COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 182, 22 April 1918, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

INVESTMENT SHAKES. A sale of Gear Meat shares (£4 paid) at £19 17s. 6d. was made on 'Change on Saturday. The quotations wero as follow:— Buyer". Kellers. £ s. d £ s. d. Bank Australasia — 117 0 0 ■National Bank ...:... 5 4 0 Bank N.Z.' (oici) - 12 7 6 Bank N.Z. (new) 17 10 0 Tfnion Bank - 57 0 0 Balgety and Co — 9 3 6 Ohristohurch Gas (£5) ... 5 15 0 6 0 0 National Insurance 3 0 0 3 10 N.Z. Refrigerating 1 16 9 --

Gear Jleat (£•!) 1917 $ - Uuddart-l'arker (ord.) ... 117 0 - Huddart-Parker (prcf.) ... 1 0 3 — Taupiri Coal - 017 6 Wcstport Coul 1 10 6 - Waipa Colliery 0 17 0 0 17 9 Leylund-O'Bricn 1 7. 9 — Golden Bay Cement 0 17 3 — N.Z. Portland Cement ... 0 9 9 010 9 N.Z. Paper Mills 0 19 6 10 6 Kliarland (ord.) 18 6 — Ward and Co 4 li 0 — Wilson's Cement 19 0 — CIMABAR BVN DICATE. At a meeting ol' shareholders ill (lie .Totirc Cinnabar. Syndicate, held last, week ill the Chamber of Commerce. Auckland, it «as resolved to form cfco syndicate into a public company of Si.ivi shares of £s. each—a cunual of X 7500. I', waj further resolved to 'allot 600 company shares 101cach syndicate share, which will absorb 16,200 shares, leaving 13,6u0 contrlbuung shares, which are. offered to the public. The adit level id now in-100 feet, and the lode is proved over 6'feet wide, of uniform value. A water right, and machinery sito have been recommended to tuo Minister of Mines by the Warden at Whangarei. Provisional directors have, been elected as follow.--Messrs. A. A. Cowan, A. CI. Wakeman, 1!. .1. Foreman, William Woods, and J. V. Collins. Custom duties collected at the port, of Wellington on Saturday amounted to XIIOZ 16s. 2d. LONDON MARKETS. AurtrnlianOJew Zealand Cable Association. (Rcc. April 21, 5.5 p.m.) London, April 20. Rubber.-Pava. 3s. lid. per lb; plantation, 2s. 4d.; smoked. 2s. 3d. Hidcs.-Ftrnicr. Australian, nominally, 153 d., 15jd., U?d. heather—Basils cleared at- full late rates. " Eabbitskins.-Advance of 10 per cent. since last, auctions. Prime full winter Australian, HOd. to 150 d. THE METmTmaEKETS. London, April 19. Copper.-£llO Es. per ton; electrolytic, £125. Lea,d.-£29 10s. ' Spelter.—£s4; three months, £50. Tin .-£330. Bar Bikoi\-£47 ss. per oz- standard.