COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3005, 16 February 1917, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

INVESTMENT SHARES. Yesterday's quotations for investment shares were as follow:- "»"i"ieni. Buyers. Sellers. National Bank 419 6 i fl d ' nr J, 1, T A' u3t ' Loan ' Lw - -612 6 - ? e ;.-^r (£10) - 15 0 0 ?,- Insurance 5 6 0 — iiuddart-Parker (ord.) ... 1 4 6 - Union Steam (ord.) 2 0 5 - \Vestport-Stockton (ord.) 0 6 8 - •iVaipa Colliery 0 18 0 - Leyland-O'Brien — . 140 Wilson's Cement 14 6 — WHOLESALE PEODOCE PEICES. Messrs. Laery and Co., Ltd., Allen Street, report wholesale prices as follows— iowls wheat, prime, 6s. 9d. per bushel: Australian Cape barley, 4s. 6d. per bushelmaize feed, ss. 6d. per bushel; chaff, oatsueat, £6 6s. per ton; hay, clover, £5 per ™'V ha g'c ™ oa<iow ' £5 Per ton; flour in sacks, ±16 10s. per ton; oatmeal, £18 10s. per ton; pollard, £7 10s. per ton; bran £5 ss. per ton; bacon (all best factory), sides ■i™'oi 1" ik Us i B, lb -l iams ' ls - lb - shouldersMd lb.; cheese (factory), medium 10d., J™? lld i'- : llD , seed oU mea1 ' Us- 6d. per lOOlbs.; linseed nuts, 12s. 6d. cwt.- linked Ca £ e ' 12s ' 6d - I)cr cwt -i whole linseed, 275. 6d. cwt.: onions, N.Z., £8 lCs. to ih ?n el * t° n ''potatoes, white-skinned table,' £9 10s. to £12, per ton; pig-meal, £6 10s. All poultry 111 very good demand :-3lens, 3s. to Js. pair; cockerels, 4s. 6d. to 7s: 6d pair; ducks (Pckin and Aylesbury), 7s. to Bs., Indian Itonners ss. to 63. pair; turkeys, gobblers Is. 2d. lb., hens ls. lb.; butter (prime bulk), Is. 3d. lb.; eggs, fresh ls. lCd. doz., new laid, Is. lid. doz.

Customs duties collected at the port of Wellington yesterday amounted to £3256 12s. Id. .

AUSTRALIAN PRODUCE MARKETS. By Telegraph-Press Association-Copyright (Bee. February 15. 11.25 p.m.) „ . „ . Sydney, February 15. Oats, Algerian, feeding. 2s. 6d.. 2s. W ■ Tasmania, -whites, 3s„ 3s. 3d. Maize, 3s. w.. is. 7d. Potatoes, Tasmanians, £6, £7 10s. Onions, £8, £10. n i o „ Adelaide, February 15. Oats, 2s„ 2s. Id.

TAM.OW. . By Telegraph-Preßß Association-Copyright (Eec. February 15, 11.25 p.m.) m„„ „ , . I London, February 14. Tallow-Market 'very strong, with excited demand, owing to shortage of all rats. Seven hundred and sixteen casks were ottered and sold. Mutton, flno 695., medium 545.; beef, flno 58s„ medium 535. 6d.

BUTTER, By Telegraph-tress Association-Copyright (Rec. February 15, 11.25 p.m.) . . ~ , London, February 14. -Australian butter iss selling at 212 a. and i, „ An <>'h<sr Australian cargo and two A«w Zealand cargoes have been docked; 2245. and 2265. is asked lor the latter.

LIVE STOCK SALES Messrs. Wright, Stephenson and Co Ltd., report on their sale, held at Masterton as follows :-Ther© was a very large yarding of sheep, our entry comprising no fewer than 4901. A large attendance of Buyers present were operating very freely, and there was a good demand for all classes of sheep. Included in our entry was a, good lino of ewes from Erl Williams s Mamaku. Station, the 5-year realising 345.; 6-tooth, 38s. 2(1. : and 2-tooth. 365. Bd. Another large lino of black-face lambs from Waihi station realised 20s. and 19s. 6d. We effected the following ™ le \ : ™ & l es ,V Ml .i i - ye , ar - at Ms -: m - at 295. 7d ; 300 at 335. Id.; 6-tooth, 121 at 38s. 2d., 197 at 275., 280 at <335. Id.; full-mouth, 52 ™ 2o A 6d^ 265 ; at ms - 6d.; 25 at 335., 52 at }2o at Mb - m -: aethers, 2-tooth, b.f., 295 at 19s. 6d.. 251 at 20s:, 145 at 215., 16 at 18s. 7d., 20 at 13s. 7d.; white face 80 at 165., 10 at 12s. lOd. '

HARTINBOROUGH EWE FAIR. Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., report having held a most successful ewo fair at Martrnborough on February 13. There was a largo yarding of sheep, and competition for good lines was keen, practically a total clearance being made under the hammer. Included in the entry were drafts of 4 and 5-year ewes from the Hock of Mr. John MTieod, of "Whakapuni," *?":? topped the sale at the price of 445. 3d. and 40s. 3d. respectively. A line of 4-tooth ewes, on account of the 6 Vn «?*' lealiscd toe satisfactory price ol 435. 9d., and a line of 5-year-old ewes on account of Mr. Murdoch M'Leod, sold at the satisfactory figure of 355. Following are some of the prices realised — Four-year ewes, 445. 3d.; 4-tooth ewes, 43s 9d. ; 5-year ewes, 355., 40s. 3d.; fat wethers, 385.; forward ewes, 335. Bd.; mixed aeo CTes, 19s. 9d„ 20s. 3d., 265.; b.f. lambs, 16s.