COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3136, 14 July 1917, Page 10

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

INVESTMENT' SHAKES. A sale of W.F.C.A. shares (£1) at 255. 6d. was reported on 'Change yesterday. The quotations for investment shares were as follow:— , Buyers. Sellers. £ s. d. £ s. d. National Bank - 511 0 Bank N.Z. (old) 12 2 6 - Bank N.Z. (new) J7 3 0 — N.Z. and E. Plate — 1 17 0 Chch Gas (£5) 6 6 0. - Gisborne Gas : — 0 18 0 Well. Gas (£10) 13 15 0 ■ 14 10' 0 Well. Gas (pref.) — 0 19 fi National Insurance 2 16 0 — \ N.Z. Insurance 8 5 0 /" — \ S.B. Insurance 6 3 0 6 5 0 Standard Insurance ... 2 0 6 — Meat Export (£5) - 6 6 0 Huddart-Parker (ord.) 112 9 — Union Steam (nref.) 110 — Well. Woollen (ord.) 6 6 0 - SWestport Coal 111 6 — Waipa Colliery 0 18 5 — Leyland-O'Brien 16 1 —

TAELOW AND SUNDRIES SALE. At the periodical auction sale yesterday the New Zealand Loan aud Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., report that 'hey sold mixed tallow in casks in shipping eder at from 355. to 365. per.owt. Tin and o-, packages of fat at from 275. to 335. Cii. per cwt. Horsehair, cow-tails, cciuskins. etc., at satisfactory prices. Customs duties colleoted at the port of Wellington 1 yesterday amounted . to £2086 15s. "<• x . AUSTRALIAN PRODUCE. MELBOURNE, July 12. Barley, Chevalier malting, 4s. 2d. to 4s. 4d. per bushel; Cape, 2s. Ltd. to 2s. 3d • oats, milling, Algerian, 2s. sd. to 2s. 6d. per blishel; feed, 2s. Id. to 2s. 2Ad.; potatoes, I '£3, 10s. to £4 per ton; onions; £7 per ton.—Press Assn. j MINING NEWS WELLINGTON SHARE MARKET. A sale of Talismans at 9s. 9d. was made on 'Change yesterday. The quotations were as under:— Buyers. Sellers. £ s. d. .6 e. d. Murray Creek — 2 6 0 -Talisman' 0 9 6 — Waihi • 116 6 Grand Junction 015 0 — STOCK EXCHANGE. By Telegraph—Press Association. AUCKLAND, July 13 Salc-Auskland Gas, 295. 9d. Sales reported—Bank of Now Zealand, £12 75.; New Zealand Insurance, £8 7s.