COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2734, 31 March 1916, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

INYESTMENT SHAKES. ' Yesterday's Stock Exchange quotations were as follow:— , Jinyers. Rollers, . £s. d. £6. d.. National - Bank „... ■: i 8 0 ' •• ' Bank N.Z. (£3 6s. Bd.) ... - 10 14 0 Union Bank 50 15 0 — National Mortgage 316 0 ■ — N.Z. and Eiver Plate ..... 2 0 0' — Well. Dcp. and' Mort. ... — '090 Gisbornc Gas .'. A... 112 6 — Napier Gas (£5) ............. 85 0 ' •'— National Insurance — 210 9 Huddai't-Parkcr (ord.) ... 1 1 0 - Union : Steam (ord.) 110 6' 111 3 Union Steam (pref.) 10 9 — Well. Woollen (pref.) .;... — . $9 0 Waipa . Coal 0 18 0 — Wcstport Coal : - 16 9 WestpdrtStockton „., — 0 5 i Leylan'd-O'Brien 116 12 0 *N.Z. Drug ; - 2 5 6 Golden Bay Cement ......' 10 3 110 Sharland (ord.) L...A 4 6 '■ — Sharland i (pref.) ..; 14 6 . ■ — ; *Cum div. , . -v : . JAM CONTRACTS. There, is a possibility; that, in addition to filling large Contracts for New Zealand, troops In 'camp and on transports,- the Do.minion's leading jam manufacturers maybe asked to contract for supplies. to the British Army. It is said that the War Office has already placed extensive orders in Australia for jam for the use of the army, these orders having been for about, twenty or. thirty million pounds weight. The conditions of these contracts arc not available, . hue representations concerning the matter have already been - made to leading Auckland and New Zealand jam boilers, to ascertain whether factories are in a position to accept such orders in the event of the War' OMce desiring to place them, The question was. referred in Auckland to the manager of one of the Dominion's largest factories, and he stated that oyer a year'ago he had approached the director of army contracts, London, on the matter, and had been informed that, all representations must bo made through the New Zealand Government. This course wo* accordingly, taken, but the War Office did not take the matter up with any enthusiasm, indicating, moreover, that only16in.tins could be accepted. The tins macfe in the Dominion are all 14in., but even in the event of the War Office reconsidering its former decision, the increasing difficulty of obtaining tin plates WQuld probably prove a bar to New ZealaVßl factories accepting contracts on so large a scale.

PEOZEN MEAT MARKET. Messrs. Gilbert, Anderson and 00. (Messrs. Mellsop, Ellott and Co., Palmerston Jforth, local agents) report on the'frozen meat market, . under date London, January 28. as follow:— ../ I Homegrown—Lighter supplies and prices tightening up for sheep, but business lifeless in all descriptions. Beef arrived too late on the market to be• sold to best advantage.

> Irozen Mutton.-Except for-a few Australians, the supply has not been any.greater than before.' Indeed, New Zealand owes •have been very, -difficult to obtain, . but prices are a shade easier owing to generalslackness of. demand.' ; Frozen Lamb.—The new Australians have drawn some buyers away from New Zealands, but arrivals arc far too small to seriously afreet the position. There are, however,6o,ooo Patagonians to be'marketed at.Liverpoolvery soon, and the result is \vS}t^ t m& in . te f^. st; Canterbufys. and H.elUngtons are selling on a par, but supply, ot, latter small. Beef.—Chilled Argentine fores firmer, and SableTr tStofc™' C °'° nial "«*

' OOMPANY EEOISTERED. , The."Mercantile.-Gazette," published yesterday, records the registration of the following company :-Moore's,Vivific Company, iif' tBS' st F tei M ? rc „ h "• Capital: £4500, 'i?H ? faar ?„ s # £1 eat;h ' Subscribers L i« < u to «r so * E -. M<«weU 25, J. A. TurDufflll 50, D.;O .Smart 50, A.,W. Webster raw B n?« rne ?' % J ' Wyborh 100, P. W. Wilkje 250 J. F.; Gillanders 100 T. A imi n i? ■#' °» parlor. 150, -0. Goodwin °'m ß 'p D "; e .iS'- N ; G -„¥ orl ' in «>■ J - W"«on p' £ £' s,jd<!i,nsts ,jd< !i, nst ; (ra „ a - p - G - Kimbell .50, -J- ?- In Br ? dl ?, M ' A - G - Bennett 50, T. Herbert 50, I. Stevenson 50, A. Stevenson 50. b..Adamson and.C. Eobb 25, H. D. P. James "V- A. Turton 400 L. K. Lennon 60? fa. L. Barton 10, A. H. Parkinson 25, P. Morrill 5, J. Pettigrew 25. Objects: The manufacture in New Zealand and elsewhere of "Vivific Tonic" and "Viviiic Ointment and of any other medical prcpara- ';. ' . LONDON WOOL SALES. ;-. Messrs. Dalgety and Co.,' Ltd., have received'the following cablegram from .their .London office:—"The. fourth series of 'wool ; ™ ,- have bw;n lix " i t0 °I> en on May 16. i lno list of arrivals. closes on May 1, or the date on. which 80,000 boles of not new arrivals .have- been received. ' Owing to |. railway, difficulties, buyers have been conceded an extra.-'seven days to take delivery of their; purchases, but.payment has • "emaue on. the usual prompt date, viz., 14 days. from date of sale. This ax- : raugement applies to the April sale only." The New Zealand Lean and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., have received the following cablegram from 1 their London house, under date March. 29 :-Fourlh series has : been fixed, for May 16, limited to' 80,000 , oales. •■■-./. i i. ATJSTKALIANPRODtFCE MARKETS. i By Telegraph—Press Association-Copyright I (Ecc. March 30, 10 p.m.) i ■ , ' . . Sydney, March 30. . Oats, Algerian 25. 7d. to is. Bd., Tasnranlian, white,-.25. lOd. to 35.; barley, feeding is., 1 sccumg 3s. 6d. to 33. 9d.; maize, 4e. Cd. to 4s. 9d.; potatoes, £9 to £10 10s.; onions, £4 10s. ■ " ■ • - ,■ Adelaide, March 30. Wheat, se. 5d.; flour, £12; bran, Hid.; poliard, Is. ljd. HIDES SALE. ' Melbourne, March 30. jit the hide 6. sale there were moderate supplies and competition was active at onecighth to a farthing dearer. TALLOW. SALES,(Eec. : March 30, 10' p.m.) ■'". London, March 29: „ At- the tallow sales 706 casks- were offered and 209 sold. The quotations were:— Mutton/ fine 5.45. 6d., medium 49d.; beef tine 525. Cd., medium 475. WHEAT, i ■ _ ~ ■ . ■ London, March 27. , I T ? n e r^P°, rican , v,slble supply of wheat, is 151,095,000 bushels. Chicago May options, UOl cents to 113J cents; July, IOBi to 1105,