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Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 144, 19 June 1931, Page 8

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MELBOURNE MARKETS. (United Press Assn.—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) (Received June 10, 11.30 a.m.) MELBOURNE, .June 10. Following are the market quotations: Wheat —2s 6d a bushel. Flour—£6 15s a ton. Bran —£3 15s a ton. Pollard—£4 5s a ton. Oats —2s Id to 2s 2d a bushel. Barley—English, 2s 7d to 2s 9d a bushel. Maize—4s 3d to 4s 4d a bushel. BRADFORD MARKET. (Received June 10. 11.30 a.m.) EON DON. June IS The Bradford tops market is weak. Business is practicallv nil. Quotations are: —70’s 24d, 64’s 2 Id. 60’s 20d, 56’s laid, 50’s 12d, 46’s Old, 40’s Did. BUTTER AND CHEESE. (Received June 10. 11.30 a.m.) LONDON. June IS. The butter market is quiet. Quotations are:— Danish —118 s a cwt. Choicest salted—New Zealand 110 s to to Ills a cwt, Australian 106 s to 107 s Unsalted—About 4s premium. The cheese market is quiet. . Quotations are: — New Zealand—White, 53s to 545, coloured 56s to 575. Australian—White 535, coloured 555. Clearing- Sale. Jones, M'Crostie, Co. Ltd. report having held a successful clearing sale in their rooms on Wednesday, the following being amongst the prices real-ised:—-Piano £l9 10s, oak bedroom suite £22 10s, small dining-billiards table £l6, mahogany Sunderland table £l2, antique work table £lO, cedar pedestal desk £9 10s, clock £7 10s, safe £6 10s, Avonia gramophone £ll, His Master’s Voice gramophone £5 ss, Cheney gramophone £7 10s, cabinet gramophone £5 ss, rolltop desk £5, Singer sewing machines £8 10s and £6 10s, wardrobe £3 ss, duchesse chest £5, oak extension table £3 17s 6d, carpets £5 10s and £5, easy chair £3. sideboard £2 10s, bookcase £3, extension table £2 15s, pedestal £2 7s 6d. STOCK EXCHANGE. CHRISTCHURCH. Following are to-day’s quotations: Buyers. Sellers. £ s. d. £ s. d. N.Z. GOVT. STOCK—--4 5 p.c. Inscr, 1938 07 15 0 4.J p.c. Bonds, 193 597 15 0 9S 15 0 55 p.c. Inscr, 1933 99 0 0 51 p.c. Inscr, 1936 9 9 0 0 55 p.c. Bonds, 1936 99 2 6

Sales on 'Change—New Zealand Brew--33s Ml Mount Lyell (cum mon' ™ o< L (two parcels); King Solo- ^ e *^arcefs) < Go^l^en poin? vvm “ parcels). c Number of Shares. X ew Zealand Breweries JOO Mount Lyell (. um .liv i 1500 King Solomon 150 Golden Point (10s nai.n 1000 Golden Toint (lojd paid). AUCKLAND BUSINESS. (Special to the “Star.”) ... . , AUCKLAND, June 10. Another fair-sized list of transactions was added at the morning call at the Stock Exchange. At fresh bidding the market tone was fairly good, with ircreased interest in the miscellaneous in the hank shares buyers raised their offers for Australasias to £9 2s lid. hut

OTHER DEBENTURES Christchurch Drainage 54 p.e. Christchurch City, 52 p.c., 1945 . . 99 0 0 99 15 0 BANKS— Aust. of ComAustralasia .... Comm, of Aust. . . Com. of Aust. 0 3 13 11 0 7 14 G 1 Comm, of Sydney E., S. and A Natl. of A’asia (£5 paid) .... Natl, of New Zea3 4 17 10 0 0 14 3 10 IS 0 0 New South Wales New Zealand (ex 24 10 0 24 17 6 Union of Aust. . . INSURANCE— 7 6 7 11 0 A.P.A 0 4 3 New Zealand .... South British .... 1 2 IS 10 6 0 2 1 10 G S LOAN AND AGENCY— Christchurch Building Society Goldsbrough Mort (cum div.) .... Dalgety and Co. . United Building 0 5 15 16 6 12 0 5 10 19 19 0 G SHIPPING— Huddart Parker Union (pref.) .... FROZEN MEAT — Canterbury (pref.) Gear (ex div.) . . N.Z. Refrig. (£1 0 19 9 5 1 0 7 0 9 N.Z. Refrig. (10s 8 North Canterbury Freezing .... 0 4 0 WOOLLENS— Kaiapoi (17s pd.) COAL— Grey Valley .... Westport Stockton (ord.) ,. Stockton (pref.) . GAS— 0 6 3 0 0 1 0 0 S 17 3 1 2 9 6 3 9 0 11 3 Christchurch Christchurch (10s 1 4 11 10 10 1 5 BREWERIES— 17 13 New Zealand .... 1 13 4 0 9 1 6 Timaru (5s paid) 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 15 IS 10 0 18 3 3 4 17 15 7 9 13 0 16 10 0 9 0 11 5 0 IS 17 7 5 0 10 0 0 8 15 16 1 5 0 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS— Allied Motors .... Amalg’m’ted Wireless (contr.) Death and Co. . . Beath and Co. (Is 0 10 0 1 0 6 G 0 6 British Tobacco (cum div.) .... Burns Philp Colonial Sugar . . Dunlop Perdriau Rubber .... Electrolytic Zinc (ord.) Electrolytic Zinc (pref.) Greater Crystal Palace Henry Jones Coop Ivauri Timber .... Mount Lyell (cum div.) New Zealand Drug N.Z. Farmers’ Coop. (£2 10s pd.) N.Z. Farmers’ Coop. (1st pref.) . N.Z. Farmers’ Coop. (63 p.c. Stock. 19 10) N.Z. Farmers’ Coop. (6i p.c. Stock, 1945) North Canterbury Co-op. Flour , . Quill Morris United Pictures . . Whitcombe and Tombs Wilson’s Cement . Wunderlich Woolworths (N.Z.) (pref.) MINING— Cornish Point Alexander King Solomon Mahakipawa .... Mahakipawa (pref.) Okarito Waihi .... Waihi Crand Junction (cum div.) Golden Point (lo.s paid) Golden Point (10U1 paid) 1 33 0 0 0 0 0 51 51 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 12 16 0 0 7 13 14 15 1 0 0 0 s 15 3 16 1 9 0 0 6 6 9 9 5 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 5 3 6 1 1 34 0 0 0 1 0 1 54 0 1 1 0 1' 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 11 11 9 10 G 0 0 0 0 6 G 3 9 0 91 0 73 71 6 9 9 S