COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2481, 7 June 1915, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

, INVESTMENT SHARES. In tho investment market on Saturday l pales were reported of Wellington Trust and Loan at .€7 125., and Golden Bay Cement at 223. The quotations wcro <15 under:— Buyers, Belters, * £ 6. d. £ s. a, National Bank 5 9 9 5 10 ( Bank N.Z. (£3 6s. Bd.) 11 9 0 11 10 ( Chrlstchurdi Gas (£5) ... 7 17 6 '8 2 ( \ Giaborne (las 115 0 - Well. Gas (prof.) 10 0 — j® N.Z. Insurance 6 2 0 — J;' Gear Meat <421) 4 0 0 — Well. Meat Export (£5) ... 5 0 0 - Well. Meat Export £2 !* 12a. 6d.) 2 12 6 - f Well. Woollen, (ord.) 412 0 — I' Taupiri Coal . 015 0 0 17 ( ?* Westpcrt Co;U . — 1U ! , Loy'o.nd-O'Bricn 116 — ;• N.Z. Drug — 2 7 ( l ® W-F.C.A. (£5) .. - 6 5 ( i. WOOIi, SKINS, AND HIDES. Messrs. Abraham and Williams, litd., lo Palmcrston North, report:—We held out lo usual monthly sale at Palmerston North on >f Friday, June 4, and offered an average cat& i- lojjue to a »ood attendance of buyer?. Out '.v offering #of wool comprised chiefly inferioi J- to medium <jna!ity orut-ehinsjs in bag? :s there being practically no bale wool in s, store. We quote:— s. Wool.—Orossbred, fine, 12d.; crossbred meis dium, 9Jd. to UJd.j dead, 9id. to 10Jd.; black, 93d.; lambs, 9*d. to 12Jd.; seedy lambs, 4d. to 6d.; locks, pieces and bel" s. lies. 6d. to 9d.; crutchings, medium, llid, o to 13} d.; inferior and dirty, 73d. to 9d. d Sheepskins.—Crossbred, fine, 109 d. to lid.; 5, crossbred, medium, 8?d. to lid.; crossbred, ; damaged, s*d. to Bid.; larabs, 9d. to lG2d.; •a dead, 6id. to Bd.; dead hoggets, 7Jd.; black, i, 7Jd.; quarter-wools, 62d. to 7*d.; crossbred, 1. Hue, at per each, 6s. 9d.; crossbred, medium, 4b. 6d„ 53. 5d., 6s Id.. 6s. 6d., 7s. 4d. », to 95.; ciuartciMvools, 2s. 9d.; salted crossbred fine, 7s. 3d.; salted crossbred medium, id., 3s. 9d., ss. 7d. to Bs.; salted half--6 wools, 2i5, to 4s. Id. cach. Calfskins.—Sound calf, 81d. to 91(1.; cut, t. 5?. d. lo Bjd.; yearlings, 7d. to 73d.; cut. and ». 6lippy, s£d. n Hides.—Ox, 83d. to 9d.; cows, medium {[ weights, 7sd. to Bid.; cows, 7 3-Bd. 0 to BJd.; cows, cut, sd. to 71d.; heifers a?id >. eiwre, 7Jd.; bulls, souuil, 53d. to 6d.; i. slippy, 3sd. to 4 3-Bd.; horse hidca, 7?. • to 9s. fid. each. rj Tallow, in tins, 225. 6d. per cwt.; in casks, 245. per cwt.; washed tails, Is. 7d. per dozen, unwashed tails, U. 6d. per dozen. 1 Our next sale will be held on Thursday, ' July 1, 1915. t 'Messrs. Dalgety and Company, Ltd., Palmerston North, report:—On Friday last we _ held the first of our series of special ■ crutchiug sales, in conjunction with our { usual monthly wool, skin, hide, etc., sale, . and we offered a good catalogue of all J claaseo to a large attendance of buyers Cr tit-chin gs opened up in clean condition, , and. were keenly competed for, especially : for the better lines. No super lines came r forward, and the bulk of our offering com--1 prised chiefly medium to good, realisiug from 12d. to 13id. Seedy linos were also eagerly competed for, but sold at consid- ' crablv lower rates. Wool: Grutchings, best lines/13d. to 13£ d.; medium to good, ,12d. to 123 d.; short and dingy, lCd. t 113 d.; ditto, j saedy, lOd. to Itfd.; very eecdy mid infer- . ior, 6d. to Bid. Fleece: crossbred, 13d. to ' 14d.: ditto, seedy and inferior, 103 d. to !21d.; : lambs, .121 d. to 13Jd.; ditto, inferior,. B£d. to 10d.; pieces and bellies, Bd. to 9Jd.; locks p And pieces, 6d. to Bidd.; dead, lOd. to 112 d. 1 .Skins: Medium to heavy ox. 9d.; light. BJd. to 83d.; cow hidei?, best, lines, 8 3-Sd. to Bjd.; medium to good, B£d. to BJd.; farmers' » lots, ?id. to 73d.; yearlingcs, 7ad. to Bd.; " ditto, ...cnt and damaged, Sjd. to 6Ad.; bulls ' and stags, 4Jd. to 6d.; cow find ox. cut • and slippy, 63d. to 7£d.; horsehide, ss. 3d. 3 to fe. Calfskins: Sound lot", 9id. to • cut and slippy, sd. to Bd. Sundries: Tallow, » in ting, 225. 