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Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20219, 1 February 1934, Page 10

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Quotations on the Stock Exchange. CHRISTCHURCH. Sales on ’Change. Sank ° f New Zealand. 495. 49s 3d, 49s 6d. X.Z. Rcfrjg. (10s paid, cum div.), 9s 2d. Ttmaru Brewery (7s 6d paid). 3s 9d. British Tobacco. 375, 36s lid. Dominion Fertiliser, 17s 8d Alexander (13s 6d paid). 15s 9d. (Jlenroy (6d paid), 6d (2). M acre when ua, 10 id (3). Number of Shares. 2SO Bank of Xew Zealand. IS!! £: Z ' Kcfriß ' (CITO div'.), 10s paid. 100 Timaru Brewery. 200 British Tobacco. 100 Dominion Fertiliser. _3O Alexander. 2400 Maerewhenua. Following are to-day's quotations:

unlisted Stocks. All transactions in storks quoted in this section are subject to a different rate of brokerage from Twisted Stocks and are not quoted on the Official I^ist.

OTHER EXCHANGES. Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, February 1. Sales.—Nevis Diesel, Hid; Kang Solomon, 3s lOd. AUCKLAND BUSINESS. (Special to the " Star.'*) AUCKLAND, February 1. Business on the Exchange again opened quietly and only a few sales were recorded at the first call. However, there was a slightly better tone in the banking section. Commercials were in demand at ISs Id and New Zealands at £2 8s 9d. Timber shares were in fair request and buyers for Kauris advanced their offers to 16s 9d. Colonial Sugars were a shade easier at £65. In the mining section, Waihis were' again asked for at £1 9s lOd, Grand Junctions at 4s 6d and King Solomons at 3s Sd. Government Stocks were firm at late rates. LATE SALES YESTERDAY. Christchurch. Sales on ’Change—3oo Mount Lyell, £1 5s 9d (3); 100 King Solomon, 3s 9d. Sales reported—£2olo Inscr. 3i p.c., 1938-52 (odd lot), £101; 200 Comm. Bank of Aust., 18s 3d; 400 Bank of N.Z., £2 8s lOd, £2 9s; 600 N.Z. Refrig. (10s pd.), 9s 2d; 200 Tiniaru Brewery (7s 6d paid), 6s; 300 Dunlop Rubber, £1 Is lid; 100 Electro. Zinc (ord.L £1 6s 6d. Auckland. Sales on ’Change—National Bank of X.Z., £4 6s 6d; N.Z. Relrig. (10s paid), 9s 2id; Okarito, 9s 4id. Unlisted—lnvestment Executive Trust “ B,” £lO2. Wellington. Sales reported—lnscr. 3i p.c., 1939-43, £lOl 12s 6d; Inscr. 3i p.c., 1939-43, £lOl 13s 9d; South British Insurance, £3 17s; Union Steam (pref.), late sale Tuesday, £1 5s 4id; Staples (lute sales Tuesday), £1 9s Bd, £1 9s 9d; Dunlop •r.di iuu Rubber, £1 Is 3id; Mount Lyell, £1 5s lOd; Mount Lyell (late sale Tuesday), £1 5s lOd. Dunedin. Sale reported—N.Z. Refrigerating (cont.), 9s 3d. THE GOLOONDA MINES, LTD. The mine manager of Golconda Mines, Ltd., reports that during the week the following work has been in progress: Tunnel level—We have continued the crosscut into the right hand side ot the east crosscut. The country is of a nice mild description. Intermediate level— Stoping was continued on the branch reef, and we have been in a blank, but the reef will make again in the next stope. 70ft level—ln the leading slope on the main reef east of the shaft, the reef is 4ft wide, but the values are low. The country is very hard at this point. In the leading stope on the banging wall reef, south-west of the shaft, the reef is a nice compact body of ore and a few colours of gold have been seen. We have started to drive ahead again on this reef, as it looks very promising. MAT AX I GOLD DREDGING, LTD. The following is the official return issued by the above-named company for the week ended January 27;—230z for 137 hours’- dredging. TALISMAN DUB BO GOLD MINES, DTD. The Talisman Dubbo (Sold Mines, Ltd., had 39i tons of ore treated at the Golden Dawn battery for a return of £384, actual realisation. THE DAWN OF HOPE GOLD MINES. The Dawn of Hope gold mine report states: —The drive going hillward off the rise on the flat leader has been in hand. The loader at present is a width of about nine inches, and although we have only I seen a little gold in the stone broken, it has a good appearance and we are expecting to meet with better values a* any breaking down. * POULTRY AND EGGS. G. H. Bradford, Ltd., Poultry and Egg Market, 118, Tuani Street, Christchurch, report very huge yardings for the week’s markets, and although the hens are starting to flow in, prices remained very firm, and for all classes of birds, with the exception of White Leghorn chickens, the prices were good.

