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Star (Christchurch), Issue 12410, 30 August 1918, Page 6

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AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. By Telegraph-Press Association—Copyright. (Received August 30, 11,20 a.m.) MELBOURNE, August 30. Ba-rby—Chevalier, Gs to 6s 6d; Cape, -is id Oats—Algerian milling, b to Is 2d: feed. 3s 9d to 3s lid. Potatoes—fi 10s to £5 os. Onions—£2t to £25. ! . STOCK EXCHANGE. CHRISTCHURCH, Tho following are tho latest quotations'—

Sales reported—P. and 0. deferred stock, i£ 37o: Wcstport-Stocktou Coal (S per cent )ion-cum pref), 11s. . OTHER. EXCHANGES. ; [Per Press Association*.] AUCKLAND, August 30. Sales—Waihi, 40s 3d; Talisman, 3s sd; South British, £C 6s; Auckland Gas, £1 Is Cd. - [Per Press Association*.] WELLINGTON. August 30. Sale reported—D.l.C. (pref.), £l. .

There is none.of us in this room, in this country, in this Empire, who does not pray for peace as the world’s paramount need. But t'tl only peace worth the making or the taking is one which will open a new mid free of toll to all peoples, whteher great or small, safeguarded by the common will and. - if need be, by the common power for the further progress of humanity.—Mr Asquith-

Buyers. ‘ Sellers. DEBENTURESN.Z. Refrigerating, 6 per cent . . 100 0, 0 Whitcombo and Tombs, ol per cent 100 0 0 102 0 0 INSURANCE— > Farmers’ Co-op. Assn., (prof., vfco paid) 7 7 6 Fanners' Co-op. Assn., (prof., 50s paid . . 3 13 0 Standard S G 8 LOAN AND AGENCYN.Z. Loan and Mercantile (ord. stock) . 87 0 0 FROZEN MEAT— Canterbury . . . 9 10 0 Canterbury (GJ per cent, cum pre.f.) . . 6 1 0 N.Z. Refrigerating 2 8 9 2 5 0 WOOLLENSBruca i- , , 1 18 0 Kaiapoi , , 7 i 0 GASChristchuroh , . 6 14 0 CEMENTS— Golden 'Bey . . 1 1 0 MISCELLANEOUS — British Tobacco (Aust.) 1 U 6 Colonial Sugar . 22 13 6 Colonial Sugar (Fiji and N.Z., 6 per cent pref.) . . 20 5 0 Henry Jones Co-op. . 112 0 Mason, Struthcrs (£1 paid) . . . 13 0 Weeks (cum div.) 6 0 0 MINING— Waihi Grand Junction 0 IS e