COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1996, 2 March 1914, Page 10

COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

IX VESTMENT SHARKS. ' j The transaction?! in sßatp.s .oft ] Satrirday 'were:'—TfeMijftda Gas C£lo*',.at< £16; -South British Insurance, £4 is.: i arid Ward arid .Co., at £5 Is. ife riuata* i tibiiswcro as follow;— * .; 1 . Buyers. Sellers. 1 . .£O. d,' ■ i; a- d. i -Bank Now Zealand — 12 0 0 Bank. N.Z., rights j; ..». .. ,5 J.O'i Rational -~Ba,nn a, u J N.Z. arid-Sivpr.Plate .j,2 SO- •. — !■ WeU.- Trust arid-Loiffi :... I*S 0 • 7 4 <'<< • Auckland Gas - t' .• ■■% 8.0 • Ohristchureh Ga-s--(£:5) 6 13.0-. - - i Objistchtfrch. Gas (£-2)-....... .2-ki 0... '. — Palmerston Go'b- J5. B- — Wellington Gas (£10! ,„... is i| .6 . <.■ •'— | Union Steam. Cord.) 1 i £ i 4 i 0 ' Mosgiol Woollen ;... — 3 12 ■& I Well. Woollen (ord.j 4 0 0 ' —. )' :. • — . o 4 o Golden Bay Cement,.o 17 <1 — Manning and Co 1 5 (1 Ward and Co. ....;. i 1 0 -5 .2 6 W.f U.A, (£l' —. j « b The course of f.alei during the past month was as follows:-* Bdnk of New Zedlswd,- 512. fe.; £-12 3s. ' .Bank of New ZeateStl (rights.).; £S 3s. 6d.', £5 3a. 6d„ £5 33. (id., M 3i. £d., £5 }s, fid., '' £S 33. 6d., S& 3s. 6fl~i £& 3s, ift„ £S 3ts,i ! £5 Is., £5 3s. 3d., £5 3s, 3d., £$ Sh, 3d, I i National Bank, ".S5 7«. $d., £5 7s. <d„ £5 i 7s. 6d., £5 7s. 6d„ £'S -7s; 6d,, £3 7s.' 6d. ' liquitablo Buildins, £5 15s. • '. Wellington Trust and Loan, £7 65., £7 «s. ' 6d. New Zealand and Rivet Plate, 435. CHristehureh Gao Mi l!s. $d., it) 12s. 6d„ £6 lis. 64.. £6 las. 6d.. £6 '13s. W. ' . Autkland Gas, 28s. • Wellington 'Gas (£lO-!. £16.. £15. Wellihston. G«s, 19#;. .Cd... South British InsUT?inc:e,.£4.'Ss.'.'6S„ £4.7=, | Union Steam (ordiflftrs'), 24-s, "l.iH'ti., 2&„ • 243. 104' d., 245. 10d„ 245„ t«d., t%. 54;' .Union Steam (pre{ere.!ieej.,'®j.'3d.' 1 209,'3.d.i 20s. 3d., 20s. 3d., 20j, ;3d. f ' Stls, 3:1. j Kaipoi Woollen, £5 55.-, £3 5?. Jfoseiel Woollen. 0 12s. . Wellington Woollen (orjinariO, £4 2a. S4. I Wellington Woollejs (tre'ference). Si 2~. <d., £3. Taupiri Coal, 21s.- 9d, Westport Coal, 30s, 1 Leyland-O'Brien, ?3s. 3d'-.-, 235. 93. . I Crown Brewery. 3fe, . New Zealand P'aner ifills, Its. 6d. Ward arid Co., £5. £5 Is.' . Whitaombe niul Ti>F'>j-3, !f/i. 6d.. ; .-. W.P.C.A. (£1), 255. | ' WELLINGTON WOOL f?-AI.I! ' 1 At the tvile, of "wool So bo SseM.'irt the Concert Chamber bf t-fic. ®>wn Bull oil 1 Wednesday, about 675; .biales \yi!t. be • subj mit.ted,.the. offerinßs of the .Ees-oral hrofc. ers. beinz apprbiimsjfejy as u.ftiier:—■ ■ Bajes- j Dalsety and Co. .2,5 M I Murray, Roberts 1,360. I • Levin and'; Co. " 1,2)0 - ! . 