COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3172, 24 August 1917, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

INVESTMENT SHARES. Yesterday sales wcro reported of Gear Meat shares at £18 ss. and £4 lis. 3d., for the respective issues, and Christchurch Gas (£5) at £6 2e. 6d. The quotations were as follow ;— Buyers. Sellers. £ s. d. £ s. d. National Bank — 5 6 0 Bank N.Z. (old) 12 14 0 12 16 9 Bank N.Z. (new) - 17 15 0 Union Bank — 55 10 0 N.Z. Loan and Mer. (ord) — 82 10. 0 Well. Investment — 0 12 3 Well. Trust and Loan ... — 7 0 0 Napier Gas (£5) • — 6 0 0 N.Z. Insurance — 718 0 8.8. Insurance '. ', — 5 19 0 Gear Meat (£4) 13 0 0 - Gear Meat (£1) 4.10 0 Auckland Trams — 12 0 Westport Coal ....: 19 0. 110 0 Leyland-O'Brlcn 16 6 — Golden Bay ■ Gcment — 110 N.Z. Paper MUls - 0 19 0 Custom dufics .-collected at the Port, of Wellington yeßtcrday amounted to £2367 18s. sd. t COMPANIES EEGISTEBED. The 'following companjes have recently been registered, according to the "Mercantile Gazette":— Banks Holler Blotter Co., Ltd. Eegistcrcd as a private company, August 9, 1917. Office: 22 Sliortland Street, Auckland. Capital: £500, into 500 shares of £1 each. Subscribers: Bombay. A—H. S. Ellidthorp, 125: Auckland-S. Banks. 125:, J. M. Mowbray, 100; D. R. C. .Mowbray; 100. Pnkekohe—A. B. Barter. 50. Objects: To acquire, patent rights and carry on business as manufacturers of roller blotter pads and as merchants, etc.. Feilding Catering Co., Ltd. Registered as a privato company, August 20, 1917. Office: Manchester Street, Feilding. Capital: £2025, into 2025 shares of £1 each. Subscribers: W. H. M - Mcna,min, 500 f.p.u., 500 cont.: E. B. B. Short 500 f.p.u., 500 cont.; W. H. ,M'Menainin and E. B. Short, 25 f.p.u. Objects: To acquire from W. H. M'Mcnamiu. clothier, and E. B. Short, theatre manager, both of Feilding. as a going concern, the business of caterers, confectioners, etc., heretofore carried on by them in Feilding in co-partnership under the style of "The Dainties." Puk'erangi Gold and Scheclite Mining Co.. Ltd. Ecgistered August 15, 1917. Capital: £15,000, into 30,000 shares of 10s. each. Subscribers. Dunedin-H. J. Reeves, 1000; A. •M. Sidey, 1000; Jas. Alex. Burt, 500: Thos. 0. Ooull, 250. Pukcrangi-Jas. N. Lawson, 1000. Sutton—Bobt. M'C. Johnstone, 1000. Outram-James Patrick. 250. Objects: To carry on business of gold mining, etc. Waldegravcs. Ltd. Registered as a nrivato company. August 16, 1917. Office: Palmerston North. Capital: £50.000 into 2ud shares of £250 each. Subscribers: H. It. Waldegrave, 50; E. E. Waldegrave. 50;. F. G. B. Waldegrave, 50; P. S. M'Eae, 10; T. M. W.'llhind, 40. Objects: To acquire from tho executors under the will of the late J. •I. Waldegrave. formerly of Palmerston North, the real property, etc., devisia of his said -will.