COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2569, 17 September 1915, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

,- ' .INVESTMENT.SHARES. .' In the investment market yesterday sales • .were reported of Rational iiank at £-1 7s. 6d., and; Christchurch Gas at £7 ICs. The ... .Quotations were.as under:— , '■■',' '>'■ Buyers. Sellers'. I . ; . —" £s. d. £s. d. Bk. N.Z. (£3 6s. 8d.)... ... 10 0 0 — ®k. ,N.Z. (£6 13s. 4d.) ... 16 0 0 16 5 0 'National liortgage — .*4OO We 11.,. Dep. and Mort. ... : — 0 8 0 iJVcll. Gas (£10) 16 0" 0 . - Well. Meat Er. (£2l2s. 6d.). - 217 0 N.Z.-Shipping (pre!.) . 0 19 8 10 0 •. Jjeyland-O'llrien ............ 123 — Manning and Co <112 6 — Golden ( Bay- Cement ...... 019 0 ,1 0 0 . COJIPASIKS PEGISTEEED. ~ • The "Mercantile. Gazette," published yesterday, reports the registration of the following companies Collinson. and Gilford, Ltd., registered as a private company September' 8. Office; tt'aiiiape. .Capital, £40li0, .divided into 4WJO .. shares of> £l each.: Subscribers: Palmer- ■ eton North—T. -J. Collinson, W. A. E. Gif:2E°' L. il'. Collinson, all •1000 shares cacu. Objects: To ■ carry on j.4he business of wholesale and retail dra- . ipera-aud'clothiers, etc; ■' ■ Wairarapa Automobile 'Association Mu,/tual.- Insurance Company, registered ,' Sep.tembcriO.- . Office: Feathers ton. I The corn- ■ -pany shall. have no shares and no ■ fixed capital. Subscribers: I'ea.therston—lT. Elsar, Toogood, A. Tocker, W. 8en...wn... Carterton—T. B. Jlaunsell,' J,. D. Smith, W. H. Booth. Objects: To carry on the, buemess of lire insurance of motorvehicles owned 'by, members of ■ the Wairarapa Automobile Association, by • system of annuial subscriptions, etc. . hokotau Co-opei'atiye Dairy Company,' ' Ltd., iregistered'September 15. Office: Cariiterton.. Capital, £ltco, divided into 2CO' Bhaxes c. £5 each. Subscribers: KokoCoulter, 7; W. A.'Hart, 20; W. o y> A. 1. DalefieMj3; _S^y? r . 12. J H. Smart, !'• 1 '/ lUe ', To acquire certain land and ■to carry on dairy factory Ot-C. : ■ : ;. - v.- ■ - ' "•

- Zealand Tobacco Company, re-regis- . tered from a, private company to a public S2S? an3r with'an..increase of-capital from . . £1800 .to £25,000, ' registered May 1. . \ . .Takitum-ii Co-operative Company, Limited, .as-;a private oompanj' August *9®°B: papier. Capital, £500, divided ;. .. wto_isoo .shares of :£1 eaoh.' Subscribers • Bern. laiwhonga, 200; Pekame te Kua, 100-' • Henare Paata Batima, ICO; Timi Paroone ; 100 shares each. '. Object: To purchase ami sell on commission or otherwise any proctuct oi the soil, orchard, farm implements, v ..- and all general merchandise of anv description. . ' ■; .. . Lowe and Kwsing, Limited, registered as ; a private, company August 30. Office: »«. pier... Capital, £10,000, . divided into' 10,000 shares of '£1 each. Subscribers.- Fred Lowe; 5000; Henry A. Keeeing, 5000. Ob- . jects: To ectfuire an.d carry .on ae a going concern the business at present carried ■ on at ,Napier : -under the 6tyle of .Lowe and - Keestng, as manufacturers, repairers, importers, and dealers of and in motor-cars 7 etc., and .all other kinds of motor vehicles machinery, etc. . . ' ••.-r . Taranaki Amusements,. Limited, regis- . tered September 10. Office: New Plymouth , Capita!, J827.C-CO, divided into 27,C00 shares of '£1 each.' 1 ' Subscribers: T;- 0: List, 81C0- E P. Webster, 750; G. H. Saunders, 8100: J. J- il'Leod',-500;1I. Rcnaud, 250: ,/ . H.-Collier, 300. Objects Theatrical 'enterprises, etc. . . ' i ■ ■ : - duty collected at the port' of ....... Wellington, yesterday amounted'.to -£1895 135.;5d.*■ ' ■■■'./ . LONDON MARKETS. . = The '."Wcw Zealand Loan and Mercantile ■Agency .Company, Limited, have received the following cablegram from their London ihouse:—Tallow: We quote, present spot . values . for the following descriptions:— ••Jme mutton, 375. per c\vt.;.good beef, 353. . ': 9d.; mixed, 335. 9d. Tho market is firm, 1 with upward tendency. LONDON WOOL SALE. ,By Telegraph—Press Association—CopyrlsM London, September 15. At the wool sales good wools were extremely firm, slipes and crossbreds slightly better in tone, and merinos. unchanged. Prices realised: Flemington, top 20id.,;aver- : age 15gd.Logandowns, 15jd., 13Jd.; Wimmera, 32d; t 31s. New Zealand clips :— Langridge, top lljd., average lOJd.;' St. James, ;28d„ 241 d.; Cragieburn, 28d„ 26Jd.; ■ Mason, 15} d„ 14} d.; Brookdale, 16d„ 151 d.; ■ ' Moereki, 19d., 173 d. - . , Messrs. .Hurray, Roberts, and. Co., Ltd., have received the : following; , cablegram

