COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2231, 18 August 1914, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

;• INVESTMENT SHARES." •; i There werc'-io'transactions .yesterday. *in/ Investment shares, arid the quotations were ' asunder:—. Buyers., ..Sellers. £s. il. £ sV d. Jiankof N.Z.(JE6 13s:'4d.)J4 15'0 s.-v-' i K.Z. and K. P1at0i..............,t17 .6,...2 0 ; . Westport Coal —w«wl. J 0 | Manning and Co ;.. 319 6* — Customs duty coUcctcft nt the port of Wellington. yesterday amounted to £3297 , 13s. «• i....,,, ..... (By Telegraph.—Prcs3 Association.) • - Croymoutfi, August 17. Last week's coal export amounted to 12.160 tons, 6 cwt., ma<lo up at .follows:— Blackball. 5646 tons 12 cwt.; .Bruuner, 528 •tons; Point. Elizabeth. 1899 tons 12 cwt'.; Liverpool, MSS toih-j i 0 • cwt.;~ Paparoa,- s'o .tone 14 CEiil.J: WE3TI>OB'I\COAL OTJTEUT., "Vtetport, August' 17. The coal output last week was as fol- ' 'lows:—'Westport Coal Co., 12,980 tons 17 cwt.: coke, "21" tOir.Tir'cwtV;' Wcstport-Stock-' ton. Co.f-3218-tons .9 owt.»-- ■ - ..... HIGH;] COMMISSIONER'S OABLEGEAM.' The Department of Agriculture, Industries, and .®.njm'erde'has;rcceivcd,the following cablegram from the .High ..Coiriinissioncr for New- Zealand .'London, datcd';Au- r gust 15.,, (Note.—Quotations, unless others wise specified, arc average market prices on spot)':— ■ Meat.T-Tho market is quiet; small business doing. Retail trade is bad. Consumption siniie'August; Uias'.beeo less'th&u normal.- Prices have deolined except for mutton:'. , • ' • ■■■■■•■ ... . ... Mutton—Canterbury, sd. per lb.; North Island, 4 7-Bd.peww.rftd.- • ••••• bamby-CanWrbUry tw&3, 6Ji; ■' per Mb.; TRAP HARNESS'''''' TRAP F4RJIERS! Ton. want good, strong, reliable Harness that will last jou many years. We have our own make, complete with any ; size collar, solid flaj saddle, .'loose rein, ring, lames, 1J traces, backbantl, 'breeching, all with 4 rows sewing, made with the best. heavy harness leathers-Brass; moirnted, i'B 155.; Nicklf Silver mounted .£9. V':;' H.. SAVAGE, -.. C . ; . SADDIJSR,' ; V-.WEIirNGTON, .

•heavy weight fours, 6Jd.; other than Canterbury, 6 5-Bd, for light-weight. Beof—New Zealand, hinds, 6 3-8(1. per lb.: fores, 5Jd. Supplies of .American chilled beef axe large. Hinds, 5 S-M. pel' lb.; fores, 4 Md. Butter.—The market ie dull ; Tery littla business .doing, Prices are Irregular Danish, quiet, at' 140s. to 1465. per cwt; Australian, "_l3oa. to 1403.; Siberian', alow, ■130s. to. 140 a.: Irisli creamery, nothing doing, 130s, t0.1405. ; Cheese.—The market is quiet. Canadian, quiet, white" and coloured, 725. to 745. par cwt.New,-Zealand, white 745. to 76e„ coloured 725. to 745. . .Hemp.—Tho market remains very depressed.: Nothing has been done. Quotations are nominal. New Zealand, good fair grade, per ton, £25', fair, £22 10s.j fair current Manila, £25. The output from Manila for tho week was 16,000 bales. Grain—The-.wheat market is. slightly onelor, andi-business is quiet. Prices are nominally unchanged. New Zealandi Garton oats, 30sr.c.i.f.; N.Z. beanß (new eron), per 5041b., ,375.; N.Z. peas (Partridge), nor 5041b., 545.;-'..An6tralia» wheat/ 455.,' c.tf.flour, 34s -Wool—There ie no change in prices, but more buatfess doing. H ; .CONDON MARKETS'. ByTelegraph-rPrcos Association—Copyright ■' i ' r ' London, August 15. ;':Wheat.—Small inquiry, though sellers oro Willing to accept lower prices. For South Australian all oat 425. 6d. has been asked; 45s. r ajked for -Victoria® April -shipment- at Liverpool; for October, • 965. and 3-ffd : " r t W S0 Se I ,t<!mtler shipments, 91s. - Tho official; estimates- of tlio American winter crop-is 675,000,000 bushels, and the spring croj';S36,ooo,ooo • btishcla. S2. 'IiiATIIEII AN© 'HIDES. •fjjcatlier haa advanced fully 5 per cent, especially heavy. leather suitable for Army boots and "accoutrements. • • •Hides are"in small demand,owing to tho absence ofi,.Contmohtal buyers. 'No Aub- ! mill an s'old; Brokers refused i bids at J) pei cent, below last eales. , If ■ . -•Rubber.—Pino iard Para rubber, 2s. IOSd.; $jQntotion;g§: OJd.? smoked, 2s.- Id. ' n-WTAii GOODS; ■ « ,Gfilyaiiised* : 4r,bii.'—First brands, £18 per ton ;' second, broads, £16'. j'.Tin plates, coke, 13a. 3d. per cwt.: 1.0.. charcoal,- 14s. 3d. "Iron bare,-£8 10s..pot ton. stecl,;£s ss. per ton. , - j N->nre*nettms, '50' per cent., and • 5 per cent, off. list; prices.