'N.Z. Loan and jfercantilo ■ 1,1'(|0 i Abraham and Wjtliajns , 450..' I'afniers' Co-0p5.,..: -. t'jjo • W. and G.. Turii-bnfl-a-nd Co. JO ■ ', ... . /> ' .. 1 ~ 6 ™ Some • of '. tho wool ie eotted and atvdy, but .thei'e will be fo.iirid a fair proi:artioV of fleeces, and really sood wo'Ol-s. 'i'-hfe cOmpietitlon should be jj«en iiii- the- market is' a' risine one.. BAttfonjl .tops hive I®. n,nrl crosslirc-d will rcct-'-vti cohtidcrable attention. . ' ' , The London wool »a!«« -beftta to-m-ar-row, .but- wo will-.BOi. lia'Cfe am-fciis until | .Wednesday -inbruiA'c. i-al'iws «v& j ospeeted to show a W.at teiit 10 rw. 'cenii ott.CMtjliisd. •e.i'ilsi ■: i

I SYNTHETIC, TANNTN. A successful synthetic tannin is tni-d Ito havo . teen invented by Tir. Edmund '■Stiasny, assistant-professor of tho leather laboratories of t.fte University of Leeds. Neratkl, a,3 the nwv tannin i.s j called, is mad.o from tar distillation products, the synthesis, being can-icd put by eulphonatiiig cresylre afiif oorabining it then tetth ferßialdobyjie.. The -white caioE-r of tho jirro'dai'Uinitcd leather. "and th.ft brightening and bliiaehing effects, of narado! wliiia, used to ■ eombi-notion : with. otiier tin'niiiH ■ {vcg-etaß-lc and - ebr<?uiei- < are "esjiccially Mtfcvftsr-tliy. .NVadolJs .sdisewhat similar .6o.ordißft.ry taiming extract <tud -forms,a light- browit solution in'cold.water. It is ®inro i&aiia .of 30 per ceat, strength, according to the •hide powder, method, and dim be used in .fHtaHfer • eiwntities. .to obtain tho -same elKcts a.3 those at 'present produced by the ordinary agents, . Br, Stteen.V ■ has ma-do-furies «'.-teste on hides ;<rad'sheep. and •calf&kinp, alia h&s w.ently shtofccL famplo.s of m.tte raging, from, laglvt'gk&d- kid ; ta, sole lather,, produced, Vith -syn* • thetic? tiluuMi •-fl.Ton.fi or with it"in cd'inbi-iia* l • lion with, teg'fi-t&ble tannin., -chrome, .'of vvvcyfta-pTUj) liqyors. In every cfle*6. the product. . appeared to •• be Batisf&stQnv tho lather being Sujj<dlc, fiiie., <aM ettong, itt thd c&se of the light skins; while the'eaiij* pic of lp-soifiig I.K'lly wits flexible ri.-nd ,l ) s . j lll IJcrwdS'er, the $yu« thstie.:praaiiet;is. not likely to- gr<niUy .in' .■tkresVt'lio- solo 3tfl-ther white •it' to the - to •• e.eli ' by ••\rpjglit, 'a,3 the new doG§ -n<jt Rive -. ! tv'f?if;ht---irj fiict, it • produces a .tight • i-a.ii--7.te?e, and. is, inorc-'ikely.-.to cpftimfi'rcin,t• 3.ij-plito:tio,'n in the-fflffrihla^urs 6f. hrht loat-hei-s, . BitUik ie ' (o' bo ua2fiu ,m tho taily stages of fole-k'tvheT : to preveiit $h B cost of- .neredai js aboii'fc J221 pc.r -ton. .

