COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2587, 8 October 1915, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

L>'yESTiIENT.'SHAEES. .• .. . . In ' the Bale of Westport-Stockton, shares/atr ss. Awas reported. •'!fh'e;:'quotationsJ*TTere'""asfollow:— : - ; ,■ —Buyers.:-•, Sellere.- . •; . . £ s. d'. ; iL'-. National Banlc . 4.19 X-'J.-'Vi r Bank N.Z. (£« 13s. <d.)... 16 :3 • 0 Well. Trust, Loan,' Ltd.',..; .-r 7 8 6 i Christohurch . Meat ........ •— , v.t6- 5 0 Gear Meat; t£l) ; :.'J ! 1. B'o Union Steam' (pref.) 1 Kaiapoi Woollen (ord.) ... 5 4 0 • '• — Weil. Woollen' (ord.) .......6 0';0 Well. Woollen (pref,) 3 6 :0 - Westport Coal ......... — i 9 1 - Ijeylaud-.O'JBrion,.;. 1.23 .-rr..; Manning and Oo 4 15 0 4 18 0 Golden; jJay Cement . 0 19 0 , 1. 0 0. , » COMPANIES EEGISTERBD. "" The "Mercantile Gazette," published yes- . reports the registration o£the following- companies:— Patea Farmers' Trading.'Association, Ltd;. Kegistered as a private company, October , 2.; Office: Patea. Capital, .£2290, divided into 2290 shares'.oflJSl each. i Subscribers: . C. B, Honey. 3CO;.W. F.'Curtice, 250: E..'A: .'Graham, 260; E. E. Hunt, 260; ,11. Peffcre, 400; J.-A. I!' Ken no, ■ £20. Obioete: To acquire as a going concern the business oS Pelfers; Graham, and Hunt, of Patea. Harold Anderson, Ltd: Kegistered as a private'company, October 2. . .Office: Main Street "West; 1 Palmcrston North: v Capital,- . £1200, jlivided into 1200 shares of . £1 each. Subscribers:, H. Anderson, 400;^Annie'Anderson, 400; Y. Anderson, 400. Objects: To acquire the business of '..Harold. Anderson, of Palmerston Korth, artist, . photographer, and general picture dealer.' ' ;;. y, >

Vdl'ArOnir, ..Millildn,Structural Engineer-, ine Co., Lt<l, Registered October 4. Capital, "£20,000, divided inito 20,000 shares of £1 each. Subscribers: Wellington—6. fi. M'Arthur, 1224; O. Xl'Arthur, 600; H. A. Gold, 1; E. Scott, 600; A. Jeffries, 600; J. 13. Tnrnbnll, 200. Auckland—M. 11. 'Millikin, 1224. Objects: To acquire as a going concern and -undertaking of H'Arthur, MiUikin. and 00., Ltd.. as a private company having its office at Kaiwa-rre, and to enter into a certain agreement, dated September 28, 1915. Customs duly • collected at the port of Wellington yesterday ■ amounted to £1771 9s. 2d. . LONDON WOOL SALES. i' .The Bank of New Zealand has received the following cable advice from its London office, ■ dated October 2:—"The wool sales closed firm at the decline; 29,000 bales;, New Zealand are held over. Prices for good merinos are unchanged. Inferior meiinos are 10 per cent, cheaper. Superior cross-, breds are 5 pe cent, dearer, and ordinary crossbreds are unohanged. Inferior crossbreds ore 5 per cent, cheaper, also lambs 10 per cent. Slipes and fine scoured wools are 5 to '7} per cent, and oil other sroureas are. 10. to 15 per cent, cheaper. Current prices for farmere- lots, in average condition, arc as follow:—Coarse crossbrcds. I4d. to 15d. per lb.; medium crossbrcds. 15d. to 16d.'; - fine crossbreds, 16% d. to :' lialibreds, 17d: to 17J: inferior merino, lid. to J2d.; superior merino. 16d. to 174. Crossbred sheepskins are par w fi • per cent, cheaper. Merino skins, practically unchanged.'' , • SYDNEY WOOL SALES. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright ' (Bee. October 7, 10.35 p.m.) Sydney, October 7. ' The wool sales closed active and bouyant at' the full late improved rates for both merinos and. crossbreds, excepting wasties and fanlties. On the week, crossbred skirtings. per lb. ' ' tallow sales. London,' At the telloiT sales 1756 casks were offered and 1687 sold. Prices: Mutton, fine,-38s. 9(1.; medium, 355. Beef, fine, 38s. 3d.;'-me-dium, 355.- 6d.' V 1 •: The New Zealand loan ana lloroajituo Agency Company, Limited, have, received the following cablegram from, their London house, under date October 6:-* Tallow:.. We quote present spot values for the following descriptions:—Fine mutton,-395. 3d. per cwt.; good beef, 375. per cwt.;' mixed,..'3ss. per owt.' The market is good. '. V, METAL -MARKETS; • London, October 6. ■ Copper.-On the spot, £71 to £71 ss.[three months. £72 to £72 ss. • Tin.—On the spot, £151 10s. to £152; three months,'. £152 15s. to £153 ss. Lead.—Soft, foreign, spot, £24; forward Silver, 233 d. .per ,ounce standard. •AUSTRALIAN PRODUCE MARKETS;. (Rec. October 7, 10.35 p.m.) Sydney, October; 7. " Oats, American, 3s. ; to 3s. 6d.; Tasmanian whites, 3s. 6d.;. maize, yellow ss. 3d., white '4s. 9d., Javan 4s. 3d. to 4s. 6d., South African 4s. 9d. to ss.;,potatoes, Tasmanian £9 .to £12, New Zealand-£11; onions, Victorian £8 to £8 10s., ftew Zealand £7 10s. . V • Adelaide, October 7. •Wheat, new, prompt delivery, 6s. 9d.; flour, £l 8 to £18 2s. 6d.; bran, 1«. 13d.; pollard, Is. 7d... to Is. Bd.; oats, 3s. to 3a. 3d. . hides salk. :! 'vi.Cßec?,Octobcr 7, 10.35 p.m.) i'MelbOUilie,; October '7. ■-/At.'toe-hide's sale'there .were fair supplies; :and''the.';cata;logues; jWere cleared in sellers' favour. : • '.