TODAY'S QUOTATIONS

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 789, 9 October 1929, Page 10

TODAY'S QUOTATIONS

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

FRANKTON STOCK SALE

KEEN DEMAND FOR PIGS from (>ur Oictt Correspondent 11 A MILTON. Tuesday. A feature of the stock sale held at Vianktuii today was the advance in prices quoted for pigs, which were yarded in large numbers. Sheep and cattle were > aided in average numbers. The auctioneers report as follow: New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company. Limited.—Fat bullocks, »17 to £l7 13s; heavy fat cows, £ll 7s tfd to £l2 13s: lighter, £9 to £9 15s: light «ows, £5 6s to £6: fat wethers. 2Ss to :Us 3d: fat ewes, to 345: good hoggets, its 8d t<» 36s 6d; heavy baconers, £3 16s to £4 16s; lighter baconers and heavy porkers, t'2 17s to £3 10s; lighter porkers, £1 15s to £2 10s. Farmers' Co-operative Auctioneering Company, Limited.—A good yarding of all classes of cattle, sheep and pigs. Beef showed a slight decline <*n previous quotations. Sheep were easier, and pigs sold under keen competition throughout. Quotations: Prime heavy steers, £l6 3s to £l7 17s 6d: medium. £l4 5s to £ls 10s; light. £l2 to £l3 15s; heavy fat cows. £lO 15s to £l2 17s 6d; prime heifers. £lO 10s to £l2 ss: fat rows. £9 to 10 3s: light fat rows, £7 to £S 15s: forward-conditioned £5 os; boners. £2 5s to £3: yearling Jersey heifers. £5 15s to £6 17s; Jersey-cross heifers. £4 10s to £5 ss; yearling Jersey hulls, ft to £7: heavy baconers. £1 10s to £ t 17s: medium baconers. £5 16s to £4 2s. light baconers. £3 8s to £3 12s: heavy porkers. £2 17s to £3 ss; light porkers, £2 10s to £2 14s: good stores. £2 5s to * 3 10s; slips. 2Ss to 335; weaners. £1 to no*. Baconers averaged 7id to Sd a lb and porkers averaged O’d to 7cl. r»a Iget v and Company. Limited.—Fat cows. £lO 17s 6d to £ll 17s: lighter fat tows. £8 17s 6d to £U> 10s: light fat cows, -to 18 os: fat wethers, to 3Ss: fat ewes. io L’Vs 6d: hoegets. to 28 s; heavy baconers £4 2s tp £4 16s; lighter baconers and heavy po*keTs. £2 ISs to £3 12s: light porkers. £2 9s to £2 14s. HIGH PRICES FOR P.A. BULLS * Press Association DANNKVIRKE, Tuesday. The annual sale of pedigree Aberdeen Angus bulls and cows under the auspices of the Aberdeen Angus Preeders* Association took place at Dannevirke* today. Competition was fairly keen, but a number of cows were passed in*. The highest price realised was 100gns for the bull Prince of Mangamaim, hut another bull was passed in at MOgns. Other prices for bulls ranged 73gns down to 21gns.

AUCKLAND HIDE MARKET

LITTLE CHANGE IN PRICES Jhittle alteration on current rates was noted at the fortnightly hide and skin sales held by the Auckland Wool Brokers’ Association yesterday afternoon. The market for hides was slightly easier, but sheep skins were unchanged. Prices ranged as follow: Cow hides, light and medium. Gild to 7<i a lb: second quality, to Gd: cut, ."•id to Gd; faulty, 4£d to sd: ox hides, light, G2d to 7d; medium, 7£d to 7id: heavy. 7id to Sd; second quality, 6d to G.td: cut. 61d to 7d: kips, best grade, 7 3-Sd to 7Jd; seconds. .Gd to 63d; yearlings, best grade. 9id to 9£d; seconds. 7id to 7icl; calfskins, heavy, 91b to 301 b weight. 9Jd to 9id; best light. 3s 03d to Is Id: best medium, Is lid to Is 2d: light and medium, cut, 10id to 30:id; slippy, Sid to 9 .Id. Sheepskins, three-quarter to fullwoolled, medium to fine crossbred, 10Jd to lOlcl coarse crossbred, 91d to lOd; faulty, Sid to 83d damaged, Tic! to Sd: badly damaged and broken. 6ld to 7d; half-woolled. medium to fine crossbred. 10c! to 10 id; coarse crossbred, 9ld to 9+d: faulty, 7Jd to 71d: damaged. Gd to G£d: quarter to half-woolled, damaged. 5Ad to sj£d: lambskins, sound, 10id to lOld; faulty and seedy, Si-tl to 9d: damaged. 7£d to Sd; salted sheepskins, half to three-quarter woolled, large. IDs to 10s 4d each; medium, 8s 3d to 9s: light. 5s Gd to 6s; quarter to half-woolled. large. Gs 3d to Gs 9d: medium, 4s 9d to ss; light. 3s to 3s 9cl. Tallow, best mixed, in barrels, 28s Gd to 29s a cwt: second quality, 25s to 26s Gd; poor quality and gut-stained. 21s Gd to 22s Gd; in tins, good quality, 27s to 27s Gd: seconds, 25s to 265; horsehair, best tail, Is 9d to Is lOd a lb; mixed. Is Gd to Is Sd; shorts, lOd to Is 2d; mane, 9d to Old; bones, good dry, £5 10s to £5 15s a ton. WOOL SALES AT SYDNEY (United P.A. — By Telegraph — Copyright) SYDNEY, Tuesday. At the Sydney wool sales today 10,994 bales were sold. There was good competition from French. Russian, Japanese and German buyers. Prices wore on a par with the closing rates of last week. Greasy Merino sold to 17d. CHICAGO WHEAT MARKET Australian and X.Z. Press Association Reed. 3 0 a m. CHICAGO, Tuesday. Wheat —December. 1 dollar 3fi cents a bushel; March. J dollar 125 cents; May, 1 dollar 461 cents.

