COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2161, 29 May 1914, Page 10

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

IXVEStMKST SHAEEa In the investment market there '.were eale? of Palinersttm North Gas at £ID. 55.; Wellington Gas, preference, at £1;. Wellington, Meat Export (£5) At £6 2s. «d.; and 'Ward and Co. ftt £5. The quotations were as follow:- ..... ,' . • Buyers. Scllere. ... £ 3. (I. £ j. d. National ,Tlank ■ 5 H 0 5 15 0 Jlct. Permanent - 12 0 0 Well. Investment 0 11 1 ChH*t?hurcb Gβ'! , 7 5 0 . - Wellington Goe (£10) \ - 16 7 6 XX. Snipping' (prof.) ...... 10 .5 0 — Union Steam (ord.) ...... 15 0' — Union StcAm (prof.) 110 - Mwisiiil Woollen 3 12 6' - Well. Woollen (prof.) 3 2 6 - Well. .Woollen (ord.) - (15 0 Al'eatport ' Coat : 1 11 3 •' "- . Ward aiid CoV ......'...' 4 19 6- ' — W.P-C.A. (i'l) ■ - 1 -60 COMPANIES'REGiSTEKEI). .This .week's "Mercantile Gazette'!, records the registration of the' following companies:—' ■" ■'~''■'.' 'Upper Hutt Pictures. Ltd., llegrt. ae a. jirivatc company May Si). Office: Main Kcod. UppiT. Hutt. Capital: £ao, Ah'idea , into fcl) .-'shares of £1 earh.. Subscriitera: I'. 1). WilkieV 1; U.K. Pearson, 1: ■ .Ilimce Kemp. 1: F , . W. Kenip,-1; W'.J: Williio. 1; J.'Ji. Whitman, 1; I'. D. Davis; 1; J. tf. Barton. 1; James Boyle, 10; V. C. Maicngarb, 162. Objects:.(a) To.carry on business as picture show proprietors; . (b).To' r.wrt. acquire, print,, and. publish.a newspaper. ■ Thompson ilaniul Hydraulic Sliiicing Co., Ltd. (The). Ilcgd..Office; 21 Sathun's I-cnUd-iiigt', (ircy.. Street, Wellington. Capital: £10.l(U divided.into 10.000 shores of £1 oaNi. Sufcscriherd: Wellington—C-. ,W. Tringhara, A. J. Joyce, .C. Adams, li. Moult, 0. Stewart, C. A. Fletcher. Ijower Uutt-T. Burt. All ICO shares teach. Obje:-D5: Mining.end in•cidcotal: ''■ Customs duty collected at the port of Wellington yesterday amounted to £2541 4s. 10d. ~ . COLONIAL JOJTt'AI, UFJi. SOCIETY. By Tnlecranh—Prtsa /.-v.ncia:ion—Corrneht ' . . : Melbourne, .May 28. Ad the annual meeting of the Colonial Mutual Lift . Society, the report ond hal-aiifo.-slicet were adopted. The chairman said that the report issued some time ago as the result of the .inquiry woo ft conclusive reply to the assertions of.a,few former , employees of the Bocicty. These averments hod temporarily interfered with the- proflt-produclne sources of business, and'the directors 'had decided to strengthen the reserve rather than distribute » bonus. Meantime, ah intermediate bonus would be paid on all policies maturincr during the triennial period. The society's reserve fund was over ' £J,600,00(!. o.hd the annual lr.comc £725.000. This proved its splendid position. Tt .was securing its.full share of the ever-expand-ing life inourance of the Umpire. TALLOW SALES. \ • London, May .27. At the tallow sales 1303 casks were offered and 825 sold. Prices realised—Mutton, fine, 365.; medium, 325. 6d.;bcef. fine, mcitlf urn, 325. UNSEED OIL,'ANIJ .TURPENTINE."' Llneeed oil," £24 10s. Turpentine, 325. 9d. METALS. London, Hay, 2?. Copper.—On spot, mi is. 9d.; thrc« months. £63.1ta 9d. . • , •. ■ . Tin.-On spot, £145 t7s. 6d.; three months, £151155. • ". • . Lead.-£lB 15s. • WHEAT. The wheat market is quiet, Australian being trom l',d. to 3d. lower. (Ecc. May 29, 0.5 a.m.). - ' " London,. May 28. The wheat market Is dull, and prices are , easier. Cargoes are neglected. : The American visible aiipplr of wheat east, of the Kockiee is estimated at 6.250.CC0 bush'elp. • . ' The New Zealand f.oan and. Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., has received. the following cablegram from their London house, under date May 27:-Wlieflt; We here sold en Australian cargo at 375. 4Jd. C.i I,

There is o fair demand. Owing to increased eiipplies the' outlook is uncertain. . By Telecfiilh-i'ress Aseocia.tlon-Cop.vri»ht t Adelaide, May 28. Tile official statement regarding the wheat yield. place 3 the yield at just under seventeen million bushels, an average of seven bushels to the acre. ■ ~ SILVER. • . : ■ London, May 27. Bar silver Is-quoted-at 26jd. per ounce standard. : - ' vUJSTKAUAN■ PRODUCE MARKET. '~■..■ Utccl May 28, 9.45. p.ra.) ; ■.'."< " ' Sydney, Jfay 28. , TVh'sit. 3«. lCd.'. 3.=: 105 d: Flour, £8, £8 ss. Oats. Algerian foedinp. 2«. 20.. 2?. 3d.; milling. 2s. 4d.. 2ei 6d. Tiarlcy; English. 25.. 6d. Maize, 36. 9d. Bran dnd pollard, £5. Potatoes, Tasmariiah. £5 10s. Onions. Victorian, £7< ,155.,- £6.- Buttei-, selected, 1045.; secondary, Ms., 945. -Oh«os, 9id. Bacon, 9d. Adelaide, May 23. ; Wheat, 3s. lld./-3s..UJd.. Flour, £9. £9 6s. Bran, lα. ljd. -Pollard. Is. 2(d.. . ':" ' .HinEs: .'■■'■ - . ■. Meibourno, sif«y 28 The hides'.market."reports moderate supplies. Competition is keener, and prictf!* arc -very firm. '-.