6d.; rough fat, Bs. to 145.; rab- • bit skins, 6d. The next sale will bo held f on Thursday, July 1, winch will be the sccond of the scrie3 of crutching sales, : and in view of tho very high prices rul- } ing, the firm would recommend olients to ' forward their consignments in good time • to be included in the next sale's catalog*©. LAND SALES. 1 Messrs. W. and G. Turnbull and Co., Ltd., : Mastcrton, report that they have lately ' ett'cctcd the sale of the following p7-Qper- ' tics:—ln conjunction with Mr. F. P. Welch, 125 acres. Miki Miki; in conjunction with ; Mr. lnglish Husband, 2547 acres, "Tuscan ' HiJlfi," Pahiatua; in conjunction with ! Messre. C. 0. Boss and Co., 3868 acres, "Wfli- ' nuiomapn," Masterton. Also a block of ' buildings, Queen Street, Masterton, ana various building sections at Carterton. _ Tbe New Zealand Loan aud_ Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., Dannevirke, report: 1 —At Makotuku we offered, on account cf ' tho estate of tho late Lauritz Neilson, section of about 92 acres adjoining tho Makotuku towmsliip. After Epii'ited. computition Mr. J. W. Slildon became tho purchaser at £290, Customs duty collected at the port of Wellington on Saturday amounted to £603 19s. tOd. FROZEN HEAT (By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copjright.) (Rco. June 6, 5.5 p.m.) London, June 5. The incorporated Society of Meat Importers' Smitlifield market quotations for the undermentioned classes of frozen meat are ba.sed on actual Ealos 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 on the market. The prices which follow are on the average a farthing per lb. more than the values ex 6liip. this difference representing the averags cost in expense, handling, conveyance, and selling of the meat:— Mutton— d, Canterbury, light 7 Canterbury, medium 6| Canterbury, heavy 63 North Island, best 61 North Island, ordinary 63 New Zealand ewes 63-8 Australian, best 61-5 Australian, seconds 63 Australian, ewes 61 River Plate—None offering. Biver Plate, heavy Si ltivcr Plate—None offering. Lamu— Canterbury, light 8 3-8 Canterbury, seconds 8 3-8 Canterbury, heavy 81 North Island, ordinary 85 North Island, selected 83-8 Australian, best 8 Australian, fair 8 Australian, inferior 73 River Plate, light 7i Eiver Plate, heavy 73 BeefArgentine, chilled fores 7J Argentine, chilled hinds 9 BABBITS. ' Babbits,—The mo.rftet is ptcady. New Sonth Wales blues, 17b. 6d., ex shiip. LONDON MABKET.S. (Ecc. June 6, 6.5 p.m.) London, June 5. fiilvcr.— Bar silver ifl quoted at 25 G-16d. per ounce standard. Quicksilver, 300s, per bottle fnominal). Cotton.—June-July nhipm(;nt« of Amuri- , can middling cotton arc ckerini; at 6.26(1. ' per lb. * I Jute—Native first mnrlm, June-July «hip- \ sicnt, £20 10s, per ton, i N.Z. hemp, June-August shipment!!, f.Vi 15s. per ton. Rubber—Hard fine I'ara, U. 7 3-Jd. pur ' lb,; plantation, 2s. 4 3-B<J.; h.mok'-d eliceld, , 2s. 4!d. | Copra.—May-June Khipment, SXZ per ton. ' _____ 1 WHEAT. J (llec. June I), 6J) p.m ) f London, .Juno ft. | The wheat nwrket is fh-ft'ly. , July options, HCic. lo Y/M'-.; options, 112jiC. to ll5r:. I METAL MARKETS. '' LonJoD/ June 4. . Copper.—On the snot, £80 to £61 lOa'.'J three months, £82 ft\. Sd u> W.Cd, \ Tin.-On the j?pot. £16J> to SMI thYm { months, £161 10s. to £102. * Lead, £23 153. TAS3£ANIAN PEAItB, The steamer Morea'H Tnumanlan nttttm brought 6s. fid. to lis. 6d. a tray, «,«() Ift-"!. 6d. a case. Some wasty v?cr« of Uttlo talnc. ft Apples clcared. a-t 11«. 6d. to 14k. <j DANISH BUTTKR. I Danish butter, 144 a. to IMb. i' MINING NEWS WELLINGTON SHARE MARKET. |, There were no tran. c ociionfl in mining <| shares on Saturday. Tho f/uoUaion» w«r«> /(] follow:— <t j Buyers. Keller*. £«. d. £ h il. Talisman — 1 4 0 111 Wnihi — 1 19 J li Waitangi 0 14 •• H BTOCK KXCHANGE. n (By Teleccauh.—Press Association.) I' ' Duncdin, June 5. 'X. 1 Sales on 'Change—Nationol Ila.nk, £5 •' 10s.; N.Z. Paper Mills, 17s. || HIGGINSON AND MACSHANB, « 143 Featherstoa Street, Wellington. " SHABEBROKERS and ACCOUNTANTS, t MONEY TO I.END oa W