CHRISTCHURCH STOCK EXCHANGE.

Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18413, 20 June 1925, Page 12

CHRISTCHURCH STOCK EXCHANGE.

Silcs on 'Change:— \Tliiicombe and Tombs, TCa (two parcels}. LATEST QUOTATIONS.

OTHER EXCHANGES.

(PRESS ASSOCIATION' TELEGttiItS.V . AUCKLAND, Jvirio 19. Sales-Inscribed Stock, 1927, £9B -sa; National Bank- of New. Zealand ...(rights),. 275; National Bank of Australasia, £l6 15a: Huddart-Parkcr, 45s 3d (two sales); Fanners Fertiliser, GOs; Taranaki Oil,' 20s (two sales), 223 Cd.

DUNEDIN, June 19. Sales—Dominion Rubber,'. 335; Nokbmai Hvdtraulie, 6s (two).; Mt.. Lyoll, 21s 7d. Sales Reported—Mosgicl Woollen. Co., £6; Bank of New Zealand, 57s 6d.. .

BANK OF ENGLAND RETURNS

(Received June 20th; 12.55 a.m.)

LOUDON, June 13. Following aro the Bank'of England returns for the week ended Juno 18th, compared with tho previous week: June 11. June 18. £ ' £ Coin and bullion .. 153,989,000 355,804 000 Reserve' .. •• 23,795,00.0 31,374,000

Proportion of reserve to liabilities .. 23.72 2u.00 Note circulation .. M8.0M.000 145,972,000 Public deposits .. 8,954.000 13,368,000 Other deposits .- 112,426,000 109,626,000 Govt, securities .. 39,877,000 33,502,009 Other securities .. 70.E01.000 70,950,000 ■Short loins are quoted at 3i per cent.; three months' bills, 43 per cent.

WHEAT. (BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION— COPYRIGHT.) (AUSTRALIAN' AND U.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION.) LONDON, Juue 18. Wheat cargoes are eteady and occasionally higher. The demand is quiet. Millers ' arenot buying ahead. Parcels opened firm, 111 sympathy - with tha American defhand, bui closed disappointingly Liverpool futures: July Us 2kl, October 10i> lid. December 10s SJd. Tbo spot trade is dull at lower uriccs. Australian, <■■* eh'.p, 58s. 1 NEW YORK, June 18.

Chicago wheat quotations are:-July, 155g cents; September, 1525 ccnl3; December, ■ 154 cents per buehcl.

LONDON MARKETS. (BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION— COrYKIGIIT.) (AUSTRALIAN- ANI> X.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION.) (Received June 20th,, 12.55 a.m.) LONDON, Juno is'. Flour is slow. Australian, ex store, 44s 3d. Oats aro o.uict. Peas and beans aro inactive. • Sugar is unchanged.

DAIRY PRODUCE. Tho Xew Zealand Loan and Mercantile A<*cncy Co., Ltd., have received the following cablegram from their London office, under, date 17th- in3tant:—"Butter—New Zealand choicest 6ajted IBC3 to 162s per cwt; New Zealand choicest uasaltcd 181s to ISfis per cwt. "Cheese—looa to 102s -per cwt. Marckts firm. Kccent advances assisted by hot weather."

Dalgety and Co., Ltd., have received the following cablegram from their London Office dated June 18! h : "Butter —Market i 3 firm. \\ e quote New Zealand salted 180s, for e.vreptioDßl New Zealand brands 182s, finest Australian salted 1745. unsalted 17.55, Danish 1925. "Cheese —Market quiet. We quote Xcw Zealand white 100s, coloured 00s to 100s, Canadian 9Ge."

FROZEN MEAT MARKET. Dalgety and Company, Ltd., have received the following cablegram from their London office, dated Juno 18th:— "Fioioa Lsmb—Demand for New Zealand lamb runs principally on light-weights. Market weaker. "VYe quote: Prime crossbred lamb, Canterbury, heavy lod. light HJd; North Island, hsAvy 9Jd, light lljd.

