COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2585, 6 October 1915, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

-- INVESTMENT SHARES. There were no transactions recorded in the investment market yesterday. The auolaUt-ns were as under:-: • Buyers. .-Sellers. \; : . N . . £s. d. £8. dL National Bank 419 6 — Ohch. .... . 7 86. 710 0 Geor Meat (£1) - ' *r• i 5 9 Union Steam (ord.) 13 6 1 4 u Union Steam (pref.) 019 11 Kaiap'oi Woollen; (0rd.)... 5 4 0 . ~ Westiport Coal 1 8 9•. . We'stport-Stockton ■ 0 5 4 I/pvlaiid-O'Brien 1 2.3 — N.Z. Con. Dental 10 6, • - ■ N.Z. Drug. ~ - J6 0 Golden Bay Ceinent 0 19 0 10 0 Ward and Co 5 5 0 — Auckland. Tram ,(ord.) ... *1 1. 0 ; ~ / . SOUTHERN . MARKETS. (By TelecraDti.—l'resfl Association.) Chrlstchurch, October 5. From the lemarlis made last week by the. Prime Minister there is evidently no prospect of permission being' granted to export •any :whea.t'or' flour'-this season. 1 The continued dry weather in Oanterbury and. North Otago is causing considerable- concern , to, grain growers, and although crops generally are' so far looking remarkably. well there is not sufficient moisture .in the ground to ' keep them going for any length of time, and high north-west winds that have prevailed lately have ; been - very severe ' upon both' crops and pastures. . ; There.'Ss no demand at present'for grain, and wheat is unsaleable. The only business doing is 'in potatoes.' The. North Island has' held off, .the : market -'all the winter, but-a stronger-demand M-s .set in from there, I t'attd.- as 'merchants' - stocks. .beyond what have - been' purchased ' for Bhipment for Australia aro low, the price-has risen £1 per ton since last week. . Sales have been made at £6 15s. and £7 -at country stations, and the quantity offering is not large. WHEAT. . By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright ' ' London, October 4. The wheat market is. firm..