COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2292, 28 October 1914, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

''■■■ 'INVESTMENT SHARES. ''•mero were no transactions in investment S SS J™teW. 'The quotations were ca ••■■■■■•, ' Buyer*. Sellers. ■ £s. d. £a. i ,_,'.. — 530 Kotionftl Bank ...;.... , •.. , _ Wgtn. Int. T. and A. ... 18 9 1460 iM) r „ „ *«» N.Z. Shipping (pref.) 1 « " Well Woollen (ord.) 4 7 u _ Leyland O'Brien 1 * ° Manning and Co 3 » " 13s. BdV . SOUTHERN MARKETS; (By Aesociation.) CWlStohurch, Oetoher 27- m There are no changes to note « tha torn price of 20s. per ton. . LONDON WOOIi MARKET. . Dalgety and Company, Ltd. ™li n f£° n ' have deceived the fo%wUB cable fromtheir London office, under.date October 23;- Ihe wool- market is amniated: Ms BiaMora tops are quoted at 31d.; ««. at 18* d. Values are largely lictit.'ouf. MELBOURNE WOOL SALE. By Telegrapb-Prees Association-Copyright Melbourns, October 27. At tho wool sales thoTe was a, big attendant All good sorts .wore in strong toaand Though American and Japanese "preSiteUves were present, pracUcally all ♦in •mnv.r.ascß were made by lorkshiro ln,ve£ on Sunt of the chief demand being for crossbreds,- which; ruled at fifteen to twenty per centum above last years onenin" rates; that for merino, beat cKs." showed' a. fall of Ave; secondaries,, fifteen; and'inferiors twenty-five to thiity- ■ three- per centum. HIGH COMISSIONER'S CABLED REPORT. Tho Department of Agriculture, Industries, and* Commerce has .received tho following cablegram from the High Commissioner for Now Zealand, dated London, October 24. fNotc.-Quotations, unless. otherwise specified, arc avenue market prices on ' I S »!ton.-The market fe.dull, but _ prices arc-firm as a result of email arrivals. Canterbury, 6d. per lb. for light weight; North Island, 5 13-16 d. . ... ' Lnmb.-Th'e market is, quiet, with no alterations in prices. Canterbury twos, 6 lW6d. per lb.; other than Canterbury; 6 3-Bd. for light, weight. . Beef.-The market is quiet. Stocks of Sew Zealaud beef on hand aro light Quotatioiw .ire nominal. - New Zealand hinds, 6Sd. per lb.; Fores. SM. Chilled suppliesaxo moreaaing. Chilled hinds, ssd. per lb.; °Butter.-The market is firm .for high grade. Danish, flow, per ewt., 140s. to 1425.; . Siberian, quiet 1205.-'to 1&. exceptionally 1245.; Australian, oleady, 1245. to 1285.; Irish CTcamcry, very flow, 1265. to lite., excoplionally 132.; Argentine, steady, 12&s. to 130s. Cheose.-Thc market is quiet, but steady. Canadian, quiet, white and coloured, per c.wt., 78s. to 775.; English, fair requeat, 82s. Honip.-The market is overstocked and depressed. : It is reported there ere 100,000 bales of Manila and 1500 tons of iNcw Zealand hemp- on hand. i\ew Zealand goodfair grade, per ton, £22 10s.; fair, £21; fair current Manila, £24. . . Wheat—The market is quiet but steady. Australian, 445. c.i.f. , , , Oats—The market is firm, but demand only moderate. New Zealand supply is practically exhausted. Wool.-The market is firm and prices continue to advance in anticipation that supplies will be short.