"Froxen Mutton—Demand run* principally on light-weights. Market weak. We quote: Prime crossbred mutton, Canterbury, heavy Cd, light 6dj North Island, heavy 6Jd, light 7}d. "Frozon Bocf— Demand for New Zealand beef is fair. PricM r-ominal. "We quote: New 2oniand prime, ox beef, Mflds sd,£oree Bd,"

YESTERDAY'S TRANSACTIONS.

THE FRUIT MARKET.

CHRISTCHURCH. There was a keen- • demand, throughout tho week:.-for ' all,' classes of. i.vegetables. The supplies wore good, and. prices throughout firm. Large quantities of apples are; coming on.-to'ithe, local .market. Thoy, are meeting ,wilh. a .fair demand, and. good lines havo bcon realising very fair prices. ; Good' lines' of deß3crt pears are 'scarce,.) and prices for thes© have, been well .maintained. -Supplies 'of Jbveraeas fruit -were plentiful this week, and from' now on 'good sunplies should be maintained by regular shipments from Sydney. Island oranges are becoming scarce, and from now oh they are likely to be slightly higher in. price. Good, lines, .of bananas are in short, supply. Quotations are as ' follows:—Apples, Nelson, par caso, 7s to £3 Cd; local, per case, 7s to 8s £d; cooking, per case, 5s to 7b. Bananas, Cook Island, per case, up to 203. .Lemons Auckland, .per case, 20s; South Auatra? lian, per case, 22s Cd. Mandarins, Sydney, per case, 235. .Oranges; Cook Island, per ca.se, up to 193; Sydney, per case, up to 255; marmalade, per case, lis. Passions,' Sydney, per case, 235. Pineapples, Sydney, per oa«e, £4s. Pears, cooking, per case, 4s to Cs;: dessert, per lb, 2d to 3d. Walnuts, per lb, Is 3d. P>oet, . psr dozen bundle?, Is i:d. Cabbages, per dozen, -up to 7s 2d. Cauliflowers, per dozen, up io 14s. Carrots, per dozen,, up to Is 4d. Celery, per bundle up to 7Jd./ Lccks, ner bundle, up to sjd. Lettuce, ■-per dozen, -up to 2s Cd. Marrows, per dozen, up' to ss. Potatoes-, per Bib., 2s to 3a. Onions, local, ■ per ■ s.b., ss. to Ja 6d. Parsnips, per ' dozen, 9d to Is 3d. Potatoes, per s;ick, 7a Cd to 10s. Pumpkins, per lb, id. Radishes, per dozen, £3 td. Rhubarb, per dozen, 5a to 6s. Spring oniosa, per dozen, up to 2s.- Turnips, per dozen, up to la 3d. Spinach, per dozen, up to 23 Cd. Swedes.,, per .s.b., 2s. -. ,

AUCKLAND

(SPECIAL. TO "THE FRE3S.") AUCIi.L-A.ND, Juno 19,

Supplies of baßanos have been reinforced by the arrival of the Navua which brought 17,000 cases in good oondition. These arc seliiii;* a-t about 14s per case in tho original boxes. Repacked bananas ha-vo been bringing from 20s to 2-ls per caso. Other classes t-f fiuit havo besn in fair supply and- have been selling during the week at the following rates: —Apples-, Delicious, S3 to 12s per case,- Dougherty 3s Cd to Cs td, Munro 5s to 6s Cd, Stunners 63 t> 6s, P»aharat 7s Cd to Sa 6d; Pears, Clairgsau Cs to 6s 6i, Winter Xclk Gs t'd to 10s Cd, Coles 6s SJ U> 10s 6d, cookers 63 Cd to 7s 6d; treo tomatoes, 33 to €a per case, hothouse tomatoes la to ]3 4d per lb; grapes, t-> 4s 4d per lb; Sydney grapes, 20a to • 2ls per case; Persimmons, 3s to 4s per.bag; passion, 12s to I 83; oranges, lis to lie; Poorman'a 63 to 7s 6d, small 3s to 4s.

