TO-DAY’S QUOTATIONS

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 514, 17 November 1928, Page 12

TO-DAY’S QUOTATIONS

SOUTHERN EXCHANGES YESTERDAY’S SALES Press Association Wellington. —Wilsons Cement. 40s 6d; Inscribed Stock, 5$ per cent., 1930, £99 Christchurch. —■ Commercial Bank of Australia, 30s 4d; New Zealand Refrigerating (10s paid), 9s 6d (two); Christchurch Gas, 26s 2d; Tooths’ Brewery, 48s 9d; Electrolytic Zinc (pref.), 35s 2d (two); Staples Brewery, 42s 3d. Dunedin. —National Insurance, 16s lid (cum div); Westport Coal, 31s 3d (cum div.); Okarita, 8d premium; National Bank of Australasia (con.), £9 12s 6d (cum div.); Union Bank, £ls 7s 6d; New Zealand Refrigerating (paid), 19s.

SUN COMMERCIAL SERVICE Owing to a combination of circumstances, replies to inquirers under this column will be held over until next week.

CHICAGO WHEAT MARKET . (Australian and K.Z. Press Association) Reed. 10.13 a.m. CHICAGO, Friday. Wheat.—December, 1 dollar 16 cents a bushel; March, 1 dollar 21J cents; May, 1 dollar 24 1-8 cents.

FEILDING STOCK VALUES SMALL YARDINGS. LOW RATES Press Association FEILDING, Friday. Small yardings came forward for today’s stock sale, which sold at late rates. Fat hoggets brought 33s 6d to 35s 2d; fat ewes, 23s 9d to 275; fat maiden ewes, 345; J£2i 1 - V K. e, L es V 33 , s ’ fat wethers, 34s 8d; 33s black-faced hoggets in wool, 26s to There was a keen market for cows, springing, from £6 10s to £l3 10s; pedifn 6 »° , v ’. f i 7 375: heifers. £8 10s to £l4 10s, fat heifers, £9 5s to £l3 7s 6d; £°T? S ’ to £11: steers, £10; Jersev £ U 4 l! ss to 4 £7 ss° £lO, yearllns heifers, . a slight decline. Weaners 9s ~r i t ;.°, 14s 6d; slips, 17s to 18s 6d. stores, ISs 6d to 345; porkers, 31s 6d.

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES British Official Wireless. ™ RUGBY, Thursday. Ihe following- rates on foreign exchanges are current to-day, as compared with the cabled quotations on November 13 and par:—

METAL VALUES IN BRITAIN (Australian and N.Z Press Association) LONDON, Thursday. Quotations for metals (those of November 13 in parentheses):— Copper.—Spot, £6B 15s (£67 18s ljd); three months, £6B 19s 4Jd (£6B 6s 10id). Electrolytic Copper.—Spot, £74 15s (£7l 15s); three months, £75 5s (£75 ss). Wire Bars.—Spot, £ (£75 ss); three months. £ (£75 ss). Lead.—Spot, £2l 2s 6d (£2O 18s 9d); three months, £2l 7s 6d (£2l 3s 9d). Spelter.—Spot, £24 13s 9d (£24 6s 3d); three months, £24 10s (£24 2s 6d). Tin.—Spot, £228 12s 6d (£230 6s 10Jd); three months, £224 8s 9d (£224 8s 9d). Silver.—Standard, 26|d (263 d) an ounce; fine, 28 7-8 d (28 15-16 d),

Closing quotations at to-day’s mid dr.y BANKS— Sellers. Buyers. , : s. d. £ a d Aust. of Commerce 1 13 9 1 13 3 Com. of Australia .. 1 10 6 1 10 4 Ditto (pref.) .. .. 7 6 0 Com. of Sydney .. .. 27 16 0 Nat. N.Z 7 5 0 7 2 0 Nat. of Aust. (con.) 9 13 6 9 11 0 New South Wales .. 52 5 0 51 10 0 New Zealand .. .. Ditto (D Mort.), — 3 1 3 (20s paid) .. .. •• 18 9 1 2 INSURANCE— Australian Prov. .. — 0 3 9 0 17 1 0 16 .0 New Zealand .. 2 7 6 2 7 South British .. . . 3 3 6 Queensland ...... 3 7 6 LOAN AND AGENCY— 3 6 6 Abraham & Williams (pref.) Farmers’ Co-op. — 4 8 0 Auctioneering 3 5 0 Ditto A (pref.) .. Ditto B (pref.) .. 0 15 6 Mort . Nat. Mortgage.. Newton King (pref.) N Z River Plat® 3 N.Z Loan & Merc. 117 0 Ditto (pref.) N Auckland Farmers — Co-op. (ord.) .. .. 0 3 6 0 2 3 Ditto (B. pref.) . COAL— 0 10 0 0 6 0 Hikurangi 0 6 1 0 5 9 Ditto CA pref.) 0 10 0 Pukemiro 3 9 0 Renown (ord.) .. .. 0 16 3 0 15 Ditto (pref.) .. .. 0 3 1 0 2 9 Taupiri 16 0 1 5 Ditto (pref.) .. .. Waipa 0 13 9 9 Westport Westport Stockton . 0 3 10 Ditto (pref.) .. .. — 0 4 GAS— Auckland 13 4 1 3 2 Ditto (con.) .. .. 0 17 6 C’sborne Thames •• 0 10 0 — SHIPPING— Devonport Steam .. 15 6 1 4 6 Howard Smith .. .. 14 9 Huddart-Parker (ord) 2 8 3 2 7 9 Ditto (pref.) .. .. 1 0 Northern Steam 0 14 2 0 7 0 6 P. and O. (def. stk.) 2 16 0 2 14 Union Steam (pref.) — 1 0 TIMBER— Bartholomew .. 10 6 0 IS 0 Kmri T'mber .. .. 1 1 0 0 19 6 National .. .. •• .. 0 10 6 — W« ><>H EN— Kainpol . . .. .. 0 14 0 0 13 6 Ditto (con.) .. .. 0 3 9 Ditto (pref.) .. .. 0 15 3 0 14 6 . .. .. 6 17 0 Ditto (pref.) •• .. — 6 18 0 F tiWERJES— C. L. Innes (pref.) . 0 19 0 N.Z. Breweries .. .. 2 18 3 2 15 0

