Late Commercial— PRICES AT WESTFIELD

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 646, 24 April 1929, Page 11

Late Commercial — PRICES AT WESTFIELD

easier rates for heavy CATTLE OTHER VALUES STAND Heavy cattle sold at slightly easier rates at the weekly Westfield fat stock market to-day. Other classes, however, showed no change in value, and, under keen competition by a big attendance of buyers, last week’s quotations were fully maintained. There was an excellent clearance. Alfred Buckland and Sons, Ltd., offered 434 head in the big pen. live fewer than the number at last Wednesday's sale. The offering comprised 261 steers and 183 cows and heifers. A price of £l6 17s 6d was secured for Mr. H. E. K. L. Wily, “The Falls,” Mauku, for steers. Mr. Thomas Bas-' ter, of Ponsonby Road, was the buyer. Mr. D. Bridson bought one heifer from Mr. C. Alma Baker for £ll 7s 6d. Quotations: — * Extra choice ox, to £L ISs a 1001 b: choice and prime ox, £1 Ids to £1 17s; secondary and plain ox, £1 12s to £1 14s; prime young cow and heifer beef, £1 12s to £i 14s; ordinary cow beef, £1 3s to £1 11s: extra heavy prime steers anged in price from £ls 17s 6d to £l6 17s 6d; heavy prime steers, £l4 10s to £ls 15s; lighter prime steers, £l3 to £l4 7s 6d; light prime steers, £ll 10s to £l2 17s 6d:' small and unfinished steers, £8 to £ll 7s 6d; extra heavy prime young cows and heifers, £8 Ss to £ll 7s 6d; heavy prime cows and heifers, £9 5s to £lO 7s 6d; lighter prime cows and heifers, £7 15s to £0 2s 6d: other killable cows, £5 10s to £7 12s 6d. FIVE NEW COMPANIES AIRPLANE VENTURE Two public companies and throe private concerns were registered in Auckland yesterday. An interesting venture is a private company, Hamilton Airways, Limited, for the carrying of passengers and mail. The company will also import aircraft. All the subscribers are residents of Hamilton. Details are: PUBLIC COMPANIES Williams Rotary Engines Company, Eimlttd. Objects: To purchase or acquire letters patent applied for by Joseph Williams for inventions relating to rotary engines. Capital: £IO,OOO, in £1 shares. Subscribers: Joseph Wiliams, 5,100 shares; Arthur James ohackell, 50 shares; Matthew Wright, 15 snares; Thomasina Lizzelle Sanderson, 7 snares; Richard Chamien Esse 6 shares: Uumie Doyle and Richard Edward ->aden Matthews, 5 shares each. Empire Furriers, Limited, importers and ! n furs and skins. Capital: £14,000, in 10,000 ordinary shares of £1 eac “* and 4,000 preferential shares of £1 £? ch - Subscribers: James Rainey and Walter Shove, 2.500 shares each; William Wood Meek, Harold Ranfurly derrick and Albert Fuller - Ellis, 500 Shares each; Amy Fleming, 350 shares; Arthur James Grove, 100 shares. PRIVATE COMPANIES Hamilton Airways, Limited, carriers of Passengers and mail by airplane and UnPotters of aircraft. Capital: £I,OOO, in -1 shares. Subscribers; Reginald George [appenden, Walter John King, Martin Alexander Scott, Edward Newton Une, Stanley James Black more, Edwin \villiam Tappenden, Roy Kemp. Malcolm harles McGregor, all of Hamilton, 125 shares each. H. R. Burrett, Limited, land and agents. Capital: £I,OOO, in £1 •,'nares. : Herbert Roy Bur™tt, 975 shares; Eileen Burrett, 25 shares. Mizen and Company. Limited, auctioneers, land and commission agents. Capi£l,2oo in £1 shares. Subscribers: ' ep “ Joseph McGiven, of Te Awamutu, £>o. shares; Edward Ernest Mizen and daisy Bell-Irving Mizen, of Great Merhry Island, 300 shares each. SOUTHERN EXCHANGES TO-DAY’S SALES , Press Association Wellington.—Reported: Bank of New Zealand, 625; Hikurangi Coal (A pref.), oLJv Commercial Bank of Australia 30s 3d: National Mortgage, 85s. R '■"’Hstehureh.—On Change: Australian °* Commerce, 35s 9d (two parcels): Bank of Australia, 30s 3d. iv Commercial Bank of Sydney. £27 Staples Brewery, 45s 6d; British 47s Mount Lyell, 44s 3d (two r/ik ,)• Victoria Nyanza Sugar, £2 4s; nr*? a J t,pavva * Is l|d (two parcels). Re--lil , Government 51 per cent. Inched Stock, £99 10s. ouned »n.—Reported: Mount Lyell, 44s