TO-DAY’S QUOTATIONS

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 982, 27 May 1930, Page 11

TO-DAY’S QUOTATIONS

Closing quotations at today’s midday call were;—

LONDON WOOL SALES Reed. 1t.3 am. LONDON, Monday. At the wool sales S.OS7 bales were offered. Including 1,942 from New Zealand. About 2,650 were sold. There was a small offering of greasy Merinos and a good selection of New Zealand wools, with a keen general competition. Prices were unchanged. New Zealand Glenada scoured combing 26 Jd; scoured halfbred combing 24d: best greasy crossbred, 2 4.9<U i-dipe, super, halfbred combing, 13id. Paieora halfbred lambs, 13£d: greasy crossbreds Puruatanga, 12d and Hid. WMK/SV, 123 d and 12£d; halfbred Hakataramea. 3 42d and 3 4£d. Bradford is quiet. Quota.tions are fully maintained. The shortage of tops is felt. PROPERTY SALES William A. Horne, Limited, will offer oy public: auction at. their auction rooms, •Horne’s Buildings, corner of High Street and Vulcan Lane, tomorrow, Wednesday, May 28, at noon, at the request of the mortgagee, 3,656*-acre farm, leasehold, situated at Awakcre. being a renewable *® ase from Wairiki District Maori Land board. The property is situated about 8 miles from Whakatane and a railway station adjoins the property. It is well fenced and watered. 2,000 acres in rough fee <L 800 acres lush, balance scrub. There bouses, 7 rooms and 5 rooms, «aW«. d - a u n Vn k fafr order. BheeP d ‘ P WOOL PRICES FIRM SYDNEY, Monday. At the wool sales the market was £Qual to the best rates of last week lor all descriptions. Fleece skirtings met with excellent general competiUop * and comebacks and crossbreds sold readily. Greasy Merino fleece made up to 22Ad. ~ The offerings totalled 10,005 bales, of which 9.401 oaies were sold. Also 1,101 bales Mere sold privately.

DAIRY PRODUCE SALES QUIET LONDON MARKETS 1 Reports received by agents in Auckland on the markets for New Zealand dairy produce in London are: A. 11. Turnbull and Company has re- • ceived the following cablegram from W. Weddel and Company, Limited, dated May 23:—Butter: New Zealand, ; salted, 3 27s to 130 s: unsalted, 138 sto 1465; Danish, 3 325. Market quiet. 1 Cheese: White, SOs to 81s; coloured, 86s to 87s. Market slow. Canadian: White, 100 s to 104 s; coloured, 102 s to r 105 s Joseph Nathan, Limited, has received the following cablegram from its London house: —Cheese: White, 7Ss; coloured. 84s. The market is weak. Amalgamated Dairies, Limited, has , received the following cablegram from t its London house, dated May 24: . Butter: Our official prices unchanged, 5 finest, 332 s. Danish, 132 s spot, 125 s • f.o.b. Deliveries: New Zealand, 874 I tons. Stock: 3 0,020 tons. Retails un- < changed. Cheese: White, SOs, coloured, -85 s to 80s. Market still quiet. Canadian, I c.i.f., 83s coloured. No white on offer, i Retail unchanged. ' Leonard and Son, Limited, has re- : ceived the following cablegram from A. C. Rowson, London, dated May 23: Butter: New Zealand, finest, 128 s; first grade, 1265. The demand is very slow and the market steady. The outlook is uncertain. Cheese: New Zealand. white, 795: coloured, 85s. The market is weak and the demand very slow. Prices are near bottom. Deliver- ; ies: New Zealand and Australian, 17.759 crates; Canadian, 1,899 boxes. Stock: New Zealand and Australian, 132.609 crates; Canadian, 96,147 boxes. PROFIT ON ’CHANGE Special to THE SUN DUNEDIN. Today. A net profit for the 3’ear of £3,214 j 19s 3d in the operations of the Dunedin h’tock Exchange is reported by ! the directors to the shareholders. The I balance from the previous year brings j this amount to £7,315 7s 3d. From this sum, an interim dividend jof £1,500 was paid last November. ; The directors now recommend the I payment of a dividend at the rate of | ir* "per cent, a year for the half-year i ended April 30. This will leave £4,315 ■ j 7s 3d to be carried forward.

