COMMERCIAL.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 19847, 16 January 1920, Page 5

COMMERCIAL.

LONDON MARKETS.

By Telegraph-Press Association-Copyright Auftra'ian end X.Z. Cable Association.

(Received January 16, 10.35 a.m)

LOXDOX, January 13. SHARES. "WaHii, buyers 4Ss 9d, sel’ers 51s 3d. Hank of Australasia £129, Bank of Xew Srutb Wa’ps £l2. Union Bank of Australia ■tl- Ms. Xational Bank of Australasia £6. Xational Bank of Xcw Zealand £5 4s, Bank of Xew Zealand £-?]. Xcw Zealand Loan and Mercantile £M3 WOOL SALES. At the. wool sale? merinoes. t-biefiy "West Austra’isu«. fully rraintftined oper.inc rates. Fine medium cro.-s-breds were also fully equal to oneping prices. Seme coarser lots were withdrawn.

AUSTRALIAN MARKETS.

(Received January 16, 11 a.m.) MELBOUItXE, January 16. Barley, English, 7s to Ts -fd; Cape, fis to Cs 3d; cal'!. Algerian mibinsr. Ca to 6? Id: feed, 5s fd to 5s 9d; potatoes £5 to £7 Ms: onions. £0 10s to £lO.

It is announced that the Xew SrutMTalc* wheat, deficiency, according to the Wheat Board, is nearly fourteen million bushels.

STOCK EXCHANGES.

CHRISTCHURCH. Tile following are the latest dictations: Buyers. Seilers. £ s. d. £ s. d BANKS— Nr.tior.nl of New Zealand . . .636 New South Wales . So 10 0 New Zealand (£i 6s Sa paid) ... H 13 0 INSURANCE— National . . . 316 0 New Zealand . I -3 0 111 S South British . . Sl7 6 Standard . . .320 LOAN AND AGENCY— Daljretv and Co. . . 11 17 G Goldsbrough Mori. iMo.bcmr.o) . 2 8 6 Mutual Benefit . 11 10 0 N.Z. I/oan and Her- * cantiie (ord. stct"<) . 11l 0 t) . N.Z. and Ilivor Plato (cum div. and rights) . . .205 Permanent In vestment (ex die.) . f> IT 0 SHIPPING— Adelaide Steamship . 212 6 lhukj.!irt-Paik'r . v .a 6 2 9 3 Northern (It? (>d paid) OIT 0 P. and O. Llcierred Stock . . . 635 0 0 FROZEN MEAT— Cant rebury . . . 15 0 0 N.Z, tiftriperaiing |.t'l paid, cum div) . 2 7 6 210 0 N.Z. Refrigerating .P's paid. cum div.) 1 * f) ISO North Canterbury Freezing . . . 312 6 Wellington ''cum riabts, £2 12s’' Gd paid) ... 420 CO ALJft Tcr’cssa Colliery 012 6 Westport . . .10 6 111 fl WCOBBEXS-K-iiao.d . . . 011 0 GAS-' Christchurch . . 6 13 0 BREWERIES— Cro.vn ... MS 0 Manning ... 4 10 0 TIMBER—. Borland O'Brian . ISO MISCEBBANF.OUSBeath o"d Co. . . 111 0 British Tobacco (Australia) . . . 113 0 Cantorburv Farmers’ Co-op. iTimaru* . 213 o Colonial Sugar . . 21 10 n Coopm - and Duncan . fi ! : " D.I.C. . ■ 0 12 6 D.I.C. i 5 per cent cum prof.) , . .10 0 Dunion Rubber . . MT 6 Eeliiise Petrol , 10s raid) ... M2 f N.Z Farme-s’ Co-op. (-E2 psidi . . ,240 MININGWaihi ... 2 - c 3, Waihi Grind Junction 0 13 ,3 Sales report" 4 —Henry Jones Co-op.. Melbourne. s: 2 T-. 3d, S-dc or. 'Change—Cantcibur,- Frozen Meat, £l3 Ids. OTHER EXCHANGES. IPek Press Association.i ' c DUNEDIN, J amt ary 16. Sales on 'Change—New Zealand "PaneMills, 32s Cd.

Reported sales—National Rank of New Zealand, £1.3 Is Cd; .New Zealand Rcfrigcrating Company, 27s lid; nonunion Rubber Compuny, 15s Gd; New Zealand Oovernnient Inscribed .Stack 1303,)), £js os end £35 7s Cd.