MINING NEWS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2290, 26 October 1914, Page 8

MINING NEWS

.WELLINGTON SHARE MARKET. There were 110 transactions in mining shades on. Saturday.- The quotation's wore as under:— Buyers. Sellers. £ s. d. £ e.d. Murray Creek (new, 125.) 0 19 0 — New Sylvia — 0 0 9 Swastika — 0 3 6 Talisman ....; — 17 3 Waihi 112 6 1 IS 6 Grand Junction i 13 3 13 9 Waihi- Paeroa — 018 0 Waiotahi. — 0 10 Waitangi.; — 0 0 10 Watchman — 0 19 . DREDGING RETURNS. . (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) Dunedln, October 25. Dredging returns:— Rise and Shine, No. 1 (123 hours), <9oz. lOdwt.; Rising Sun, Cromwell (133 hours), 470z. 3dwt.; Rise and Shine, No. 2, Cromwell (135 hours). 350z. 6dwt.; Golden Bed, Ettrick (one week), 270z. 9dwt.; Success, West Coast (117 hours), 320z. 4dwt-.; Red Jacks, iWest Gocugb (128 hoaiirs), 20oz. 3dwt. WEST COAST COAL. - Westport, October 25. Coal Output—Westport C-oal Company: 16,915 tons Sowt.; coke, 16.tons Bcwt. Westport-Stockton Company: 5794 tons 17cwt coal.. .: MOUNT LYBLL. MINES. By Telegraph—Press ■ Association—Copyright Melbourne, October 24. The ore production of the Mount Lyell Mines is in full progress. About . 27,C00 tons is being smelted monthly. THE "OVERLAND" IS > ST I LI. ADVANCING! This year the "OVERLAND" has grown bigger and better with expensive improvements and costly refinements. -But the • "OVERLAND'' price V still J'remains fully 25 per cent, lea than that of other Cars of its class. 1 This splendid five-seater, with its carefully constructed, chassis, powerful. engine, luxurious /upholstery, electric selfstarter, and; electric lamps is unquestionably, the greatest automobile vaiue in the world. It is not .a complicated Car, but one'you can,master in an hour. Write for free -booklet. Arrange for a trial run— which is better than print. Chief Agents for North Tsland-nA: Hat-rick and Co., Ltd., Wellington and Wanganui; Palmerston North Agents, Dunlc and Pringle; Feilding; G. Bradley; Masterton, P. W. Reardon, Ltd.—Advt, •

the management of Mr. Seymour T. Jeifery, who was 'for many years connected with' the tea trade in London, Colombo, liiid Calcutta.

Messrs. Ellis and Manton specialise in 51b. and. 101b. boxes, lead-lined in the same manner as in country of production, while theboxes are made in N.Z. of New Zealand white pine, also grocers' own packets.

Any storekeeper can hare any class of tea he wants packed in any way he desires, under his own brand, with his own niinVe on boxes and packets. "Blended on honour and sold by merit" is a good motto, and Messrs. Ellis and Mariton claim for their Standard Blended Teas the highest merit. British-grown teas-selected from best plantations ih Ceylon and India, combined with expert knowledge in the art of "tea blending," produce splendid results in blends of all grades suitablo for the retailer. From the "limn" of work, the tea department appears to bo a very busy branch of tho firm. The firm has a very imposing list of agencies, Among them a few of the lead-ing-ones are: Maconochie Bros., Ltd. (preserved fish, etc.), .W. Wotherspoon, Paislfcy (cornflour), A. .T. Caley and Sons, Norwich (chocolates and confectionery);' Tho firm lias only just removed into its new pveimses, which are now a familiar landmark in the city. The .building, though it tjs- not on a main street, mid cannot display its architectural features well, is yet. prominent above its surroundings. Messrs. Ellis and Manton look forward to an era of progres and prosperity in keeping with the step they have taken in building. In. addition to the above business, Messrs. Ellis and Manton are proprietors of tho Golden Hay candle works, situated at Petonc. Messrs. Penty and Lawrence were the architects for the new buildilig, and the completeness of the internal arrangements is'a credit to them. .Messrs. Sanders Bros., the builders, havo carried out their contract in a catisfa*iti>£Y, manner,