TO-DAY’S QUOTATIONS

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 557, 9 January 1929, Page 10

TO-DAY’S QUOTATIONS

Closing quotations at to-day's mid day Sellers. Buyers. £ s. d £ s. d.

SOUTHERN EXCHANGES

YESTERDAY’S SALES Press Association Wellington: New Zealand Government Stock, 6 per cent., 1931, £101; Government Bonds, 4i per cent.. 1930, £99 12s 6d; Wellington Harbour Board, 5J per cent., 1940, £99 10s: Bank of New Zealand, 61s 9d, 625; British Tobacco, 45s 3d; Colonial Sugar, £59 Ins. Christchurch: Commercial Bank of Australia, 30s 9d (10); English, Scottish and Australian Bank, £8 12s; Paigety and Company, £ls ss; New Zealand Breweries, 58s (seven); Staples’ Brewery, 425; Tooth’s Brewery, 50s (two); Beath and Company (rights), 6s 6d (three); British Tobacco, 45s 3d, 45s 4d, 45s sd; Mahakipuwa, Is 5d (three), Is 6d, Is 7d.

HIDE AND SKIN VALUES

AUCKLAND MARKET The market for most grades of hides was easier at yesterday’s sales. Cow hides averaged from ijd to Id cheaper, and ox hides from Id t.c Jd cheaper. Sheepskins were from Id to lid dearer. There was a good market for skins in general. The Pillowing prices were realised:— Cow Hides.—Best, light, 8 5-Sd to 8 7-Sd: medium. Sid to heavy, Sid to S 5-Sd; second grade, 7d to 7id; faulty, 6\d to 6id: ox, light, Sid to BJd; medium, ’.•Sd to lOd: heavy. lOd to 10Jd; seconds and cut, Sid to 9d: kips, best, 9Jd to '. ,: ?d; second grade, Sid to 9d; yearlings, best grade. 10-ld to lid; second grade, 9d to Did; calfskins, best, light 15|d to 16Jd, medium 16d to 16id, heavy (91b to 101 b) 10Jd to lid. light and medium cut 13id to 14d, slippy 9id to lOd. Sheepskins.—Dry, three-quarter to fullwoolled, medium to fine crossbred, 12.W1 to 13d; coarse, llid to 12)d; faulty, llid t-» 313 d: damaged, 9id to lOid; badly damaged and broken, Bid to 9d; halfwoolled, medium to fine crossbred, lid to llid; coarse, lOd to 10id; faulty, 91d to lOd; damaged, Sri to 9d; quarter to balf-woolled, badly damaged, 6Jd toTid: pelts, sound. 10Ad to lid; faulty, 9d to 9id; damaged, 6d to 6id. Sheepskins, salted, full-woolled, large. 10s 6d to 11s 0*1; medium to large, 9s Gd to 10s; lambskins, sound, 12id to 13d; faulty, lid to llid; damaged, '.‘id to 10id; salted, light to medium, 6s 6d to 7s 9d; small and faulty, 5s to 5s 9d; lambskins, large, sound, 3s Sd to 4s 4d; light to medium, 2s 6d to 3s 3d; pelts, large, 3s 9d to 4s 2d: small and light. 2s 9d to 3s 4d. other sheepskin prices were relatively lower. Tallow, in barrels, best mixed, 31s to ’•ls 6d a cwt; second grade, 2ss to 295; poor quality and gut-stained, 21s 6d to 2ls 6d ; in tins, good quality, 2Ss 6d to 29s 6d; second quality. 24s to 26s 6d. Horsehair, best tail, Is lOd to Is lid a Ic; second quality and mixed. Is 6d to Tjd; mane, 9d to 9id; short to medium, lid to Is 4d.

CHICAGO WHEAT MARKET

/Australian and N.Z. Press Association) Fb d. 9.21 a.m. CHICAGO, Tuesday. Wheat.—nfcarch, 1 dollar 14 7-8 cents a icishel; May. 1 dollar 172 cents; July, 1 dollar 19 cents.

call were:— Sellers. Buyers.

