COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3035, 23 March 1917, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

T INVESTMENT SHARES. \ •• Yesterday's quotations for investment Bhares were as follow:— Bayer®. Sellers. £ s.d. £ s.d. National Bank 5 16 — •Bank N.Z. (£3 6s. Bd.) ... 11 6 0 - Union' Bank .52 7 6 • — ; Loan and Mercan. (ord.) 82 0 0 , — aN.Z. and. River Plate ... — 118 9 Well. Invest. T. and A. Oil 0 0 11 6 iWell. Trust, Loan, Ltd. 616 0- — Well. Deo- and. .Mort.' ... — .076 •'Gjsborne Gas — 0 18 9 . SJ.Z. Insurance 7 7 0. — , ."Union Steam (ord.) 2 4 0' — "Union Steam (pref.) ...... 1 0 10 113 (0rd.)... 1 6 0 — '' Kaiapoi Woollen (ord.) -6 8 0 — -Wcstport Goal- 17 0 18 0 ' _Wcstporb"Stockton (ord.) — 0 7 9 Xeyland-O'Brien 14 9 ' — N.Z. Brat „< 2 9 6 — "Golden Bay Cement ...... — 1 1 0 i ' *Oum div. ' 1 . J

■ - COMPANIES UEGXSTEEED. Registration of the folio wins Wellington companies is announced by the "Mercantile Gazette":—Rogal Picturo Theatre Co., Ltd., capital ££SGOUn £1 shares; objects, to>aflquire laiuTand carry on business of opera, house, theatre, music hall oropriotors, etc.

JV. W. Pilkington, Ltd., capital £6000 in £1 shares, to aeauiro as a going concern , the business of motor importer carried on by W. W. Pilkiogton at Wellington. f W«ckrili and Stewart, {Ltd., capital £7000 in. £1 shares to acquire as a goiny concern tho business of motor and general engineers and motor experts, carried on at Fellding and Palmerston by the firms of "Wackrill and Stewart" and J. O. loung respectively. llegistration of Paramount Service of Now Zealand, Ltd., has been transferred ■from a company under Part 2 of tho Companies Act. 1908, to a privato company under Part 5 of tho sftid Act, and the capital of the- company has ben - reduced from £5000 to £4000 by caucclling the 1000 shares unissued.

WHOLESAIB PRODUCE PRICES. Messrs. Laery and Co., Ltd., Allen Street* report wholesale nricea as follow:—Fowl's wheat, prims), 6s. 9d. -per bushel; fowl's barley, 4s. Sd. per bushel; Capo barley, ss. per bushel.; Prussian Bhio peas, 17s. 6d. uer bushel; pariridEe peas, Bs. 6d. per bushel; maizo feed. 3d. to ss. 6d. per bushel; cruslied maize, 6s. per bushel; chaff,-oatsheaf, £6 J.C-3. per ton; ' hay, clover, £5 ss. per ton: hny, meadow. £5 per t-on; flour, in socks, £16 ss. per ton; oatmeal,■ £J2 por ton; pollard, £7 10s. to £7 15s. per tori; bran, £5 10s. to £5 15s. per ton; bacon (all best factory), sides Is. Ojd. per lb., rolls Is. l}d. per lb., hams Is. lid. per lb., shoulders lOld. per lb.; cheeso (factory), medium, lild. Ncr lb.; cheese, loaf, lid. per lb.; linseed meal, 100's lis. 6d., 50's 125., 20's 12s. 6d.; linseed nuts, 12s. 6d. per cwt.; linseed ground cake. 12s. "6d. per crt.; whole linseed, 255. per cwt.; barley pollard, £7 per ton; onions, £8 per ton; pig meal, £6 10s. per ton.; All, poultry in very. Rood demand. Hens, -3s. 6d. to ss. per pair; i cockerels, 4s. 6d. to 7fi. 6d. per pair; ducks, Pekin and Aylesbury 7s. 6d. per pair, Indian Runners ss. per pair; turkeys, gobblers Is. 2d. ner lb., live weight, hens.. Is.; butter (prim© bulk). Is. 4d. per lb.; eggs, freßh 2s. per dozen, new-laid 2s. Id.

LONDON" WOOL SALES. . i London, March 217 was a, miscellaneous oatalogu© at the wool sales. The opening prices- "were gy. maintained for good lines. Port Phillip greasy merinos reached record prices. The Government withdrew all crossbreds. Prices: Plains tops 45d„ average 43Jd. Mawallock, 39Jd. and 38d.; Ooogee, 45id. and 43Jd. Now Zealand-Wash-dyke, 55d. and &4£d.—Aue.-N.Z. Oablq Assn.j

Messrs. Dalgety and Company, Ltd., have received the following cablegram from their London'office, under date Ma-rch 20: "Tho wool sales have opened, and the attendance and competition is good. A good , selection of merinos was offered, and, as compared with the close of last Bales, prices are unchanced. There -wore- not any crossbreds offered." The Bank of New Zealand has received the following cabled . reoorfc from their London office:—"Wool sales opened; greasy merinos fully firm; scoured slightly dearer; no crossbreds offered." The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd.. -have received the following cablegram from their London house under data March 20:—"Wool sales opened. Merino greasy easier; . scoured market firm; crossbred has not been offered. MINING IN QUEENSLAND. By Af.«ociation.-Ooj)jrfffhi (Rcc. March 22,10 p.m.) Brisbane, March 22. Tho mtnmg output of Queensland in 1916 was vaked at £4,621,007, an increase of £696,146 oil tho previous year. i , AUSTRALIAN PBODUCE MARKETS. (Itec. March 21, 10 p.m.) . - ' Sydney,- March 22. Oats, Algerian, feeding, 2s. Ad„ 2s. 6d.; I milling, 2s. Sd., 2s. 9d. (It is stated that New Zealacd is making inquiries.) Maize, 35., 35./3 d. Potatoes, Tasmanians, £4 10s.. £7. Onions, £6. Adelaide, March 22. Oats, Is. lid., 2s. MINING NEWS . WELLINGTON- SHARE MARKET. The quotations yesterday for mining shares were as under:— Buyers. Sellers. £ s. d. £ s. d. Hanraki Reefs (con.) ... — OOS New Sylvia — 0 0 5 Talisman 8 3 — Waihi 1 U,o — Grand Junction 013 6 — WAIHI MINE. By Telegraph—Press Association. Auckland, March 22. At the Waihi mine for the period ended March 10, 13,358 tons of ore were crushed for a return of £24,137, as compared with a return, of £26,147 from 15,993 tons last year. The decrease was due to a stoppage at the mills. It is noteworthy tliat cheese mads In the famous Victor Vats has been markedly successful ip capturing most of tho prizes at the Dairy Shows—and moreover in getting the highest market prices. The middle drainage and eloping bottom of this famous Vat enables the whey to drain away more thoroughly and quickly. That's why so many of the best factories use only the Victor. Get fuller "details from A. J. PAB.TON, Sheet Metal and Plumbing Works, Pembroke Street, Carterton.—Advt.