TO-DAY’S QUOTATIONS

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 541, 19 December 1928, Page 12

TO-DAY’S QUOTATIONS

SOUTHERN EXCHANGES YESTERDAY’S SALES Press Association Wellington.— Bank of New South Wales, £SO 10s; Southland Frozen Meat (two parcels), 38s 6d; New Zealand Breweries (debentures). 25s i>d; British Tobacco (two parcels), 45s 3d. Christchurch.—Commercial Bank of Sydney. £2B 2s 6d; National Bank of New Zealand 'cum div.), £7 2s; New Zealand Government Inscribed Stock, 5i per cent., 1933, £IOO 17s 6d; New Zealand Breweries, 57s (five); Timaru Brewery (cum. rights), 18s: Timaru Brewery (rights), 3s (two); Beath and Company (rights). 6s Id, 6s; British Tobacco (cum. div.), 45s 2d; Mahakipawa, Is 3d; National Bank of Australasia (£5 paid), £9 6s 6d; Dalgety and Company, £ls 4s TARANAKI OIL FIELDS Press Association GISBORNE, Tuesday. The Taranaki Oil Fields Co., reports: The Gisborne No. 2 well cleaned out to within 25ft from the bottom; lOin diameter casing to 1,931 ft; fairly strong flow of gas from bottom of well.

FRANKTON STOCK SALE SHEEP MARKET FIRM Prices at the Frankton yards to-day showed little alterations on last week’s quotations. A good yarding of fat sheep sold firm at late rates. Cow and heifer beef was in good demand and pigs came forward in satisfactory numbers to meet with a good demand. Auctioneers’ reports are as follows: DalgeCy and Company, Ltd.—Fat cows, £ll 12s 6d to £l2; others, £7 2s 6d to £lO 12s 6d; vealers, 27s 6d to 31s. Pigs: Baconers, £2 9s to £2 11s; lighter baconers, £ 2 to £2 15s; heavy porkers, £1 12s to £1 18s; lighter porkers, £1 8s to £1 9s; choppers, £2 2s to £2 12s Sheep: Fat wethers, 28s 9d to 325; fat ewes. 25s 6d. New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd.—Fat bullocks, to £l4 15s; fat cows, £6 8s to £10; fat heifers, £7 5s to £9 14s; vealers, £3 to £4 5s Pigs: Baconers, £1 10s to £3 Is; porkers, £1 12s to £2 10s. Farmers Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Ltd.—A good yarding of beef came forward. Prime quality steers showed a slight increase in value, while cows were very firm at late rates. A large yarding of sheep sold on a par with last week’s prices. We quote:—Heavy fat steers, £l3 to £l4 19s; lighter fat steers, £l2 10s to £l3; nine extra choice light prime steers, on account H. S. Hawkins, averaged £l2 4s; pen of heavv steers, on account W. Willoughby, Kaipaki, averaged £l4 14s; heavy fat cows, £9 11s to £lO 16s; lighter, £8 10s to £10; fresh-conditioned, £6 Is to £7; store cows, £5 10s. Fat wethers, 30s to 31s 3d; forward store wethers, 27s 9d to 28s lOd; fat ewes, 23s 6d. Fat lambs: Heavy, 29s to 30s 9d; lighter, 27s sd. Yearling Jersey heifers, £4 2s 6d to £4 !7s 6d; yearling steers, £4 2s 6d; bulls. : £5 10s; springing heifers close to profit, £7 15s to £8 15s; backward, £6 15s to !£7 10s. Pigs; Heavy baconers, £2 17s to £3 3s: medium, £2 11s to £2 15s; heavy porkers, £2 5s to £2 9s; medium, £2 to £2 4s; slips, 22s to 265; weaners, jSs to 17s. Bobby calves, 10s to 14s. DAIRY COMPANY PAYMENTS ! The Raglan Co-operative Dairv Company is pacing Is 4Jd a lb butter-fat, superfine, for butter-fat supplied in November. The pay-out for the month is 1 £6.300, compared with £5,200 for November, 1927. The total pay-out for the season to date is £16,670, against £13,415 for the corresponding period last year. • • # The East Tamaki Co-operative Dairy Company. Limited, has paid out to sup~pliers £13,376 for butter-fat supplied during November, the rate being Is 6Jd, plus id for shares, for superfine quality. Butter made in November totalled 96 tons 14cwt, an increase of 34 tons 2cwt, or about 55 per cent, over the corresponding month last season. The distribution for the six months totals £42.432, as against £30,135 for the corresponding period last season.