: ' TEE GAS WOHIiD. - , I World I'esr Book" contain s : a mOO 3 of interesting.statistical information, from which it- jS'sfttWed: that' tbete a-fe 1»7 gas undertfl.ki.inrs in L'rlg!«r.d • and w<tie.s, 260. m Scotland. 110 in Ireland 161 in Austr.>!asia„ St in Canada, aud 45 in •other British.- possessions, in addition -to whicft there ate twenty. British- coa'papies ■owning ga.sworks^oii; the Gontihaftt ««i' iii other parts -of-tis -worid-. The ntsmb-er of gas undertakings under municipal ownership .forms co.ttp<iT.atjVely : fimall part of pie ,tW»I .to. tho United Kin«dom. Thiis in Engiaixrl there ar-j l r s4 ivorks owned hy companies, and only 233 bv locsl auihorities: in ScOtlaitd J93,-against 6-1, and inIreland ,84 acsinS, 26. Tho aiinual make -of gaa in Knglund 15 given As i95,756;97i),0Ca cubic feet, w Seatlftnd' 15.507,650,0?0 cujii.o feet, aid .11) Ireland .-$.947,.298.CC0 mi bin feet, Jhakins- a toUl. of 220,74iJi5;000' ciiilrfc. fgetin 19.13, as compared with 21C.459,343,000 in 19i2. and this was ■ distributed ttmonsst j, 333,40!:c<iii.s>mere.. Of Ule total, miinifit)aJ B.aswork". supplied ¥8,971.143,00), cubic feci t<i 2,617,228 coirsu-rters, or 35.8 per ccftfr. of tho total ouantity amoug 38.4 per cent, •if the cbrisunierj. ,

.. . NOTES. There ■ate, iioiy 67 st^am.ej-s...actively eflgajed : in- "iiitt Austra.l)'an-ts.iiit)S!d ■.KWgdtrin trade w-lifch fire-, fitted . with refrigoraUna cbJlnb-irs capable of. holding 3,410,1 CO car'tosses <5f iniit'ton : of '561b. Mch.< tte South American l-rodfi fh"re rir.e eiigaged 7.5 steamers, .capable,'of dealing with 6,133,48; 'caTiosfieS," ■ while New Zciiiond monopolises 52 pteamers . with a capacity of - 5j041,700 eareasles.

The. Belfast Customs ftnd E®ise retarns forllast shijw that the rovenao nmourited to £4,®,©28, ivkiih eotistitiitci? a. tecord ..for the city... .In .1-512 the rocsiiita tvere ■£J; , 614.C89.. 'white those of '1911. .which were at,- Ihij turto the highest evfer known 111 the-history of ficlfa6t; wre SijlfljßSS; Fiirttclilarc of Atlantic passengers traffic during "19.13. s>)(o"\v th>U " the White Stat Wil.e, with a. total.of 16,681, has'ealTiid tho largest unffibor of Urst-elies .pafsirigcra from Xoftho.ru Evsrope to. North Americti. (rli'd also ; tftkf>o first place' in tho'second otes, ■ lit w'htoli. 45,901 passengers wore <Jftrtka,. The White'Stor T4ii(« tyi-d. alio the ; largest number f32,?'6'2) of third'<cfe pa..mMvn trow, the Uiiifc.d & Korth America. The.' emMio'ftml IIiotc! t-V.ow that,.'with a total vt 15,550 fir.ns. 24.181 . .ses'&nefc and 48.,114'thirds,'tile White S'ta,r Ijflie e.wricd tifj-e ls,jj?o.st' nUl(ib(¥r in' eaoh Class of "arty'line,-'.Dritisli or GoiQt'inetital.

