COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 285, 28 August 1919, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

: I INVESTMENT- SHAKES. ~ yesterdays Quotations, for investment ehareß wew as follow;— Buyers. - Snllers. £a. di. . £s. d. National Bank — ' 610 0 Bank N.Z; (£3 Gs. Bd.) ... - 1418 6. Onion Hank — 60 0 8 Metropolitan Permanent 11 7 6 — National Mortgage — 512 6 Loan and Mercantile... 109 0 0 — Well. Investment 010 6 — Ohjistchurch Gas — 6 9...0 Napier Gas (p-ef.) — ' 10 0(I National Insuranco 4 10 — S.B. Insurance 810 0 — Huddart-Parkor (ord.) ... 2 9 0 2 9 6 Leyland-O'Brien Timbor 17 9 Colonial Sugar 25 0 0 — •N.Z. Paper Mills 18 0 — Ward and Co 5 6 0 — Well. Cordage 1 2 9 1 3 3 Inscribed stock 96 1 6 — War. Bonds, 1938 96' 2 6 -•» War Bonds (1930) 96 3 6 — P.O. 5 per cent. Bonds .. 98 0 0 CUSTOMS .REVENUE. • Customs revenue collected at the port of Wellington yesterday amounted to £6215 Is. 7d. i

■ f ■ : LONDON WOOL SALES. , ' 'Messrs. : Levin and Oo„ Ltd.. have received the follovvine cablegram from London, dated August 25:—"As compared with the opening Bales of this month tho August closing sales show:—Best . merlnoß and fine crossbreds, 10 per cent, higher; medium criJasbreds," 5 per cent, dearer; coaise---"crossbreds, J oer.. cent.Slower." ' .''Tho difficulty in organising tho professional and middle classes-is that their organisation under the guidance of men .who"have'much more enthusiasm .than wisdom, may rapidly become highly political and,partisan in tone."— Spectator," . . .