COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2258, 18 September 1914, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

INVESTMENT SHARES. No business was done in investment shares yesterday. The quotations were as under:— ' , Buyers. . Sellers. •£'s. d. £ s. d. National Bank -4 18 6 — Bonk N.Z. (£6 13s. 4d.) ..." 14 17 6 - Bank N.Z. (£3 6s. Bd.) ... 9 10 0 — Union- Baaik .;..;..::.:;.v.r.r... 53 0 0 56 0 '0 National Mortgage 3 17 0 — N.Z. and River Plate ... 118 0 — ! Wellington Goo (£10) ....15 15 0 - ! Christchurch Meal 15' 0 0 •• • — Union Steam (ord.) 119 — Leyland-O'Brion 10 0 12 0 Taringamutu — 2 6 0 Manning and Co ; 3 18 6 4 0 0 Ward and Co — 6 1 i 0 .- COMPANIES REGISTERED. ■In the list, of companies registered published in this week's "Mercantile Gazette" tlwe appears the. following :— Foxtail OoTdage and Flaxmilling Co., Ltd. Registered as a private company, September 14. , Capital: £9600, divided into 96 shares of £100 each. Subscribers: A. Ross, A. W. Pearson, G. H. Stiles, G. Rough (all of Foxtail, 24 shares each. Objects: To acquire as a going concern tho business of Ora Flaxmilling Co. carried on in Foxton nndcr the style of A. Ross, A. W. Pearson, G. H. Stiles, and G. Rough in partnership, and including the business of rope, twine, hemp, and cordage .manufacturers, i Cnstoms duty collected at the port of Wellington yesterday amounted to £1755 14s. 9d. LONDON SHEEPSKINS QUOTATIONS., Messrs. Murray. Roberts and Co., Ltd., have received. cabled advice from their London' a.eents, Messrs. Sanderson. Murray and Co.. dated September 16, as follows:— "Sheepskins: Crossbred declined Id. to ljd.; merino, ljd.' By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Rec. September 17i 10 p.m.) Molbourno, September 17. The hide sales wore resumed to-day, heavy showing an advance at 6itd. to 73d.; I medium and light, 6d. to 6?d.; kips, Hi. to 7Jd. ■

AUSTRALIAN PRODUCE MARKETS. (Reo. September 17, 10 p.m.) Sydnoy, September 17. Wheat as fixed at 4s. 2d. per bushel; flour as fixed at £9 10s. per ton; oat 6, Algerian feed, 35.: milling. 3s. 3d.; : Tasmanian, 3et. 4d.'; barley, English,' 35.; Cane, feed, 2s. tOd.: maize, 3s. lid. to 45.; bran and pollard, £6; pot"toes. Tasmanian, £6 15s. to £7; onions, Victorian, lis.; picklers', fe.j butter, selected. 108s.: secondary, 965. to 100s.; bacon, 9d. to 9»d. ..-■",.; Adolalde,. September 17. Wheat, nominal; flow, £10 15b. to £11 > bran and pollard, Is. sd. WHEAT. London, September 16. The wheat market is weak. West Australian is offering at 465. 6d. The American visible supply is 54.963.CC0 bushels. , Tho Chicago wheat market is excited. CANADIAN WTIISAT HARVEST.' Ottawa, September 16. The Department of Trade estimates* tho Canadian wheat production ot 159.660.000 bushels, and of oats at 327,732.000 bushels. LEAD. Lead .imports total 19,434 tons, and exports 2278 tons. MINING NEWS WELLINGTON SHARE MARKET. No business was done in this market, but Waihis, Talismans, and Grand Junctions command better prices. The quotations were as follow:— Buyers. Sailor*. £ «. d. f. « d Murray Creek (10s.) — 0 17 0 Ross — 0 11 Talisman 18 3 — Waihl 114 3 114 9 Grand Junction : — 14 9 | STOCK EXCHANGE. I (By Telegraph—Press Association.) Auckland, September 17. Sales:— Talisman, £1 Bs.. £1 Bs. 6d. Waihi. £1 14s. 6d. Junctions, £1 4s. 9d. National Bank, £5 2s. 6d. Chrlstchurch, September 17. Sales, TepoTUso.:— Union Steam Ship. £1 Is. 3d. Talisman, £1 Bs. 3d. Waihi, £1 13s. 9d. Dunedin, September 1/ Sales:.Rising Sun, £1. Junction, £1 4s. 94. National Insurance, £2 9s. 9d. ROSS GOLDFIELDS RECONSTRUCTED. The following is tho mine superintendent's report for tho week ended September 10:—No. 6 Level: A blocking strip was commenced off No. 4 east crosscut in order to determine the boundary of the pay wash passed through in No. 7 south drive. No. 7 Level: The west drive has advanced 33 feet, and is now 52 feet from No. 7 platform. The wash coming down from the back during the last few feet of driving is heavior and carries a little gold. Work above No .7 level is being carried on at from four points. Nos. 1 and 2 south-west drives are now clear of old workings, and arc proceeding In pay wash towards the shaft. Two other faces are being worked in old blocks, which can bo probably taken out.