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Star (Christchurch), Issue 17178, 23 October 1923, Page 8

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STOCK EXCHANGES. CHRISTCHURCH. Latest quotations are:—

Zealand. £6 17s 6d; Kaiapoi Woollens (£i paid), 21b 3d. RANGIORA MARKET. The market to-day was a small one. (lie entries being:—Sheep, about 900. cattle 3-3 head and pigs 350. Sheep.—A few email lots of fat ew e* sold at 39s to 45s 6d. S 4 6horn wethers at 35s 7d. two in the wool at 50*. and hoggets a.t 35s to 39b. Aged ewes and lambs, all counted, made 17* 6d to *2<-?. half-bred wether hoggets 27s to 28s 6d. and shorn ewe hoggets 26s 2d. Piga.—Good stores made 43* to 53*. email stores up to 355, best weaners 26s to 2.=*. and small 20s to 235. OTHER EXCHANGES. Pfr Prf.ss Association. DUNEDIN. October 23. Sales Reported.—National Bank, £G 17? 6d; New Zealand Drug Company, 15a C-d. HIGH PRICE FOR POTATOES. By Telegraph —Press Association—Copyright Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received October 23, noon.) SYDNEA*. October 23. Owing t» the small supply of potato*? yesterday an unprecedented rise is report ed, prices reaching £26 10*.

Buyer*. Seiler*. £ a. d. £ a. d N.Z. GOVT. STOCK— 4* p.c. Inscribed. 193S 97 0 0 97 10 > 4* p.c. Bonds. 1936 . 97 2 6 4i p.c. Bonds. 1933 . 97 u O <3 p.c. Bonds. 1930 97 0 0 5i p.c. Inscribed. 1933 101 17 G 6i r-c. Bonds. 1933 10-2 0 0 Uhl 5 0 BAKES— Australasia . . . 13 3 6 13 6 < Comm, of Australia 1 19 6 Comm, of Auetralia fpref.) ... 6 19 0 English. Scottish and Aust. . . .526 National of Australasia (.£5 paid, old issue) ... 8 10 0 National of N.Z. 6 16 6 6 18 0 New Zealand (old issue) . . . 2 11 6 2 12 6 New Zealand <new issue) ... 2 11 9 Royal (£1 paid) . . 1 17 Union of Australia . 14 19 u INSURANCE— National ... 3 18 0 New Zealand . 1 10 3 South British (cum div.) ... 226 LOAN AND AGENCY— Dalgety and Co. . 13 2 6 Goldsbrough. Mort . 2 6 9 National Mortgaee . 4 5 0 SHIPPING— Howard Smith . . 2 11 9 2 12 3 Huddart-Parker . 2 1 9 2 2 3 P. and O. Deferred Stock . . 305 0 0 FROZEN FEAT— 4"anterbury . . 13 2 O IS 5 Canterbury (pref.) . 5 5 0 N.Z. Refrigerating (contr.) . . . 0 11 9 0 12 1 COAL— Westport Stockton . 0 5 3 0 5 L0 WOOLLENS— Kaiapoi (pref. re div. onlyj . 116 GAS— Auckland (cum rights) . . .16 0 Christchurch . 6 6 0 BREWERIES— Crown . . . . 2 15 0 2 17 * Manning . - .17 3 179 Ward . . . 2 2 6 2 4 6 CEMENTS— Wilson’s Portland . 18 0 1 9 •> TIMBER— Kauri . .18 0 18 6 MISCELLANEOUS— Beath and Co. . 1 14 6 British Tobacco (Aust.) . . . 2 2 9 2 5* Burns. Philp . 1 13 0 Dental and Medical Supplv . . .110 D.T.C. (7s 6d paid cum div.) . 0 10 0 N.Z. Sugar of Milk (cum div.) 17 9 1 11 6 Whitcombe and Tombs 3 11 9 3 15 •' Hume Pipe (10a paid) 0 116 Electro. Zinc (pref.) 1 6 9 18 Electro. Zinc (rights) 0 7 3 MINING— W&ihi Grand June* Sales reported—National Bank of New