COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 211, 31 May 1919, Page 10

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

INVESTMENT SHARES. : Yesterday's quotations for investment ehares were 1 as follow:— • :

11 ' NEW COMPANIES. The "Mercantile Gazette" records the registration of the following new companies:— People's Auctioneering Co., Ltd., registered March , 24 aa a private':'company. Office, Broadway, Stratford.. Capital, '£450, :divided into 450 shares of £1 each. Subscribers: H. -0, Sturm' 150;' P. J. Hopkins 150,-TV. A; Limbrick,lso. -Objects: To purchase and carry on the businces of auctioneers, land, and estate agents, and incidental businesses heretofore, carried.on by H.'O. Sturm, F. J.' Hopkine,'' and W. A. ■ijimbrick at Stratford. ' , ' . A. O. .Smith; Ltd., registered as a private company May 23/1919.- Office, 171 Guy ton Street, Wanganui. Capital, £10uO, divided .into 1000 shares of £1 each. Subscribers: A. O. Smith 750, Martha A Smith 250. Objects: To acquire as a going concern the business, of- furniture and second-hand dealer now carried on at W'anga-nni by A. O.' Smith; .'''. ■■ .-.. ''' v Williams and Hafpnr, Ltd., Tcgiatereil as Va'priyate companyMay-23,1919. Office, 46 Victoria,' Avenue,- ■ Wangahui. Capital, £2500, divided into 2500 shares of £1 each. Subscribers:- T.". B. Williams 1250, E. J. Durie 625, IT. M'Niven',.62s. Objects: To acquire as a going concern the business now carried on at Wanganui by Williams and Harper; and-to carry, on tho businesß of auctioneers, , financiers, etc. Beattie and: Procter, Ltd., registered as a. private company May 23, 1919. Office, 82 Cuba' Street, Palmcrston North. Capital, £2000, divided into 2000 shares, of £1 each... Subscribers: Margaret J. A^'Cope to, Harry Procter «7,> A. N. Beattie 667. Objects: To acquire and carry on tho business of Beattio and Procter, plumbers, etc., at Palmerston North. ■Hansford and Mills Construction lio., Ltd., registered as a private company May 27,-1919. ' Office, Barigitikei Street, Palmerston North. " Capital, £62,000, divided into 62,000 shares of £1 each , (£37,000 f.p.u.l. Subscribers: Kairuru Marble Co., Ltd., 7456 B shares, G. D, Hansford 8772 B shares and 12,983 A shares. Objects: To acquire and amalgamate the businese of the Kairuru MarbloCo., Ltd., and the building business now carried on by G. D. Haasford and. L. Mills at Wellington, under the style of Hansford and .Mills. ' . .. Customs duties colleoted at tne port of Wellington yesterday amounted to £2975 6s.v6d. • LONDONj MARKETS. Australian-New Zealand Cable Association. London,. May 17 (delayed). Cotton—For June delivery, 17.50 d. New Zealand Hemp—The market is quiet. Prices are unchanged, ■for May. For June, parcels have sold at - tor May. For June, parcels have sold at 47d. Rubber—Para, 2e. 9Jd.; per lb.j plantation, 2b. 3Jd.; smoked, 2s. 2)d. ' ' TICTORIAN PRODUCE. (By Telegraph-Press Association-Copyright Melbourno, May 30. Barley Englieh, malting, ss. (A. to ss. 7d. per bushel; Cape, 4s. to 4s. Id. Oats, Algerian, milling, 4s. 7d. to 4s. Bd.; feed, 4s. 4d. to 4s. 6d. - Potatoes, £9 to £9 10s. per ton. Onions, £13 to £13 10s.

. •• Buyers. .Sellers. r - ■ . ' •■ . . £s. d. £s. d. Bank N.Z. (£3 6s.'- ed.) ... — 14 0 0 Bank N.Z.(£6 13s. Id.) ... 18 8 6 18 12 0 Union Bank (old) 57J0.0. 58.0 0 Union Bank .(now issue) -r , 56.15 0 Equitable'Building ...... 9 00. - Metropolitan Permanent U- "I ' 6'- -,. — National Mortgage 4 14 ."tO - Vfefl.' Investment 010 5 ' - Trust and Loan ..; 5 17 ;6 — ,Ohristchurch'. Ga'si 6 11 6 ■'. -7 Napier Gas (£10) - MOO Well. Gas (£10) - 1117, 6 Well. Gas (pref.) .J. 0 17 3 National Insurance 3 14 6 . -.— South British Insurance 7 15 0 8 0 0 Standard Insurance 2 13 6 — N.Z. Eefrigerating »■• 216 6 ' — Meat'Export (£4) ...::...;... 4,,:4. 0. . •'- Meat Export (£2 12s. 6d.)' 2 12 6 2 15 0 Auckland Trams (ord.)... — 12 0 HuddartrParker I Z 2 24 0 U.S.S. Co..(prof.) 113 -,-- P. and O. Def. Stock ...410 0 0 . ,„- Waipa Collieries ■ -. 0 15 6 Leyland-O'Brien Timber - .18 0 Golden Bay Cement - 019 5 N.Z. Vapor Mills - 17 3 Sharland (ord. and pref.) 110 6 - — Ward and Co. 5 0 U .- -Wellington Oordago ) 12 6 - WilEon'e Cement v 0 16 6 — -Ward Bonder 1930 96 10 0 97 5 0