COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 191, 8 May 1919, Page 10

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

INVESTMENT SHARES. A salo of New Zealand Paper MUIb shares at £1 sa. 3d. v as made on 'Change, and a sale of Wellington Woollen preference .shareß at £4 15s. was reported yesterday. The quotations were as follow:— Buyers. Sellers. . £ s. d. £. b. d. National Bank 6 3 6 —: .; Bank N.Z. (£3,65. Ed.) ...13 17 6 Bank N.Z.' (£6 13s. 4d.) ... - ■ 18 10 .0 .Metropolitan Building ..;-U'-7 6- :.--.—■ ■ National Mortgage — 416 0 • Well.-Trust and' Loan ... -5 16'6 ' ■•—•■-. Olirißtchurch -pas — 6 12.6 Napier Gas -' '10 0 0 .Napier Gas. (prof.) -•-— 10 0. 0 Wellington Gas (£10) - 12 0 0 ■Meat Export (£4) — 4 10 Meat Export (£2 12s. 6d.) - 2 11. 0 Huddart-Parkcr (ord.) .., - 2 0 0 TJ.S.S. Co. (prof.) - 114 Kaiapoi Woollen (ord.) .., 7 12 6, - Wcstport Coal — 1 11 6 N.Z. Paper Mills .; 1-4 9 15 3 Customs duties collected at the port of Wellington • yesterday amounted to £5473 9b. Bd. . ■

SALE OF WAIHI EXTENDED COMPANY'S . d'KOPEUTY. By, Telegraph—Press.' Association. Auckland, May 7. Tho sale of the plant and property at Waihi of the Waihi Extended Company to tho WaUii Grand Junction Company was confirmed at a.meetini: yesterday. Tho purchase orice is £6700 net. The Extended Company's, ground adjoins that of • the Grand junction Company. A dividend'ofIs. per Bhar'e waß declared by the Waihi Gold Company.

sheepskins: Australian-New Zealand Cable Association. Lontipn, May 2. At the sheepskinß saleß competition was rather less keen. There were 10,700 offered, and,hey v:ere nearly .all sold. Fine.crossbi'cds And good combinKß were on a par with pfices <)f the last allocation. Faulties were cheaper. A fair auantity was bought.for France aud Belgium, but inoßt-were-for o"c Homo trade.