COMMERCIAL ITEMS
UTTESTMENT SHAKES. I 111 tlie investment market yesterday eales ' were reported of Wellington Investment at I lis., Golden, Bay Cement at 21b„ -end Wei- . ling-ton' Woollen preference ftt £3 10s. The , quotations were as follow:— ' ; Buyers.. Boilers, ; •£ s. d.. £6. d. • Bank N:Z. -(£6 135... 4d.) .... 15 19 0 - : : . National Insurance — -2 6 0 . Ohristchurch Meat 16 5. 0 Well. Meat Export (£5) ... - 6 0 0' Union Steam (ord.) - ...... '— 1 E 9 ( Union Steam (pref.) ..... — 1 0 0 ; Kaiapoi Woollen (0rd.)... 516 — ] Well. Woollen (ord.)s 0 0 — . Leylaud-O'Brien — 12 3. N.Z. Drus' - ' .270' Wilson's Cement (ord.) ...119 I — Wilson's Cement (pref.) ... 12 9 — - 1 W.F.O.A: (£5) • 6 0 0 -- J w.e.o.a: (£1) io os - ] ■s Customs duty. collected a.t the port rf j Wellington yesterda-y" amounted to £3569 i 3s. lOd. . - i NEW COMPANIES. j .The . "jrercantil'B Gazette," issued yester- i day, reports the registration of the follow- j ing new companies:— , r. ICasterton Beach Glaims, I/td.; office, Perry Street, Mastcrton; capital, £4000, divided into 4000 shares of £1 each; subscribers (Maeterton), T. B. Michell ICO, W. It. Kemball 200, 0. Bennett 100, W. G. Lamb 100, C. O. Boss ICO, J. Arthur 100, C. S; Ball 50. o.' Biirrcw6 50; objects, mining -and incidental. BrußSTvick Co-op. - Dairy Co., Ltd.; capital, £2000;-divided into 2000 shares of £1 each; subscribers (Brunswick), W. P. Pur- . roll 25, S. H. Ba.ker 35, E. H. R. NichoHs 20, E. Boas 30, G. Jlullins 25, J. W. Ora.wley 20, A. 8. Palmer 20, A. W. Miers 12, H. ,PuMovrski 13;. objects, dairying and incidental. ■ ; :' HIGH COMMISSIONER'S CABLED MARKET ' : REPORT. . The- Department of ißiiculture, Indue- ; 'tries, and Commerce h«6 received the lollowlng cablegram from the High Commissioner for Nca' Zealand, dated London,, August 24, in regard to the spot market for bacons and hams:— Bacon.—The market was steady at previous quotations until the middle of July, the prices then advancing about 2s. Since then the market has advanced very much, especially in the case of very good quality, owing to the small supply of Danish available, together . with large purchases of Irish bacon for -the. Government. There n is a large 'supply of Canadian bacon. Present quotations eje:—lrish,, ';io4s. ; to 1055.; .Danish, 104s. to 1055,; Canadian, 88s. f to -90s. » Hams.—The market is firm with harden- A ing tendency for English and Irish hams. G Canaddaß.- and American are in large sup-
ply. Present quotations arc:—English, 112s 1 . to 1205.; -Irish, 108s. to 1245.; Canadian, 745. to ■ 80s.; American, 68s. to 70s. ' LONDON MARKETS. Tho New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, have received the following cablegram from their London. house, under date August 25:—Tallow: We quote present-6i>ot. values for the following descriptions—Fine mutton,. 365. per cwt.; good beef, 355. per cwt..: mixed, 325. per. cwt. The market is quiet. r , METAL MABKETS. d By Telegraph—Press Association-Copyright ' London, August 26. ' Copper.—On the spot, £68 ss. to £68 10s.; three months, £69 10s. to £69 155.; elec- '' trolytic, £77 10s. to £78 10s. q Tin,—On the spot, £153 ss. to £153 15e.; n three montlis, £154 10s. to £155. I. Lead, £22 to £22 2e. 6d.. |h Spelter, £65 and £60. it Bar silver is quoted at 22 13-lfrd. per ° o-unco standard. i, TALLOW. I- London, August' 25. At the tallow soles 2302 casks were '• offered and 909 eoldi. Prices were' imchanged. . ' r WHEAT. I London, August 25. B - The wheat market is dull. Australian j early September shipment, 565. ; LINSEED OIL AND .TURPENTINE. I - London, August 25. Linseed Oil.—Spot prices are quoted, at ' £25 per ton. Turpentine—American, spirit, 345. 9d. per > cwt. I . EABBITSKINS-. •• > report on the rabbitskins solea » ehows that 1118 were offered and 909 sold, T at an average advance of 2d. per lb.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DOM19150827.2.106.4
Bibliographic details
Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2551, 27 August 1915, Page 10
Word Count
623COMMERCIAL ITEMS Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2551, 27 August 1915, Page 10
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Dominion. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.