki Daily News, 15 August 1929, Page 15

COMMERCIAL

SHARE MARKET TRANSACTIONS.

Wellington, .August 14.—Reported sales: 5J per cent. Inscribed Stock, 1923, £lOl 7s Gd; National Bank of New Zealand, £6 19s; Goldsbrough Mort., 47s 6d. Christchurch, August 14.—Sales on ex-

change: Staples’ Brewery, 545; Winding Creek (6d paid), Is 7Jd. Sales reported: New Zealand Farmers’ Co-op. (“A” pref.), 695; New Zealand Insurance, 47s Sd: Commercial Bank of Australia (ex div.), 29s Cd; New Zealand. Brewery Bonds, 28s Gd (two parcels).

Dunedin, August 14.—Reported sales: New Zealand Breweries (debentures), 28s fid; Commercial Bank, 23s Gd. The Anglo-Continental Company advises that the butter and cheese market in London is unchanged, with a Rightly better feeling evident. Butter is quiet at 170 s to 1725. Cheese is dead with white at 85s to 86s, and coloured 89s to 90s.

Auckland, Aug. 14.—Sharemarket sales: Inscribed Stock, 1933, 5J per cent., -£lOl 7s fid; Commercial Bank of Australia, £1 9s 6d; National Bank of New Zealand, £6 19s; National Bank of Australasia, £l9 15s; Bank of Nev/ South Wales,. £52; Union Bank of Australia, £l's 2s; New Zealand Insurance, £2 7s 6d; Northern Steamship, 14s 3d; Kauri Timber, 18s, ISs; British Tobacco, £2 8s 6d; Hayward’s Pictures, 19s 6d; Taranaki Oilfields, 4s 3d; Whittome, Stevenson, £2 8s; Wilson’s Cement, £2 4a Gd; Ohinemuri, 10s 3d, 10s 3d, 10s 3d; Waihi, 1.2 s 2d, 12s 2d. STOCK SALES AT HAMILTON. INCREASED PRICES RULE. Hamilton, August 13. Competition was keen at the stock sale iu the Frankton yards to-day. There were smaller yardings of cattle and sheep than usual, and beef prices rose sharply. Fat sheep remained steady. There was an average .yarding of pigs, prices being in advance of those ruling last week. The auctioneers report as follows: — Dalgety and Company, Limited. —A moderate yarding of beef, and prices agaiu advanced on late rates. All good quality cattle sold at from 10s to 20s per head higher 1 than last week. Store cattle sold at very firm late rates. A small yaiuhig of fat sheep realised prices higher than last- week. There was only a small yarding of store sheep, which met with a very keen demand. Small two-tooth wethers made 28s fid, and mixed small hoggets 20s Gd. There was a medium yarding of fat pigs, with a large yarding of stores. Competition was keen fox’ all classes. Heavy baconers made £4 to £4 12s; medium baconers, £3 8s to £3 IGs; heavy porkers, £2 12s to £2 19s; light porkers, £2 5s to £2 8s; large stores, £1 10s to £2 4s; slips, £1 2s to £1 6s; weaners, 16s to £i; small weaners,'lls to 15s. G.‘ W. Vercoa and Company, Limited.— Extra prime heavy fat bullocks, £l6 12s Cd to £lB ss; lighter fat steers, £l4 10s to £l5 os; light, £l3 10s to £l3 17s‘ Cd; extra prime heavy fat cows, £l2 12s Cd to £l3 2s; heavy fat cows, £ll 10s to £l2 ss; lighter, £9 15s to £lO 12s fid; liffht, £7 15s to £9 10s; fresh-con-ditioned, £5 9s to £0 PJs; prime heavy fat wethers, 39s to £2 2s; heavy fat, 3Cs; light fat, 325; medium weight bae-, oners. £3 18s to £4 os; heavy porkers,. £3 to £3 10s; light, £2 5s to ±2 18s; , slips, 38s to £2 is; weaners, ISs to 2os. j New Zealand Loan and Mercantile j Agency Company, Limited, rat bill-1 locks, £l5 7s fid to £l7 7s Cd; prime fat cows, £l2 ISs to £l4 9s; lighter fat cows. £8 7s Cd to £lO 2s; killable cows, £7 5s to £S; runners, £4 Is to £5 12s; heavy baconers, £4 4s to £4 12s; medium baconers, £3 15s to £4; heavy porkers, £3 to £3 10s; light porkers, £2 5s to £2 15s; fat wethers, 3/s 4d to 37s Gd; full-mouth ewes, in lamb, 34s to 34s Id. ... Farmers’ Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited.—An average yarding of steer and cow beef. There was keen competition throughout and prices showed an advance on latb rates. A smallei yarding of fat sheep also showed a slight advance Store sheep and cattle sold at late rates, while fat and store pi<rs met with keen competition and sold at° increased prices. Prime baconers averaged Sd per lb, while porkers realised 7d to 7RL per lb. Pat steers made £l3 15s to £l4 10s; prime fat cows and heifers, £l2 2s Gd to £l4 -s Gd; fat cows, £9 17s Cd io £ll ss; cows, £8 5s to £9 10s; light, £7 to £B, forward. .£5 15s to £6 12s Cd; stores: £4 to £5 ss; Jersey and Je rse y- cl ° s J yearling heifers, £3 5s to £4 hs; fat ewes 32a to 34s 3d; forward hoggets, ISs* ewes in lamb, 29s Cd; heavy baconers,’ £4 7s to £4 14s; medium baconers, £3 17s to £4 3s; light, £3 10s to £u 15s• heavy norkers, £3 os to £3 Ils, norkers ” ’ to £2 10s; stores, 37s to £2 2s: • to 335; weaners, 15s to 25s-