TO-DAY’S QUOTATIONS

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 658, 9 May 1929, Page 10

TO-DAY’S QUOTATIONS

1 SOUTHERN EXCHANGES y YESTERDAY’S SALES Press Association Wellington.—National Bank of Auslialia (£lO paid), £1!) 15s; New Zealand Government. 4i per cent, bonds, 1941. £100; Auckland Gas, 24s 6d; HuddartTarker (pref). 21s; British Tobacco. 4.s Sd (two). Christchurch. —Australian Bank of Commerce. 36s 4d; Commercial Bank o( Australia. 30a 2d; English, Scottish and Australian Bank, £S 10s; Bank of New Zealand, 61s 9d, 61s lOd; National Insurance (cum div), 16s Sd; Goldsbrough, iJlort, 53s 6d; National Mortgage, Sss; New Zealand Refrigerating (£1 paid), ISs Id; New Zealand Refrigerating (10s paid), 7s lOd; Kaiapoi Woollen (7s paid), 4s lOd; Westport Coal. 32s Sd: New Zealand Breweries, 64s 3d. 64s 4d; Staples' Brewery. 43s lid; Beath and Cc., 30s 6d; British Tobacco. 47s 7d: Mount Lyell, 44s 7d; Mahakipawa. Is id; Dalgety and Co. (rum div). £ls 14s 6d; Mount I.yell. 41s Sid. Dunedin.—Kildare, 3s lid (three). 4s (two). GISBORNE GAS CO. The annual report of the directors of the Gisborne Gas Company shows a balance of £3,306 available for distribution, lrom which a dividend of 6d a share, absorbing £1,335. is recommended. The sum of £471 has been placed to reserve account, and £1,500 has been carried forward. The dividend for the year, including an interim dividend of 6d a share previously paid, is Is a share, or 5 per cent. UNION SOAP DIVIDEND An interim dividend of f»d n share has b*en declared by the I'nion Oil. and Candle Company, Ltd.

Closing Quotatoins at to-day's mid-day call were:—

LONDON MEAT MARKET RETAIL QUOTATIONS The New Zealand Meat Producers’ Board has been advised by its London manager that the following retail prices were quoted for New Zealand lamb and mutton retailed in London on May 3:— New Zealand Lamb.—legs, 15d a lb; shoulders, 14d: loins, 13d; necks, Sd; breasts, sd. New Zealand mutton (wether): Legs, lid: shoulders, lOd; loins, 10d; necks, 7d; breasts, 4d. LONDON WOOL SALES FULL RATES MAINTAINED (Australian and N.Z. Press Association) Reed. 0.40 a.m. LONDON, Wednesdav. At the wool sales. 10,689 bales were offered, of which 4,186 were New Zealand. There was an excellent selection of Merinos, which cleared well, and a large offering of New Zealand slipes and seoureds. There was a good tone, all sections operating freely at full rates. There were hut few withdrawals. New Zealands: Waihi, 17|d top price, 16id average; Candmacl, 16d, 15£d. WOOL SALES AT SYDNEY SYDNEY, Wednesday. At the Sydney wool sales to-day 10,725 bales were sold. The market was unchanged. Greasy Merino sold to 21 id: comebacks. 19Jd;! crossbreds, 17id. The selection was below the average. The sales have concluded till June. CHICAGO WHEAT MARKET ' Australia n end N.Z. Press Association) Reed. 9.5 a.m. CHICAGO, Wednesday. Wheat.—May, 1 dollar 63 cents a bushel; .fuiy. 1 dollar Ilf cents: September. l dollar 1 - " an 's: December, 1 dollar 10 i cents.

