COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2200, 13 July 1914, Page 10

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

' ' • Investment sharks. '•f investment shares recorded 'on : Saturday were: Bank of -New Zealand (£6:13»:.'4d.). at £17; .New . Zealand Loan' and' Mercantile, at £91Standard ,Insuranco,. at.-'375.. 6d.; and Union Steam* at :20s. -Bd. : Tlie .Quotations.:were as under:— _

W.P.C.A.' (£1! ~ : ,1.60 • ~; SKINS AND HIDES. ■. ■ '■The Now-"'Zealand Loan aridMcrcantilo Agency,- Co.,' Ltd.,; report that, something like 1200 hales of. wool, principally r crutchings,:were. offered. Competition was keen, but at a rather, lowc rlevclforcrnichings, 'many 'of:which contained seed and on the whole were heavier in condition-, than .those tho;:first, eatef • Prices ranged from"9d. •' to 'SJd."-'fort best,' from : 7sd. to BJd. for modium',i:»nd'from'6id. to 7Jd. for seedy. '-'Sheep.skiris":ivere .offered in larEO and prices were well maintained. I Hides ...were ■ a little lower, than last sale, but taking the winter condition into account- sold at : good'; prices." . Tallow, in. sympathy - with'overseas: , markets, : .was lower by- 6d.to 9d. per cwt..' Opossum skins were offered' in fairly' large numbers,; but' ■ (lid not / realise prices obtained last sale, as a. heavy drop in the London market has taken .place since then. . i. Abraham.'and William, fed., : report that ; at 'their.!' second.-.erutching: sale on *Friday ; bidding, was keen and for ail super lines of crutchings prices were on a par. with last; sale; Other lines-sold at good prices," but'were :&• shade, easier, probably; Id/per 'lb.-,on' the average..;. Skins and hides'sold readily;at" last -quotations.' ; V ~ / Messrs; .Lovin: and Co., Ltd., report' keen competition; v .but at: a lower range of. values' ■ than ithose' ruling a month ago, :• though a .few: lightly-conditioned r lines . touched 93d. ■ Otherwise, the market •. was : distinctly "inferior and'.seedy lines showing a fall of,.from. 3d. to Id. '•■0; The, United ' Farmers' ■, Co-operative Association end the Wairaropa Farmers'. Co- : operative ['Association, /.Wellington,-'report on the second erutching sale of the season, last. FridayCrutchings were 'lover,-by' id: to, Jd. perj lb„ than, dt- th'e .previous .cratchirig isale.v. Sheep-skins; were .very firm, and satisfactory were: realised ' for ; all. lines.;. . , .i' • ' . : v : ' : . PEILDISG HAKKKT EEPOET. A. H.; Atkinson, and Co., Ltd., report on their Friday, .'sale, as follows Pigs, were in short'V supply. : and met with , keen . compe-tition,-prices: realised being well over ven- , dors' 'reserves.' A: medium entry of poultry was also-well competed . for. A nice lot of furniture, removed ..for convenience -of sale 'good /prices, and. fruit, pro-., duce,' and sundries were sold at /lato- rates. Quotations:— !■ " i*; . :. Pigs, .weaners, 135., 15s. t ; 18s., 19s. 3d.;6lips. i'to-'iils.r.stores, 23s. r ; sow','! £5 i ls. : ' : Poultry .-at,, per pair: Hens, 3s. 6d„ 3s. 9d;, -43., : 45.'.-Sd;. to ' 6s. ;,roosters, 3s.'-9d.,- 43. Mm 4s„6d.;;.pullets. 45.-.3d.;. ducks, -4s. 3d. Horses, aged, £2. £1. . . i''Potatoes,. per: 6ack..(pig),. 3s. 6d.;. seed, "65.; table, -65., 6s. 6d.;'. 7s. 6d., Bs. to ,9s'. 6d;; onions, Id. per lb, bag.lots: mangels, Zs. bag: Vswedee,. : 4s. 9d.- sack; pumpkins, 4s. .to 7s. sack; carrots, 2s. bag;■;apples,2s. 6d., 35., ss. 6d., 4a., 4s. 6d., 55., : 6s. per case,fyariouß weights;, pears,: 4s. . .'.."Customs :duty- collected, at the port of. Wellington ' on Saturday .amounted to' £34R .6a-9d:^. :^: f ' WESTPOET COAL OUTPUT. ; IBs .TeleEraph.T-Presn'. : As6ociatloil.): Westport, Jnly. 11. ' .The coal output last week by- the 'Westport'Coal Company, totalled 13,483 tons 18 cwt.; 'coke,;'46:tons; 13 cwt. • The Westport:' Stockson Company handled 3709 tons 8 cwt. LONDON MAKKETS. By .Telegraph—Press\ Association—Copyright. . (Eec. .July 12, 5.5 p.m.) tonaon, July 11.' , Copra.—The market'' is firmer. South' Sea' is in moderate supply, and there is only "a small -.business . doing -in bagged , copra 'ai £23 15s; .to £24 25.; 6d}'per ton. . '; , ■ Cotton. —American Middling ■. cotton' -is •clearing fat 7.06 d.. per ,Ib. ' 1 •; /-Rubber—Hard fine' Para, 2si lOld. per .lb.; & 2d.; smoked, shieete, 2s.;3Jd. .-'■■.Kewj; Zealand Hemp.-Th«: market-'is., firmer. - High 'point fair . June-July shipment, £24 ss..per ton. •v. ■- . ', ' • METAL MARKETS. . ' (Rec. July" 12, 5.5 ' p.m.) ;Ov London, Jnly 11. / Copper, ! on spot, ' £61 7s. 6d. "per ton; .three months, £61 ,155.; electrolytic, £63 VISS./,.:.-:: —-V■ v//--' ■/Antimony ,;25..6d. to 2s):7d. perVunit., Aluminium, .£B2 to £84. ' - Xr'

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