COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 970, 10 November 1910, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

HOUSEHOLDERS'" BISKS! 'In a leaflet issued in England, the Royal Exchange Assurance callß special attention to tho risk run by householders of having to meet olaims by the general public for accidents of various kinds. \ There are.instanced falling.Ttrees. defective- gratings;, dustbins* ;and ,jddg >bites, and . protection is offered for" 2s/ 6d. to the £au rent man, while his Neighbour who pays up. to £100 is charged ss. If the dog bite may be taken as a keynote, it would appear as if the half-crown would cover such a vast array of disasters that the policies should be in great demand. The riding h'orse, who.kicks or bites or bolts; the boy who sends his tipcat with unerring aim into the pedestrian's eye, or the girl who brings him down with her skipping rope;, the nursery • maid" who drops a banana -peeKon thepavement or who grazes the policeman's shins with the perambulator wheel, r&ay apparently all Sursuo their, various activities vmuout ringing a penny of loss to the householder s pocket, if at the cost of r» single coin he has bound the Royal Exchange to stand between him and the various sufferers. Perhaps wo are overestimating the, range of the policy, but it is evidently •a good one, in any. eveilt.

. Customs . revenue collected at the DOrt of.' Wellington yesterday amounted to £853 .Iβ. 3d. - • . '

.'.•■'■- V WELLINGTON -' MAEKETS. /.Messrs. Laery.and Co., Ltd., Wellington, report ■ wholesale, pricee ruling on .- the markets;— Wheat, fowl, 3s. Bd. to 3s. 9d.; feed oats, 2s.'6d. to 2s. Bd.: Dun oats. 2a. Bd. ;to2s. 9d.; seed oats. 2s. 10d:'to'.3s.; Algerian oats,'2s. 9d.'to\3s.;.. maize", 3s. 3d. to 3b. 5d,;- crushed' inalt, 75.; -fowl: barley, 2s. %'.; Oape barley seedr.SslV.Jlp'ur, Now Zealand.. £9 55.-5-- to £9--15s.;"f>-peas. Bnlit, £18;::: : partridße-.-peas, • ; -ss." i 3d. per bushel;.-boneoust, .15 V,lss.';;. superphosphates. £s'to: £5-ss. ; r basic slag, £4 10s.; pollard, £6; bran,.£s;:pigmea!, £s.per ton; pearl barley, 155.; chaff, (datensheaf), £5 ss. to £5 10s.; potatoes, table, £11 to £12; seed, TJp-to-dates, £7 155.; onions, Victorian, £10 per ton; -molasses fodder, £5 ICe.; bacon (factory), sides 7}d., hams 9d., rolh BJd.; butter, prime bulk. 9d. 'to 9id.. Poultry: hens; 3s. 6d.; duoks, ss. to 6s. per ipair;. turkeys, gobblers,,, JBs to 2Ce., hens -10si to 145.; fresh eeeh- iOd.-per dozen;' cheeEe, 5Jd. lb.: Akaroa-rnijrchine-dressed cocksfoot, BJd. to 9d'. per lb.; farmers' dressed cocksfoot, 6d. per lb. ."'ryegrass. 4s. 6d. per bushel; Italian ryegrass, 4s. to 4s. 4d. per bushel; white clover, 105s. per cwt.

DEBENTURES. By Telegraph—Press Association—Oopyriehl. London, November 8. -Mortgage, £100 10s.; Dalgety's shares, buyers £5 155., sellers £6 ss.;"debentureV;£?9.'to. div.); Amsterdam, GoMsbrbugh, Mort.'.and Co.'b debentures, £98."'" ■■■ •- ■•■-■■ . SILVEE.N ~: I By Telegraph—Press Associatioh-OoTyright. _..--■ London, November 8. Silver is qttoted at 25Jd. 'per ounce stanuard. AMEBICAN ■ COEPEBI "STOOKB. ByTcUßraph-Eress.Associationr-Copyright. New-York, November 8. American stocks of copper total 159,262,000 THE' METAL'MAEKETS. ~ .'■ . . (Eec. November .9, 11 p.m.) . .... ■ London, .November 9. Copper-On spot, £57 13s. 9d. per ton: three months, £58 13s. 9d.; electrolytic, £59 17s. od. ' ' ; Lead.-£l3 2s. 6d. . BANKS MEAT COMPANY: ißy Telegraph.—Press Association.) Woodvllle, November 9. A general meeting of the debenture-hol-ders in the Banks Meat Company was held here yesterday. After a long dit-mssion on the balance-sheet, and the company's position, as the result of the cancellation of its slaughtering license by the Minister lor Agriculture, it was decided to adjourn the meeting until January next.