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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18581, 30 May 1930, Page 11

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AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. (YJnltad Press Association—By Bsotric Telegraph—Copyright.) (Received May 29, 8.6 p.m.) SYDNEY, May 29. Wheat in bulk 4/7&, bagged 4/8. Flour £lO 15s, pollard £8 15s, bran £B. Potatoes—Tasmanian £lO, Victorian £B. .Onions —Victorian Brown £5. Oats —White 4/3, Algerian 4/6. Maise.—Yellow and white 5/-. ADELAIDE, May 29. Wheat, 4/4. Flour, £lO/5/-, bran £7/10/-, pollard £7/17/6. Oats 2/8 and 2/10. CHICAGO WHEAT QUOTATIONS. (United Frew Association—By Birtrll Tsi «g r ap*i—Copyright.) (Received May 29, 5.5 p.m.) NEW YORK, May 27. Chicago wheat quotations are as follows: —May 1062 cents, July 1065 cents, September 1091 cents, December 1138 cents per bushel. CHRISTCHURCH STOCK EXCHANGE. LATEST QUOTATIONS. (Special to the •'Herald.") CHRISTCHURCH, May 29. The following quotations were current on ’Change this afternoon:— Buyers. Sellers. £ s. d. £ s. d.

YESTERDAY’S BUSINESS. Sales on ’Change: Rational Bank of New Zealand £6-6/-; New Zealand Insurance 44/9; Staples Brewery 47/9; Toohey’s Brewery 24/-; Tooth’s Brewery 34/8. Sales reported: Commercial Bank of Australia 21/7; Commercial Bank of Sydney £2l/15/-; E.S. and A. Bank £6/10/- (2); United Building Society (odd lot) 14/5; Toohey’s Brewery 24/-; New Zelaand Breweries 52/3. THE SHAREMARKET. By Telegraph—Press Association. AUCKLAND. May 29. Sales on ’Change:—Auckland City (1940), 5£ per cent., £96 10s; Commercial Bank of Australia, 21s 7ci; E. S. and A. Bank, £6 10s; New Zealand Insurance, 44s 9ci; Devonport Steam Ferry. 22s (2); Northern Steam, 13s 9d; New Zealand Breweries, 52s 3d; Tooths (late sale Wednesday), 34s 9d; Colonial Sugar, £4l ss; Farmers' Trading, 8s 9d; Gear Meat, 37s 6d; Bank of New Zealand, 58s 10d. WELLINGTON, May 29. Sales reported.—Bank of New Zealand (ora.), £2 18s 9d, £2 18s lOd; Christchurch Gas Company (2), £1 6s 3d: Gear Meat Co. £1 17s 6d; Huddart Parker Ltd. (ord.), £1 18s 6d, £1 18s 7d; New Zealand Breweries (2), £2 12s; Electrolytic Zinc (ord.), £1 5s 9d. DUNEDIN, May 29. Sales reported.—Bank of New Zealand, 58s 9d (cum div.); Okarito, 2s 6d, 2s 7d (nremj; Commercial Bank, 21s 80. *

N.Z. Government Stock4i p.c. Inscr., 1930 4& p.c. Inscr., 1938 99 5 0 99 0 0 5i p.c. Bonds, 1930 55 p.c. Inscr., 1933 99 5 0 99 0 0 51 p.c. Inscr., 1933 99 5 0 — 5i p.c. Bonds, 1933 99 5 0 99 10 0 5b p.c. Inscr., 1936 99 5 0 — 5fc p.c. Inscr., 1937 99 5 0 — 5 h p.c. Bonds, 1937 99 Other Debentures— 5 0 99 10 0 Ashburton Electric, 5* p.c., 1933 98 0 0 100 0 0 Malvern Electric, 52 p.c., 1961 . . 99 10 0 100 10 0 C hristchurch Drainage, 5b p.c., 1973 . . . — 100 0 0 Westport Borough, 0 p.c., 1040 . . 100 10 0 102 10 0 C hristchurch Trains, 6b p.c., 1934 102 5 0 102 10 0 Glaxo, 6i p.c., 1945 90 0 0 —