■ . cnSTO.MS.. . , .'.Giislsms duties, cotleotsd at "tiio nnH WfJUriirton 'on Saturday totalled f.2014 ; .73. tM„ trhe dmdiuit for tho ivcek fceinp £19,751 Vb. B'd. .The rOturn-s-for each -of tho' p.astthe figured far tins corriespofldi'iiß period -of tho • year, snd'w aa " ; =-\ •' :.' • . 1913-14; 1912.11. s. e •Tannarj M 31,555 mj!Sr Jah-uarS- 17 iSMi 2.1,49s Janqary 24 2J,5!4 ' 2.5 591 .Tanuory 3J 18.692 1 ilr.i February 7 16.124 26,2^2 Fehr-uary 14 ~.. 2JM6 NUtS*. ' February 141''.1..,.*,', 1 .. - . 10 K ?1S" ' j&MI rcbruaa'y 28 .....: ij,-752 13,880 ■ r ~£1.5;,839 i!.; 9.653 Ttt« h'tor duty cclteted lap' sreoJt «iuot<nt. oi to- £20.9, 0,5 Against £209 : for the eorrespohding week o'f lost yea!'. x JfBNTHM F.I(IC.HI-;S. The C:istnms duties collected in WeMingtpn in January and Fehruoiy, ,co.tnparcdiriti tjto Tweints for the qorresptindW mon'h« of last year, are Riven bnlow ISI4. -1913. ■ £" 6, (1. ffr -d. JflMaiy 94.5Q1 10 5 86,647 ; 2 4 • Fc'oruury 73,519 8 i .. 61,918 16. 5 •• £168,020 18 11 £178.745 18 9 itEER DUTS*. \Ttie beer, duty for tho two mon'tts eotn-' U.'trc a:s under:— ' . ■ . £ s< d. .£ e. d. ■ J«ituary JjlM. 1.1W7 10' 9 }- February l;lM tO J . 1,14716 9 ■iS 15' 3 £2,355 .7 6

. W.ILBING ■■ MAEKET KEPOBT, j - Ifesrs. '. : A. TI. Atliinsoii and Co,, Ltd., f.soW '& yafdlnk of figs on. - ir.fiiday, .Fir'pif-liers and fof-ff'ai'd stores a | kee.ii idemand eitsta,-pood, well-bted. wcanera Ktiliric W«li, Fruit 'in fair ouunlity .\?n.i j'wid'at oyatatisns; ji'Majtoes'aro Wttatsdv We fiuoteSttioll wesner' piirs, to., Is. ;6d-.j_. 10s.; aualily; ffi, to Us, 4 6d,:.-sliiiS and small st!o'r^s,;^stf.,. 4 £1,.t0. £t '45,':-6t|rKsv,;gl. JOS.; si's. liiirso AijiJ Kftnies'S, •£U. 10s, PQiU-tfy, pgr pair;.' Hits, -2g. ,6d.,'' :ig, 5d..- to «c.-, ?Tr:alt co'.k'ofels, 2'§„ ,2s. "6ii.. j intiitik?./.ls. ,3d. i.-i Is, 94,s geje'se,,4s, .iio-:.6p., | Gd.';. dnekv,; 3s. 3d., to'; 3?.. 9d, to 4=,.; 'iur.key c.ln'cks. 2k..; pood miflct ehlpj. 4 ?, &•, . ,Sh<i?p I da(r,.'£3 iis. 6,d. T^f.a'ra : .p.6sts, Is. .Id. .ToI niafces, 2s. ,9d;, .to . 05.,. fial-f-eas«; 'peaelies, ■ 2s. 9d,. t-o'-3s, 6d.; rucumlKTs, Is. 64;; "plujas, i fe 25./{fl.j.penta, 2s. pdtdtti.TO, la. ; -.-to i (A- c-wt,; ofi-ioßs. Ss, to'iOs, cwt 1 .; apples, is. 1 6d.;, ,2s. 3'd.', to 25,. 9d. • ; •'. | i . WOOL AND 3Kpi . SALE, -. ' 4 . Jfe-jsrs. Abraham find Ltd., tiimport on t.hc ; i.r Palmerstou'North' wboj, '.«Rd hide t>a-16:—We held our fate on Frj,day,i ai\d .'as it. is 6}* Weelt.s, ..sincfe I- tM. last, sal© we a. 4 -largo ea'ltfi.o'£tie to otf.en ,-ThE : fe w-ere,;3?o -baJco atid &i|;« 'of jr-001-. 1700- slipep'ekjits., .Sifl ealfsliins' and! llide?. a-a-tt 034 tjjis of tallow as w!! 05 tie ' ,• ' Buyers ivcil reßt? 4 | eented .anil throughout w : as ni<s?t & Rpiritea. Wb aoli ncarlv line un* (ter th« hammer-, and iio doubt the iji Jot,? will be sold iil ijtio course. We crUO.te-:--W00.1.*-Sou.thdostu > iDil, to 10Jd.; . Erosebrod. fine, 9jd.: crossbred, mediiira. .3d, -»o ?'4d.,' 'e-rossbrei! -hud to 54.; beUies ao-d tfeoe* 3S.i erossbrc-ft bel' lies and pieces. 5J.d. to Ti.i pieec.»,'4jd, to 554.: In nib*, 65d..tp siil.: dc-id, Kd. to 6i<) • tete' anij nieces, 51 ■, Ijkek. 74.; o-r-utfth-ii'.KJ 6ld. She°p.