The following prices were realised:— Table chickens, light 2s to 6s 6d, heavies 6s to 8s 9d; hens, light 2s to 3s 3d, heavies 3s to 4s 9d. Ducks, old 2s 6d to 2s 6d: ducklings, 4s 6d to 6s 9d. Eggs—Our price for first grade Is 2d, second grade Is Id. 6 AUCTION SAMS. Messrs C. E. Jones, Ltd., auctioneers and estate agents, 174. Manchester Street, report having held a very suecessful sale on account of Mrs Claude Sawtell, at her residence, 116, Rugby Street, Merivale, yesterday, nearly 500 lots being disposed of. There was a record attendance of buyers. Seventyfive pictures were disposed of. and pictures by E. Rosa Sawtell realised from £1 Is up to £6 6s. Pictures by other artists realised from £1 Is to £B. Among the articles sold, the following prices were realised:—Carpet £l6 10s, carpet £ll. settee £3. writing table £ls. chesterfield £B, three easy chairs £l3. screen £4 10s, chair £3 12s 6d. card table £2, whatnot £2, occasional table £2 7s 6d, stool £2 7s 6d, work table £4 10s, cabinet £2 17s 6d. radio £9 15s, couch and six chairs £l2. two chairs £5 7s 6d, buffet £4, extension table £4 ss. dinner waggon £2 2s, dish £1 10s, throe pieces chind £3 2s 6d, six cups £6 ss. plate and dish £1 9s, ten cups £2 17s 6d, three plates £1 3s, Wilton rug £4 15s, runner £2 7s 6d. Hoover vacuum cleaner £l3. hall table and chair £l3 ss. card table £5 ss, chair £1 17s 6d, safe £4 10*-, felt it. 10s. Ottoman couch £3, part bedroom suite £lO, mirror £2 11s. felt and rug f« 6s. toilet glass £1 12s 6d, chair £2 Ss. part bedroom suite £9 7s 6d. quilt 19 la. settee £6 10s. mirror £2 2s 6d, secretaire £2 2s 6d, Ottoman £3 7s 6d. part suite £5 7s 6d. cupboard £2 10s. linoleum £4 10s, lawn mower £3, garden seat £1 12* 6d, wringer £1 10s, seat 14s. 6

