NEW POTATOES.

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 81, 2 October 1931, Page 10

NEW POTATOES.

Pukekoheis digging;new potatoes. With the cold weather experienced during the winter'and spring, growth has not. been heavy,, and the yield .from the'earliest crop's appears;likely -.to.-be' light. Orders are being accepted at 24s per cwt., f.o.r. Pukekohe. Tfie/ price'-at this time last year was-325-Bd.. per cwt. N ■ '-'• -,

PRICE AND RETURN

' Id the table hereunder, notified sales on the Stock Exchange for the week ended 1st October are recorded with the highest and lowest prices received, and the approximate yields per;cent, per annum (including redemption ot Government and other debentures where dated) based on the highest prices reported during tin? week, and the last-annual dividends, plus bonuses, if any., The iVz per cent. Government, Stock arid Bonds. aj-e. free of income tax. -..'.. Last ' ' Market Price. Yield. INVESTMENT. div. .Highest. Lowest percent. -*■•' ' ;; ; percent. ',£ . a d . £ s d. t s d Government Loans— . '. Stock (1933) 5tt ] 94 10 0 , ~" ' ~ o r Stock, (1933) ..................... 0% /96 15.0. , 96 10 0 8 2 o Stock (1935) .,5% , 94100 - 1 Stock (1937) ....,., 5% So 5 0 94 7 6 6 13 0 Stock (1937). ..,5% 92 0 0 9110 0 ,70 11 Stock '«i938)' 4% 93 15 0 93 5 0 o 13 5 Stock "(1939)'. .................... 4% ' 94 0 0 03 5 0 5 116 Bonds.0933) •.,.... .....:... 5% 96 15 0 . 96 0 0 . 8 2o Bonds (1937) . .... 5%... 95 5 0 9412 6 ■«"" Bonds, (1939):. ............... y.1.4% .94:0 0, - • 5J16 Local Body Loans— , [ ' Auckland City (1936) ...'......... 5 94 00 — . « 9 2 Banks—: .,. ■•...,.■,;•• ■ • '■•••■■ :,:. .' ■.;■-. - Australian Bank of Commerce ... 4 < 0 13 3 — *.■;'; 6 0 9 Bank of , New Zealand : ..,141-3 2 4 2. 223 6.9 9, Bank of New South Wales .....r 9% 2» 2 6 ~ - lit Z Bank of Australasia .,.........,... 13 . 8 3? , 8 0 0 7 M 0 Commercial of-Australia ,.r ll. 1/i. . . 0 13-,o , 0 13 1 .8 7, h Commercial Bank (prcf) ...,...., 4 . S.J3 0 - 7 17 E.S. and" A. Bank,... .,«...: r. 12% 3 lo 0 ■:■ £ £. J 10 0 0 National bf New Zcalahd .:..., 10' 3 12 6, 3 10 4 6 17 U ' 'iSatioriarBank^of. AustJ Y£5) ... .SVS 4 o 0 ; -• _ 10 0 0 Union Bank 7 6 lo. 6 .6 12. 6, . 5 3 4 .. i >■.... ■:■■. ,V ! ■ , : .. ' . ■ ■.■•'■.'. : Breweries—. ,/ New Zealand Breweries ..'..:.... 12% X 10 0 . 1 9.6 SI 6 8 Staples'. • .:......, 10 ' 1.3.6 -. Tooths ■ ....;.. .-.■.......... ■ ■ • -r 11% . 0 17 7 — . 12 15 11 Coal— .■,'■:•"''.■' :; ■■''■■ ■ ■ ■ • •'. ' ' Pukemiro ......:,..... ..lo' .,1 S;i 6 ,. - . 10 10 6 Westport : ..V......,......:...t 8% ' 12-6;, — ' 7:15 6 Finance and Pastoral— . Dalgety ...:...:..:.:.... r-10 650 — SOU Goldsbrbugh, Mort. r....j......... 5 1 1 5 ,; 1 0 0 4 13 4 N'.Z. Guarantee Corp. ...:.... 81-3 0 5 2 0 5 0 12 18 0 N.Z. and River Plate .:......... 9 1 0:6,. — , S 15 7 .Gas—' •'■•-:,. . . ■'.■.■'.•.■' .'■'■■• Auckland (ord.) ...8 . 132, — 6 18 •> .Auckland (contrib.) 8- . 0 17.0 — ' 1\ 2 Insurance— .' ' . ■ National/ 10 5-7 0 119, 0 118 -6 7 8 . New Zealand Insurance w.,.10, 11711 ■ 117 9 550 South British '......:.... 131-3 2 10 9 — 5 5 1 Meat-' -■;■■■.' ■..■"■ ' '"•.■■;.■••■, :..■■ . ■ . N.7j.. . Refrigerating (10s) ....— ' 0 .3 10 0 3. 6 : — ,N.Z. Refrigerating.(£1) ........— 0 10 0 : : — ' — Mining and Oil— ■ ; : ■ . Broken'Hill South .............. '2Vi 1 11 0 — 112 3 Cornish Point ■....;..—' 0 0 2%, — — ' Golden- 1'bint" (is)' ....'...■--' 0 11% 0 1 OVi — Gram) Junction 162-3 . 0 4! 0 311 S 3 o : Kildavc' .....;.. — 0 0 10 — . — King Solomon — 0 2 3 0 2 0 — Mahakipawa — . 0 0 6V& • — — Okarito ; — 0 9 10 8." — '■'Wnihi G.M -. * 40 0 16 2 0 16 1 12 8 S Rmvang Tin ...,....'. * — 0 4 fi , — 'Komata- Eeefs — 0 0 11 ' — Shipping— . Devonport Steam Vh , "O'lo/O . . —' , 10 00 -. P. and 0. .(Def,),........,....,-r 10 12 0 - 9 1 10 Woollen— •-.■.! ■'Wellington', (pref.) .............. 6 4 4 0. — 7-210 Miscellaneous— ■ , . . British Tobaccof r.10 1 2 3 1. 2 2 8 19 « Colonial Sugar .....12% 33 0 0 32 10 0 7 11 t> Electrolytic Zinc (pref.) r 10 0 15 9 - 12 13 11 Mount Lyell r 10 0 16. 10 .. .. 0 16 3 .. 11. 17' 0 N.Z. Drug (Kempthorne, Proseer) r 10 2 2 • 9 l 2 2 4 9 7 1 Wilson's Cement ■■ 12% . I 15 9" 115 6 6 19 10 ' ' *Cum div. *'jr"--Iiiterini di\ ;:iced.