COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2271, 3 October 1914, Page 10

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

V INVESTMENT SHAKES. ! In tho investment market yorterda; there was a Kile'of Bank'of New. Zee land'shares, £6 13s. 4d. paid up, at £1 is. Tho Quotations werc.ee follow:— .'■ . ' Buyers. Mlere £ ». d. £ 8. <1 National Bank .'. 50 0' 54, i BankN.Z. (£3 6s. Bd.) ... 9 15 0 NZ and River Plate ... 118 0 . — Auckland Gas (paid) 17 0' - Ohrietohurch Gas (£5) ... 6 15 0 -. Napior Gan (£5) ............. 8 0 0 - South' British 4 0 0 - Cbristchurch Meat ......... 15 0 6 - •Union' Steam (ord.) 12 0 - Well. ■ Woollen lord.) 4 4 0 4 8 i .Taupiri '. 017 6 ■ - Leyland-O'Brien :.. 110 - Ward and' Co — B 1 C WOOL,. SKIN AND HIDE SALES. Tho fortiiirht wool, skin, hide, and t«,l low ealcs were held yesterday by tin various brokers. ■ , The New Zealand Loan and Kercantili Ajency Company, Limited, report a ver; good i*t«i4xnce of load buyera,. aim buy ore from north and south. The ntle wen off eioeedinely well, »nd prices for be| wool were flfheir th«.n kst rale. Sheer nldno advanced about a ' farthiiis; to < halfpenny per lb., and hides and coil ekins were in better dem«nd. T«Uow i still dull ef «ole. We think, tho reyor adds, that tho market h«e now wttta down, and would MC«mmend farmers t< send in their station produce for wle a, tho prcjßXt prices, which *r* «el likel; to recede. Mc;«r«. Murray, Uoberta and 00., Ltd. report:—Wβ offered a, cat*lbi?ne of 156 sheepskins, 400. hides and calfskins, be sldee the'nswd oddmento of tallow, etc There was n very good attendmnce e buyers, irnd competition fur all prodno wn» keen and animated. Prices fihowei an advance of a halfpenny per ponrid fo: ehceiwkinß, afld a terthini; to of. e ptnny/ for hides, higher erodes o tip* lalter bcinj; in extreme demand. Call skins showed an advance of fully n half penny per lb. on the average. Wo of fered eomo good linos of Kilted crosshrci sldnp, which elicited keen biddine. an< our top price was Bs. each for a few cs coptionally heavily-woolled ekins. llcssrs. Dalrety and Company, Limited report a! Booa attendance of buyers, whi bed good limits for their orders, o-m with spirited competition prices ehowei an improvement on ouir preTious sa.l« Sheppekins: Haltbreds ndvanced Jd. pe: lb; fine and medium crosebTeds, Id. pe lb.: other lines, par. Hides: Ox (heavy advanced 3d. per lb., and lirht 3-N. pe lb.; cow, to 3-Bd. per lb; calfskins bronjh »s much as 13Jd. per lb., which was hithe than loot jalo by 2d. pct lb. Orders fo wool are still being held in abeyuncc, m that tho prices offered for this does o produce arc not yet satisfactory for mail ,n» sales, but with tho prices ruling to 6kma and hides, those who are holdini these lines should not hesitate to submi them to auction. Ifesrs. Levin and Company, Limited, hm a good attonddDco of buyers and biddini was vory animated, except in tho cmo o Ui.llow, which io still in poor demand Skins were firm, with an advancing ten duncy. Most classes sold at last sole rate though buyers paid, in a few instances, i tfirthing more thnn prices mlint; a forl nisnt ego. Butchers ekins, purticulftrlj showed an advance. Hideo and calfskin again made a email advance, in both in fitauces bein? ft farthing to a. halfpenn , dearer. We fenl, tho firm add, the abov' prices justify us in advising our client to oend their produce forward withou delay. It will bo seen from these , quoti tlon3 that values are, roughly, within ljd per lb. of those ruling before the ontbrea' of war. Messrs. Abra.ham and Williams, Ltd., r< port having ottered a good catalogue o ell classes of produce to a larse attenc , ance of buyers. There was good corapet tlon and prices for skins showed an α-ri vnnce of a farthing por lb. for good-wool led skin«. Inforior wore on a par. 0 hidos ruled about tho tamo, but cowewer

| about a farthtos dearer. Tallow was dull I of sale.

