COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 90, 10 January 1919, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

■%:■'. INVESTMENT 'SHAKES.. . Prices of investment stocks yesterday were as. follow:— , ■■-;-• Buyers. Sellers. £ s. d. £ s. d. N.Z. Inscribed Stock (1938) -. , ,97 10 0 N.Z. War. Bonds (1933)1..' - 97 10 0 N.Z. War Bonds (1930) *.. — 97 10 0 •National Bank '.6 10 « 5 0 Bank N.Z. (£3 is. Sd.) :-.. 13 0 0 - ' ' Bank N.Z. (£6 13a. 4d.) ... - 18 ;0 0 Equitable Building 9 5 0 — National M0rtgage...;...... 4 70 — Well. Trust and/Loan ... .5 15 .9 : — Gisbornc Gas — 017 0 National Insurance 3 4 6 — .. S. British- Insurance ... 614 0 . — Gear Meat (£4) ...„ 20 10 0 ■- Gear Meat (£1) 5 10 0 - Auckland Trams (ord.) ... — 10 6 Auckland Trams (pre!.)... -0 16 3 Huddart-Parker ...j...'. - — 119 0 Pr and' O. Vet. Stick... 400 0 0 / - - Well. Woollen (ordi .'..... :7 5 0 711 < L'eyland-O'Brien ..T. .vl 6 6 —, Colonial Sugar (Fiji arid N.Z.) .'.... 20 2 6 - D.I.C. (ord. and pref.) ... Par — N.Z. Drug ...: :........ - - 213 0 Sharland (ord.) 110 0 — ' Sharlandl (pref.) 110 Or— ' ♦Ex div. - ,;.'■■ ' <. OOMPANI" REGISTERED. ; The "Mercantile Gazette" report's the registration of the follov/injr ; company:— Brodrick and Co.. Ltd., registered as a private company December 21, 1918. Office, Wellington. Capital, £15,000, divided into 15,000 shares of £1 each. Subscribers: WellinEton—Frank Horace Brodrick 4050, .Alico T?oso Brodrick 1000. Harvey Kiehard- . son Thomas 100. Arthur, Younc 3750. Ca'mp- ' bell Young 3750; InvercarKill—Hadford Henry' Brodrick 1350. Cuthbort John Brodrick 1000. Objects: To carry on business as merchants and indentqrs, etc..

.'. 'C'.:: . CUSTOMS BEVENUeZ , Customs duties collected at the port of Wellington yesterday amounted to £1561 15s. 9(1. , • '■ a , UNION J3ANK OF AUSTRALIA. ' Australian-New Zealand Cable Association. London, January 7. ;.Thc Union Bank of Australia will pay a dividend of 10 per cent, and a bonus of 2 per cent. It is proposed- to place to reserve. £25,CC0.:and 1o carryforward £78,000. , ..JIETAL STOCKS. IN 13IUTAIN. London, January 7.. 'The Ministry of Munitions reports the following .stocks of metals in Britain:— Copper. 35.000-ton?; spelter, 30.230. tons: .aluminium, 11,957 tons; .'lead/62,852 tons; nickel. 2096 tons; antimony, 3508 .tons. i • :— "■' . ,-•';■ LONDON METAL MAItKETS. «(Rec; January 9, 10.30 p.m.) . London, January B. . Tin.-Spbt. £241:85.s forward £253 sa. Copper.-Spot, £92'; forward, £87. Lead,, £37 10s. ~• - ',''».. ■; , ' . Spelter. £52; . : , / |Bar silver,. 48 7-16 d. per 'ounce .standard, ..;, NEW SOUTH WALES GOLD YIELD. By Telegraph—Press : ■- Sydney_> January : 9. The State gold yield in New/South. Wales in 1918 iB ivalued at £369,743:., compared with £349,038 in the previous year. ; • ..';'■_ .".-' AUSTRALIANSPKODUOE. '■ ;; ',-.' (Itcc. January ,9; 10.30-'p.iu.V i. ; Sydney r .Tari;iary 9.. Oats. Al;erian,„feeding, 4b. 4d/ tj 4s. Bd.; I Tasmanian. ; ss.. to ss. 4d. Make. 7s. 3d. I Potatoes, Victorian, £1B; local, £15 to £18. I Onions, £10 10b. to/£13.-;