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INVESTMENT SHAKES. -. A ii a '« of kw'and-O'Bi'ien Timber shares at si 6s. 6d- wns reported on Saturday. The. quotations were as follow -.- ' ' , Buyers. Sellers. .. . , &s. d. S. s. d. National Bank — 5 9 0 Ban f N'Z- tow)".::::::::::: - n n e Bank N.Z. (new) 17 15 0 Union Bank .- 55 12 6 w n L S an and Mcr - 'ord.) - 82 15 0 Well. Trust and Loan ... - 7 2 6 Napier Gns (£5) - 6 2 6 N.Z. 'Insurance ~... - 8 10 H.B. Insurance — 6 10 Huddart-Parker (ord.) ... - 113 3 N.Z. Shipping (pref.) ... 10 10 0 — Kaiapoi Woollen (ord.) ... 6 15 0 — Well. Woollen (ord.) ...... 6 10 fl — Tfestport Coal -. 1 10 6 Westport-Stockton (nrcf.) — * 012 I Waipa 'Colliery - 0 18 6 Customs duties collected at the Port, or Wellington on Saturday amounted to London markets. Australian-New Zealand Cable Association. (Rec. Aujust 19, 5.25 p.m.) . . ' LONDON, August, 18. . Frozen Meat.-Australlan and New Zealand mutton, none offering; lamb, IOJd. South African mutton, IOd.; lamb, lid. Rabbits, little doing. The trade is only receiving small quantities, which arc damaged. The Government is keeping all sound lots. Hemp.—Quiet, nominal, hich point to fair; distant shipment, £90 per* lon. Rubber.—Pare. 3s. 3d. per lb.; plantation, 2s. 53d.; smoked, 2s. 4Jd. Copra.—Snot, £45 ss. per ton. Hides.—Firm. Australian, none offering. Leather.—Very firm, practically nothing available for civilian retirements. Heavy Australian, .nominally, 2s. Bd. to 3s. 4d.: basils, nothing doing, prices nominally unchanged. \ WHEAT. . , (Rec. August 19, 5.25 p.m.) LONDON, Ausust 18, The wheat market is most quiet. There arc few oilers. Wheat.—Chicago September options, 201 cents to 200 cents. BUTTER. . (Rec. AuEUst, 19, 5.25 p.m.) ' LONDON. AugUßt 18. The butter maximum prices are unchanged, Danish and Manchester "touched 2905. The general Impression in Tooley Street is that the whole of the provision trade will be State-controlled soon. LEAD. (Rec. August 19. 5.25 p.m.) \ LONDON, August 18. Lead imports, 7331 tons; exports, 1237 tons. MINING NEWS WELLINGTON SHARE MARKET. Saturday's quotations for mining shares were as under:— Buyers. Sellers. £ a. d. £ s. d. Murray Creek — 2 5 0 New Big River — 310 0 Talisman 0 10 0 —
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3168, 20 August 1917, Page 8
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