TODAY’S QUOTATIONS

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 771, 18 September 1929, Page 10

TODAY’S QUOTATIONS

Closing quotations at today's mid-day call were:—

LONDON METAL MARKETS ULuatralian and N.Z. Press Association) LONDON, Monday. tQuotations on September 12 in parentheses) Copper.—Spot, £75 3s lid (£76 15s); three months, £75 10s “id (£77 ss). Electrolytic Copper.—Spot, £B4 10s C£ 8 4 10s); three months, £BS (£BS). Wire Bars.— £BS t£S5). Lead.—Spot, £23 8s 9d (£23 10s); three months, £23 12s 6d (£23 13s 9d.). Spelter.—Spot. £24 6s 3d ( £24 3s 9d); three months, £24 16s IOJd (£24 15s). Tin.—Spot, £205 13s 9d (£204 31s 3d); three months, £209 13s 9d (£2OB Us 3d). Silver Standard. 23 9-16 d (23 7-Sd) an ©z.; fine, 25 7-16 d (25id). BARTHOLOMEW TIMBER CO. A net profit, after making the usual provisions of £4,050 is shown in the annual report cf the Barthoiomew X.and and Timber Company for the year ended July ,11. To tllis amount is added £757 carried forward from last year. The interim dividend absorbed £7.000. leaving £2,807 available for distribution. Tiie directors reconi* mend a further dividend at the rate of 4 per cent., making S per cent, for the yoar. The report expresses the conJidenco of the directors that considerable savings in administration will be affected by the recent amalgamation v\ aikato milling interests. CHICAGO WHEAT MARKET A u*traliati and N.Z. Press Association) Kecd. 9 a.m. CHICAGO, Tuesday. Wheat.—September, 1 dollar 31 3-8 nts a bushel; December, 1 dollar 39j cents; March, l dollar 45J cents; May, 1 dollar 49 £ cents.

SYDNEY WOOL SALES MARKET FIRM AT LATE RATES (United P.A.—By Telegraph — Copyright) SYDNEY, Tuesday. At the Sydney wool sales today, 13,684 bales were sold. The market for best descriptions was firm at late rates, but there were no improvements in prices. Faulty greasy Merino sold to 18£d. FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES British Official Wireless Reed. 10.45 a.m. RUGBY, Tuesday. The following rates on foreign exchanges are current today, compared with those of September 12 and par:— Sept. 17 Sept. 12 Par.

MINING NEWS Messrs. Richard Arthur, Ltd., will sell by public auction at the salerooms. Upper Queen Street, opposite Town Hall, on Thursday, September 19, at 2 p.m., a valuable Queen Street freehold, immediatelv opposite the site of the new railway station. The property has a frontage of o2ft and is 120 ft deep. To close partnership accounts, city and suburban revenue-producing free- I holds situated in Mount Eden, Parnell Morningside and Avondale will be sold : by public auction on Friday. August 30. | at 2.30 p.m.. by Messrs. Richard Arthur, Ltd., in conjunction with IT. It. Burrett i Ltd The sale will be held at Richard | Arthur. Ltd. s. salerooms.

,r Buyers. SeUe r*. £ s. d d. 3* A XKSAust. of Commerce 1 13 Australasia 14 11 0 1 11 1 Ditto (pref.) .. . . 0 0 Rational of N.Z. . . 6 17 6 JN'ar. of Australasia _ (eon.) 9 0 New South Wales . . N>w Zealand 6 1 0 Union of Australia la 0 0 15 6 1-VSURA.NCE-AP.A National 0 IS 6 0 17 0 New Zealand •• .. 7 G S 0 South British .. .. — 3 7 0 LOAN AND AGENCY— Abraham & Williams (pref.) 4 S 0 4 13 0 -Dalgety and Co. . . 15 6 1 ai mers’ Co-op. Auc. 4 0 0 0 1 Ditto (A pref.) .. 1 1 0 Ditto (B pref.) .. 0 17 0 Cloldsbrougli, Mort. 2 6 Newton Kins: .. -. 0 1 6 Ditto (pref.) .. .. 0 13 0 0 13 0 N.Z. and River Plate 1 10 0 N.Z. (Juar. < 'orp. . . 0 9 7 N.Z. Roan A: Mere. 124 10 0 127 0 0 Ditto (pref.) .. .. SI 0 0 N. Auck. armers’ Co-op. (ord.) .. .. 0 2 G 0 3 4 COAL1 Orey Valley .. i 9 1 10 0 > i-fikuransi 0 1 it Ditto (pref.) .. .. 0 4 it [>itto (A pref.) .. 0 2 9 0 G It Pukemiro la 0 18 0 Renown 0 12 0 IB Ditto (pref.) .. .. 0 11 0 2 d aupiri 1 X 1 9 Ditto (pref.) .. .. 1 2 G W itipa . . u 12 0 15 0 i t s.tport L 12 i> 1 la 0 .*W estport-Stoekton . 0 2 .— Ditto (pref.) .. .. 0 4 6 — Gas— Auckland 1 4 fi 1 4 8 Ditto (con.) .. .. 0 IS 0 0 IS G SIIIPPIN G— iDevonport Steam .. 1 1 3 1 2 G Rtuddart-Parker .. 5 0 6 0 Ditto (pref.) .. .. 1 1 0 Northern Steam 14 0 15 0 Ditto (con.) .. .. 0 6 « 0 G 10 T’. «fc O. (def. stek.) 17 0 Union Steam (pref.) 1 0 9 — (LUMBERKauri Timber .. .. 0 IS 3 National 0 G 0 0 Parker-Lamb* •• — 0 17 9 WOOLLENKafapoi — 0 14 0 Ditto (eon.) •• .. -—- 0 5 0 !XVellln*;ton .. «. .. — 1 0 0 BREWERIESC. L. Innes .. 1 1 0 Ditto (pref.) .. .. 1 1 6 N.Z. Breweries .. 4 10 4 11 0 J. Staples 2 12 6 2 14 G MISCELLANEOUS— Auck. Amuse. Park _. 0 2 0 Aust Iron and Steel <pref.) 1 1 10 1 2 3

