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Star (Christchurch), Issue 18451, 30 April 1928, Page 4

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MEAT TRADE. (United Press Assn.—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. > (Received April 29, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, April 28. The following quotations are for wholesale quantities delivered at Smithfield : FROZEN MUTTON. Apr. 2S. Apr. 21. d. d. Canterbury— Light 7 (*i Medium ~. fiij 6 Heavy 5J hi North Island— Eight 6* Medium f>i Heavy 5J N.Z. Ewes 5i Argentine— Light fijk 6 Medium 5i 5i Heavy 4J 4f FROZEN LAMB. Canterbury— Light 95 9? Medium 9$ 8Z Heavy .... SS *5 Seconds 9f 9 Other Selecteds— Light 9 J 9 2 Medium 9* S* North Island— First (light) 9* 91 Medium 9 $S Seconds 9fl 9 Australian — Firsts (Victorian) Si Firsts (other States) 8% 8 Thirds S 7* Argentine— Firsts (light) Si Ri Seconds 7* 7 J FROZEN BEEF. Fores 4 i 4 Hinds 6i CHILLED BEEF. Argentine— Hinds 6i 7i Other quotations are unchanged.— Australian Press Association. STOCK EXCHANGES. To-day’s quotations:—

Sales on ’Change—N Z. Government 4i per cent Inscr. 1938 £97 15s; E.S. and A. Bank (cum div.) £8 9k 3d; Bank of New Zealand 60s 3d: Australasia

•rights" 595, 58s 9d; Maha k ipa.wa Is 3d VYaihi 12s fid, T2p 4d (2 parcels).

£ £ d. GOVERNMENT DEBENTURES 4-J p.c. Inscr., 1938 97 12 6 0 4 4 p.c. Bonds, 19 4£ p.c. Bonds, 193 8 6 p.c. Inscr., 1929 97 12 fi H p.c. Bonds, 1933 i no 0 0 .->4 p.c. Inscr.. 193 6 100 OTHER DEBENTURES South Canterbury Electric 55 p.c.. Waita.k'1 Power 53 p.c., 1960 Lyttelton Harbour 102 0 0 N.Z. Breweries, 99 0 0 BANKS— 1 Adelaide Aust of Commerce 1 13 10 Australasia .... 14 14 Comm. q f Aust. Comm. of Aust. 1 S 6 s Comm, of Sydney E.S. and A. (cum 26 1 7 c National of Aust. (£10 paid, cum IS 18 National of Aust. (£5 paid, cum 0 c National of New 1 0 New South Wales New Zealand .... New Zealand 1 2 6 48 0 0 (M o r t e a s c Shares, £1 pd) 1C S Queensland National (cum div) Union of Aust. . . Australasia, “fracs lY 6° 14 15 6 0 A u s tralasla 18 6 INSURANCE— National (cum 1 5 New Zealand .... South British .... 2 1 3 2 2 LOAN AND AGENCY— Dalgetv and Co. (cum div.) Goldsbrough Mort National Mort1 4 2 9 10 2 10 2 14 6 N.Z. Loan and U Merc. (Ord Stk) Permanent Invest104 0 0 10 SHIPPING— Howard Smith Union (pref.) 1 6 f* 0 3 1 7 0 FROZEN MEAT— 18 3 N.Z. Refrigerating Co. (£1 pd) N.Z. Refrigerating 0 0 17 1 16 S Co.(10s pad) . . 7 9 7 11 WOOLLENS — Kaiapoi (pref. re div. only) .... Welilngton (pref) COAL 6 8 e. Stockton (ord.) . . 0 2 11 Stockton (pref.) GAS— 0 2 9 0 2 11 1 6 Christchurch .... 1 3 9 11 BREWERIES— New Zealand .... 2 5 0 2 6 0 White Star 0 17 0 10 CEMENTS— IS 9 3 M I SCET.LANEOUS— Allied Motors Heath and Co. . . 1 12 9 1 13 6 British Tobacco British . Tobacco 2 0 5 2 58 5 0 T>unlop Rubber . . Electrolytic Zinc 1 2 0 0 Electrolytic Zinc Glenmore Brick Henry Jones Co-op 1 17 0 10 1 .1 1 0 Hume Pipe* ...... Mason. Struthers (£1 paid) Mason, Struthers 1 0 0 0 (14s paid! .... 1 4 N.Z. Drug Cck 7 . N.Z. Fanners’ (’o. s s 3 9 0 op. (1st pref.) 3 10 0 N.Z. Farmers’ Coop. (pref. re div. 1 1 2 9 - N.Z. Farmers’ Coop (64 p.c. Stock SO Quill Morris .... 17 6 0 1 9 0 Weeks t fully paid) MINING— 9 1 7 « 10 5 0 0 Mount Lyell Mahakipawa .... 12 1 1 12 1 * Waihi 0 0 12 i>