COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2775, 19 May 1916, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

? . '-INVESTMENT fiHABEii. •Yerter&ay's .quotations for investment snares 'wcro- as - follow:—' ■ •

. COMPANIES ' registered. In the./list of companies registered pub*

lislied in the "Mercantile aajotte," thero appear the following:— Marble Bar, Ltd. Registered as a-W------vate company, Vlay ,16. Office: 118 Willis ,Street, Wellington." Capital: £BCCO, divided into'Booo shores of £1 oacli. />Subscribers: We'linetou—A. E- Gardiner, 1000 f.p.u.i 3. ¥. Gardiner, ltt)0 f.p.u.; 13. Mundcl, '.SO f.p.u., and 1500: J. ilaudel, 15C0; 11. Dollar* ty, BCO f.p.u., aud 1CC0; B. Page, ICCO. Ob. jeets: To carry on business o! refreshment, room proprietors, etc., and to adopt a certain agreement, dated March 13, 1916. South Wellington .Pictures and investment. Co., Ltd. Registered May 10. Offlco; 12 Panama StfiSV Wellington. Capital £15;C00, divided into 15,000 shares of £1 oaoh. Subscribers: Wellington—J. A. 33 Howe, J. emits, 11. D. Short, J. T. Uowe W. A. Thomson, J. M. Daw-son, A. G. Bast, all 250 cach. To acquire the fee simple of .certain . land—Section 819, Wellington, (J.T., Vol. 121, folio 10, together with building.',; otc., and to enter into a certain agreement, dated March 2, and made between A. E. ArkeU, of tiho one patt, and Wm.'6. (teid, of tho other jitirt. Ashlea, I/td. , Registered as a private company, May 10, Office: Palmerston North. Capital: £15,C00, into 15.CC0 shares of £1 eaoli. : Subscribers: Tokomaru—J. rHiggins, E500; B. li. Hiffgins, 1C00; 0. W. Biggins, 500;' S. E. Higg-'us, 500. Welltagtfin —li. Goldfinch, lOCO; E. G. P. Zoirab, 1COO: A. O. Blair, 1000; Arthur E. Mabin, 1500; Alice E. JEabin, SCO. FeatherstonW: Barton, ICrCO; A. J. Toogood, 200. Murtinborougli— G. Gower, 10C0; F. Wall, 1000.' .Objects: To aoquiro as. a Bring, concern tho Business of flaxmillers, known a.3 "Aslilca Hemp Kill?." George Hash Milk Distributing Co., Ltd Registered as a private company, March 10. Office: 61 Mobsivorth Street, ,Wellington. Oapital: £800, divided into 3200 shares of ss. each. Subscribers:. Wellington— G. Nash, 1600; C. A-'.Schauer, !6CO. Objects: .To acquire as.a going conpern the business of retail milk vendors carried on at Wellington by George J< T ash and . Oarl A. Schauer, in co-partnership, under, tho firm of George Nash oind Co. Watt Motor Co., Ltd. . Registered as a prirats company, .May 11. Capital: £6000, divided into 500 shares of £10 each. Subscribers: Palmerston North--J. H. Watt, 150. Awa-Uuri—A. 0, Bennett, 20; A. E. 20; G. E. Lucas, 30. . Objects: To acquire leasehold, premises, goodwill, etc., 'of business now carried on by John Harold Watt, at Cuba, Street, Palmerston North; to acquire the business of Dunk and Prin. gle, Ltd:, Pahnorstqn North, and lease hold premises; to .carry on ,business dealers, warehousemen, etc., of automobiles,. otc. Kecblo's Reward Sluicing and Goldmin inpr Co., Ltd. Registered May-13. Office: Wellington. Capital:-.£5000, divided into 5000 shares of £1 each. Subscribers: G H. Allen, J. Corodinc; G.