BANKS— Aus. of Commerce . 1 14 0 1 13 3 14 1 i 14 Com. ol Australia . 1 11 0 1 10 6 Ditto (pref.l . 0 Kng.. Scot. Aus. 8 G 50 15 0 50 .Ww Zealand .. .. G LTnion of A us. •• .. 1 N’SUKANCE — 15 0 10 0 0 6 0 0 1 9 0 lf» 0 New Zealand .. •• South British .. .. 4 9 Queensland 3 3 ft 0 LOAN AND AGENCY— Abraham and Williams 4 1 ft Farmers* Co-op. .. 3 ft Ditto, B (pref. ) .. 0 17 0 Goldsbrouirh. Mort . 2 12 0 Newton Kin? Cpref.) 0 10 ft 0 7 9 N.Z. and River Plate 1 12 9 LID 0 0 117 0 0 Ditto (pref.) .. .. N. Auck. Farmers* — 80 0 0 Co-op. <ord.) .. .. 0 2 0 Ditto B (pref.) .. 0 10 0 0 COAL— Hikurangi 0 6 0 _ Ditto (pref.) .. .. 0 11 Ditto, A (pref.) .. 0 9 6 3 9 0 3 5 0 Renown (ord.) .. .. 0 15 9 0 la t Ditto (pref.) .. .. 0 2 10 0 2 6 Taupirl 1 6 0 5 Ditto (pref.) .. .. 8 Westport - Stockton GAS— 0 3 Auckland 1 4 0 t 4 0 Ditto (con.) .. .. 0 IS 3 0 17 7 SHIPPING— Devonport Steam • 1 4 9 1 3 6 Howard Smith .. .. 1 3 6 Hud iart-Parker 9 0 8 3 Ditto (pref.) .. .. 0 1 0 6 Northern Steam •. 0 14 0 13 3 Ditto (con.) .. .. 0 6 s T\ and O. (dof. stk.) 19 Union Steam (pref) TIMBER— 1 0 10 1 0 0 Kauri Timber ft ID 6 — 10 WOOLLEN— Kaiapol ft 14 0 ft 13 s Ditto (con.) .. .. 0 3 9 Ditto (pref.) .. .. — 0 14 9 BREWERIES— N.Z. Breweries MISCELLANEOUS— '2 18 0 2 17 6 Auck. Amuse. Park 0 5 ft —

Australian Glass .. — 2 6 6 British Tobacco 2 6 3 2 s 0 Burns, Philp .. .. — 2 5 6 Bycroft, Ltd — 1 11 3 Checker Taxi . . 0 9 0 — Colonial Sugar (Aus. 59 0 0 Dominion Pictures . .1 0 6 Ditto (pref.) .. .. 1 0 6 Donaghy’s Rope 1 12 6 Farmers’ Trading (ord.) 0 8 9 0 8 0 Ditto, A (pref.) . 0 17 3 Ditto B (pref.) . 0 10 0 Fuller’s Pictures .. 1 0 0 Hamilton Theatres 1 0 6 Hayward’s Pictures 1 l 1 0 6 Henry Jones Co-op. 1 17 9 H.M. Arcade Theatre (pref.) 1 1 0 Holden s Motors .. 1 10 6 1 9 0 Kemp. Prosser 3 11 0 Lewis Lady (.pref.) 0 ID 6 Milne and Choyco .. 1 5 6 Ditto (pref.) .. .. l b 6 Ditto, B (pref.) 1 5 6 Ditto, deb. stock 1 6 6 1 5 9 N.Z. Farmers’ Fert. 1 0 6 0 -9 3 Thames Theatre 0 15 0 0 10 0 S R. Maxwell .. .. 0 12 0 0 3 0 Tonson Garlick 0 8 6 Union Oil 4 0 2 0 0 Whittome Stevensons 2 5 0 Wilsons Cement .. 2 1 9 2 0 9 MINING— Lucky Shot (con.) 0 0 4 0 0 3 Ohinemuri (ord.) .. 0 8 6 0 7 9 Waihi 0 14 8 0 14 5 Waihi Grand June. . 0 1 0 0 0 8 Kuala Kampar Tin 0 14 0 0 13 9 Mount Lyell .. .. 2 2 0 2 1 0 DEBENTURES — Auckland Gas, 1932, 5 per cent — 93 0 0 Ditto. 1928, 6& p.c. 104 0 0 102 10 0 Auck. Har. Board, 5J 98 0 0 96 10 0 Ditto. 6 p.c .. .. 102 0 0 Auck. Hos. Board. 5i 101 0 0 99 0 0 Bor. Devonport, 6 . 104 0 0 101 0 0 Bor. Mt. Eden, 5i .. 101 0 0 Ditto, 6 102 10 0 Bor. Hamilton, 6 . . 102 0 0 N.Z. Breweries 1 6 0 1 5 6 Glaxo — 89 0 0 GOVERNMENT BONDS War Loan, 1930, 4J 100 0 0 Ditto, 193S, 4* p.c. 99 10 0 99 7 6 Ditto, 1939, 4 2 p.c. 99 10 0 99 7 6 Ditto, 2933. 52 p.c. 100 10 0 Ditto, 1936, 5* p.c. — 101 0 0 INSCRIBED STOCK War Loan, 1938, 42 99 15 0 99 0 0 Ditto, 1939, 41 p.c. 99 0 0 Ditto, 1933, 51 p.c. 101 10 0 Ditto, 1936, 51 p.c. — 101 0 0