Buyers Seller s. BANKS— £ s. d. JZ s. d. A ust. of Commerce 1 16 0 — ft 14 13 0 14 3 5 «'om. of Australia . 1 10 0 1 10 Ditto (pref.) .. 7 7 11 (t :ngr., Scot.. & Aus. 0 7 Xat. of Australasia l‘J 15 6 Ditto (con.) .. 0 b New South Wales. .Vpw Zealand Union of Australia. INSURANCE— 0 10 0 6 5 o 16 6 - 7 Queensland — J* South British .. - • ° * DOAN AND AGENCY— Abraham and \\ llliams (pref.) .. • • ~~z New ton King (pref.) 0 0 X.z. Loan & Merc. 125 0 l2i) Ditto (pref.) . . - - N Auck. Farmers 6 0 " _ Ditto CB pref.) .. COAL 1 3 Grey Valley .. * • 6 Pukemiro -• • ••• A 6 Renown •• •• • * Ditto (pre::.) .. •. Taupiri .. .... Ditto (pref.) 1 « 1 3 0 11 0 6 1 0 7 12 ft Westport - Westport-Stockton 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 4 Ditto (pref.) >- GAS— Auckland .. ►« *• * 1 4 0 IB 4 1 4 6 Ditto (con.) • • 0 13 6 Gisborne •« •* SHIPPING— Dev or. port Ferry .« — 1 4 3 Howard Smith .. «» VJuddart-Parker . .. Northern Steam Ditto (con.) ....... Union Steam (pref.) TIMBER— Kauri Timber . — 0 IS 6 0 10 14 0 1 ‘ 6 Ueyland-O Brien National * *• 0 5 0 0 0 ft » Parker-Lamb • * -• — tVOOLLEN— n 13 s 0 14 3 Ditto (con.) .. • • Ditto (pref.) .... 0 15 6 0 17 0 breweries — C. L. Innes (pref.) 1 o 0 — N.Z. Breweries ... MISCELLANEOUS— Adair Bros 0 18 0 _ Auck. Amuse. Park — 0 13 0 Aust. Iron and Steel (pref.) .. •• - * Booth. Macdonald 1 0 6 1 1 6 Ditto (pref.) .. .. 0 3 0 —

Buyers Sellers British Tobacco .... 2 7 (S 2 S 0 Bycroft, Ltd 1 14 Dominion Pictures . 1 0 6 Ditto (pref.) . . . - 1 0 Donaghy's Rope Dunlop Rubber .. .. Electrolytic Zinc 1 16 Farmers’ Trading .. Ditto A (pref) .. Ditto B (pref.) .. < Jrey and Menzies . . Henry Jones Co-op. H.M. Arcade Theati 1 1 N.Z. Drug - 13 6 Lewis Eady (pref.) Milne and Choyce . . Ditto (pref.) .. .. 9 — Ditto (deb. stk) . 1 Farmers’ Fertiliser . •-> 6 N.Z. Refrigerating . — 1 0 17 Taranaki Oilfields . Tonson Garlick .. .. Victoria Nyanza Sugar — 2 5 Whittome Stevenson Wilsons Cement .. 0 ° MINING— Alburnia (2s Sd pd.) ft 1 2 ft 1 10 Moanataiari (paid; Ditto (con) . - . . paid) 0 3 Waihi ft 13 ft 0 10 Mount Lyell 2 4 6 «> 0 DEBENTURES — Auckland Gas. 1932. 5 p.c 0 103 0 99 0 100 10 101 10 103 0 0 105 0 0 City of Auckland, 1040, 5* p.c 99 0 0 100 10 Ditto. 1936, 5 p.c. 97 6 p.c 1Q2 ft ft 104 ft 0 103 Booth-Macdonald 63. 99 N.Z. Breweries .. .. 1 6 Gisborne Sheepfarmers — GOVERNMENT BONDS — War Loan, 1938, 44 99 15 ft 100 ft ft Ditto, 1939, p.c. 99 15 Ditto, 1941, 4$ p.c. 99 10 Ditto, 193:;, 5} p.c. 99 Ditto, 1933, o 1 p.c. 101 - INSCRIBED STOCK — War Loan. 1938, 4 4 99 12 6 100 0 ft Ditto, 1939, 4i p.c. 12 6 100 0 Ditto, 1933, 54 p.c. 99 0 —