COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2708, 1 March 1916, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

. INVESTMENT SHAKES. In the • investment market yesterday g eale of "Wairarapa Farmers'. £5 shares at £6 was registered. The quotations were e£ follow;— ' v\ . Buyere. Sellers. £s. d.- £ s. d. Bank tf.Z. (£3 6s; Bd.) ...10,11 0 - Union Bank 50-10 0' - ,-51 0 0 Well. Trust, Loan, Irtd.... 7: o ,'"0* ' :;.7 l'-'O Gisbome Gas 1.11 0 — ' - Isepier G-as (£5) ..-..v : : — ' M 0' Union Steam (ord.) ylB 3 TJnion Steam (pref.) 10 -6 <.-1 1 0 K&iapoi Woollen (pref.)... ,:''s. 9 0 Well. Woollen (ord.) 4 18 "0, : . Well. Woollen (pref.) ...\.v- 3 6 0. K.z. Drug 2 S"0 Golden Bay Cement ' 0 i9.?'o- v«. • 1 ••l .'O W&ipa Goal/ 0;'18" OSX0 SX ' ; 1' 0 0 Customs duty collected at the port of WelliTurton yesterday amouniea to £2wi 17s. lid. ' SOUTHERN MARKETS. ~.. o „ By Telegraph—Press- Association. Chrlstchurch, February 29. The looaJ wheat markets-has *$iven"Way ' eti'll further. /, Buyers ' are indifferent whether they make purchases or. not, even ,'ttt the lower figures. During. the last •few days; a .number of lines of Hunters, and Tuscans '.were bought at, 4s. 6d. to 4a. Id., and-pearl at 4s. 1\&. per . busKel at country: stations. Even-at these prices the tone 'of the. market'is'very weak. It' is reported'-that- a considerable quantity of. wheat in stook near, the hills has been damaged by showery ■ weather dui'ing the poit iortnig'ht. The shipping price of pollard has been reduced to £7 10s., bran to £4. The oats market is also weaker, and prices are easier, in sympathy with'thoeo

ruling in Southland,' Cartons are now worth 2s.- lOd. .to;. 35., and Duns 3s. 4d. to Bs. 5d., at country' Stations. Oatsheaf chaff' is dull of sale at £4 10s. to £6 15s. at .country stations. The reported collapse of the potato market In Sydney from £14 10s. and £15 10s. down to £6 will probably influence the local' market, as growers are holding off .the iu&i-ket.from milking forward sales, in anticipation- of a demand later from Australia. . c ' ■ " Growers "are. oheaper, and 'are now quoted at £2 55.-to £2 7s. 6d. at country stations. WHEAT. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (K«c. February 29, 9.30 p.m.; -' London, Febrtuu-y jj. Wheat is .to.", Ib. dearer. Australian February shipment is quoted at 70s. per (luarter . POTATO MARKET COLLAPSES. 1 . Sydney, February 29. The* potato "market has collapsed owing to lower Tasmanian quotaii'onE. The price fell 120s. per ton. ; . METAL MABKETS. London,' February 28. •Copper,'on spot, £104 15s. 6d. to £105 per -ton-'; forward delivery, '£103 to £103 ss. Tin,, on spot, £186 ss. to £186 10s. per ton; forward, £186 15s. to £187. . Pig-iron, - 85s. • per ton. Lead, soft foreign, £32 17s. 6d, to £33 per ton. Silver.—Bar silver is quoted at 26 5-16 d. per ounce standard.- '