COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2306, 13 November 1914, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

.'!■■■■ ■;•■ myESTMENT.SHAEES. v : '. The kales ! of. investment shares, at the ■Wellington Stock Exchange yesterday -were Union Bank, at: £51;-Union Steam, ordinary, at ;21e. sd;; and preference at 20s. 3d. The quotations were as follow:— : .. - ■•..••■■• ■~.' ■Buyers.; Sellers. : •..-■■•■.-■.■..■. .■,-•; ; "..-;■:: ■ ,\£s. d.- >'£ s. d. Bonk'N.Z. (£3 6s; Bd.) .!..! 10 0' <)•.•;■ Bank N.Z. (£6 135.'4 d.) ... IS 5 ,0 —' N.Z. and Kiver Plate ... 119 0 ■ -. Gieborne, Gas ......;.....„.;.. 118.0 . .— N.Z. Insurance ?.......;;'-'5 12 0 ; — Weatport; i ..:.„... 111 6 - ■ ' ; .. .SHEEPSKINS./ . . ■'...- In viewof the eager demand in. Europe for nheepskins to be used as winter clothing for the troops, it is interesting to know that.for the ek months ended tember 30, there were sold in Wellington 101,250. skins.. A proportion of these went to America, and it is a matter for epecu-" lation as to what was their final destination. The regulations now in force will : for the future ensure that euch products must first go to the United Kingdom. OuEtoma duty collected at the port of Wellington yesterday. amounted to £1815 ;iis. lod. ■ ;■ . ■.■■ i ■ '.•:•■-■•■"• ■' . : ;. , . • BBEWEES'vEXHIBITION.. ' , : ' / ByTelegiaoh—Press- Aseociatten— Copyright .'-.' : . .;■•■■■' ' .'■ London, November U'. . At the. Brewers'. Exhibition, in .the colonial wine cqmpe.titions'. there were, 130 ei> tries, of'which 100 were from New South , Wales, 18' from South Australia, and five from Viotoria; ■ Awards: ;Qass;.A—Lindeman, Ist; Penfold (Sydney), 2nd. Class B— Lindeman, Ist; Penfold. (Sydney), 2nd. Glass C—Penfold (Sydney), Ist; Lindeman, 2nd. Class D—Lindeman,: let, only award. Close G—Pctifold (Sydney), Ist, oily 'award. Close H—Penfold (Sydney), Ist; only award. Class J— Lindeman. Ist; Penfold (Sydney), 2nd. Class K—Lindeman, Ist; Peufold (Sydney), 2nd. Close' L-I'cnfold (Sydney), Ist: Lindeman, : 2nd. Class Jl—Penfold (South Australia),' Ist,' only award.) Class o—Ponfold (South Australia), Ist, only award. Class B—Penfold (South Australia), Ist; .Westmacott (Cape Colony), 2nd. Class U—Penfold . (South >.Auatira3ia.),. let, only award. In clasees E, P. N, P, end T no awards were mode; in classes Q and 6 there were :no entries., . ■ . ; • .; LONDON, WOOL BALES.. . Mesers; Dalgety. and Company; Ltd., have received the-following cablegram ifrom their. London office:—"At the wool sales e, total of 44,000 bales .was catalogued; 37,500 were bought' by the Home trade; 3300 were not offered; and 3200 were withdrawn from tale." ■ ■ ' ...•.•• ■-■ .■' ■ ' ;

WBEAT. ■ : London, November 11. The American visible supply of wheat is estimated at 116,160,000'busnels. Tho American Government's estimate of the -winter and epring: wheat is 892,000,000 bushels. '.-.;■■. '■■■■■ The iwheaf market is auiet and prices unchanged. .The tendency is slightly in buyers' favour. . , ■ . TEB; : METAIi.-JIABKETB. .' London, November 11. The MeUd Exchange reopens fully on Monday next. Tho following are tlie' curreni quotations :— • Copper.—On spot, £50 10s. to £50 15s. per ton; electrolytic, £52 16s. to £53 ss. Tin.-On spot, £138 15s. to £139 ss. per .ton.' i . •. " . . : Silvcr.^Bar-silver is quoted at 22gd. per "ounce .standard. ' , ■LINSEED. OIL AND TURPENTINE. . ■ ' • London, November 11. ' Linseed oil.-Spot pipes, £23 7s. 6d. Turpentine, 355. ■'~'•■ ATJSTSALIAN PEODUCE MAEKETS. (Etc. November 12,. 9.30 p.m.) Sydney, November 12. Oats, Algerian feed, Jβ. Bd.; milling, 3s. 9d.; Taemanian, 3s. 9d. Barley, Cape feed, 3e. 6d.; English, 3s. 9d. lfa\w, 3e. lid. to te. 3d. Potatoes, Tasmanitin, £7; New Zealand, £4 10s. 6d. Onione, Victorian; £9 11s Butter, selected, . 1045.; secondary %-, Cheese, 6d. to 6Jd. Bacon, 9d. Adelaide, November 12. Wheat, 4s. 10d. to to. lid. Flour, £10 10s to £11 103. Bran and Pollard, £8 7e. 6d. MH/BOTTRME HIDE SALE. (Bee. November 12, 9.30 p.m.) . Melbourno, November 12. At the hides Eale there woe a good demand, and. oricca were id. higher.