N.Z. GOVT. STOCKBuyers. £ s. d. Sellers. £ s. d. 31 p.c. Inscr., 1938101 101 102 102 97 13 0 17 5 13 34 10 17 3J p.c. Inscr.. 19384 p.c. Inscr., J9 40 and Bonds, 1940 4 p.c. Inscr., 1955 4 p.c. Bonds, 1946 OTHER DEBENTUF Rotorua Borough 6 p.c., 1-7-61 . . Ohakune Borough 6 p.c., 1-4-44 Westport-Stockton Coal 61 per cent, 101 101 102 iES15 15 0 0 0 10 10 10 7 18 10 1 7 16 13 0 9 0 0 BANKS— Australasia .... Comm. of Aust. (cum div.) .... Comm. of Aust. (pref. cum div.) Comm, of Sydney E., S. and A Natl. of A'asia (£10 paid) .... Natl. of Aust. (£5 paid) National of N.Z. . New South Wales (cum div.) .... New Zealand .... Union of Aust. 13 0 9 1 7 13 6 4 33 2 0 IS 2 7 13 11 13 3 9 0 1 6 6 0 0 0 6 6 6 6 0 6 0 0 0 8 INSURANCE— New Zealand (cum LOAN AND AGENCY— Dalgety and Co. . 10 Goldsbrough Mort. 1 N.Z. and River 8 14 0 4 10 1 10 14 0 8 N.Z. Guarantee n n 0 62 1 1 8 10 0 13 N.Z. Loan and Merc. (ord. stk.) .... United Building Society SHIPPING — Huddart - Parker P. and O. Deferred 61 0 1 0 19 13 0 0 0 0 8 FROZEN MEAT— Canterbury N.Z. Refrig. (£1 paid, cum div.) N.Z. Refrig. (10s paid, cum div.) . WOOLLENS— Kaiapoi (17s pd.) Kaiapoi (7s paid) Kaiapoi (pref.) .. 9 0 0 0 0 0 10 19 9 11 2 16 0 10 1 2 9 0 9 1 0 0 0 0 17 0 9 11 3 17 6 0 2 4 3 6 COAL— Grey Valley .... 0 11 0 Stockton (ord.) . . Stockton (pref.) . GAS— 0 0 0 2 6 0 0 0 0 4 10 6 Auckland (cum div.) Christchurch (cum div.) Christchurch (10s paid, cum div.) BREWERIES— New Zealand .... Timaru (10s paid) Toolieys . . 0 2 0 14 1 8 3 0 0 2 0 10 0 0 Timaru (7/6 pd.) MISCELLANEOUS— A’asian Paper and 0 5 15 15 0 0 6 0 Amalg. Wireless . Anthony Hordern Australian Distil0 4 1 0 16 15 0 9 Australian Iron and Steel (pref.) Beath and Co. . . Beath and Co. (Is 1 1 1 9 0 3 1 1 1 10 5 11 British Tobacco . Broken Hill Propty Burns. Philp .... Colonial Sugar . . Domin. Fertiliser Dunlop Rubber Electrolytic Zinc 1 2 62 0 1 16 3 13 10 17 1 10 0 0 0 6 0 1 2 65 0 1 17 4 14 0 17 1 0 0 0 0 s 1 Electrolytic Zinc (pref. cum div.) General Motors Holden’s (pref.) Greater Crystal 1 1 15 1 0 1 1 *5 2 5 9 Henry Jones .... Howard Smith .. Kauri Timber Milburn Lime Mount Lyell .... N.Z. Drug Co. . . N.Z. Farmers’ Coop. (1st pref.) . N.Z. Farmers’ Coop. (“A” pref.) N.Z. Farmers’ Coop. (4J p.c. stk., 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 12 14 15 9 5 15 10 0 10 9 6 8 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 14 15 12 5 13 0 6 6 10 6 N.Z. Paper Mills . N.Z. Newspapers . Whitcombe and 1 1 S 10 0 0 1 12 6 Wilson’s Cement Wool worths (N.Z.) 1 7 9 MINING— Addison’s Flat 0 0 1 16 6 0 11 Alexander (13s 0 Bell Kilgour .... Bendigo Goldlights (9d paid) .... Big River Blackwater .... 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 13 6 4 l o 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 16 0i 0 0 Central Shotover (9d paid) .... Freshford Gillespie's Bteaeli . Glenroy (6d pd.) Goleonda (Rd pd.) Golden Dawn . . (♦olden Point Golden Sands . . . Lawson's Flat .. Maerewhenua .... Mahakipawa .... Mahakipawa (pf.) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 1 5 23 6 2 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ft 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 ft 1 21 6 7 5 8 31 9 6 03 21 5 Mining House Concessions Mount Morgan . . Nevis Diesel Elec. New Cornish Point (Is paid) New Cornish Point (6d paid) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 11 2 3 0 0 0 0 9 0 1 3 6 U 4 0 2 Waihi Grand Junction ..... 0 4 11 Oxenbridce Shotover (9d paid) 0 0 7 0 0 8

Buyers. Seller s £ s. d. £ d. ,»«?*’ Pead. Ltd. (2s paid) 0 3 6 0 Moonlight Nelson Cree k (Is paid) . 0 National Tobacco (ex div.) N.Z. Perpetual Forests 2 4 0 Skippers, Ltd. (9d paid) 0 0 Smith, Wvllie .... Snowy River 1 0 4 3 0 5 Tru-Oolor Films . . Ware’s Investment Trust 0 4 5 W«->ol worths (\ictoria), pref. . . . 1 4 Worksop Extended (<Ad paid) 0 0 fi 0 Sales—u5o Skippers (9d paid) . Sd.