British Tobacco Colonial Sugar Dominion Pictures Ditto (pref.) .. Dunlop 'Rubber .. Electrolytic Zinc Buyers. Seller*. £ s a £ s d 2 9 0 2 10 0 57 5 0 5S 10 0 10 6 — 1 S 6 13 3 Ditto (pref.) .. Farmers' Trading Ditto A (pref.) Ditto B (pref.) Fullers* Pictures 1 16 6 — 0 17 3 0 ID 0 9 o°lo* 0° Hayward’s Picture Henry Jones Co-or H.M. Arcade (prer. Lewis Eady (ord) Ditto (pref.) .. Milne and Choyce Ditto (pref.) .. Ditto (B pref.) Ditto (deb. stocl Morris Iledstrom Ditto (pref.) .. N.Z. Farmers’ Fer N.Z. Paper Mills N.Z. Refrigerating (con.) Robinson Ice Cream Sanford, Ltd. .. Ditto (pref.) .. Taranaki Oil .. Thames Theatre Whittome-Stevenso Wilsons Cement MINING— 1 13 0 1 15 0 ) 1 1 0 — 12 0 — — 10 0 16 0 — . 16 9 — 16 9 — 1 6 9 — : ill o 6 r : 1 - 4 1 5 5 0 6 8 — 16 9 15 0 : - °i 18 i 5 3 ; o il 8 0 - 6 — 2 10 0 2 3 6 2 4 0 Moanataiari (paid Ditto (con.) .. Lucky Shot (Is pd Ditto (con.) .. Ohinemuri (ord.) Ditto (pref.) .. : 0 ... 8 %l 4 > 0 0 9 0 1 6 : HI Waihi Grand Jun n i ii i Kuala Kampar Tin 0 13 0 0 13 6 DEBENTURES— Auckland Gas. 193Z, 6 per cent. .... #6 0 0 — Auckland Har. Bd., per cent 101 0 0 — City of Auckland, 1943, 5* p.c 101 0 0 — Auck. Hosp. Board, 5i per cent 100 0 0 — Bor. Mount Eden, 6 104 10 0 — N.Z. Breweries .... 1 10 4 r— Gisborne Sheepfarmers — 99 0 0 Hikurangi Coal, 10 p.c. — 105 0 0 GOVERNMENT BONDS— War Loan, 1930, 4 J 99 2 0 — Ditto. 1939, 4i p.c. 100 0 0 — Ditto. 1941 4i p.c. 100 0 0 — Ditto, 1933, 5* 101 10 0 — Ditto, 1936, 5i p.c. 101 10 0 — INSCRIBED STOCK— War Loan, 1938, 41 100 0 0 — Ditto. 1939, 41 .. 100 0 0 — Ditto, 1927-41, 51 99 10 0 — Ditto, 1933, 51 p.c. 101 0 0 — Ditto, 1936, 51 p.c. 101 10 0 —

Montreal, dol. 4.SSJ 4.88 4.866 New lork, dol. 4.S4 21-32 4.84 2332 4.866 Paris, fr 123.S55 123.875 124.21 Brussels, belga 34.89 34.875 35.00 Geneva, fr. 25.15 25.17 25.22 Amsterdam, fl. 12.09 12.095 12.107 Rome, lire . . . . 92.705 92.705 92.46 Berlin, r.m. . . 20.30 20.30 20.43 Stockholm, kr. IS.10 18.10 18.159 Oslo, kr 18.205 IS.205 18.159 Copenhagen, kr. 18.20 IS.21 18.159 A ienna, sch. .. 34.3 34.425 34.585 Prague, kr. 1633 SfA 24.02 Helsingfors, mk. 192 7-S 193.23 Madrid, pea. .. 32.805 32.875 25.22J Lisbon, esou. . . 108.20 10S.20 Athens, dr 375 375 375.00 Bukarest, lei. . . 817 SIT 23.22J Rio de .Ta n., mil. 5 7-S 5 7-S B. Ayres, dol. 47 4-7* 4 7 7-32 47.577 Calcutta, rupee 17 13-10 17 27-32 lSd Shanghai. tael 243 Hontr Kopg-. dol. 233 23 1-8 Yokohama, yen. 23 13-32 23 9-32 24.58d Batavia, fl. . . 12.125 ~ 12.107