COMMERCE AND MINING

New Zealand Times, Volume XLIV, Issue 10275, 9 May 1919, Page 2

COMMERCE AND MINING

WELLINGTON STOCK EXCHANGE.

YESTERDAY’S QUOTATIONS.

■ QUOTATIONS ELSEWHERE. ~~DUNEDIN, May 8. Stock Exchange sale: Talisman. 8s 3d. COAIPANY DIVIDENDS. Australian and N ' Z ' L^ l 5 N J _ U g C a i :y ati 3 0n ' The Auckland Electric Tramways Company has declared an interim dividend ot 6d per share. _ . ~ The Adelaide Electric Services Company has declared an interim dividend ot 10 per cent, free of income tax. The Melbourne Electric Light Company has declared an interim dividend of 10 per cent, free of income tax.

live stock sales AUCTIONEERS!* REPORTS.

Dalgety and Co.. Ltd. Dalgety and Co., Ltd.. Palmerston North, report having a good yarding, ot both sheep and cattle at their Hunterville sale on Tuesday. Bidding for sheep was animated, and all lots sola under the hammer. Cattle were slow to quit,: and most lots failed to reach reserves. Quotations:—2-tooth wethers 255, 2-tooth ewes 20s to 21s' 6d, 4 and 5year ewes 17s I4d, empty ewes to 18s, good wether lambs 13s, medium lambs 7.s 6d to lls 4d, cull lambs 3s to 6s 4d, Jersey heifers AS 10s, empty cows A 5. WHOLESALE PRODUCE PRICES. Uaery and Co., Ltd., Allen street, report wholesale prices as follow: —Fowl wheat, choice, 7s 3d per bushel, sanies l extra; feed barley, 6s per bushel, sacks dn'i’ oats,; feed Algerians 5s 2d per bushel, sacks in; oats, feed Gartens, 5s 5d per bushel, sacks in; oats, Dun6s per bushel, sacks in; chaff, oaten sheaf, (prime bright sweet A 9 10s per ton, sacks in, ion trucks or f.o.b. Wellington; Prussian Blue peas, Jls 6d per bushel, sacks extra; flour, in sacks, Al 6 6a par ton; bran, ton Tots, A 7 2a Cd per ton, sacks in; nee pollard, ton lots or over, J6B 15s per ton, small lots 14s per sack; potatoes, A 9 to A 9 5s per ton, saokg included; .Farro food (better than "pollard), ton lots, A 9 10s per ton; linseed "oilnietiT (Meggits)," ton Tots, Al2 12s ,6d per ton, smaller quantities 13s per ICO walnuts (N.Z.), Is per lb; onions, 16s 6d per cwt; fowls, 4s 6d to 5s 6d tper pair; choice’ roosters, 5s 6d to 6s 6d per pair: ducks, 8s to 10s per pair; geese, 12s to 13s per pair; turke.ys. Is 3d to Is 4d per lb dead weight; butter, farmers' separator and dairy, -i nbulk and in 11b pats. Is 4)d per lb; eggs, fresh, orates 3s 3d, cases 3s to 3s Id per dozen, preserved 2s Id per dozen; dressed pork, choice 70’s to 90’s .9(1 per, lb., choppers ,4d to 5d per lb, suckers’9d-to lOd- .per lb ; beeswax, 2s to 2s 3d per lb; cheese, factory medium, case lots lid per lb; carbide, splendid quality, in 1001 b drums, 60s each; bluestone, 75s iper cwt; shell grit, ,£G per ton, small lots 6s 6d per owt; salt, coarse (12 sacks to ton), A 7 10s per ten; salt, fine, owts, AS 15s per ton j molasses, per cask. 42s eaoh.oasks included.

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