THE GUINEA POEM.

Otago Witness, Issue 2896, 15 September 1909, Page 41

THE GUINEA POEM.

A CHEQUE for £1 Is has been sent to th© writer of this verse— E. D. H., 209 £Barbadoes street, Christchurch: — There was an old woman named Sand Who partook of the Pickle* FLAG BRAND, fche said : " 'Twould be folly, not to feel jolly After eating so delicious a brand I " WIN A GUINEA ! Prize Poem published every Saturday. Beat origin*! four shortline *dvt. verse about " Flag Brand Pickles" twins each week. Forward verse, embossed metal cap from Bottle, and full address to Hay-ward Bros., P.O. Box 613, Wellington. 15*

' dun chaff is in most demand, ami is sellingI at about £2 5e on. trucks at country ' stations ; Gortons and Danish chaff, £2 to ' £2 2s 6d on trucks at country stations. Straw. — Baled wheafcem-, 22s 6d!; baled oaten, 25s (on trucks at country stations). BANK OF AUSTRALASIA. LONDON, September 10. The Bank of Australasia has declared a dividend of 12 per cent, and a bonus of 8s a share. It added £50,000 to the reserve, £12,000 to th© premises account, and carried forward £16,900. INVESTMENT STOCKS. September 13. Union Steam Ship Company — Sellers £1 14s 3d. Milburn Lime and Cement (£l)— Sellers £1 7s. Milburn Lime and Cement (10s)— Buyers 12s 6d. Mosgiel Woollen. Factory— Buyers *-2 ' 14s. Dental Consolidated— Buyers £1 3s, sellers £1 ss.