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Gisborne Times, Volume XXXV, Issue 3829, 12 May 1913, Page 2

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STOCKS AND SHARES. AUCKLAND EXCHANGE. [BY TEBEGEAPII—SPECIAL COBBESPONDENT' : | AUCKLAND, May 10. , Sales:—Waihi, 375. 37s 3d; June-: tion, 17s; Ross, 6s 6d. Following are!

WELLINGTON PRICES. WELLINGTON, May 10. Mr A. T. Rates (Mr W. Lissaut Clayton, local agent) reports: - Sales: Union Rank £59 15s, Union Steam (old issue) 4-ls, no wissue 425, Wellington Woollen (ord) 725, Wailii 37s 3d. Following arc closing quotations: Ranks—

LOCAL PRODUCE* MARKETS. Messrs Malcolm and Co. report: At the usual weekly produce sale on Saturday the following prices were realised: Roosters Is ckl to 2s 3d, hens Is 5d to 2s 7d, millets Is 8d to 2s 2d, ducks Is 6cl to 2s 2d, eggs 2s 7d to 2s 9d, bacon and ham 10a per lb., lnimaras l-gllb., onions 9s 6d per bag, potatoes 7s to 9s per owt., melons 6s to 12s per doz., quinces Id. Small vegetables as usual. Mr Geo. the following prices'-at liis auction sale on Saturday:—FoVds Is od to Is lid, ducks .: . : ~ M ; ■„

Is 5d to 2s, preserved eggs Is Id fresh 2s 6d, butter Is Id, citron melons Is Id each, pumpkins 4d to <d .tub, marrows 4d, kumarag lid, pickling onions 1-Jd, quinces Is to Is Gel, quarter case; rhubarb lOd bundla, potatoes 12s to 14s per sack. ' , Messrs Samson Bros., auctioneers, report the following prices at then sale on Saturday: Turkeys 7s 6d, ducks 2s. young pullets 2s 3d, liens 2s, potatoes (local) 12s par sack, best Southern 15s per <Hick, honey 4d par lb., eggs 3s per doz., preserved eggs Is 9d, small vegetables in good do mand at usual market rates.

HORSE SALE. Ab the Horse Bazaar, Lowe Street, on tS’aturday, .40 horses were yarded. Hacks sold from £5 10s to £l6, while harness horses sold from £7 to £ls There were no entries of draught l ). JEWELLERY SALE. There Was one of the largest sales held in Gisborne at Malcolm’s on Saturday, the commodious mart m(’ug filled to its utmost capacity. Every lino was cleared. In the words of a bystander it was the ‘'biggest he’d seen in Gisborne.

tile closing prices':—* Sellers. Buyers Wailii 37 6 37 3 Junction 17 3 17 0 Talisman ... 40 0 38 9 Ross... ’. ... 6 6 6 4; Waifitahi 1 11 1 8i Watchman 1 7 1 5 Sylvia 0 10 0 7. Crowns 0 11 0 S' New Wait-aia 1 2 1 0 Handsworth 0 2 0 1 ■

National Financial— 100 0 ■— Mercantile 10 4 . Trust 141 0 - — Gas— Christchurch 147 0 Feikling ... 20 0 Gisborne ... ... 43 0 Well’n (1st) 312 G 322 G do (oret) 20 3 20 8 Miscellaneous— N.Z. Insurance ... 100 0 Union Steam (old) 43 9 1 do (new) ... ... 42 0 Mosgiel Woll’n — 72 0 Mining— Sylvia 7 Waihi Junction 37 0 37 6 Ross ' ... 6 6 6 9 Talisman ... ... 38 9 39 G Oils— Waitangi 0 3 ’ ! f Taranaki 13 0