TO-DAY’S QUOTATIONS

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 601, 1 March 1929, Page 10

TO-DAY’S QUOTATIONS

SOUTHERN EXCHANGES YESTERDAY’S SALES Press Association Wellington.—Blenheim Oil. 60s; N.Z. Guarantee Corporation, 9s Id; New Zealand Breweries, 5Ss; Colonial Sugar, £6O. Christchurch.—New Zealand Government 51 per cent. Inscribed Stock. 1936. £lOl 12s 6d: Goldsbrough. Mort, 52s Sd. 52s 6d; United Building, 16s Sd; Auckland Gas. 24s 3d; Christchurch Gas, 26s Sd; Christchurch Gas (10s paid), 13s; Mount 1-yell. 44s (2 parcels); Taranaki Oil. 4s 9d; Victoria Nyanza Sugar, 42s Id (2 parcels); Wilsons Cement, 41s, 40s 6d (2 parcels); Mahakipawa, Is 4£d; Commercial Bank of Australia, 29s Id; New Zealand Farmers* Co-operative (6i per cent, fctoek. 1939). £9l (2 parcels). - Dunedin. —New Zealand Government 51 fr>er cent. Inscribed Stock (1932). £99; National Insurance, 16s 3d; Staples Brewery, 445; New Zealand Paper Mills. ISs 3d. AUSTRALIAN PRODUCE "(Australian and N.Z. Press Association) SYDNEY, Thursday. The following are to-day's quotations ©n the Sydney produce market:— Wheat.—At country stations, 4s ljd; ex trucks, Sydney, 4s SJd. Flour.— £ll 10s. Pollard and Bran.— £6 10s. Potatoes.—Tasmanian, £l7 to £18; Victorian, £l6. Onions.— £9 a ton. Oats.—Algerian, whites, 4s «6d. Swedes and Pumpkins.—l6s to 25s a cwt. Adelaide prices are;— Wheat.—Growers’ lots. 4s 7}dFlour.—Bakers’ lots, £lO 12s Gd. Bran.—£6 10s. Pollard. —£6 17s 6d. Oats.—2s 6d to 2s Sd. Reed. 11 a.m. MELBOURNE, To-day. To-day’® quotations:— § Wheat: 4s SJd to 4s 91d. Flour; £ll to £ll ss. Bran: £6 15s. Pollard, £6 15s. Oats: 2s lid to 3s Barley: English, 4s to 4s 3d. Mala®; 4® 10®.

WANGANUI WOOL SALE A FIRM MARKET WANGANUI, Thursday. The Wanganui ’tv-ill sale ended to-day. Prices were firm on the Auckland rates. The range of prices was as follows:

RECORD-BREAKING COW (United P.A.—By Telegraph — Copyright / Reed. 10 a.m. SYDNEY, To-day. A new world's record in production for the Jersey breed was established bv the 11-year-old cow Wagga Ariadne, of the Hawkesbury Agricultural College Stud, her production being 16,561J1b of milk, equal, on a 5 per cent. a\ erage test, to 548.9i1b of butter-faL _