XJu vers. Sellers BANKS— £ s d. £ s d. A ust. of Commerce 1 1?. 0 1 34 ft Adelaide 10 0 Australasia 14 0 3 4 2 « 'em. of Australia . . 1 S [ 1 1 3 0 Ditto (new issue) 1 X 1 >itto ( pref.) . . . . 0 ft K ny;.. Soot. & Aust. 7 17 S 1 Nat. of N.Z a is ft Nat. of Australasia . 13 7 6 D.tto (con.) ft New South W ales 4S 5 New Zealand . . r> Ditto (D Mort.) 1 s 1 l nion. of Australia 14 12 3 4 10 0 INSURANCE— A.P.A. ft IS 3 National 0 16 0 1« L0 New Zealand .. 2 6 Queensland South British .... 3 3 I.OAN AND AGENCY — 0 Dalgety and Co. .. IS IS 0 34 2 6 Farmers’ Co-op. Auc. 4 o 0 I>i 11 o A (pref.) 0 IX Ditto < f» pref.) o 17 ft < toldsbrouKh. Mort . National Mort. Newton Kinsr .. ft Dit to < pref. > . . >'. A u ck. Fa rm e rs' « ’o*op. < ord.) . . . . Ditto (LI pref.) .. 0 11 — • OAL — «irey Valley — 1 3 6 Mik urarifc i Ditto (pref. ) . . .. Ditto A (pref.) .. 0 3 6 Renown 0 jr. ft O 16 6 Ditto < pref.) 0 3 o :: Ditto (new issue) Taupiri 1 f» Ditto (pref.) .. . - Viaipa W estport. M estport.-Stockton 6 Ditto (pref.) .. .. 0 4 — Cl AS— 1 4 S 1 4 ft Ditto (con.) .. .. 0 IS 2 0 IS 6 SHIPPING— Devon port Ferry .. 1 2 3 1 2 6 1!uddart-Parker Northern Steam 8 Vnion Steam (pref.) 1 0 3 — TIMBER— Kauri Timber .. .. — ft IS 0 .I.evland-O Brien 1 12 6 National ft S 0 ft rarker-Lamb .. .. — 0 17 0 WOOLLENKalapol 0 11 3 0 is 6 AV ellington Ditto (pref.) .. .. BREWERIES— 7 0 (D. In ties 1 ft Ditto ( pref.) . . . . ] o N.Z. Breweries 4 *1 .1 Staples 2 1 1 0 Ward 0 12

Rn yei s Sellers. £ s d £ s d MISCELLA XEOL' S— Auck. Amuse. Park — 0 2 0 Australian Glass — Id t> Aust. Iron and Steel (pref.) 1. 0 British Tobacco Burns, Philp — » 'olonial Sugar 34 Dental Supply .. .. 0 7 Dominion Pictures . 1 6 Ditto, (pref.) I 0 6 electrolytic Zinc lord.) 1 15 Ditto (pref. > .. .. 1 15 6 Fanners’ Trading: . Ditto B (pret.) .. 0 13 0 15 Gear Meat . .. .. 2 3 Grev and Menzies . 0 10 G Hamilton Theatres . 0 10 Hayward’s Pictures 10 Henry Jones Co-op. TT.M. Arcade (pref. » 1 N.Z. Durg 15 Lewis Eady (pref. i Milne and Choyce Deb. Stock .. . . L 6 .Morris* Itedstrom 1 X.Z. Farmers’ Fe*t. 1 1 3 X.Z. Paper Mills . . 1 X.Z. Refrigerating- . 12 Ditto (con.» . . . . Northern Boot . . . . Robinson Toe Cream I 4 6 Sanford, Ltd Ditto (pref.) .. .. 1 Taranaki Oilfields.. 4 Thames Theatre .. 0 1 1 • Whittome StevensOn | Wilsons Cement 2 2 ! MINING— Alburnia (2s 1 Od pd.) 0 0 4 0 1 1 1 Aloanataiari (paid; . 0 Ditto (con.) .. Lucky Shot (4s pd. > 1 >itto (con.) Ohinemuri <ord.) • • S 0 Ditto (pref.) . . • . Waihi 0 13 ! Waihi Grand June. 1 0 Mount Lyell Kuala Kant par Tin . 0 12 0 DEBENTURES — Auckland Gas. 1332. j 5 per cent 96 0 0 ' Auckland. Mar. Bd.. j 5$ per cent 00 0 n 100 Ditto, 5£ p.c. 101 0 0 102 0 0 Auck. Fire Board, 6 103 104 0 0 ; X.Z. Breweries .. .. J. S 6 1 0 0 j Gisborne Sheepfarmers’ — 100 0 0 1 GOVERNMENT BONDS - War Loan. 1030, 4J 00 R 0 1 Ditto, 193S. ib p.c. 100 0 i Ditto. 1939. 4} p.c. 100 0 0 Ditto. 194 1. <4 b-c. 100 0 0 Ditto, 1936, 5} p.c. 101 ° 0 — INSCRIBED STOCK i War Loan. 193$. 4i 100 5 0 too 10 0 Ditto. 1030. 4* p.c. 100 0 Ditto, 1027-4 1, 51 00 10 — Ditto, 1033., 5J p.c. 101 0 0 Ditto, 1936, 5i p.c. 101 5 0 —