COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1147, 7 June 1911, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

INVESTMENT SHAKES. ' There were sates yesterday of Meat Elport shares (£4 paid) at £5 55.. and Westport Coal at 295. 6d. Taranaki Petroleum shares arc offered at 17s. 6d.. and the best bid is 16s. 6d.. yet they appear to r.cll remarkably well in New Plymouth. Tho buying and eellins Quotations were as under.;— Buyers. Sellers £s.d. £s.d, National Bank 5 19 6 - Wellington Deposit 0 8 3 — Palmcrston Gas - 3 0 " South British Insurance 3 8 6 - Standard Insurance — 1 10 C Gear Meat.(£4) - „ '13 7 6 Meat Export (£4) 5 4 0 - Meat Export (525. 6d.) ... - 3 6 0 N.Z. Shipping — 11 15 0 Well. Steam Ferry (18s.) 0 13 6 0 16 0 Well. Woollen (ord.) - 4 2 0 Well. Woollen (pref.) 3 0 0 - Taupiri Conl 110 — VVestport Coal 19 3 19 6 D.I.C. preference 13 0 Miramar. Ltd - 0 2 6 Shnrland's preference ..: 14 0 — Taranaki Petroleum 016 6 0 17 6 Ward and Co 5 2 0 — Wilson's Cement 119 6* — *Ex dividend. Customs duties collected at the nort of Wellington yesterday amounted to £2109 Bs. 7d. TEADE IN ALLEN STREET. Fruit.-Thc Jlauroto arrived yesterday with transhipments of Cook Island frmts, ex Taluno. Tliaso comprised conges, bananas, and a few kumeras. Tnc llhmaroa is due from Sydney to-day with sunnlies of pa:«'on fruit, lemozs. mandarins, and pineapples. Sow Zealand apples, choice coloured dessert, range from bs. to 9s. per co.es, other varieties 6s. to 7s. 6d.; cooking varieties h.ive improved in value, prime green bsins worth 6s. bd. to 6s 6d. per case, with coqd quality at ss. A shipment of Tasmanian pears in half-cases realised from fe to 6s. td. Heavy supplies of South Australian lemons aro cominK forward, and tho market has an easier tendency. . Vesetables.-Ca.bbase3 aro m excellent demand, choico makins 6s. to Bs., and Rood 4s. to ss. Ed. Cauliflowers, choice wliito. arc wanted, and meet with ready sale at Bs. to 103. per sack. French beans are mo»tinE; with keen competition, up to .12-3. 6d. per half sack beinc obtained-at auction. Marrows aro worth from 2s. 6d. to is. per sack, pumpkins from 3«. 6d. to 4s. 6d. Kuraeras in 9in. crucs aro sellinz at 95.; carrots and parsnips range from 3s. to fe. per sack. Butter—Supplies axe exceedingly scarce, prime milled realising lid. to Hid. jw lb. Cheerio.—Best factory, medium size, M. to 6id.: loaf, 6Jd. to 6Jd. per lb. Esss.—Fresh cess are in excellent demand at 2s'.-per "dozen; preserved are dull of sale at Is. 2d. Bacon and hams aro in cood demanc!. Sides, 73d.; rolls and.ha,ms. BSd. per lb. Lard.' in bulk,' is worth 7Jd. p:r lb. Poultry.—Hens, 2s. 6d. to 3s. Ed. per pair; cockerels, 3s. to 4s. 6d.: ducks, 4s. 6d. to ss. 6(1.: turkey cobblers, 7d. to Bd. Ncr lb. live weight.; turkey hens, 6d. per lb. Oats continue firm. A Grade Garths, 2s. 6td. per bushel f.o.b. south; Sparrowbills, A" Grade, 2s. 6d. Fowls' wheat is in fair demand at Is. to 4s. Id. for primo whole, ex store, Wellington. Maize is without change, the current quotation being 3s. 2d. to 3s. 3d. per bushel. Chaff.—Prime quality is making £6 to £6 ss. per ton. iiluo peas continue scarce, tho quotation being 7s. to 7s. fid. per bushel. Flour is quoted at £8 10s. per ton f.o.b. south, less than the usual discount. Rice.—Flour meets with fair inrjury at £6 psr ton. Uice meal is in excellent demand at £5 per ton. Pota too*.