COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2774, 18 May 1916, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

' ' 'INVESTMENT SHAHES. ' Yprterday's quotations . for. investment shares were as' under :~- I

FROZEN HEAT MARKET. . •. Messrs. Gilbert Anderson and Co. (Messrs Moll sop, Eliott, and Co., Palmerston North! local agents) report on the frozen meat market under date London, March 24 cs follows:— Home-grown meat has firmed up with shorter supplies, and to-day's prices were extreme. Of the etpplies on Smit-hfleld, 46 per cent, was Brit-ish-brcd. Frozen: There has been no relief to the position, and colonial mutton and lamb has been advanced l , ono--'. farthing, while South American Is about sd. to 3-Bd. dearer Agents' handling colonial meat, however' OJ-0 not taking advantage of the position by, forcing prices, but endeavour /to steady prices as much ao possible in order to prevent their being dearer still. Lamb: The balk.of'the scanty supplies aTe Australians' and new season: New Zealand, but the old Canterbury and Southland lambs-are-not yet finished with. •... Mutton: This.isi extremely • scarce,;owing to military requirements. 'Frozen' beef ,almost unprocurable but 30,C00. quarters of chilled have-helped to. fill'the. gap. . ....• •... \ SHAKE AND ; DEBENTURES! By Telegjraph—Press Association—Copyright (Rec. May 17. 5.5 P.m.) , London, May 16. _ Yesterdays. middle, quotations were--Bank of Australasia, £112 23. 6d.; Bank of

Isew South Wales, £37; Bank of Victoria, 60s. 6d.j Union flank, £52; National Bank of Australasia, 90s:; National Bank of New Zealand, 965. 3d.; New Zealand Loan and Mercantile, debentures £72, ordinary £77 155.; City of Melbourne, debentures. £9S; Melbourne Harhourßoardriftbentures, £94. Customs, duty colleotcd at the port. of Wellington yesterday amounted to £3266 6s. lid.

■ - • •' Buyers. ' Sellers. „ - • • £ s.d. ■ f's.d. Katfonal Bank 5 7 6 — Bank N.S.W.,.! 39 5 0 —" Bank N.Z. (£6 13s. 4d.) ... 17 4 0 — Loan & Mercantile (ord.) 60 0 0 — well. Trust, Loan, Ltd 7 0 0 — Gisborno. Gas ■ :.... 113-6 — , Napier Gas (£10) ............ 1510 0 — I Well. Gas (£10) 14 10 0 — Well. Gas (pref.) 0 19 0 — Gear Meat (£1) 4 4 0 —' Well. Meat Export (£4)... 5 '5 0 — Well. Moat Export (£2 12s. 6d.) 3 0 0 3 2 6 J-', i-'au'iunu (ord.i 2<i On uuddarWorker (ord.) .... 1 { 0 Union Steam (ord.) — 114 0 KEiiipoi Woollen (ord.) ... 5 10 0 ' — Well. Woollen; (ord.) ... 5 10 0 — Well. Woollen (pref.) 3 10 0 —■ iVrim- Coal ....v.::............. — 0 la'6 Westport Coal 110 3 — Westport-Stockton 0 5 2 — e f<.Z. Consol. Dental" 116 — N.Z. Drag v g .5 j _• Goiden-iDay Cement ......... 1 1 6 1 _ Whitcombe and Tombs ... 6' 5 0 — *Cum div. . i ■ 1