COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2262, 23 September 1914, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

INVESTMENT BHAEEB. There wero no transactions in, inve6tment shares yesterday. The' quotations were as under:— . !■ • Buyers. Sellers. , •, £s. d. £;b. d. National Bank ....'. ;,..' 5 0.0 - Bank N.Z. (£3 6s. Bd.) ... 9IS 0 - Bank N.Z..(£6 13s. 4d.) ... 14 17 6 - Union Bank '. 65 10 0 ■ 56 0 ft N.Z. and Plate ■1 IB 6 ■ -. . Ohristchurch Gas (£5) '... 616 0 : - South.British .-. ;.. - 45 0 Ohristohuroh Meat 15. 0 0 - Gear. (£1) : ..' - , 515 6 ■•Well. Woollen (ord.) 317 6. - beyland ■ O'Brien ■....-. 10 6 — • Manning arid Co. 318 6 ■ — Ward and Co — 5 10 Onstoina duty collected at the 1 port of Wellinpton. yesterday amounted to £975 17s. lid. •■■..■ HIDE AND SKIN SALE., IBy Tekkraph—Prce= Association.) Now Plymouth, September 22. The first hide and skin, sales held since the war broke out took place to-<iay. In all £00 hides," 3000 calf skins, and 1600 sheepskins were offered. Calfskins sold for ss. a piece, ox hides to 9Jd., butchers'- cowhides to Bjfl.,'and so on. SOUTHERN MARKETS.' Chrlstchurch, September 22. More wheatvis now offering than theTO has been.for some time past, and 6everal eales have been made at ss. at country stations. In view of the fact, however, that tlie ■ Commission on Pood Prices is stated to be going to fix the price of whtat. buyers arc not so/ keen ito make purchases. Holders are stilt eelting hiph prices for their wheat, and it is stated that ss. 3d. has been refused. Tie wheat still in the country, or held in. store on owners' ac- , <Smnt is, however, reported to bo in few , hands. Oats are .unchanged, and there is only a limited inquiry. There is very little sale for oateheaf chaff, though if the dry weather continues the demand may improve. Potatoes are etill dull of fale at 30s. to 3Ee. at country stations, there being but little inquiry. .. ■ . ■