COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2216, 31 July 1914, Page 10

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

' . INVESTMENT ■ SHAKES. Tho sales of investment shares recorded yesterday wore: Christchuroh Gas at £7 ss. 6d., and D.I.C. preference at 20s. 6d. Tho market does not disclose any great weakness in view of the war. The quotar tious were as undo!':— Buyers. SelJors. is.d. ,£s.d: Bank N.Z. (£3 6s. Bd.) ... 10 15 0 10 18 0 National Dank : — 5 11. 6 Union Bank — .. : '6110 0 Well Investment ; 0 11 3 , — \ Christclmrch Gas (£5) 7 5 o,' — ; Standard Insurance — 1 17 6 Gear Meat (£4) — 1410 0 Gear Meat (£1) ' 317 6 Union Steam (ord.) — 14 3 Union Steam (prcf.) 10 7 — , Taupiri Coal — .. 1 '2 0 Westport. Stockton ...'. 0 2 10 — Loylaud-O'Brien . — ,12 6 Taringamutu .Totara ...... — 2 7 0 Manning and Co 3 19 ' 6 — Wellington Opera House — 6 0 0 NEW MEAT. COMPANY. . The 'Mercantile Gnzetto" reports tho registration of the following company:— . Oroua and West Coast. Meat and Produce Co., Ltd. (The). Registered' July 22. Capital. .£150,000, divided into 160,000 shares of £1 each. ( Subscribers: Fordcll—W, .T. Polson, 500; Hinau—J. J. Bryce, 500; Feildine— E. Short. 1000; H. Bun-ell, 200; Sanson—J. H. 8. Perrett,' 200; Palmerston North—lt. li. M'Kenzio. 200; Cheltenham—sl. • A. Conway, 200. : ' i 'Customs duty collected at the' port, of Wellington yesterday amounted to £4153 193. sd. ' _ . N.Z. BUTTEIi. By. Teleeraph-Prcss, Association—Copyright (Eeo, July 30, j.ffl p.m.) Vancouver, July 29 New Zealand butter, best ptfade, i 6 sellins at Is. '4tl. per lb. SYDNEY' WOOL SALES. (Bee. July; 30. 9.30 p.m.) Sydney, July 30. Bidding at the wool iolee wat'again rarr Black, and th» bulk of tj>« o2«£ngs wae,

passed in. The better claeses 'may be ([tooted at 5 to 10 per cent, below the ex- < treme latea Tuling at tho previous ewles; inferiors are even lower, though the ealos are too meagre. to fix a really definite quotation.' • AUSTRALIAN PRODUCE MARKETS. (Rec. July 30, 9.40 p.m.) ' . Sydney, July 30. "Wheat, buyers 4s. 2d., sellere 4s. 3d.; Jour, £8 to £8 6e.; oats, Algerian feed, 2s. 7d'.; milling, 2s. Bd.; Tcsmanian, 3e. to 3e. Id;; barley, English, 2s. 6d.; Cape, 2s. 6d.; eeed, Zs; 10d.; maiie, i3S. 9d.„ to 3s 10d.; Java maize, 3s; 6d.; bran and pollard, £5 55.; potatoes, Tvlsmanian, £6 to £7; onions, Victorian, £7 }os.; New Zealand, £5 10s. 6d.; butter, selected, 1225.; secondaries, 100s. to 1045.; cheese, 9d.; bacon, BJd. Adelaide, July 30. Wheat, 3s. lid.; flour, £8 10s. to £8 155.; bran and pollard, le. Is. to Ib. 2Jd. MELBOURNE HIDES SALES. (Bee. July 30, 9.40 p.m.) , Molbourne, July' 30. An average amount c£ hides were available, and pr.iofas ranged from one-eighth pf a penny to a farthing lower, especially for good lots. LOXDON MARKETS. / The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, ■ Ltd., have received the following cablegram from their Londou house, under, date July 29:—Wheat: We have, sold on Australian cargo''at 365. fkl. c.i.f. The market is firm but inactive. Owing to the - political situation on the Continent, the-outlook is uncertain. Tallow: There is little general demand. Messrs. Murray, Roberta and' Co., Ltd., have received the following cablegram, dated July 29, from their London friends,' Messrs. Sanderson, Murray and Co.;—" London. Sheepskin market shows a, decline of id. to id. per lb." '■ • ' TALLOW SALES, ' By Telegraph—Press Association-Copyright • London, July 29. At the tallow sales 2161 casks were offered and 875 sold. Prices realised:—Mutton, fine 355.: medium, 325. Beef, fine, 325.'9 d • medium, 31s. . .■■ '■ SILVER, :• . ~ • .London, July 29. bar silver is quoted at 24d. per ounce standard. LINSEED OIL AND TURPENTINE.' Linseed oil, £26 ss. ' < ' ' i \ Turpentine, 335. 6d.