COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3004, 15 February 1917, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

INVES'fiftf.N-r SHAKES, l'-csterday's quotations for investment shares were as follow:— Buyers. Sellers. £ s. d. £ s. d. National Bank 419 0 — Bank N.Z. (£3 6s. 8d 11 1 0 - Well. Trust., Loan, Ltd. ... 6 12 6 - Ohriotchurch Gas (£5) ... — ( 7 f Well. Gas (£10) - 15 0 0 G. British Insurance ... 5 5 0 — Standard Insurance- 1 19 6 — Well. Heat Export (£5) 6 5 0 — Union Steam (ord.) a 0 0 — Huddart-Parker (ord.) ... 1 4 3 — Waipo, Coal :.... 0 18 0 — WestportrStockton (ord.) 0 6 3 — Leyland-O'Brien 13 6 — N.Z. Drup 2 8 0 — Wilson' Cement (prof.) ... 1 4 6 — Taranakl Oil Wells 0 1 0 - Customs duties collected at tbo port ot Wellington yesterday amounted to £2220 12s. 2d. LONDON WOOL SALKS. By Telegraph-Press A£sociati«\n,-Copyright (Eec. February 14, 8.50 p.m.) London, February 13. At the wool sales there waa a full and representative Catherine. Only 5870 bales of Govornmentrowncd wero offered. All crossbreds wero takn out for contractors' war material, without competition. For merinos thoro was good competition, but somo withdrawals owing to the Government maintaining high reserves. Good sDOurcds wero fully 5 per cent, above the January closing rates. Greasy was firm &t the highest January rates, and tending upwards. Interior sorts were irregular. llcssts. Hurray, ltoberts and Co. have received the following cablegram from their London friends, Messrs. Sanderson, Murray and Co., under date February 13:— "Sales opened with good attendance. 0-iilv Government wool offered. For good merino the market. was firm." WHEAT. By Telegraph-Press Association-Copyright (Reo. February 14, 3.30 p.m.) New York, February. 13. Chicago May wheal. 177-1725 cents; July wheat, 152J-1478 cents. LEAD. By Telegraph-Press Association-Copyright (Rec. February 14, 5.20 p.m.) London, February 13. Lead.-Imports, 11,929 tons; exports, 1180 tons. ' MINING NEWS WELLINGTON SHAKE MABKET. The quotations for mining shares yesterday were as under:— Buyers. Sellers. £ s. d. £ s. d. Talisman 0 8 0 — Waihi 1 15 3 — STOCK EXCHANGE. By Telegraph—Press Association ' Christchurch, February 14. Sale—Crown Brewery, 30s. LONDON QUOTATIONS. By Telegraph-Press Association-Copyright (Eec. February 14, 8.50 p.m.) London, February 13. Bank of Australasia, £111; Bank of New South Wales; £33 12s. 6d.; National Bank of New Zealand, £4 155.; Bank of Now Zealand, £78 10s.; New Zealand debentures £88; ordinary, £81 10s.; Union Steam Shin £37, £39.