TRADE IN PRODUCE AMPLE POTATO STOCKS TROUBLE WITH BLIGHT Trading in grain, seed,, and produce circles continues to be restricted to the covering of immediate requirements, with merchants for the most part taking little interest in later deliveries. Most markets are very steady, with few signs of near future advances in any section. The position in regard to potatoes is practically unchanged. The quality of the tubers coming in from Pukekohe is reported in many quarters to be far from satisfactory, as apart from blight, the tubers tend toward the small side. The price to merchants is steady around £6 on trucks Pukekohe; through store, Auckland, merchants ask Ss 6d a cwt. Rangitikei sellers for March delivery have reduced their demands by 2s 6d to £5 17s 6d over the week, but until the Pukekolie crop is out of the way it does not seem that many outside orders will be placed in Auckland. In the South, £ 6 is still asked for early April delivery, but merchants here are not interested as yet. Ample Supplies of Onions. The onion market is weak. Available supplies are more than sufficient for immediate requirements, and orders for shipment to America have not come up to expectations. Pukekohe sellers are asking £ 5 10s to £ 6 on trucks in wholesale lots. The Aorangi on March 12 is expected to take 400 or 500 tons, but this quantity will not be sufficient to remove the surplus here. An indication of the American market can be taken from the fact that cabled offers were received in Auckland during the week for onions for July shipment. The season over there is apparently expected to be an early one, with a heavy crop. Through store Auckland, best quality onions sell at from 7s to 7s 6d a cwt. Oat Market Firmer The oat market, after a substantial drop a week or so ago,, has a firmer tone in the South. Through store, Auckland, B Gartons are selling at 4s 4d a bushel, as well at 3d to 4d in advance of that figure. Chaff is slightly easier in the South. Ample supplies are available on the spot, and quotations range up to £9 5s through store for good bright sample. Wheat is stationary, and Auckland quotations are unchanged at 7s 8d a bushel through store. Maize Market Lifeless, The market for maize shows no signs of a revival, and supplies are still available at 5s 3d f.o.b. Gisborne. The retail demand is steady. Bran and pollard sells at unchanged prices, merchants asking 8s 6d a cwt through store for bran, and 10s Od through store for pollard. Grass and clover seeds meet with a steady demand for autumn sowing, although the volume of the business is not up to that of last year. LONDON BUTTER MARKET TONE DULL AT PRESENT (Australian and N.Z. Press Association) Reed. 10.30 a.m. LONDON, Thursday. The butter market is dull. Danish, 182 s to la-is; c hole esc salted New Zealanu, HUs to i<:;s; Australian, 168 s to i7Us. Lnsaitea, bs Lu bs premium. Cheese is firm. New Zealand, 90s to 91s; Australian, 86s to 88s. MERCHANTS’ REPORTS Merchants report as follows; N orden and Company, from their London principals, Andrew Clement and Sons, under date February 28: “Butter, 169 s to 17 Us (equivalent to Is 4.39 d to Is 4.5 d a lb., f. 0.0.,.0., New Zealand ports); market quiet. Cneese, white and coloured, 90s (.equivalent to 8.06 d a lb., f.0.b., New Zealand ports); market steadier.” Joseph Nathan and Company, from their nondon principals, Trengrouse and Nathan, Ltd.: ’Butter, i7os; market dull. Cheese, 905.” CANADA’S BUTTER IMPORTS 7198 TONS FROM N.Z. (Australian and N.Z. Press Association) (United Service) Reed. 9.5 a.m. OTTAWA, Thursday. Canada imported 7,198 tons 10 cwt. of New Zealand butter during 128. From Australia she imported 276 tons 15 cwt. so the Trade Minister, the Hon. J. Malcolm, announced in Farli ament. ' COMPANY REGISTRATIONS Three private companies were reeistered_ in Auckland yesterday. Details J. and W. White, Ltd. Objects* Purchase and carry on the business or tne Coventry Oarage, Newmarket. Capital, £4,000, m £1 shares. fciubscribers: W. White and J. White, 1 997 shares each; R Ferner. Rita White and Doreen White, 2 shares each. M. W. Frost (Invercargill), Ltd., dentists. Capital, £2,100, shares of £1 each. Subscribers: 11. W. Frost, 2,099 shares; fc>. L. R. Halliwell, 1 share. Art Brick, Constructions, Ltd., general merchants, builders and contractors. Subscribers: N. 11. Patterson, 100 shares; Helen Dutton, 95 shares; Winifred Bate, 5 shares. AUCTION NOTES Squirrell and Co. have been instructed by the sheriff of the Supreme Court, under writ of sale, to sell by auction, at the premises of Dominion Motors, Ltd., Albert Street, on Friday, March 8, at 10.30 a.m., one Stutz seven-passenger sedan motor-car. Richard Arthur, Ltd., will sell by public auction on Wednesday, March 6, at 1.30 p.m., in their salerooms, the Malvern Estate, including 20 good building sites, situated in Devonport, overlooking the racecourse and harbour, with frontages to Beach Road and Rungitoto Richard Arthur, Ltd., acting under instructions from T. B. Stewart, Esq., will offer by auction the remaining sections in his estate, with frontages to Stewart Road and Hendon Avenue, only a few minutes from New North Road, on Wednesday, March 6, at 2 p.m., at their salesrooms. Also for the same vendor, two residences and one section, situated in Mount Albert, at the corner of Mount Albert and Buekland’s Roads. TRANSPORT BOARD HAS DEMONSTRATION BUS RIDE Several members of the Transport Board, including the chairman, Mr. J. A. C. Allum, were given a demon- ■ stration of the latest motor-bus on the market yesterday afternoon. The truck, a latest model Stewart, 29-seater, is equipped with all the latest accessories, including luggage racks and indicator. There is a smoking compartment at the back, separate from the non-smoking compartment. The body is of panelled aluminium, a saving of 2cwt in the weight of the bus. Asked his opinion of the bus after the trial run, Mr. Allum said that it was purely a demonstration, the firm concerned, Trucks, Ltd., having expressed a desire for the board to see the advance in motor-bus transport.