Closing quotations at to-day's mid day Sellers. Buyers. £ a. d. £ d. BANKS— Com. of Australia . 1 11 0 1 10 8 Ditto (pref.> .... 8 0 Nat. of N.Z 5 6 4 8 X -w South Wales 50 Zealand 2 0 1 3 Ditto, D. Mort. (20s paid) l 3 Union of Australia . INSURANCE* — Australian Pro\in15 11 6 cial 0 8 New eZaland .. .. 6 0 South British •• .. 5 0 3 4 6 Queensland .. .. .. Z 4 0 LOAN AND AGENCY— Abraham and Will ; ams 4 2 0 Dalstety and Co. .. — 15 3 0 Farmers' Co-op Auct. 3 2 6 — Ditto A (pref.) .. — 0 17 Ditto B (pref.) .. — 0 IB 9 Newton Kin g (pref.) N.Z. and River Plate — 0 7 9 1 12 8 N.Z. Loan and Merc. 118 0 0 115 0 0 Ditto (pref.) .. .. North Auck. Farm- — 80 0 0 era’ Co-op., I» (pref.) 0 10 0 0 7 0 COAL— Hikurangl 0 6 0 Ditto (pref.) .. .. 0 11 5 Ditto A (pref.) .. 0 9 6 T ukemiro 3 9 0 5 0 Renown (ord.) .. .. 0 15 0 0 14 9 D*tto (pref.) .. .. 0 2 10 0 8 Taupiri Ditto (pref.) .. .. 1 6 0 1 1 3 0 "Westport - Stockton . Ditto (pref.) . . .. — 0 4 0 GAS— Auckland .. .. ., l 3 10 1 3 8 Ditto (con.) .. .* 0 17 0 0 17 5 SHIPPING— Devonport Steam • 1 4 8 Huddart-Parker • 9 0 8 3 Ditto (pref.) .. .. — 1 0 8 SHIPPING— Northern Steam .. 0 13 7 0 13 3 Ditto (con.» . . . . 0 6 8 P. & O. (def. stk. } 2 15 0 Union Steam (pref.) TIMBER— 1 1 0 1 0 3 Bartholomew 0 18 0 Kauri Timber .. .. 0 0 19 3 10 6 — WOOLLENKaiapoi — 0 13 8 Ditto (eon.) .. .. 0 3 10 Ditto (pref.) •• — 0 14 9 BREWERIES— C. L. Innes 0 19 6 Ditto (pref.) .. .. 0 19 9 N.Z. Breweries 2 17 6 IB 9 .T. Staples . . . . 2 0 9 Crown 0 11 0 — MISCELLANEOUS— Auck. Amuse. Park 0 r» « 0 4 9 British Tobacco .. 2 8 0 2 4 9

call were:— Sellers. Buyers. Burns, Philp .. .. — 2 5 6 Bycroft, Ltd — 1 12 0 Checker Taxi . • . . 0 9 0 — Colonial Sugar — 58 10 0 Dominion Pictures . — 1 1 0 Ditto (pref.) .. .. — 1 1 0 Farmers’ Trading 0 9 0 0 8 0 Ditto A (pref) .. 0 17 6 0 Id 6 Ditto Li (pref.) .. 0 10 Fullers’ Pictures 1 0 0 Grey and Menzies . 0 10 Hamilton Theatres . 0 19 0 Hayward’s Pictures 1 0 4 Hill and Plummer . H.M Arcade Theatre — 1 2 6 (pref.) 1 1 0 X.Z. Drug Lewis Cady, Ltd. — 3 12 0 (pref.) .. 0 19 Milne and Choyce .. 1 6 0 Ditto (pref.) .. .. 1 6 0 Ditto (B pref.) .. 1 6 0 Ditto (deb. stock) 1 6 6 1 5 9 X.Z. Farmers* Fert, X.Z. Refrigerating — 0 13 3 (con.) 0 9 4 0 8 10 Sanford, Ltd. ... .. 0 17 4 Ditto (pref.) .. 0 18 0 Taranaki Oil „. .. 0 5 6 0 5 3 Thames Theatres .. 0 15 0 0 10 0 tnion Oil .. 2 4 0 ? 0 0 Whittome Stevenson 5 0 Wilsons Cement .. MINING— 2 1 0 Alburnia (2s 6d pd) . Lucky Shot 0 S 0 - ('in paid) 0 2 0 0 0 9 Ditto, (con.) .. .. 0 0 10 0 0 2 Maoriland (con) Xew W’aiotahi (4s 0 0 6 — paid) n 1 0 Ditto (con.) .. .. 0 0 4 Ohinemuri 0 s 6 0 s 1 Waihi 14 4 0 14 1 Waihi Grand June. . 0 1 0 0 0 8 Kuala Kampar Tin . Mount Lyell, 0 14 0 0 13 6 ex-div 1 18 6 1 17 6 DEBENTURES— Auckland Gas. 1932, 93 0 0 Ditto, 1935. 6* .. A uck Har Board, 103 0 0 6 P.c 102 10 0 Auck. Hosp. Bd., 55 101 10 0 — Bor. Devonport, 6 . 101 10 0 Ditto, 45 94 0 0 Bor, Mt. Eden, 52 101 0 0 X.Z. Breweries 1 6 0 1 7 Glaxo 89 0 0 Farmers Trading, 6£, 1930 100 0 0 94 0 0 GOVERNMENT BONDS— W r ar Loan, 1930, 4J 100 0 0 Ditto, 1938, 41 99 15 0 Ditto, 1939, 45 .. 99 15 0 99 0 0 Ditto, 1941, 4 li .. 99 0 0 Ditto, 1936, 5i p.c. INSCRIBED STOCK — 101 5 0 W*ar Loan, 1938, i' a 99 15 Ditto, 1939, 4 ij 90 Ditto, 1933, 55 p.c. 101 Ditto, 1936, 5J p.c 101 5 0