COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2792, 9 June 1916, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

INVESTMENT SHAKES. A_salo of Union Steam ordinary shares at oZs. 6a. was recorded yesterday. Th o quotations were as under:—'. •Buyers. Sellers. National Bank f *9 "o Bank N.Z. (£3 6s. Bd.) ... - 11 io o Union Bank- _ 5510 0 Auckland Gas (paid) — 110 0 N.Z. Insurance 6 5 0 Well. Meat Export (£2l2s. „ 6i1.) 3 16 - Well. Woollen (ord.) — 6 2 6 Taupiri Coal _ o 14 7 N.Z. Drug ; " 2 5 6 - Golden Bav Cement ,12 3' — Customs duty collected at the port of 2s 2d gton r ® stolia l r amounted to £4170 COMPANIES kegistered. The "Mercantile Gazette" issued yesterday records the registration of the following companies:— Waterworks, Ltd., a private company, Wellinffton. Capital: £3000. into 3000 shares uL 1 ca s- m , h » bscri bers : Wellington—A. ttaterworth, 2700; t. L. Turvey, 300. Ob3ects; To acquire the business of importer and vendor of photographic and. other goods now - earned on by Albert Waterwoi th at 286 I/ambton. Quay. Aoon Concrete Construction Co., Ltd' Masterton. Capital: fSOCO, into SCCO sharoa ot £1 each. hubscribere: Masterton— "W\ ?■• J - Bellingham, 3CO; T. B Michell 300; IV. Perry, 300; E. L Holm-' wood, 300; A. Henderson, 100; J. lorn- ICO Objects: To acquire from an intended company called the BeliiiKham Patent Concrcto Building slab Proprietary, Ltd the right to manufacture i'n certain counties in,® m ™i °i n .. relatin K t« concrete building blocks, letters patent No. 36136, N.Z. . N.Z. AND KIVER PLATE. By Telegraph—Press Association. Auckland, Juno 8. lne attorneys of the company liave received advice that, the directors of tho New Zealand ajid Hivcr Plats Land Mortgage Company have resolved to pav an interim dividend for the half-year ended April 30 at the rate ol 12 per cent, per annum, less English income tax. Tho shareholders will, therefore, Teceive the usual amount of one shilling per share •Jie dividend will be payable in the Dominion on July 5. ■BOARD OF TRADE RETURNS. By Telczraph-Press Association-Copyright rn „ , , m , Lori'lon, June 7. The Board of Trade returns for May show that imports increased by £12,213.656' exports, £13,406,419; re-exports, £757,258', ' APPLES AND PEARS. , , , r , . London, June 6. Apples—Market very llrm. For the Mooltaas Baruneaa th«re mas keen demand,. especially for hard sorts. Tn»manialn Clcojiatras brought 9s. to lis exceptionally good, 125.; Sturmcrs, French crabs. 9s. to 10s. Gd.: cithers, Bs. 6d. to 9s. 6d. South Australian, Bs. 9d. to 10s.: West Australian, 9s. to lis. Tasmanian Vicars pears, 13s. to J4s. The Aeneas's Victorian apples brought ■9s. 6d. to 10.-. 6:1. Tlie pears iverc mostly wasty. A few pood .Tosenhiniw brontrht 21s. The bnlance of the Euripides's Tasmanian apples sold at Liverpool at 7s. to -10k. ; a few Neslars, Victorians. 7s. to Bs. 3d. 1-ondon, June 7. •Some of the Mooltan's apples wore wet-, and realised 6s. 6d. to Bs. (id. Ncr The Barunga's rears brought 12s. 6d. to 16s. TALLOW. London, June 7. ' At the tallow sales 1522 casks were offer-

od. and 820 sold. Prices—Jluttoi), fine, 495.; medium, 455.; beef, fine, 495.; medium, 445, AUSTRALIAN PRODUCE MARKETS. (Hec. June 8, 10.5 p.m.) Sydney, June a. Oats, Algerian feeding, 2s. 7d. to 2s. Bd.; milling, 2s. lOd. to 35.; Tnsmanian, white, 3e, Id. to ,3s. 3d.; barley, feeding, 3s. sti. to 3s. 6d.; seeding, 3s. 7d. to 3s. Bd.; maize, white, 4s. Sd.: yellow, 4s. lCd.; potatoes, Tasmunian, £5 IDs; to £7; onions, 4s, lOd. to ss. Adelaide, June 8. liran. Is. to Is. OJd.; pollard, 16. Ltd. to Is. 2Jd-; oats, 2s. to 23. 2d. HIDES SALE. (Rec. Juno 8, 10.5 ,p.m.) By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Melbourne, June 8. At the hides sale there were moderate supplies. Sloppy and heavy were a shads easier; other eorts were .unchanged.