COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2769, 12 May 1916, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

INVESTMENT SHAREtf. A Bale of Napier Gas (£5 paid), art £8 59. was made on 'Change yesterday. The <iuotations were as follow:- ... .. , Buyers. Sellers. ' T . £> s. d. , £b. d. National Bank 5 5 0 — N. 55. and liiver Plate 2 0 6 — JVclI. Dep; and Mort. ... - 0 8 6 , Kapler Gas (£5) 8 6 0 — Hell. Gas (£10) 14 0 0 15 0 0 ■tt ell.. Ga« (pref.) 0 18 9 — Gear Meat (£1) 4 4 0 - - HutWarU'arker (ord.) ... 1 2 6 14 0 N. 4. Shipping (ord.) a) 0 0 ■ ~ union Steam (ord.) • — 1 lo S 'Ur"??"„S tl!!lln ■••••• 11" Well. Woollen (ord.) ...... 510 0 - Well. Woollen (pref.) 3 10 0 — Taupiri Ooal 0 9 0 - Waipa Colliery 0 18 6 — «2 1 ' d „ and 'C"- - 5 19 u N.Z. Drug 2 4 9 — Customs duty collected at- tho port or Wellington yesterday amounted to ".£2264 i 6s. 4di bank branch opened. A branch of the Commercial Bank of Australia, Limited, has been opened at m>. 166 Stafford Street, Timaru. This is the. sixth branch tho bank he« opened in the Dominion, and thoro aix> also 238 branches and receiving offices of the Bank in Australia and at London; The bank purchased freehold properties In Wellington and Auckland, and judging by ♦£ e n 1 • banking returue its business In tho Dominion is steadily expanding. FALL IN HIDES. . , Since,,. the last hid? and skin sale held In Wellington tho price of hides, apart altogether from the weights that are affected by the export embargo, has fallen from Id. to lid. per lb., owing, it was alleged, that the Commonwealth Government had aleo prohibited the export of hides. Private cable advices received from Melbourne, wliero a considerable number of. Acw Zealand-produced hides are sent l?Lnl 1<:, n a to the '« ff ect that the Commonwealth Government has decided not to take any action'in the matter, of prohibiting exports at present. Farmers and others Interested m the matter should be highly encouraged by this favourable report. ■ ' ■ HIDES SALE. ■ By TeTegrapli—Press Association—Copyright (Rec. May 11, 10.20 p.m.) 'Melbourne. May 11 ifev 5 V herf V vera moderate ' , - tteav l end medium ivern n change!. '' aELcI kipg were un- . '■THE APPLE MARKET. . • , London, MaylO. There is a better demand for apples, and enab&Hpr S i are and to retail most sorts at 4d ™ Malwa's Tasmaninns were mostly sold at 7s. to Bs.. 6d. per case- Jon* 1 Jans and Scarlets, Bs. «d to 9s • rn?'t 6d S 'to"lte S -' p d ' : V {, otori « n Oleopatras, 8s! , 8s - ? Beauties and Jonathans, 9s. Dondons, 7a. 6d. to Bs. 6d.: ' pe?"trly. " Bold at 2s ' to M- i WHEAT. . ' J23F* market is fl°m dO K.iMs yl un. ber, iisf cents. cent, . to - u « Septeml . TALLOW. ed At and 6 459'"s°oTd 6a p 9 • SmoTi™ is as it ia almost impossible to . get export licenses. ; AUSTRALIAN PRODUCE MARKETS. (Rec. May 11, 10.20 p.m.) r. x '~ Sydney, May 11 .Oats, Algerian 2s. «d. to 2s. Ed„ aiasmanwi l t r., bailey, feeding, > ♦' 3- m! " z e. 4s. 4d. to 4s. 7d •' £7 to £8 10s.; onion*; T, ■„ Adelaide, May li. ,, b B ls ' 4 t0 .. 16 - 03d.; pollard, Is. lid. to Is. 2Jd.; oats,' 2s. to' 2s. 2d., . . TRUST AGENCY OP AUSTRALIA. ' ' m , , . London, MaylO. Ihe Trust Agency of Australia balancef?r«4rd h °£7m Pr ° fit ° J brouEUt OTAGQ HARBOUR BOARD .vP 1 report and balance-shcet of the Ota-go Harbour Roard has comc to hind. Tho chairman (Mr. J. M. Dickson) concludes his report, on tlio year's work, ing as follows—"I wish to sa,y that, whila I consider that the end of this war is not }'i I see no reason to conclude that the present year will be less satis, factory,'from the board's point of view l ,car ' thll t is past. lam not CV< ?' tOO unexpected sometimes- happens,- and- 'I think the b?ard should seriously consider the ■ curtailment of those works that are i. late i? necessary for ■ the ■ admission and handling of such 'ships as may if ivllff ? our port in tho near future. nrJ desirable that the utmost care and caution, .should bo exercised by the board with-regard to their Vfinance while the war lasts, and thus enable us not only R?r™t^ Ver lost ? r P und . hut also to Btrengthen our position to such a. way as will enable us. to m'cet anv- difficulties that may anse owing to the dislocation of money majkets of the world." . Tho statement of receipts and exnendi. ture for the year ended December 31, 1915, as compared with the years 1914 and 191? shows ?.s -under— . - '

•', ' 1914. 1915. Receipts .. .98,766 94,951 9U64' Expenditure ..... 91,185 84,859 92,162 The imports and exports for the same jabte- yearS aM e ivon . ™ the .following "12- 1914.' 1915.' T , ■ - Tons. . Tons. Tons top™ ls . 509,719 277,545 269,388 Exports 165,761 136,283 . ISI^S MINING NEWS WELLINGTOH- SHARE MAKKET. nnd e e S r" day ' S '. wotaUons . were as Buyers. Sellers, d £ s. d. £ r. d. Succoss Dredge ..: — 1 11 n 3012 0 "I ° y« h ' T »••••.; 'its s • ' (xrand Junction — 0 19 "o ' , STOCK EXCHANGE. By Teleerapli—Press Association. : T Dunedin, May 11 14s a ' on Steams , £1 13s. lOd. to £1 . LOKBON MINING QUOTATIOKB. " .By Teleeraph—Press Association—Copyright• t, . London, May 10. iii Broken Hills,. 265. 3d. I)uyer6, 275. od. sellers; Broken Hill Proprietary, 62s sd. buyers, 635. 3d. sellers. Now is a good time .to have, that milking machine overhauled; remember, careful attention doubles the life -of aiiv machine. Consult A. J. Parton, who is an expert pn all Dairy Machinery mati- 6 ' vJl ei !P'i' fln .d thoroughly your machine will do .renovated in readiness for next season's work. Call or 'phone. A J.. Parton, Sheet-Metal and Plumbing Worts. Pembroke Street, CARTEKTOJv. —Advt. . •

Never lias the demand for clear-headed constructive thinking in business been so urgent as it is right now. Wo are living in a progressive age, and must tako advantage of all up-to-date methods. It is in savings from waste of any description that inane.v is made to-day, and by concentrating one's efforts, on all details of our business we claim to bo able to produce results for our many cream suppliers. We want more cream. Can you supply us? Further particulars, Waiiga l nui Fresh I'dod Co.-^Advt.