—Good quality tubers aro soll•nc; at £5 to £5 tCs. per ton; seed potatoes. TJp-to-date, make £6. Onions continue iu hcaVy supply. Now Zealand-grown are offering: at 905., and Victorian at 955. FROZEN MEAT. (By Telegraph—Presn Association.) Chrlstchurch, June 6. The British New Zealand Co. has received tho followinc London cablegram:— Mutton, primo Canterbury. 3Jd. to 3 15-16 d.: North Island, 3!d. to 3Jd.; lamb, Canterbury, 4id. to m.; North Island, 4Jd. to 45d.; beef, hinds, 38.; fores, 25d. GEAIN AND PKODTJCE. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) Christohurch, Juno 6. The local grain t§tde, which has been so quiet of late, was rendered 6till more dull by the recent holidays, and there is nothing fresh to report. Farmers, are holding wheat firmly, and tho only trade in this cereal is between merchants. Tho oat market is very firm, and trade is in narrow limits in consequence of the scarcity of supplies. It is stated that Algerians for shipment to tho North Island aro being quoted at 2s. Id. f.o.b. Melbourne, which will. enable them to bo landed at a lower figure than from the South Island. The potato market is quiet, and there is very little- inquiry, except on the part of thoFC merchants who have contracts to fill this month; and they are paying up to 675. 6d. for suppl:«. according to distance from port, and other buyers aro only offering 653. HOTEL PROPERTY SALES. Messrs. Dwan Bros, report, having sold Mr. T. Lawlis.-.'s interest in the lense. goodwill, and furniture of the leading hotel in Wanganui (the Eutland) to Mr. George U'Donald, formerly o[ the Phoenix Hotel. Palmersion North; Mr. Robert J. Paul's interest iu the Masonic Hotel, Ttlcnheim, to Mr. 11. J. Kirkwood, of Stratford: tb? lease and goodwill of tho Provincial Hotel, Sanicr. to Mr. E. H'Ginty. of Wellington: Mr. William Young's interest in the Gladstone Hotel, Carterton, to Mr. \V. Butler, late of Sec'.don. Marlhoroneh: Mrs. Strout's interest in the Napier Hotel, Naniev. to Mr.-John Berryman, late of the Levin notch tho loaso of the Emniro . Hotel. Napier, to Mr. A. S"lln.rs. lato of the Clyde Quay TTotel. Wellington; the Governor Blacknll "fotel, Tonwoomba. Queensland, to Mr. J. O'Dri.icnll, well known sporting circles, and nlro formerly proprietor o5 tho Gvnsvenor Hotel, New Plymouth: Mr. Hurnvnn's interest in 'ho United Australia Hotol, Sydney, to Mr.. J. Foster, of Sydney. FEILDIKG MAKKET REPORT. Messrs. Atkinson and Co., Ltd., of Feilding, sold on Friday last some 250 head of poultry at cuol.-iHons. Good li<?!if. porkers mad? to £1. Litt!o etea of quality was forward. , Potatoes wore rather cn?i»r in value. Onions s.old well, aut] made from 9s. to ICs. per r.wt. Tho usual lines of grain, produce, and sundries made n full market day. We quote:—Pigs: Light norkers, 17s. to 20=.; stores. Bs. 6d.. m<?., lls.. Ws. to 18;.; omnty sows, 195.; rlips. 7?.; voaners, £s. Poultry: Hens. ?,*., ?,=. M., 2-.. 9d., 3s. to 3s. 6d.; rncliorels. 25.. Ja. 6d. to 55.: pullets. 25.. 2s. 6d., fe 6d. to (s. 6d.; chicks, 2s. to 2s. £d.; ducks, (s lo 4s. 6d., all at pel , pair: turkey lieu a 3s. 9d. to 4s. 9d. each. Prodnce:'Wheat pood whole fowl. 4s. to 4s. 6d.; Algerian oaf*. 3s. 3d. to 3s. 9d.; maize, 3s. 9d. to 4s. fid.: hn.rley. 3s. to 3s. 9d.: oaton shoaf chaff, ffi 15s. per ton: potatoes. 7s. to 10s. per s.ick: onions, 9s. to 10s. per cwt.: carrots. Is. to 4s. per bag; pumnliins, fe. to Cs. 6d. per sack; marrows. 3s. 3d.