DUNEDIN. (special to "THE rBESS.'') DUNEDIN, June 19. Apples arc in over-supply, but choice dessert have a pood enquiry. Winter Nclis pears arc'in strong demand. CurreDt prices are: Apples, Jonathaus. choice 7s to Bs, Delicious 10s to 12s, cooking 4s to ss, extra choice Cs; tomatoes, local hothouse to Is Gd per lb: bananas, r'pe 3">s per cam; oranges, Tahiti ISs, repacks to 25s 6d; passions. Australian 20s; lemons. Svdney 80s to ?,2s Cd; pears, best 3d to-3&d p<r lb. others Id to 2d; grapes, local Is Gd to 3s per lb.

THE PROPERTY MARKET. Messrs Baker Bros, report having sold iho following properties during the last few days:— On account of Mr I?. S. Walker, his superior 6-roomed bungalow, V/eka street, Tendalton, to a client. On account Mr Matthew Law, his twoacre block in Fondalton, with eitcnsive stream frontage, to a well-known doctor.

On account of Mr G. Hamilton, hid modern 6-roomed bungalow in St. Andrew's square, to Mr Penman.

On account of Messrs 'Williams, Stephens and Co., valuable section in the Church Property subdivision, ■ St. Albans, to Mr F. C. Hebden.

On account of Mrs L. Turner, 6-roomed house with valuable section of three-eighths of an aero in St. Albans, to Mr Cusaek. On account of Mr M. Law, three-quarter-acre section, Hamilton street, Pendolton, to Mr L. Stevens. * This cld-establliihed firm report ft keen demand for all classes of property, more especially in the St, Albana-Fondalton districts,' and vendors wishing a «PM>dy sale loald net do better than, ceszoll tr«m. ft