from their London friends, Messrs. Sanderson, Murray, and Co., -under date September 15.—"Compared with closing rates of last sales, scoured and slipe crossbreds have declined 15 per cent., especially inferior descriptions. For all poor wool market very weak and irregular." SYDNEY WOOL-SALES. . • (Kec. September 16, 11.5 p.m.) Sydney, September i 6. The week's wool sales closed with an improved demand for good classes at previous rates. ' N.Z. 4; AUSTRALIAN LAND CO. London, September 15. The New Zealand and Australian. Land Company, Ltd., pays a final dividend of 5 per cent, and', a bonus of 5 per cent. , • ■ -/. WHEAT. ' London, September 15. Wheat—The market is firm, and there are few oifera to sell. .; :' London. September 15. Wheat.-.Chicago September options, 103 c. to 101 c.; December options, 97 3.0 c. to 953 c. • 'TALLOW. London, September 15. At the tallow sale 3 1837' casks were offered and 1705 sold. Prices realised:—Mutton, fine 375. 3d., medium 345. 6d.; beef, : fine 375. 3d., medium 345. ' METAL MARKETS. . . '■ London, September, 15, Copper.-r-On . the, spot,- £69 2s. -6d.. to' £69 7s. '6d.; three months, £70 2s.' 6d." to £70 7s. 6d.; electrolytic, £85 10s. to £86 10s. Tin.—On .the spot, £152 10s. to £153; three months, £153 10s. to £154. Lead.—Soft foreign, £23 7s. 6d.; £22 10s. 1 Spelter—Cash, £70; forward, £67. Silvei',-23 9.16 d. 'per ounco standard. LINSEED OIL AND TURPENTINE.' , London, September 15. Linseed oil, spot pipes, £26 &s. pel* ton. Turpentine is quoted, at 345. 7Jd, '.AUSTRALIAN PKODTJOE MARKETS. (Rec. September 16, 11.5 p.m.) ,• Sydney, September 16. Oats, American, 2s. 9d. to 45.; Tasmanian, 4e." Maize, yellow, ss. 3d.; white, 4s. lid. to 55.; Javan, 55.; South African, ss.- to £«. 3d. Potatoes, Tasmanian, £9 10s. to £10.; New Zealand, £9 to £10. Onions, Victorian; £'9; New Zealand, £8. Adelaide, Sentember 16. . Wheat, Bs. Flour, £18.. Bran, Is. IJtl. to Is. 3d. Pollard, Is. 6d. to Is. 7d. . HIDES SALE. (Rec. September 16, 11.5 p.m.) Melbourne, September 16. At the hides sale there was good competition for. all clasEes, and prices were, ■unchanged.