COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2733, 30 March 1916, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

-,'■'. ■'- .."INyESTMENT SHARES. In the investment market yesterday sales, weTe reported of N.Z. Loan and Mercantile ordinary at £18 55., and N.Z. Shipping ordinary at £20. The quotations were as follow:—' ■. • . . Jluyers. Sellers. £ a. d. £e.i. National-Bank ;.....'... 6 • 1! 6 — Bank N.Z. (£3 6s. Ed.) ... — 10 14 0 Well: Invost., .T.ond A.... — 011 0 Weir Trust, Loan, : Ltd.... — ' 7 10 Well. Dop. and' Mort. ... — 0 9 0 iGisborne Gas .'......::.>. 112 . 6 — - 'National' Insurance — 210 9 N.Z. Insurance — 6 4 0 Union Steam (ord.) 110 0 1 11 0 Union Steam (pref.) 10 9 — Waipd Coal 018 0 — Westport Coal — 16 9 Westport-Stocktoh'" , — '053 Kauri Timber (155.) 0 15 0 — Leyiand-O'Brien 116' 120 N.Z. Drug ... - 2 5 6 Golden .Bay:.'Cßment. 10 3 • — NX Paper-Mills-....;:.;..:. 017 9 ' -' ' Sharland (drd.r".'.........;:... 14 6 - 6-h'arland (pref.) 14 6 , — •-,' . LONDON WOOL SALES. By Telegraph—Press Association-Copyright ■■'• •;'.';•:""/(Becl .March 29,.. 8.45 p.m.) .".'' i London, March 28.' The fourth, series of wool sales will open on-May 16. ..The list closes on-May 1, or wh»n;Bo.CM.<bales .have arrived.-; The .Wool,. Importers' Committee has-'de-cided .'that," owing! to'the shortage -of ;rail..wajOaoihtfes? it'.V.will allow buyers'.ah extauy-seven-days'-' free storage for pur-' x the :third- series of 'saleG, iond-.for oashrprompt, fourteen day-si- ; Messrs. Murray, Eobertß irnd C 0.,. Ltd., .have : received a cablegram from their London friends, Messrs. Sanderson, Murray, and Oo.V n'nder date May , 28, as follows:—"Fourth'series ,of .tales commences on May 15, list-closes on May 1, subjeot to a'limit of 80,000 bales; now arrivals." "*'■ PHICE.OF FLOUB IN LONDON. London, March 28. -Flour-is- quoted -at -48s. per quarter, the lowest this year. The price of the quartern .loaf lias been, reduced to 81d. , UNION STEAM SHAKES. By Telegraph—Press Association. ; Chrlstohuroh, March 29. It was reported from Wellington that the -recent rise in Union Steam' Ship shares Jkbis due' to the projected fusion with N.Z. Shipping Co., the head office- of tho latter company state definitely that nothing is known of. any fusion;: • . i ■; Customs duty collected • at the oj Wellington yesterday amounted to £5788 17s. lid. ■■'.'.