TO-DAY’S QUOTATIONS

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 592, 19 February 1929, Page 12

TO-DAY’S QUOTATIONS

SOUTHERN EXCHANGES YESTERDAY’S SALES Press Association Wellington.—New Zealand Loan and Mercantile, £127; .Staples and Co.. 435: Mourn Lyell. 42s 6d: U nion Bank. £ls 8s •"li New Zealand Guarantee Corporation. - !‘d: New Zealand Insurance. 17s 3d; AWstport Coal, 325. Christchurch. —Bank of Australasia I' inn div.), £ls; Commercial Bank of Australia, 29s 2d (six parcels); Tirnaru Biewery <.ss paid). 8s 6d: Victoria Nyanza Sugar (cum div.), 44s 10d (two parcels): Waihi, 13s 1 Od; Auckland Gas. 24s 3d (two parcels); Staples’ Brewery, 43s 9d. MINING NEWS LUCKY SHOT. —The contractors have advanced the rise from the low level lo connect with No. 1 winze to a height of 23ft. The reef is the full width of the rise, 3ft 6in. The quartz is heavily mineralised, and carrying a very high per- • ntage of silica. The country rock on hoth walls is all that could be desired for. taking gold. The No. 1 winze has been unk 6ft. The reef and country rock here is similar to the rise. WOOL FIRM IN SYDNEY (A ustralian and N.Z. Press Association) SYDNEY, Monday. At the Sydney wool sales to-day, 10.307 bales were sold. The market was very firm at the closing rates of last week, ''ith good competition in. n’l sections. Thinly-grown, faulty lines still showed it regularity. Greasy Merino sold to 25d.

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IN THE MARKET PLACE MANY PEARS ; Pears, particularly the Bon. Chretien variety, are coming forward on the i j City Markets »n heavy supplies. Prices are satisfactory. Peaches are also plentiful, and the ; best quality lines are well sought ’ after. A demand has now set in for , the bottling varieties. Tomatoes still reveal an improve--1 ment over the recent slack rates. ; Plums and tipples are attracting ; steady attention from buyers. Oranges are commanding extremely high prices, and lemons are selling at big rates. Quotations: fruit Pears.—Bon Chretien, prime quality, 5s to (*>s tfd: small, 4s to ss. Blackberries. —4d to 6d a chip. Reaches.—Choice, coloured, 4s 6d to as j 6d: others. 3s 6d to 4s. Plums.—Satsuma. large, 4s to 6s; small. . 3s; Doris, is to Ss; Purple King, 6s to i i 10s. Tomatoes.—Special, round, smooth, ’s to ss; No. 1 firm, 3s to 4s 6d; ripe, 2s to 2s 6d. j Apples.—Choice, coloured Gravensteins, 7s to 10s; green, 4s to ss; cookers, prime, is to 5s fid; small. 2s fid to 3s. I Nectarines. —Large, choice, 9s to 14s; i -inferior, 4s to 7s. 1 Lemons. —Bes.t quality, 14s to 16s; others, 7s to 10s. Oranges.—Californian Sunkist Navels, 40s to 455; Jaffa, repacked, 30s to 355. Grapes.—Hothouse, prime. Is to Is (id; . j others. 9d to lOd. ; Cape Gooseberries. —5d to 7d lb. Sweet Corn.—2s Gd to 3s 6d a half- - | bushel ease. FIELD PRODUCE 1 ; Potatoes. —4s to 5s sack; and Is 6d to 3s. . ; Onions.—3s to 4s bag. ’ i Kumeras.—2d to 2*d lb. i Cabbage.—ls to Ss sack. Cauliflower.—Us sack. Swedes.—ls to 2s bag. Pumpkins.—ss to 7s case. Green Peas.—4s to 6s bag. Beans.—ls to 3s 6d bag. Lettuce.—ls to 5s case. Cucumbers. —3d to 6d doz. Vegetable Marrows.—ls Gd to 3s Gd doz. "Water Melons. —6d to Is Gd each. Rock Melons.—4d to 2s each. Babbage.—On benches, 2s to 5s Gd each. Celery.-—ls 6d to 3s 6d bundle. Rhubarb.—ls 6d to 2s doz. I Spinach.—ls doz. i Pumpkins.—On benches, 3d to Is 3d j each. | Spring Onions. —9d to Is 9d bundle. Radish.—f*d doz. 1 Carrots, Parsnips. Beet and Turnips.— ' | Gd to 9d doz.

