LATE COMMERCIAL.

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20221, 3 February 1934, Page 21

LATE COMMERCIAL.

LATE SALES YESTERDAY. CHRISTCHURCH. The figures preceding the issue give the number of shares or the amount of stock sold, and those in parentheses following the issue the parcels sold. Sales on ’Change.—so Bank of New Zealand, £2 9s 9d; 200 A. 11s sd; Dalgety and Co., £lO 9s 6d; 200 Aust. Iron and Steel (pref.), £1 Is; 200 Bell Hill, 2s 6d; Sales reported.—loo IST. Z. Refrig. (£1 pd., c.d.), 19s lid; 200 Henry Jones Oo°P- (2). £1 13s 6d; 20 Woolworths (N.Z.) ord., £5. Auckland. Bonds. 4 p.c. 1949, £lO2 ss; Bonds, 4 p.c. 1955, £lOl 15s; Bank of New Zealand, £2 9s 8d; Bank of New Zealand. £2 9s 9d: Farmers’ Auctioneering (.B pref.), 18s 9d; Aust. iron arid Steel (pref.), £1 is 3d; Bycroft, £? 2s 3d; Kuala Kampar, 15s. Unlisted—lnvestment Executive Trust B, £102; Goldfields Dredging, B£d. , Wellington. Sales Reported.—lnscribed 1 p.c. 1949, £lO2 2s 6d; Nat ional Bunk of New Zealand (3). £4 ss; Bank of New Zealand, £2 9s 8d; Wellington Gas (c.d.), £1 17s 6d; Alexander (cent.). £1 5s Sd. Dunedin. Sales reported.— Union Bank, £l.O 15s; New Zealand Refrigerating (cont.). 9s 2d, 9s lid; British Tobacco, £1 17s; Electrolytic Zinc (ord.), £1 6s lid; Okarito (2) 9 S 4d, 9s 3d. BBH HOOPER CROMWELL GOLD, LTD. The return for the week ended February 2 was 340 z Bdwts 21grs. LONDON PRODUCE MARKETS. The Bank of New Zealand lias received the following advice from its London office as at the close of business this week:— Frozen Meat—The demand and prices for wether mutton are steady. There is a moderate demand for ewes and prices are firm. The market for lambs

is inclined to become weaker; supplies are more than sufficient to meet the demand. Trade generally is slow. Quotations:—Wethers, light, s|d to 6d per lb; wethers, heavy, 4Jd to sgd; ewes, 3ld to 4gd; lambs, 2’s, 7Jd to 7gd; lambs, B’s. 7Jd to 7£d; lambs, 4’s, 71d to 7id; lambs, seconds, 6gd to 6£d. OTHER EXCHANGES. fr'er Press Association. DUNEDIN, February 3. Sales reported-—Bank of Australasia, £l3 (two lots); Gillespie’s Beach, 2s sd. AUCKLAND, February 3. Sales—Grand Junction, 4s 8d; A. P. Assurance, 10s lid and 11s; Bycrofts, 42s 3d; Bank of New Zealand, 49s 9d and 50s; Union Bank, £lO. WELLINGTON, February 3. Sales—E., S. and A. Bank, £5 15s, £5 15s 6d (two lots); Bank of New Zealand, 50s (two lots), 49s 9d; Guarantee Corp. (cum rights), 8s 3d (two lots); Wellington Gas, 47s 3d, 37s 6d; Mount Lyell, 25s 6d. AUCKLAND BUSINESS. (Special to the “ Star.”) AUCKLAND, February 3. At the last call of the week bidding was steady, and recent values were maintained. In the banking section N«w Zealands were in firm demand, and after reported sales up to 50s, there were fresh buyers at 49s 9d, but sellers had withdrawn. Bank of Australasias were asked for at last sale price, namely, £l2 15s, without attracting declarations from Die holders. With a dividend imminent, Auckland Gas shares firmed up, and were wanted at 24s 3d, with holders asking 6d more. Bycrofts, which touched a new high level yesterday with a sale at 42s 3d, had another sale reported at that figure, after which buyers dropped back to 41s lOd, and sellers withdrew. The timber section received fair attention. Kauris very firm with buyers at 17s. Waihis were in demand at 30s. SALE OF residence. Messrs C. E. Jones, Ltd., auctioneers arid estate agents, 174, Manchester Street, report having sold, on account of Miss Bowen, the property situate 349, St Asaph Street, comprising a residence of four rooms and conveniences, together with 20 perches of land, to a client at a satisfactory figure. 6

CITY MARKET. H. C. Smith, the City Market, reports the following sales privately and at auction last week:—Bay geld. £5 ss, ches. geld. £4, cream pony £3, br. mare £3 15s, gr. geld. £B, ches. mare £7, aged horses to £2, Jersey heifer £4 15s, Jersey cross heifer £2 2s 6d. set harness £2, spring drhys £l6 and £l7, saddle and breeching £3 7s 6d, dr. collar £1 14s 6d, 3 pairs winkers £2, 7 horse covers £ll 7s 6d. saddle and bridle £2 13s, r.t. gig £6 15s, shafting and pulleys £2, lorry £7 10s. potato digger £ll, lawn mower £1 7s 6d, window frame £1 15s, gig £5, range £3 10s, portable copper £3, 3 sets washtubs £5 ss, bull chain £1 10s, engine £1 10s. portable copper £2 15s, windmill £5, meat safe £1 ss, saw bench £5, tank £3 10s, wheelbarrow £1 ss, lawn mower £1 ss, signboard £1 10s, tank £6 15s, lawn mower £1 10s, timber £43 6s lid, iron £27 8s 6d, oats 5s to 10s 6d sack, wheat 11s to 14s 6d, barley 10s to 15s, chaff 2s 6d to 3s, pig mgal 3s 6d to 7s, hay Is 6d to 2s 6d per bale, bicycle £3 15s, do. £3, do. £3 15s. do. £2 2s 6d. do. £1 10s, do. £3 10s. Furniture—Two chairs £1 Bs, table £2 ss. duchesse chest £1 17s 6d, wardrobe £3, suite £4 10s, mattress £1 10s, liskurl cover £1 12s 6d, tallboy £4, oval table £2 10s, single bed and wire £1 11s, oak cot £1 10s, couch £2 10s, duchesse £1 10s, wardrobe £4 10s, 7 chairs £4 4s. Poultry—Hens, light Is lOd to 2s sd, heavier 2s 7d to 3s 6d; cockerels. 3s 6d to 4s, heavier 4s to 5s Ini; ducks. 2s 6d to 4s; 22 cage birds, 3s to 6s 3d. g