COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2918, 2 November 1916, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

INVESTMENT SHAKER. Vestcrda.v's quotations for investment snares were as follow:— Buyers. Rollers. £ s. d. £ 6. d. Bank N.Z. (£3 6s. Bd.) ... 11 4 6 - Un'on Bank • — 54 0 0 N.a. and K.' Plate - 2 13 Well. Invest. T. aiid A. .. — 010 9 Well. Trust Loan, Ltd. — 619 0 Well. Gas. (£10) — 15 0 0 Well. Gas .(prof.) — 0 19 o N.Z. Insurtanco 613 0 — ! N.Z. Itefrifferating Co. „ <£105 - 19 10 0 Gear. Meat (£1) 4 10 0 — Well. Ileal Export. (£2 . t2s. 6d.) -- 3 3 0 Well. Meat Export (£1 155.) - 2 10 Union Steam (prcf.) 113 — ITuddarUParkor (ord) ... — 15 3 Kaiapoi Wool, (ord.) ■... — • 66 0 Westport-Stockton (ord.) 0 6 3 0 6 7 Lc-.yland-O'Brien — 13 6 Golden l!ay Cement ...... -- 110 Cjistoms duties collected at the port of .Wellington yesterday amounted to £5773. WELLINGTON WOOL SALE. 'I'hc catalogue for tile Wellington wool aale closes on Thursday of next week, and the extent of the offerings -will depend upon the state o£ the weather during the next few dcys. Shearing has been very much retarded in the districts con-, tiguous to "Wellington by bad weather, but on the East Qo&st the conditions have i been favourable. Very little Baßt Ooapt wool comes on to the Wellincton market, it is mostly shipped direct to on owner's account, but the peculiar conditions prevailing just now. may induce some growers to try the local market, and if go It would materially help to swell the catalogue. If the next few days arc line, a considerable quantity of wool will come forward, and it ia Quite. pos» sible that the catalogues may be larger than - at* the corresponding solo" of last year. Owing to the_belicf, -which appears to be well founded, that shortage of shipping will be experienced in the early months of the no-*' year, there is a desire on the part of most • wool-growers to eet their clips away, as soon as possible, hence shearing will be -pushed forward as far as it is possible to do so with the restricted labour. As to market prospects, very optimistic "views prevail, and prices are expected to be .very high. LONDON ."WOOL SALES. • Australian-N«w Zealand Cable Association. (Bee. November 1. 6.35 p.m.) ~ London, October 31. At the wool sales there were large offerings of slipes. Prices are unchanged, at 'recent rates, and'mea'inos are fully maintained. Messrs. Abraham and. Williams, Ltd.. have received a cablegram from their London agents as follows:—The sales continue, and competition is keen for all greasy , wool, prices- having .improved in sellers' favour .to the extent of 5 per cent, since the opening. Slipee ehow a decline of 2s per cent. . COLONIAL' SUGAR COMPANY. Bj Telegraph-Press Association-Copyright • "(Rcc. November 1, 11,45 p.m.) Sydney, November 1. The Colonial Sugar Company's halfyearly profits totalled. £143 004. A dividend of 8i per cent.' per annum was declared, and was carried forward.