COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 212, 2 June 1919, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

IN VESTMENT SHAKES. ■ A Balo of Sharland's ordinary sliareß at 000. 9d.'waß made on 'Change on Saturday. Tho quotations were aB follow;,— Buyers, Sellers. £s. d. £s. d. National Bank 6 6 0 6 7 6 Bank N.Z. (£3 6s. Bd.) ... 13 18 0 14 0 0 Bank N.Z. (£6 13s. 4d.)... - 18 17 6 Union Bank (old! 67 5 0 t8 0(I Equitable Building 9 0 0 — Metropolitan Permanent 11 7 6 Well, Investment 0 10 6 —' Trust and Loan 5 17 6 Well. Deposit 0 8 0 — Ohristchurch Gas 6 12 0 — Napiy Gas (£10) — 9 10 0 Well. Gas (£10) - U 17 «' Well. Gas (pfef.) .. 0 17 3 0 18 3 National Insurance 3 14 6 — South British Insuranco 7 15 0 8 0 0 Standard Insurance 213 6 — N.Z. Refrigerating 216 6 217 6 Meat Export (52a. 6d.) ... 214 0 — .Auckland Trams (0rd.)..,- — • 12 0 'Huddart-Parker (ord.) ...2 19 — Northern Steam 015 0 — Union Steaj.n (pref.) 114 — Kaiapoi Woollen (ord.) .. 7 12 0 — Well. Woollen (ord.) 7 13 0 — Well. Woollen (pref.) 4 17 0 - Westport Coal — 110 9 Waipa Collieries — 015 6 Lcyland-O'Brlen 17 3 18 0 Golden Bay Cement' — 019 3 Manning and Co 3 0 0 — N.Z. Drug 2 13 6 N.Z. Paper Mills - 1-7 4 Shjrland (ord. and pref.) 110 6 — Ward and Co 4 17 6 — Wilson's Cement 0 16 6 — W&r Bonds, 1930 96 10 0 97 5 0 Customs duties collected at the port ot Wellington on Saturday amounted, to £4315 13s. lid. ' THE WOOL MARKET. Australian-New Zealand Cable Association. (Eec. May 31, 5.5 p.m.) London, May 19. At tho wool sales super i merinos and fins croßsbreds were exceedingly firm. Carbonising wools were irregular. Tho following dips • were sold: —"Ooollii," top prico 24d., average B)Jd.; "Knlnine," top price 54d., average 52id.; "Miuiduney," 48Jd.; "Moorara," 50d. At Bradford there lias been a strong inquiry for merinos; finer croßsbredu have sold at_i)ie fullest rates, and others, are unchanged A revised estimate of Australian and New Zealand ivool available for shipment at th» end ot March shows:—Australian, 1,365,346 baleß; New Zealand, 573,590 bales; unapprised, 375,000 bales. It is ettimntcd there will be shipments of 225,000 bales monthly from April to September, leaving 927,848 bales of Australasian wool available for shipment on September 30. (lice. June 1, 11.5 p.m.) London. May 30. At the London wool sales there was a good attendance and keen competition. Super merinos and fine crossbreds made recent rates; scoured locks and pieces were irregular,-Aua.-N.Z. Cable Assn.