COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2738, 5 April 1916, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

L . ;6^: ; shakes. I The',quotations- for' investment share's ~ jyosterday,/wbre!.as follow:— •, .11...J:..•:.--'--,.!,.,,.,.;■ Buyers. Sellers. J £s.d. ■ £s.a. National'-BaSh'-*:.... 5 2 0 — . AVeli;-liivese;::T.;and A. ...'■- 0 11 0 Well. Trust;'Loan,'Ltd. .. - 710 ~ ;WeU.v96p^,«Jid % "Mort. ... - 0 9 0 •>;Gisborue»Q<Ui>v. , .':iwi!.i.i 1 12 6 -.-■- - isio o ;,■ Insurance':".*. 2 10 3 ■ — ' ; <Huddart-Parker;'(ord.) ... 1 1 6 —. "'-"Dhion' Steam (ofd.) — 110 0 ■Well. Woollen (pref.) - 3 8 6 Weipa Coal .-. 0 18 3 — Wcstport Coal 18 3 — ' Kauri Timber (155.) 0 15/0 — Leyldnd-O'Brion .:. 119 — " (Ward-and Co.. ~.!■.-. - 519 0 ' W.Z.' Consol. Dental 10 3 . — Golden Bay Cement 1.10 -- Sharland (ord.) ;. 1 4,6 . .'- Sharland (pref.) 14:6 . — • ;'■' WHOLESALE EEODTJOE PF.IOES.. ~'. .Messrs. Loery ■; and Limited, report wholesale as follow '.—Fowls' wheat; prime medium ss. 2d.; barley 457 9d., Cape barley 55.; feed peas.' prime ss. 6d.,: good. ss. 3d.; partridge peas, fe.'Bd.;•■'maize; feedvss. 6d., seed 65.; oaten sheaf" chaff, £6;'. oat straw chaff, £4-10s.; hay, lucerne, £6; flour, in sacks, £13 10s.; ■oatmeal, £20; bran, £4 5e.; pollard, £7; bacon. Bides is., rolls Is. lid.,' ham Is. Id., shoulders lCd.;. chooser medium, -BSd.; .rice pollard, £7 10s.; onions, £6 10s.; potaitbes, white.skin, £8; linseed nuts, 13s. 6d. .".,■■• ';; ';spu!nrßEN','-MAEKETs. / '■"'' 'By' Telegraph.—Press Association. .'.,, ,':: -.. , ,/ , . . Chrlstchuroh, April 4. There is uo change in local markets. Odd lines "of "wheat .are offering, mo6tly Tuscan, which are selling at 4s. 2d., to 43. 3d. at country stations. Millers are inquiring for, pearl' and Hunters, which are not offering in proportion to Tuscan. . Oats.—The market, is without change, the price is ruled, by the Southland market, from whence supplies will be drawn if there is a shortage in Canterbury. There ia.no alteration .in..the prices of potatoes and chaff;- »•?* - i '-■ ,:;.:, : , .DOTEDIN: WOOL SALE. . . By. Telegraph—Pres? Association. "..-.'.■-j.. Dunedln, Apiil 4. .:The'third wool .salei was held to-day, wheu 8927 bales were, offered. The attendance of buyers was hardly-up to the usual standard, "and ;bidding generally was far troin animated. A large portion of the wool was late shorn land back-country cjlps, ■'- many being full of - faults. ' Apart • from'the lower quality, wool. prices. gener- | ally 'showed: a.;decli'ne o'f Id.' to 2Jd. per lb., and'in' a i few- cases even more. This is "attributed":to;the;weakneEs:of the Bradford market, and to the decline : in prices in London, and owing to the disasters to the .3fotatua .and. the Bangatmv buyers have no idea when their purchases can Do shipped. ' .-,

' .TneC'priccs.'wierc:—Merino super, 14d. to :■■ 16d.;">mediuni to goodV lid. t0.135.; inferior,' 9£d; to. 10 W- "". Half bred, super, 16Jd. to 18} d.; medium to good, 14d. to 16d.; ■ inferior;'Ud: to 13d.; crossbred, super, .laav jtd.l7ld..;..medium to good, 12d. to"MJd.; in-. ■ ferior,,. IOJd. to Hid.; pieces, medium to .■good, lOd. to 14Sd.; inferior, 6Jd; to 9d.; locks', first, 6d. to 7Jd.; second, 3d. to 5Jd. i: '■'.;.■':'METAI/. MABKETS,.'''... ' :. : , By Telegraphs-Press Association.' ■..! (Eec. 'April : 4,'.'9.45' p.m.) ' .'\ '■■■-■: London, April 3. .•■ Copper.—On spot, :'£lls per ton; forward delivery,. £1 1 2. , .Supplies, 27,760 tons; dc- ; liveries, 22,322 tons; stock, 5528 tons;.afloat, 4800 tons; visible supply, 12,078 tons. ■ •Tin—On spot, .£197 10s. per ton; forward delivery, £192 ss. '.'.-■ . Kg-iron, 91s: 6d. per ton (nominal). Lead,' £34 12s. .6d. per ton.. . ■' Spelter.-pOn. spot,, £93 per ton; forward •delivery, £83. '•■ -:.". ' Silver.—Bar silver ie Quoted at 29 3-Sd. per ounce .standard. * The New- : Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Oompany, Limited,. report:—At Eangiotu, ,on. Monday, we had a fair yarding of botli eheop and cattle. Competition iras not keen, and several lots went out unsold. We quote:—Fair mixed lambs, i lls.'f<mixed ! yearlings;V£2'ls. : ; forward cows, £7 45.; fat cows, £8 2s. 5 £10; two-year bulls, £3 17s. (A. ".'• . •■. ,