Cloainjr a uo tat Ion* i at to-day'a mid < day - . Sellers. Buyers. ' ‘\e& * " - • £ £ s. BANKS— Australian of Com. 1 Australasia 15 Com. of Australia • 1 ft Ditto (pref. | > .. . . r.ngr*. Scot, and Aust. 8 18 ft Nat. of New Zealand Nat. of Australasia (con.) ft 3 f New South Wales 51 5 0 5ft 10 ft Ditto (D mort.) .. 1 S ft New Zealand .. ft Union of Australia 15 10 0 15 7 b INSURANCE— A FA 0 $ 10 0 8 10 National .. .. .. — 0 36 1 New' Zealand .• .. 7 6 6 0 Queensland .. . • .. 1) 0 3 7 6 {South British .. •• — 3 5 0 LOAN AND AGENCY— Abraham and Willnms (pref.) .. .. _ 4 7 6 .Dnlgety and Co. .. 15 30 0 farmers’ Co-op. Auc. 15 0 Ditto A (pref.) .. ft 17 3 1 loldsbrough, Mort . 13 0 12 Newton King (pref.) 0 8 6 N.Z. & River Plate i 14 9 1 13 3 N.Z. Gua. Corp. 0 8 11 3 1 27 0 0 Ditto (pret.) . . .. 80 0 0 N. Auck. Farmers’ Co-op (B pref.) .. 0 12 .0 0 s 0 COAL— (pref.) .. 0 7 5 6 4 0 Ditto A (.pref.) .. 0 1 6 10 ft 6 Renown .. .. •• .. 0 17 0 ft 1( 0 Ditto (pref.) .. .. 0 1 11 Ta uoiri . . . . •. .. 1 Ditto (prof.) .. .. 1 Wat pa 0 12 6 Westport West port-Stockton. ° - ° GAS— Auckland •«. •« 1 4 S 1 4 6 Ditto (con.) . • •. 0 IS 0 17 10 Gisborne 0 6 5’hamcs .. •• •• •• 0 10 0 — SHIPPING— Devon port Steam •• 1 4 3 1 4 0 Howard Smith .. 1 7 ft 7 0 Northern Steam (t 14 0 14 4 Ditto (con.) .. .. 0 0 6 10 T». «Sr O. (def. stk.) 5 Union Steam (pref.) 1 1 0 1 0 6 TIMBER— Bartholomew .. 0 18 0 Kauri Timber .. .. ft 17 6 Leyland-O’Brien 1 3 4 ft National > • ft 0 5 — Parker-Lamb *. 0 10 0 — WOOLLEN— Kaiapoi .. •• 0 15 3 0 34i 3 Ditto (con.) .. 3 Ditto (pref. ) .. .. — l) 3a ft Wellington (pref.) — 0 7 6 BREWERIES — C- L. Innes .. .. .. — ft 3ft ft Ditto (pref.) .. .. — 1 ft N-Z. Breweries ... 2 IS 0 2 17 6 MISCELLANEOUS— Auck. Amuse. Park ft 4 0 . Ditto ( pref.) . . . . ft 16 ft — A. J. Entrican (ord.) 0 17 0 Australian Iron 1 ft 4 Australian Glass • 3ft ft 0 British Tobacco 0 0 2 S 3 Burns, Philp .. •• — 2 s 0

