COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2373, 1 February 1915, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

lIWESTMEIiT SHABES. >'' -. In,, the investment market there were ealesof Ifapier Gae (£9 paid) at £14 10s.; Union Steam, preference, 20e. 9d.; and , Westport Coal; at 31s. 3d. The quotations were as under:—

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AUCKLAND wool sale.. The second wool sale in Auckland this season will be held to-morrow morning, the fixture having been put forward a day at the request of the Wool Buyers' Association. The catalogues for to-morrow's sale closed at noon on Saturday, and, according to present indication, (on Friday), there ■will he an entry of about 6000 bales, an unusually email offering for the second sale of the season. There was, however, "an exceptionally hcaTy catalogue for the first sale held on November 26, the aggregate entry then being 12,290 bales, and during the interval there has been largo shipments direct ,to the London market. The catalogue at the November sale of 1913 was 6696 hales, and at the 6econd ealo on January 30 a total of 11,482 bales was offered, making a total of 18,178 bales for the first two sales of the Eeason. The approximate total for the first two sales of the 1914-15 eeason is 18,290 bales. LONDON WOOL SALES. By Teh graph—Press Association—Copyright London, January IS. At the wool sales there was _ spirited American and Yorkshire competition for merinos at full rates. Prices realised:— Detroit, 13d., lljd.; Oanonbar, UJd., WJd.; Woinboin, 13d., ll'3-Bd.; Nivedowne, 13d., UJd'.: Sesbania, 22Jd., 21id.; Yule, 10d.. 9d.j Yardie, Bid., 7M. New Zealand Ohristchurch, 16d.,'14Jd.; Otairi-, 15} d., 143 d, LONDON SHEEPSKIN MARKET. * ITesSTe. ■ Jlnxray, Hoberts, and Co.. Ltd., have received a cablegram from their London friends,' Messrs. Sanderson, Murray, and.'Co., under date January 28,- as follows:—London sheepskin market: "Sheep--skins, merino, par to Jd. advance; crossbred; Id. advance." LONDON MARKETS. By Telegraph—Press ; Association-Copyright' (Kec. January 31, 5.5 p.m.) London, January 30. Wheat—The market is very'firm. Chicago May options, .148 c. to 150ic.:. Jnly options, 132 c. to 134 c. Butter.—Danish, 1445. to 148s. j>er cwt. Hemp.—-The market is quiet. March-May shipment, £27.155. per ton. Rubber.—Hard fine Para rubber, 2s. 53d; per lb.; plantation, 2s. 3d.; smoked sheets, 2s. 4d. i Copra—January-February shipment, £23 15s. per ton. ■ Cotton—Hay-June shipments, 4.88 d. per lb. FROZEN MEAT. (Rec. January 31, 5.5 p.m.) London, January 30. " The Incorporated Society of Meat Importers' Snuthfield market quotations fox the undermentioned classes of frozen meat are>based on actual sales of not less than ; one hundred carcasses of mutton or lamb, or twenty-five quarters of beef, of fair average quality. The quotations are not for • selected lines, but for parcels ■ fairly representative,of the bulk of the shipments now oh the . market. The prices, which follow arc on the average a farthing per lb. more than the\.values ex .ship, this difference representing the average ;cost, jin ..expense, handling, conveyance,, and selling of the meat:— Mutton— d. Canterbury, medium 5J North Island, best : 57-16 Australian light 51-16 Australian heavy : 51-16 ' Australian ewes ', 415-16 Lambs— None offering. EeefAustralian 'ox fores ■; 53 Australian ox hinds 61 River Plate chilled fores 5? River Plate chilled hinds 73 RABBITS. .The market'is firm for rabbitß, «.nd prices aro^unchanged. ' .V:„::;:,.. ; : -HARES. ■ ■ J ' Hares are I 'neglected, and values are unchanged. „ . . '.'/ ! ..>JtETAL MARKETS. ■ .';.";;.:'!/'; London, January 29. ■ Copper.—On.'the spot, £63 ss. to £63 10s.; .three 'months; £63 12s;. 6d. to £63 17s. 6d.; < electrolytic, ■on the spot, £67 10s. to £68. " Tin.-On'the spot, £172 to £172 10s.; three 'months, £160 10s. to £161..' Lead, £18- 7s.' 6d.> £18 Bs. 9d. ■■ Spelter. '£36~t0 £36 10s. ■ . 'Jute—January-February shipment, £20. CHICAGO WHEAT OPTIONS. 1 ;„' • London, January 29. Wheat—Chicago May options,'. Idol. 49 cents; Idol. SOJcents; July options, Idol. 333 ; cents, Idol. ,35j cents.

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