Atesra.'W. and G. Turnbull and Company, Ltd.. report a pood attendance ol buyers. Prices for the better sort of (ihccpsktas advuncod a farthing and cow hides also showed an advanco of a tarthing. ■ ■ Tho United Farmers' Co-operative Association., Ltd., and the WaiKirapa Farmers Co-opcratiye Association, Ltd., also report successful sales. The ranee of prices waa a« under:— Wool.—Crossbred, fine, 6ld. to 63d.; croMbro.d, medium, coarse, 6|d. to 63d.; pieces end bellies, —; lochs and etamed pieces, id. to 3>rd.; crutchlngs, medium to Rood, 6d. to 61d.; crutchinge, seedy and ulforior, t 9d ' ' Hfdcs.-Oi, heavy, 601b. up. 73d. to Bd.; ox medium, 50 to 591b„ 78d, to Bd.; ox, light, 491b. and under, 7id. to IMA.; cow. heavy, 551b. and over, 6d. to 7 3-Bd.j cow, Siedium, 421b. to 541b., 7d. to 73d.; cow, HgJrt, under 421b., 7Jd. to 7Jd.; cut, slipny, and inferior, 6Jd. to 7 3-Bd.; bull etag, 2ld. to 6d.i yearling, 7d. to. Bid.: calf,, superior, IOSd. to 13id.; calf, medium to cood, BJd. to 113 d.; calf, damaged, sd. to 9Ja. Sheepskins—Halfbred, 6Jd. to 73d.; fine «ro«bred, 7d. to 73d.; medium to coarse crossbred. 6Jd. to 7jd.: phort to hnlf wools, <»d. to 6H-; dead and damaged crossbred, 43d. to 63d.; inferior and badly, damaged, Ud. to 4W.; lambs, 4Jd. to 71d.; damp, Baited, and green, ss. to, 7a. 3d,; pelta, la. Cd.; pelt*, green, 15... 6d.' Tallow.—Tn cases, 21s. 6d.; an tins, etc., 14s. to 18s.

, Customs'duty collected at the port •of Wellington yesterday amounted to £2464 9s. 7d. SOUTHERN MARKEI'S. (By Telegraph —Press Association.) . Chrlstchurch, October 2. Since tho fixing of the price of wheat. ■ and flour by tho Government. bn«lno<-s in, Wheat is at a complete standstill. There fl.xe inquiries from outside millcTs for wheat at 4s. 9d., f.0.b., but merchants can onlv supply at a lore. Oats, are weaker in tho abscuce of shipping freight to tho United Kingdom, ftnd there is no demand for chaff. Tho potato market continues to weaken, and 275. 6d. to 30s. aro ths best prices at country stations. WHEAT. By Telegraph—Press As«aclation—Copyright London, October 1. The Amorican visible supply of wheat is 84,518,000 bushels. . WHEAT IN WEST AUSTRALIA. Poi'ttl, October, 2, Tho Government has'fixed the price «f wheat at 4s. 6d. per bushel, VICTORIAN PRODUCE MARKET. Melbourne, October 2. Wheat (official price), 4s. 9d.i (lour, £10 Ids.; oats. 2s. lid. to 3s. l{d:; barley, English 3s. 6d. to <s. 3d., Capo 3s. l!d.: maize, 3s. lid.; bran, £6 155.; pollo.rd, £7; potatoes, to £5 55.; onions, to £11.