COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2323, 3 December 1914, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

•i. IS VESTMENT SHARES. The Bales recorded of investment' shares yesterday• were:—Ohristchurch Gas at £7 |25., 6d.;.Wellington Gas (£10), at £16 2s. 6d.; Union Steam (ordinary), at 225. 6d.; Wairarapa. .Farmers ,(205.), at 23e. The auoti■tions were as "follow:— Duyerß. Sellers. ! '. ■ ~ • £ s. d. ■ • £ o. d. National Sank 6 3 0 5. 5 0. .'Bc,nk N.Z. (old). — -• JlO 3 6 Bank H.Z, (new) 15 S O — iTf.Z.I and Rtver Plate ... — ' 2 : 0* 0 Palmerston North Gae... 1110 0 1210 0 Well. Gas (pref.) i 10 0 — jMeat..Export (£2 12s. 6d.) — . 2 15 .0 Onion Steam (pref.) 1 0 3 — Westport . ... — 110 9 WestportrStockton i ' 0 3 10 ; 0 4 9 Leylamd-O'Brien i :... 110 , — CAPTURING GERMANY'S TRADE. ' ■ -In.' tho: "Dolly Mail" of October 1 13 particulars are givenof. the big effort; that ils 'being made by Sir Jesse Boot' to capture many of the German patent medicines. Two articles ■ are referred to as follow.: — Sanatogen-a nerve food, of merely twosimplo ingredients—which earned vast dividends for Herr Wnlfing (now fighting against us) and hig Gorman company, will find an exact copy -at Jess than half the price - in Sir Jesse Boot's new Regesan Nerve Tonic Pood. Herr Wulfing's "Formamint" throat lozenge is, replaced (at half tile'coot) by Boot's "Formcloid?." 'liysol, the .disinfectant, will in a . 6hort time also be replaced by a preparation fust as good. Ean do Cologne proved a vast source of ■wealth to Germany. To the.making of it Cologne is no more essential than is Yorkshire to the making of Yorkshire nuddine. Sir Jesse Boot has ready an eau do Cologne Quito innocent of ffeimany, but no less good than, the Cologne productHis -scheme, which will bo extended a 6 opportunity offers, seems a soundly practical step in the national campaign of "war on Germany's trade," and as rich one can but wish it success., ' Customs duty collected at the port of Wellington, yesterday amounted to £2845' lis. 9d. TIMARU WOOL SALE.' (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) Tlmaru, December 2. The first wool sale of the season was held to-day,' when 8371 bales wero offered and 7245 • sold. American buying was barred, but large orders for the Army enabled Homo buyers to compete freely for all suitable wools. Owing to the dry weather and high winds some wool was very earthy, but a number of the clips were bright and attractive, and brokers report prices as compared with the recent Ohristchurch sales • receded from . Jd. for low-grade crossbreds. to Id. on medium halfbreds and bright tbree-quartor-breds and fine crossbreds, while bellies, pieces, and locks showed no decline. The following is the'range of prices:—Merino (very little), Bid. to lid.; super halfbred and Corricdale, 12d..t0 14d. (ono lot 145 d.); medium, lOd. to Hid.; inferior, B|d. to 93d.; super threequarter and crossbred, lid. to 12Jd.; medium,' 9d. to IOJd.; inferior, 73d. to 83d.; best_ pieces, 91d. to lid. (one lot, IW.j; medium, 7d. to 9d.; inforior, 53d. to 63d. BRISBANE WOOL SALES. By Tolojrraph—Press Awociftion—Copyright (Rec. December 2, 9.20 p.m.) Brisbane, December 2. At tho wool sales, good wools were from 10 to 15. per. cent., and medium 20 per cent, lower.than at tho pTevioUß soles. '•.' •" TALLOW. London, December 1. TaJlow—ld "stock, 2472 casks; imports. 1187 casks; deliveries. 3283 casks. ItETAL MARKETS. •' Bar silver is quoted at 23d. per ounce standard. - Copper.—On tho spot, £55 155.; threo months, £55 17s. 6d.; electrolytic, £58 10s. to £59. , ~ Till.—Or the snot, £143 15s. to £144 to.:

three months, £141 15s. to £142. . Spelter, £25 15s. to £25 17s. 6d. WHEAT. The market is firm, but inactive. The- supplies total 21,724,000 bushels, deliveries 12,541,000- bushels, stocks 26,626,000 bushele; afloat, 3,800,000 bushels; visible, 35,749,000 bushels.. '' " '