-lt. Sykfis, 11. E Jackson,- It. Ro,piba, W. IT. Jackson, 0. E. Sffcorie, J. S. Philp, C. G. Wilson, W. A W.. Granfell, Ji. 1 0. Kinvfe; all'one share oach. Objects:.: Mining ond incidental, and, if. thought fit, to <tdopt a certain agreement, 'dated June 17, 1915. ■■■•.. A BIG TRANSACTION. Wo have been requested to state thai (t comraeroial transaction of a large na- . turo, possibly tho largest that ; has occurred in the Wairarapadistrict,' ■ has recently been completed, states the "W&irar ro.pa' Daily Times," the .W.F.C.A., Ltd., havine purchased" a-'portion of-the old-csteblic-lwd business of Messrs. Abraham and Williams, Ltd., controlled by -them in .the Wairarapa and Bush districts. Tho business will be taken over as at July 1, as a going* concern, and will bo conducted as a separate.' department, under tho management of Mr. Q.. I C. Cooper, who lias been associated with the firm of Messrs. Abraham and .Williams,- Ltd.., for tlho last twenty years. Mr. Cooper wiu have tho assistance of the present staff, the.major-' ity of whom have been conneoted with tho firm- for a great number of. years, atid who lave been responsible for building.up a.large,and remunerative business. It is intended to conduct the live stock, wool, and land department, as carried on hj Messrs. Abraham, and Williams, Ltd., as heretofore, •' and quite apart from tlje merchandise and general business 'of tho W.I'.C.A., Ltd. ■■ . V *" SHEEPSKINS. '.' : Messrs. W. and G. Turnbull and Co., Ltd., report having received a cablegram from . their London agents,-, whioh reads';—"Sheepskjns, supplies ' liijht. Antialpate better prices next auction!." ' ' ' APPLES. { . By TeleeraDh—Press Astocip^tlon—Copyriebr London, May 17. ! Apples are selling steadily at-lato ratci' to Is. decline; . ' ■' 1 ..' - WHEAT; - ' , (Eec. May 18, 11.10 p.m.) -j Lopdon, May .IS. ! Tho wheat market is qui'ut, and against sellers.^ The visible supply or wheat east of "tho Rockies -is estimated by Bradstreet's at 118,655,000 bushels'., ( • : HIDES.' (Roc. May 18, 11:10 p;m.) 1 ' /.Melbourne, May 18. At the' hides sale .there were, moderate ■ supplies,and prices, wero firm. IvtLI.OW. London, May 17. . At-the tallow sales 1157 casks were offer, ed, and 147 sold. Prices:—Mutton, fine,' 525. ; • medium, 475. 6d.; beef, fine, 52s.j' medium, 465. • AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. - (Rec. May. 18, 11.15 p.m.") Sydney, May is. Oats, Algerian, 2s. 6d. to 2s. Bd. ; ' Tasmanian, white, 3s. 3d.; barley, feeding, 3s. sd. to 3s.' 6d.; maize, 55.; potatoes; Tasnianian, £8, £9 to £10; New Zealand, redskitasl £8; onions, £4 10s. • ... . Adelaide, May 18. ■ Bran, is. Ijd.; bran, Is. ljd.'to Is.'2}d.; oatsN23. 2d. to 1 2s. sd.

* ■ .Buyers. ' Sellers.. 'C : ' ' ' - ' £ s.'d. ii a. d. national Bans h 7 6 — iBank HiB.VT 5 0 — ,Bank N.Z. (£6 13s. 4d.)17 4.0' — Hmon iBank I........:.:...,,.. '. 56 0; 0 Loan & :Mercantile (ord.) 80 6 0, — 'IVall. Trust. Loan, Ltd. ... 7,.•()-0 — Well. Gas (prel.) 019.0 G6ar ' Meat J (£l) 440 fi'i/S: . Shipping' lord;) % 0 0 ■ " — 1 • Unions Steam, (ord.): — ' ,114 0 Kaihpoi Woollen (ord.)'... 5 10 0 — Well.,-Woollen (ord.) ... 5 10 0 ' — Well. Woollen Cpref.) 3 10 6 — Waipa. Goal 0 IB 0 0 18 6 Taupiri Coal 0 10 3 — •Westport Coal ...... 1 10 6 ' 110 9 Westport-Stccktoh ......... 0 5 2 — N.Z. Consol. Dental ; 1 1 6 — N.Z. Drue 2 5 0 — Golclsn: Bay;,Cement 119 — Whitcombc and Tombs.... 6 5 0 —