Banks— Adelaide 6 16 0 7 0 0 Aust. of Comm. . — 1 5 3 Australasia . . . 12 5 0 12 12 0 Comm, of Aust. . 116 1 1 7 Do. (pref.) .... 6 6 0 6 9 0 Comm, of Sydney 21 10 0 22 10 0 E.S. and A. . . . 6 9 0 6 11 0 National of A’sia. (£10 paid, cum div.) 14 18 0 15 1 0 Do. (£5 paid, ex div.) 7 10 0 7 12 6 Natl, of N.Z. . . 6 6 0 6 7 0 New South Wales (ex div.) . . . 38 15 0 , New Zealand (cum div.) 2 18 8 2 19 0 Queensland Natl. 6 12 6 — Union of Aust. . . 11 12 6 11 14 6 Insurance— National 0 14 4 0 14 7 New Zealand - . • 2 4 6 — Standard 2 14 0 3 0 0 Loan and Agency— Dalgety and Co. . 11 6 0 11 14 0 Goldsbrough Mort 1 11 11 1 12 2 United Building Society .... 0 14 1 0 15 0 Shipping— Huddart, Parker . 1 17 6 1 18 6 P. and O. deferred Stock 2 2 6 _ Woollens— Kaiapoi (17/- pd.) 0 11 4 0 11 11 Do. (7/- paid) . . 0 4 0 — Frozen Meat— N.Z. Refrigerating: (£1 paid) . . . 0 10 8 Do. (10/- paid) . 0 4 8 0 4 10 North Canterbury Freezing . . . - 0 2 3 Coal— Grey Valley . . . 13 4 1 5 0 Westport (cum d.) 1 11 5 1 12 0 Stockton (pref.) . — 0 3 9 Taupiri 13 6 — Gas— Auckland .... 14 6 1 5 6 Christchurch (10s paid) 0 13 0 0 13 6 Breweries— Carlton . .... 1 13 3 1 14 9 Fosters — 3 10 0 Monteiths .... — 0 19 6 New Zealand . . 2 11 10 2 12 6 Staples 2 7 6 2 8 0 Timaru (5/- paid) — 0 6 6 Tooheys ..... 13 8 1 3 LI Tooths 1 14 9 1 14 10 MiscellaneousAmalgamated Wire less (cont.) . . 10 6 1 0 9 Aust. Glass (cum div.) 2 10 Aust. Iron and Steel (iJfref.) . 0 18 3 0 19 o Beath and Co. — 1 10 0 Do. (1/- paid) . . 0 5 6 0 6 9 Booth, Macdonald (pref.) .... 0 3 6 0 4 9 British Tobacco . 2 0 0 2 0 2 Burns. Philp . . . 1 14 0 — Colonial Sugar 40 15 0 41 10 0 Dunlop Perdriau Rubber .... 0 14 8 0 14 11 East African Coffee 12 0 Electrolytic Zinc (ord.) 15 3 1 6 0 Do. (pref.) . . . 17 0 1 7 5 Glenmore Brick and Tile .... 15 0 Henry Jones Co-op. (cum div.) . . 1 10 0 Howard Smith . . 0 16 9 0 18 0 Kauri Timber . . 0 13 0 — Mount Lyell (cum div.) 19 7 1 9 10 N.Z. Drug Co. . . 3 3 0 3 5 0 N.Z. Farmers’ Coop. (£2/10/paid) 1 1 0 Do. (A. pref.) . . — 2 4 0 Do. (B. pref.) . . 2 3 0 2 10 0 Do. 6i p.c. stock, 1940 _ 87 0 0 Do. 6i p.c. stock, 1945 75 0 0 87 0 0 N.Z. Farmers’ Fertiliser 0 19 9 1 0 5 N.C. Co-op. Flour 0 14 0 — Quill, Morris —i 0 14 0 Victoria Nyanza Sugar 1 19 3 2 0 3 Weeks, Ltd. . . . 7 0 0 10 0 0 Whitcombe and Tombs .... 3 12 6 Wilson’s Cement (cum div.) . . 2 5 0 2 8 8 Wunderlich . . . — 1 5 6 Mining — Alexander .... 0 15 0 Kawarau 0 0 4 0 1 0 Okarito ..... 0 2 3 0 3 0 Stoney Creek (6d paid) (prem 0 0 4 0 0 6 Cornish Point (Is paid) 0 0 6 8 f 0