call were:— Sellers. Buyers. MISCELLANEOUS— A. J. Entrican (ord.) 0 18 6 Australian Glass .. 2 6 9 British Tobacco 2 5 3 4 Bycroft, Ltd. .. .. 1 11 9 Checker Taxicab 0 10 0 Dental and Medical 0 14 0 0 10 0 Dominion Pictures . 1 5 0 1 1 0 Ditto (pref.) .. .. 1 1 0 Donaghy’s Hope .. . 1 11 0 Farmers’ Trading (ord.) 0 7 6 Ditto (pref.) 0 9 6 Fuller’s Pictures (ex. div.) .. .. 1 0 6 Grey and Menzies . 0 d 9 Henry Jones Co-op. 1 19 0 Hill and Plummer . 1 6 H.M Arcade (pref.) 1 1 0 Kempthorne Prosser’s 3 9 6 Lewis Eady (ord.) . 1 2 6 Dit to \ pret ) 0 19 6 Milne and Choyce .. 1 5 3 Ditto t pref. ) . . .. 1 3 Ditto (B pref.) .. 1 5 3 Ditto (deb stk ) .. Morris Hedstrora Ditto (pref.) .. .. 0 18 0 N.Z. Farmers’ Fert. 0 17 3 Robinson's Ice Cream 1 1 Ltd 0 19 6 0 IS Ditto (pref.) .. .. 0 IS 6 Taranaki Oilfields .. 0 7 Thames Theatre 0 15 0 0 10 0 Ton son Gar lick .. .. 0 9 0 Union Oil .. .. .. 2 Wairakei, Ltd 0 14 6 Whittome, Stevenson and Co 2 7 0 Wilsons Cement — 2 0 3 MINING— Lucky Shot (4s pd) 0 0 9 Maoriland (con.) 0 0 6 Ohinemurl 0 7 8 0 7 2 Waihi 0 14 0 Waihi Grand June. 0 1 0 0 0 8 Mount Lyell .. .. 1 18 9 1 18 0 DEBENTURES— Auckland Gas, 1935 6J per cent 103 0 0 Auck. Harb. Bd., 51 98 0 0 Ditto, 55 p.c 101 0 0 Ditto, 6 p.c 106 0 0 103 0 0 Bor. Devonport, 455 94 10 0 Bor. Gisborne, 5 p.c. 98 0 0 93 0 0 Ditto, 55 p.c. 102 0 0 98 10 0 Bor. ML Eden, 5g .. 103 0 0 101 0 0 Ditto, 6 p.c. 102 0 0 Bor. New Plymouth 5 p.c., 1033 . . .. 98 0 0 94 0 0 Bor. Hamilton, 6 p.c. N.Z. Breweries .. .. Glaxo — 89 0 0 iOVKRNMENT BONDS— War Loan. 1938, 4i 99 0 Ditto 41 o.o. 100 0 0 Ditto 1941 41 p.c Ditto, 1933, 55 .. __ 101 2 Ditto, 1936, 51 p.c. — 101 5 0 ' NSCRIBED ST(>CR War Loan, 1938, 5 .. r> tt >. ' 4i p.c. Ditto, 1927-41, 51 Ditto, 1933, 55 .. 101 10 0 Ditto 1936, 5i p.c. — 101 5 0

Nov. 15. Nov. 13 Par. Montreal, dol . 4.85J 4.85J 4.866 New York, dol. 4.84 1316 4.84 1316 4.866 Paris, fr 124.10 124.10 124.21 Brussels, belga 34.89 34.89 35.00 Geneva, fr. 25.20 25.20 25.22 Amsterdam, fl. 12.08 12.OS 12.10 Rome, lire 92.55 . 92.55 92.46 Berlin, r.m. . . 20.35 20.36 20.43 Stockholm, kr. 3 8.14 18.13 18.159 Oslo, kr 18.19 18.19 18.159 Copenhagen, kr. 18.19 IS.19 18.159 Vienna, sch. .. 34.55 34.495 34.585 Prague, kr. 1633 1633 24.02 Helsingfors, m 1923 1923 192.23 Madrid, pes. 30.075 30.075 25.225 Libson, escu. .. 1075 1075 Athens, dr. 375 375 375.00 Bucharest, lei. . S05J 8065 25.225 Rio de Jan., mil 5 29-32 5 29-32 Buen. Aires dol. 47 15-32 47 15-32 47.57d Calcutta, rup. . 18 1-16 18d Shanghai, tael . 315 315 Hong-Kong, dol. 24 J 243 Yokohama, yen 23 1-16 23 1-32 24.58d Batavia, fl. 12.075 12.073 12.10