Closing Quotations at to-day a mid day Sellers Buyers. J : > XKS— £ s . d. £ d Australian of Com. 1 3 5 ft 1 g ' "in. of Australia . r>itto (rights) '••UK ■ Scot. Aust. !< 0 •National of X.Z. n o Nat. of Australasia New South Wales . New Zealand .. l>itto, L> Mort. .. .* 1 nion of Aust. .. 35 10 ( 15 * x s urance— vat ional New Z* aland south British .. .. g Standard — 4 9 I.OAN AND AUENC?Abraham and WilHams <pref.) . . . . Dul&ety and Co. farmers’ Co-op. t.\ prof.) Q • h.ldsbrough. Moit . Xov. ton King (prof.) X.Z. A- River Plate 3 15 0 N.Z. Ouar. Corp. .. X.Z. Loan & Merc. 130 II N Auck. Farmers < o-op, B ( prof. >. . 0 0 " right, Stephenson 1 7 1 4 ft ‘ OAL— l.’ikurangi (pref. > .. 0 8 r, Ditto (A pref.) 0 ft Dukcm.ro ft 0 IS Ditto (pref.) .. .. l 1 aupiri Ditto (prel.) .. .. Waipa 0 12 ft V estport 1 13 o Westport-Stockton . 0 3 3 Auckland 1 4 0 Dit to (con.) .... Birkenhead ami Northcote I'hames 0 9 0 Xapier (£10 pd.) .. 10 12 0 <;isborne Birkenhead 0 39 0 SHIPPING— Devonport Steam 3 4 3 1 i uddart-Parker Northern Steam 0 14 1 »ii to (con.) 0 7 l nion Steam (pref.) — 1 0 TIM BCR— Ka tiri . . 0 18 1 .ey la ml -O Rrien . . 14 14 Bartholomew .. .. 0 IS Barker-Lamb .. 0 19 0 WOOLLENKaiapoi .. 0 Ditto (con.) .. . . Ditto (pref.) .. .. — Mosgiel .. .. .. .. — 7 3 0 0 BREWERIES— N.Z. Breweries 2 IS *> • l. Staples — 2 2 0 M fSCELLANEOUS— Auck. Amuse. Park 0 Ditto (pref.) .. .. 0 17 0 A .1. Kn trican (ord.) o 17 6 Mistralian ( Hass .. 2 10 2 9 British Tobacco . . 2 9 3 2 9 0 Bycrott, Ltd 1 11 3 Checker Taxicab .. 0 S 0 —

call were:— Sellers Buyer s , Dominion Pictures . l 3 0 Ditto (pref.) .. .. 1 1 0 Donaghy’s Rope' t 12 Farmers’ Trading- . 0 0 0 8 Ditto A (pref.) .. 6 Ditto B (pref.) .. Fullers’ Pictures .. 1 1 1 0 Gear Meat 0 0 Grey and Menzies . 0 10 Hayward s Pictures. 1 l 0 1 0 Henry Jones 1 17 H.M. Arcade Theatre 10 Ditto (prer.) .. .. 1 1 Kemp thorn e Prosser s 13 6 Lewis Eady (pref.). 0 19 3 Milne and Ghoyce .. 1 6 0 Ditto (pref.) .. .. l G 0 Ditto B (pref.) .. 1 G 0 Ditto (deb. stock) 1 G 0 Morris Iledstrom . . 3 4 0 N.Z. Farmers’ Fert. 1 1 0 1 0 3 N.Z. Refrigerating (con.) 0 s ir*erdriati Rubber 3 1G 0 Robinson Ice Cream 1 0 Sanford, Ltd 18 G 0 1 . 0 Ditto (pref.) . . . . 0 18 Sharland and Co. . 1 " Ditto (pref.) . . 1 0 # ,S\ R. Maxwell . . .. 10 0 0 •1 Taranaki Oilfields . 0 4 G Thames Theatre 0 10 0 Tonson Garlick 0 8 0 Union Oil 0 Whittome Stevenj sons 6 0 Wilsons Cement 1 0 0 Blenheim Oil .. — 1 0 0 MINI N( Alburnia (2s 6d pd.) — 0 <1 Lucky Shot (4s pd) 0 0 9 Ditto (con.) . . . . 0 1 1 Maoriland (con.) 0 0 Occiden tal-Una (2s paid) .. .. 0 10 0 0 Ditto (con.) . . . . 0 fi II 1 Ohinemuri (ord.) .. 0 8 0 s Wailii 0 14 1 13 9 Wailii Grand June.. 0 0 3 0 I Mount Lyell .. . . 9 3 Kuala Kampar Tin 0 la 9 0 la a DEBENTURES— Auckland Gas, 1932, 94 0 0 Ditto. 11)35, 61 p.c. 103 10 0 Auckland liarb Bd, 99 10 0 1 Ditto, ti p.c 103 10 City of Auckland. 11)40, p.c lu 0 Ditto, 104.°., oi p.c. 100 0 Bor. of Devonporl. 6 p.c 1.03 0 0 Ditto, 4'. p.c 0 Ditto, 51 p.c. . .. 100 0 0 Bor. Mt. Eden. 5^.. 102 0 0 Ditto, G p.c 103 0 Ditto, 51 p.c. .. 100 0 Bor. of Hamilton, 6 N.Z. Breweries 1 7 G < Glaxo — t> GOVURMMENT BONDS War Loan, 193S, 41 100 0 0 99 12 6 Ditto, 1930, 41 .. G Ditto, 1936, 51 — 5 INSCRIBED STOCK War loan, 1939. 41 — Ditto, 1938, 41 .. Ditto, 1933, 51 p.c. Ditto. 1930, 51 p.c. — 5