Buyers. Sellers. .£ s. d. £ a. cL BANKS— Aust. of Commerce 1 4 1ft 1 9 A ustra Ja.'iH 12 4 ft Com. of Australia . b 1 1 1 S Ditto (con.), 5s prl 0 5 0 6 0 Ditto (pref.) .. .. 6 ft Kng., Scot. Aust. 6 S ft 11 ft National of X.Z. . . 0 S 0 Nat. of Australasia 0 NoV South tt ales . 39 39 10 ft Ne x Zealand .. 18 6 3 3 0 Ditto, D. Mortg. . i fi ft Union of Australia 11 7 0 — INSURANCE— National 0 14 ft ft 14 s New Zealand .. .. 3 9 0 Queensland 6 c; South British .. .. 2 ID 3 3 0 0 LOAN AND AGENCY— Goldsbrough, Mort . i 11 0 1 12 6 Nat. Mortgage . . . . If) 0 Newton King (pref.) Dom. Invest and — 0 14 0 Banking 1 ft ■3 Reliance Loan . . . . 1 Ditto (pref.) . . . 1 ft X.Z. and River Plate X. Ai.ck. Farmers’ l 9 o 1 10 6 Co-op. lord.) .. .. ft Ditto (pref.) .. .. 0 8 3 0 9 6 COAL— Hiktrrangi ft 1 0 0 Ditto (prefA 4 u Ditto (A pref.) .. 0 0 Pukemiro 10 ft Renown ft 1 Ditto, pref. <n. issu e) ft 10 Taupiri 1 4 1 h 6 Ditto (pref.) 1 At aipa 0 0 tVostport 1 32 0 tV estport-Stock ton GAS— 0 1 Auckland 3 4 3 Ditto (con.) .. 0 1( 7 0 IS 0 SHIPPING— Devonport Steam . Huddart-Parker 1 1 6 1 2 6 (pret.) 1 0 0 Northern Steam 0 1:5 Ditto (con.) . . . . 0 (I 0 It & O. (def. 5stk.) 14 0 Union Steam (pref.) 1 0 0 — TIMBER— Kauri Timber .. .. 0 12 6 0 14 ft Fa.rker-La.mb — 0 1ft Ta.upo Totara .. .. — 0 16 0 WOOLLEN— Kai&poi ft 1ft <; Ditto (con.) .... Ditto (pref.) . . 0 3 13 l — BREWERIES— C. L. Innen .. .. 1 1 0 Ditto (pref.) .. .. 1 1 0 X.Z Breweries 2 1 6 2 13 c MISCELLANEOUS— Australian Glass .. Aus:. Iron & Steel 3 1 ft 2 3 C (pref. i Booth, Macdonald 0 17 6 — (pref.) 0 3 6 0 0 0

Buyers. Seller*. £ d. £ d. British Tobacco i r, •> Burns, Philp .. .. Fa-terine Stock Fds. Colonial Sugar 40 Dominion Pictures . 1 0 Ditto (pref.) .. .. 1 Dunlop Perclriau . .. 0 14 Electrolytic Zinc (ord.) 1 4 0 1 0 Ditto (pref.) .. .. 1 6 6 1 8 !1 banners’ Trading .. 0 S 8 0 8 10 Ditto (A pref.) .. 0 16 Ditto B (pref.) 0 12 0 < tear Meat 1 17 0 6 Hamilton Theatres 0 Haywards Pictures. 0 Henry Jones .. Hill and Plummer .. 1 3 6 H.M. Arcade (pref.) 1 0 0 Milrie and Choyce (deb. stock) . . . . 1 6 6 National Pictures 0 13 X.Z. Farmers’ Pert. IS 9 N.Z. Ret rig 10 0 Ditto (con. ) 0 4 Robinson Ice Cream 1 6 Sanford, I Ad 0 14 n Ditto (pref.) . . . . 1 0 0 Taranaki Oil Fields 0 1 0 0 1 9 I nion Oil 1 16 0 \\ hittome, Stevensons J. 19 0 Wilsons Cement .. 2 4 0 — MINING— Alburn ia 0 0 1 0 0 Moanataiari (paid) . 0 0 9 0 1 0 Kawarau 0 0 Ducky Shot (4s paid) 0 1 0 W aihi 13 4 0 18 Waihi Grand Junct. 0 1 Mount Lyell .. .. .. 1 0 1 9 Kawang 0 4 6 ___ DEBENT LI RES-— Auck. Har. Bd., 51 P-o 96 0 n Ditto, 5£ p.c. 93 0 0 100 0 0 City of Auckland, 1936, hi p.c 96 0 0 97 10 0 Ditto, 1940, 5J p.c. 36 0 0 97 0 0 Bor. of Newmarket, 5S P-c 100 10 0 Bor. Nit.. Albert, 6 101 0 0 104 0 0 Bor. Mt. Eden, hi 100 0 0 Ditto, 5J p.c. 92 0 98 0 0 Booth-Macdonald .. 70 0 0 Gisborne Sheep86 0 0 Williamson Films . . 101 0 0 N.Z. Breweries 1 1 9 Glaxo 90 0 0 97 0 0 GOVERNMENT LOANS War Loan, 1930, 4J 99 0 0 Ditto, 193S, 4 p.c. 98 0 98 15 0 Dito, 1939, 4i p.c. 98 0 Ditto, 1 !'41, 4 } p.c. 15 Ditto, 1933. p.c. 0 Ditto, 1936, 5i p.c. 93 0 0 99 10 0 INSCRIBED STOCK War Loan, 1938, 4 h 98 5 n Ditto, 1939, 4i p.c. 98 h 0 Ditto, 1927-41, 54 95 10 0 97 0 0 Ditto, 1933, hh p.c. 99 0 0 Ditto, 1936, 54 p.c. 99 0 0 Ditto, 1932, 54 p.c. 98 0 0 —