call were:— Sellers Buyers. Bycroft, Ltd Checker Taxicab 0 8 Colonial Sugar .4 59 0 Dominion Pictures . Ditto (pref.) .. . . Donaghy’s Rope 23 Electrolytic Zinc (ex div.}, (ord.) .. 1 15 ft Ditto (.pref.) 1 17 0 l 0 Farmers’ Trading . 0 0 0 Ditto (A pref.) 0 1 l 0 Ditto ( B pref. f Fuller’s Pictures .. 1 1 n 1 0 0 Gear Meat 4 0 Grey and Menzies . 0 Hayward’s Pictures 1 1 0 Henry Jones Co-op. 1 17 H.M Arcade Theatre Ditto (pref.) .. .. 1 1 Holden’s Motors Lewis Eady (pref.). 0 19 3 Milne and Choyce .. 1 6 Ditto (pref.) .. .. 1 6 0 Ditto B (pref.) .. 1 6 0 Ditto (deb. stock) 1 6 0 N.Z. Farmers' Pert. 1 0 Perdrlau Rubber .. 1 19 0 1 17 0 Ditto (10s paid) . . l 7 0 Robinson Ice Cream Sanford, Ltd 0 18 ft 0 17 0 Ditto (pref.) . * .. 1 0 6 0 19 0 Sharland and Co. .. 1 0 4 Ditto (pref.) 1 0 6 S. R. Maxwell 0 10 0 0 4 0 Taranaki Oilfields . . 0 8 Thames Theatre Tonson Garlick 0 s 6 Union Oil* .. .. .. 0 6 Victoria Nyanza Sugar (ex div.) .. 3 0 ■V hittome Stevenson ft n 4 0 Wilsons Cement .. 2 0 3 1 19 0 MINING— Alburnia (2s 6d pd.) . . 0 0 5> Lucky Shot (4s pd) 0 0 Ditto (con.) .. .. 0 1 1 Maoriland (con.) .. 0 0 Occidental - Una (2s paid) 0 0 Ditto (con.) .. .. 0 0 0 0 15 Ohinemuri (ord.) .. 0 s 8 Waihi 0 13 0 13 0 Waihi Grand June. . 0 1 0 Mount Lyell 2 4 8 r. Kuala Kampar Tin 0 15 3 0 15 0 DEBENTURES— Auckland Gas, 1932, 5 per cent 94 0 o Ditto, 1935, 63 p.c. 103 0 0 Auckland tlarb Bd. 5 p.c 99 0 0 Ditto, 5$ p.c. 99 0 0 Ditto, 5i p.c. 100 0 0 Ditto, 6 p.c. 103 0 0 City of Auckland, 1940 5* p.c 99 0 0 Bor. of Devonport, 6 p.c 103 0 0 Ditto, 4i p.c 92 10 0 Bor. M t. Eden, 53 103 10 0 102 10 0 Ditto, 6 p.c 103 0 0 Bor. of Hamilton, 6 102 0 0 N.Z. Breweries 1 6 4 1 6 l GOVERNMENT BONDS — War Loan. 1938, 4i 100 0 0 99 15 0 Ditto, 1939, 4} p.c. 99 o Ditto, 1933, 51 p.c. 101 0 0 Ditto, 1936, 5} p.c. — 101 10 0 INSCRIBED STOCK War Loan, 1938, 4} 99 15 0 Ditto, 1939, 4) p.c. — 99 15 0 Ditto 1927-41, 5i 99 0 Ditto, 1933, 5i p.c. 101 0 0 Ditto, 1936, 5i p.c. — 101 10 0

Halfbred— 56's to 5S’s d to d 195 Extra Fine Crossbred— Super 1 6 J Average 15 Inferior 13 to 14 Fine Crossbred— Super 16 Average 14 Inferior 11 to loi Medium Crossbred— Super 15 16 Average 13£ Inferior .. Coarse Crossbred Super 33 J to 14 J Average ii a 13 Inferior 11 to 12 Low Crossbred— Super 12 to 3 32 Average 10i to 121 Inferior 9 to 10 Ho&gets— 4S’s to 50’s .. .. .. 1 6 to IS Fine 1 4 to 1 6i Medium 13 to 1 5 j Coarse and low .. .. Hi to 3.3 Lambs— Fine IS to 225 Medium .. 16 to 1V4 Seedy and inferior 6 to 12 Bellies and Pieces— Crossbred — Good to super .. 31 to 14 Low to medium .. .. S to 10i Crutchings— Medium to good . . . . ioi to 1-5 Inferior and seedy . . to 10 Locks — Crossbred 6 to 14