Lait "Wee If. Lait le»r. Buyer 3. Seller*. ] 3uyers. S ellcr* iuyers. tie.leri. £ a d £ s d £ s d £ s d £ * d £ o d N.Z. GOVT. DEBENTUR E3— 4i per cent. Inscribed 1039 .. .: — 00 17 6 — — — . — 5 per cent. Inscribed, :o-:t — 93 10 0 OS 7 G — — 07 10 0 5'.- per cent. Inscribed 1033 — 101 10 0 101 5 0 — 101 0 0 — j utiijii,** ± bxirjoChristchurck Drainage, 02 per ccr.t. OS - 6 — OS 2 6 — — OD 0 0 Nc-.v Brighten Bcrougn, oj per cent. — 100 0 o" — loi o 0 — — ?"c\v Plymouth Borough, o-J per cent. OS 10 0 — y.Z. Bor.ds -— 1 2 0 1 1 r> 1 2 0 1 1 o. 119 Glaxo, G* per cent. .. S3 0 0 — St 0 0 — £4 0 0 00 0 0 -■Wellington Gas, S per cent. .. .. — 103 0 0 — — — — BANKS— Adelaide .. — 8 !> 0 — S 7 6 — 7 IS 0 S 2 G Australasia • .. 14 10 0 H 13 0 It G 0 It 10 0 ; , 13 9 0 Bank of Victoria .. 7 7 0 7 12 G 7 6 0 1 10 0 — Comm. of Aust. 1 10 0 1 It 6 1 10 6 111 0 — Comm. of Aust. (new) — 1 10 0 — — — Coram, of Sydney — 21 13 G 21 12 G 24 17 6 —• Comm. of Aust. (pref.) 6 13 0 — 0 12 9 G 13 G — National of Australasia (£10 paid) 1G 3 0 16 13 0 16 7 G 16 12 6 ~ — National of Australasia. (i'5 paid) 8" 2 6 S 5 0 3 1 6 8 3 9 — — National of New Zealand (rights) 1 r> 6 1 7 0 1 C 0 • 1 6 3 — New South Wales 41 7 G 41 12 G 4L 5 0 41 10 0 40 0 0 40 9 0 JXew Zealand (cum div.) 2 17 0 — — 2 17 9 2 14 0 2 14 G New Zco.la.nd new) 2 15 9 — 2 1G 0 2 16 6 Royal (£t paid) L'nion of Australia. .. "Western Australian .. 1 16. 11 13 0 9 1 1G 11 16 2 12 9 0 0 14 14 : 0 14 1G 2 12 . 0 0 14 14 0 ~ INSURANCE— « National -- • • n 11 0 — 3 10 0 3 11 0 3 7 0 — JCew ZealiAM •• 1 13 0 1 14 9 — 1 14 9 19 3 19 6 Queensland •• — 2 10 0 2 6 G — LOAN AND AGENCY— Dai'getv a_nd Co. It 6 0 11 17 e — —' — — Goldsbroushj Mort (cum div.) 2 6 3 2 7 0 2 7 3 .1 y 9 ' 2 11 0 3 12 0 National Mortgage- — 3 17 0 — £ is 0 10 0 SHIPPING— ■ Huddart-Parker 2 5 0 2 5 3 — o 5 0 2 2 3 2 2 G P. and 0. Deferred 250 0 0 272.10 0 — — FROZEN MEAT— Gear .. .. _ 2 4 G — — 2 2 6 2 3 6 N.Z. Refrig. bd.) .. — 0 10 3 0 18 9 0 19 G — — N.Z. Eefrig. (ccntr.) .. C 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 9 "'■ 0.3 0 — "WOOLLENS— Kaiipoi (ord.) .« — 0 13 3 — — 0 14 0 0 1G G COAL— "Wcslport •. ••• 1 s 9 1 11 G 111 3 1 11 9 1 14 9 1 1G 0 Stockton (prcf.) — 0 4 0 — — — ■ — _ GAS— Cliristcluircli 7 12 G 7 15 0 7 11 G — — 7 19 0 TimaiM —: .« — 7 7 0 — — 7 5 0 — BREWERIES— Crown ' .. .« 1 13 10 1 1G 9 . 1 15 3 .— 2 3 02 4 0 Manning 1 15 0 1 17 0 . — i 17 0 . 17 0 18 0 "Ward — 2 19 0 — 2 19 0 2 6 6 2 7 C CEMENTS— VVilson'3 .. [.. 1 12 6 1 13 0 — — i~ — TIMBER— Kauri .. — 1 12 6 1 13 0 1 14 0 — — MISCELLANEOUS-Austra-lian Glass .. 1 11 0 1 12 G — — — — Burns, PIfilp 1 15 6 1 16 6 ' 115 0 1 15 9 1 12 9 1 13 0 Electro. Zinc (pref.) .. i a 0 1 9 G . 1 8 0. 1 8 8 17 6 ISO Electro. Zinc (deferred) 1 7 0 IS 0 1 7 0 1 8 0 . — — Mason, Struthers (14s paid) .. ' :. 0 35 G 0 16 0 0 13 6 — 0 IS 3 0 1G 6 Mason, Strutlicr3 (10s paid) • — 0 12 0 — ■ '"■■~ "■ — '■ — N.Z. Drug Co. — 3 G 0 — ' — — — N.Z. Farmfers' Co-op. (£2 10s paid) — 0 11 0 . _ . 0 11 0 0 6 0 ., —• N.Z. Fanners' Co-op. (6J ocr cent; Stock, 1930) — 93 0 0 . — ■ — £4 0 0 90 0 6 N.Z. ' Malay Rubber (ord.) 0 1!) 0 — 0 1G 0 — — — N.Z. Millc Products .. 1 8 0 —- •— — 1 ■' 4 0 17 0 jN'.Z. Paper Mills — 1 1 3 10 3 • 1 1 0 — ■ — "Whitcornbo and Tombs 3 10 0 3 11 0 3 10 0 3 11 0 ■ — , '■ — MINING-^ Mt. Lyell (cum div.) .. I 1 6 1 1 10 1 1 9 i 2 0 1' 1. 0 • —■