COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2903, 16 October 1916, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

INVESTMENT STOCKS Prioes of investment stocks on Saturday were as follow:— ; Buyers. ' Sellers. £ s. d. £ s. d. 'National' Bank — ■ i 5 6 0 Bank N.S.TV. 36 10. 0 - Well. Invest. T. and A. .. — 0 10 9 Well. Trust, Loan, Ltd. - 619 6 Ohristohurch Gas (£5) ... 612 6 — Well. Gas (prof.) - 0 19 6 Gear Meat (£1) ,4 10 0 - Wellington Meat Export ; (£2 12s. 6d.) 3 10 - Union Steam (ord.) — 2 2 9 Weil. Woollen'(ord.) - . 6 0 0 Westport Coal — 19 6 Westport-Stoolrton 0 63, 06<t N.Z. Oonsol. Dental ...... 13 0 — N.Z. Drag 2 7 0 - N.Z. Portland Cement ... ' —' 0 11 6 Customs duties collected at the port of Wellington on Saturday amounted to. £3290 10s. .3d. A • Press- • Association "telegram from Timaru states that tho shareholders of tho Farmers' Co-operative Assooiation on Saturday confirmed the resolution altering tho articles of the association, empowering tho directors to join the federation of associations, and largely extendingtheir powers in other directions. LONDON MARKETS. 'Australian-New Zealand Cable; Association. . CRcc. .October 15, 5.5 p.m.) _ ( > London, October 14. Frozen Meat—Australian and New Zealand mutton, 83d.; South American. B{d." Australian-lamb, 93d.; New Zealand lamb, 93d.; South 'American .lamb, 9d. Other meats unchanged. ■ ■' HabbUs;—New 'South Wales blues, ex store,' about 255. Trade is quiet owing ta the warm weather and plentiful supplies of English/rabbits and largo 'prospective Australian arrivals. New Zealand 'Hemp-—Firm. October-De-cember shipments, £50. ' Rubber.—Para, 3s. 3d.: plantation, 2s. 5 3-Bd.; smoked, 2s. 4 7-Bd. ', .. Oopra.—October-December shipments, £33 10s. ■'.•:•■•. • Hops.—The: Board of Aericulture's esti : mate of crop-is 307.844cwt. • .... WHEAT. (Rcc. October 15, 5.5 p.m.) London, October 14. The Wheat Commission is busily arranging the details of the new system; of control, and in tho meantime trad© is at «, standstill pending further information. The corn market is discussing the 'problem whether the wheat prices, whon fixed, will govern- 2,000,000 quarters in granary, and 2,385.000 quarters in passage on October 10, when tho Commission was formed. There is a strong feeling that this will be unjust. It is suggested that it would bo a fair arrangement if the now price wcro fixed at 70s. as from January 1, while holders of 4,385,000 should bo allowed to sell before then at prices ruling on October 10.