COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2567, 15 September 1915, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

• INVESTMENT SHARES. . : v - In . tho investment market'yesterday: a Isale of Union Steam,' ordinary, : shares at 225. 4d. was recorded. Tho . quotations . ■ ,voro as follow. . .. ■ r . ... Buyers. Sellers. : . . £s. d. .£s. d. National Bank ....; 416 0 — 1: -Bk.r'N.Z: (£3 6s. 8d.)... ... 10 0 0 , • - ■ Bank 2J.Z. (£6 13s.- Mi) ... 1517 6, - 'Union Bank■ 5110 0' — .^National'Mortgage ... .4-0 0 AVell. Trust, Loan, I/td. ... 7 7 0 — , jWell. < Bep. and. Mort. .... — 0 8-0 Gisborne Gas 114-0 — ;;Well. Gas (£10) 16 0 0 - i ■Well. Gas (pref.) .:. — 10 0 Well: Meat Ex. (£2l2s.6dJ — 2 17 0 ' Kaiappi- Woollen, (ord.) 5 ..0 - . '.— i iWell. -.Woollen (ord.) ...... 419 0 — I • leyLand-O'Erien ............. 1 2 3- — V-'- Manning aid.C0. ; 4.12 .0 jGolden; Bay : Cement......... 019.0 ,1 0 0 WHOLESALE PRODUCE PEIOEB. '.... .Messrs. Laery and Co., Ltd:; :report whole- ' Bale ' produce pricos iis follow Fowls', wheat, prime,: 6s. 6d. to 6s. 10d.;" barley, 55.;-(tape '-- Parley, 65.; feed peas, prime; 65.; good, ss. , 6d.;, Prussian blue peas, 7s. ,6d.; partridge ■ fpeas; 65.6 d. ;■ maize;-, feed,'.'ss. : 3d.; seed ■"Hickdry' King," 6s. 6d.;'oatensheaf chaff, :'£B.los.„to £9; hay,.£s 10s. to £7-10s.;,flour in ■sacks,-'£ls;-oatmeal, £22; bran, £6; pol--1 Sard,-£7-55."; rice pollard, £7; rice-meal, £6 MOs.; onions. Califomian, 14s. a ease;.pota./'.itoes.:. table, £6 10s;--to £7; seed potatoes, ■ v.-'i Early' Rose and Beauty-of Hebron, £9 10s.; • (Reading Russet,'£7;"Circular Head,' £6 10s.; £61 55.;. Gamekeper, £5 10s.; :Nortliern Star,* £5;-bacon;'sides,-.105.;' rolls; '£11;-hams, Sid.; shoulders, lid.; cheese,: -■ Bid.;.linseed meal, £19 10s.;■ linseed ground - cakes; £14; triple linseed, £17.: '■ Customs ' duty i ; ooUect«d'at : the r ; port of : Wellington-yesterday amounted -to - £2052 19. sd. ; ■ . :|:;0 1-. h SOUTHERN MARKETS. ; ;*(Bj Telegraph—Press araociationJ " . ■ Christchurch, September 14., i>'There is : nothing fresh to report in con- .. nection with the grain market, there being; "no business idoing in either-wheat or 'oats, .. . -though avfew"inquiricj• as : to,, prices have . ibcoii mado by holders" of'wheat. Six 1 shil- " Mings at country, stations -is-being-looked for:. -At this fiffuro "there 'are no buyers.. , / The removal ■ of- the prohibition againstthe • export." of-potatoes; to'-Anstralia-'lias causcd ia''.littlO: .inoro inquiry, and.;prices . are a shads firmer, £4 155." at country star ; tions ■,being, the-lowest ■;figure accepted. ,

:--... Burraiß /and cheese. Messrs. A. S. Paterson /and ■ 06.,- Ltd., .Wellington, hare been advised- by cable from their /.London principals, Messrs. J. and J. - Lonsdale.. and Company,. Ltd., as : . follows:—Butter: - Market; firm, . Danish ihigher.-Cheese :• Quotations;. 755; to . 765. per ■ OWt. ■■ - ■: . LONDON WOOL SALES. By Telegraph—Press 'Association—Copy rich? London, Soptembcsr 13. At tfca . wool; sales faultics were slow of v. '-sale.)"' There' were, heavy -'withdrawals.' ' Good,wool sold; well at- late rates. . The following prices were realised: for .the ; fleece .portions 'of the clips named:— '■'.Waverley,'' .top :31id., average ■ 29.'1-Bd.; 'Cungegong," 16J4. Neiy, Zealand: "Avoca," . .16d. and 14id;j' : "Awatea,",. 18Jd. and'l6£d. . Messrs. W. and G..Turnbull and Co.. Ltd., . report "having "received "tho following cable mesiage ■ from London:—""Wool sales: Greasies .continue, sollingi-well at full rates , excepting lambs, which are neglected and . Easier, slipes are (very.,weak, .and .almost . unsaleable." ' . . Messrs. Murray, Roberts and Co., Ltd., C -save '. this' received r. cablegram from Messrs. Sanderson,.Murray- and- C 0.,. -.-.under- date September .11,;, as follows :— r'Best. descriptions wool market Arm'; faulty . and '.-interior' market very .weak and irregular." ■ v : ; : •; ".. METAL MAKKET3. - ; ■ London, September 13. " . Copper.-rOn.-the spot/ £68:65. to £68 10s.; -... three months, £69.105. to' £69 15s. ..-- ... . . ..vTin.—On the spot.: £154 10s. to £155; three tnonfche, £155 to £156 10s. ' Lead,,£23.7s. 6d.. to-£22 175.,.6 d. >, Spelter; £72' and' £70." ':

■ WHEAT. London, September 13. The wheat market Is auiet and prices unaltered.