«kins: Crossbred, fine, fci. i ta -3.fd:.';>. ijroSsbred,- in-odiu'm. 64. ♦<> .jy". lemsbreil-, fa.ulty, 4'|d. to 63' d.i dead, 6i ( t,■ ■; iiuarter-woflllcd, 4J4.; dtttftaeed pelts, -344.; } b-nteh-ars' skins, «« per jvsace': Cro»sljred.''3s. } 64.; t»-3s«- fed,; iaipfci gs. 04. ts <3. 30d;; 1 pelts, !«., tfe H. lid,s salted relts. 1,«. 34. to 44.: halted QUa,tter-wotils, 3s. t.d,: salted Wf-iraale, 3s. 94, .Calfskins: Mouw-d <W}. "d.,. ;c?4.. to lUd. per Hi.; cut and sli.ti.pv. 64. ta 814.; y*aflin-(nn, BjdL to 9-54.; <iut-an'4 slippy, Sjd. to 7d. : .Hid.ess On. BSd. to 824.Ib.s raws,. 84, te ,*B|4.j cfe-s. -cut and slippy, 634,.t0 I'ii.; heifers ana steers, -Sirt ; Pn-lla, 6 3rßd.; brfrso hides. 4s. to is. ijai-h. [ Tallow: Casks, £S6 ®t, ne.t' ton; ijjii" «-24 ; g«.-. W toftj waell' f«V 'cwt. Ko-rsehMr, 3d., 164., Is. 7-M,.. to Is. 8M Tw>f ib;.; catf hs.ir, 6.3d,; cowtails. washed, per - doz.,. lj.' M., unwa.-hed Is. .74, Or,;- ne\: solh will' tve liefd teti 2;, 1 Messrs, -Dalffety and Co. report:—\t' car | hoM -on Friday, i>'flortd a . lar.?e Balolosue edmprifujin- 375 bfties and 1 niiekasss of Wool, aljaut 4530 skills, rafii a ! lleriffi mumt-it?. Of j-iidiifl. -talbw, ajiiV- s-iiri- ( • rfrie.o in " large K[tendoiw<;- of- bivyei-s. Gompstftio-n. was D«.epl'ionallv keen for'oil 10t5,.-and prieij-s showed ijti ail rotrad ad- . vji-flte frort Sd.. to id, per lb, on n-l! lines I nIM-red. . Vf<! c'lr.iroil .the W-hoie of our eo'ia- ; loisue-'at the fpllowt.*!- f-«t!slii<it<iry '1 Vmlt -medium. 9<i. 'in- jij.. I 854. to 8U4.; decdy aotf inferior! ! to B!tt.; So.tlthdo?Ttl <-,nd (Tyj cr' ! fi=br-' l ri i 5=4. to ID'd.: lariibs.. 9'4..tb 91:i3;i.,seedy and i inferior, 7fd. t's- 8M.,-, vvool, t-i I eitl.: pfeoes and belK'e-:,-t»l. ts 6'i}.; criikvh- I ittcr« . 6M.'. to 74-; T<vks oud f ieoes, 54," to 1 ■ 6'd.; 44,-t-n 424.;-^e64\ ; itrferjoi- ' 'Sjd, -,ta «tj 4 .-: ; li.K«k ,w<v6l,. 7'd-. to- 7J4. ! S.fte'epsk'!ws; Crossbred, full-wjoi, merlium ; ,srv filse M 4.: 84. In 3?d,: e<aarfie, 4in- ! ftirior, 7-4-.- 13 719.: '<ip<! tortt.'-sJii ] to' 74,; .nwiiTt.e,r to haJt.waol, 7-4. to-75a,; j' rie-VM. 6M-. tr> 74:-; hplts, .inferior, 3d ■ t<j i <Jd;« lamSb', skins,- -tie. to tig.: dead,' 6?a. j 74.; .fiaitiasod,'arid Vnfer-fe. id, to 5.34,. | biitcherV ijjfCrt dry r*nd 'ialt-ral prtts,' of, j c-ic'/!: iiaif'WOol;. 4s. -■ M .Id.: r{r?\rehli ,3s.': fil. to 3§. J4. : slw'rt-. Js. Sd, tti ' -. Is. 7'd, 10 " v fd. lo.fnbf? , I It.' 64. to 35.-. Bd;i .-'Mtoni:. 104; to Is. 84. • ni4?av ntediuni to Ijcoyy, gj-fl, trj Bjd.; ■i hb'vvs.,-l)«t liricis,'BJ4,-. t-a B|ij.; nip4iu m to 1 -I-il.forkii': 3d. to 834, :'.bull", 53.4,.t0 6'd. r sUora, ■ 8(1,,hi Jid,'.! <!Ut oild sllpriy, 6.2ij. io, 7i4.; I 54. to 9id;.: -'iu'j and' damaEed, S-.J'cl. ts 6jd, Cal-fskii)®; Sound lijifts, 114. to j HV- : cut and sSpny; -4ift, .to M. Tallow 1 . j Arid sliiiilrie's: Ta-llftw, in.casks, £37 jire toil; 1 ► I tnt?. £24 -,fe. pel-, tofl: roilc'h lis, l.fci'horse-1 . Mx,. Jvn«.:- rsJi.Uit-fKtni fgi,'. Our a«it I sfije. a-ill he ksM:on lI»u 4 ci 4 SJ- 1