STOCK & SHARE MARKET WELLINGTON BUSINESS

Evening Post, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 70, 24 March 1914, Page 8

STOCK & SHARE MARKET WELLINGTON BUSINESS

TRANSACTIONS ELSEWHERE (BY TBLEGIUPH.— PRESS ASSOCHTION.) OHRISTOHURCH, This Day. Stock Exchange sales — Union Bank of Australasia, £58 : Chrfetchurch Gas, £7 ; New Zealand Shipping, £16 10s. AUCKLAND, This Day. Sales— Ross, 3s 7d, 3s 6d : Talisman, 38» 6d, 38s; Grand Junction, 25b .V Taupiri Cosri, 21s 3d ; Auckland Trams (ord.), 23s 3d. DUNEDIN, This Day. Sale^ — National Insurance, Sis. LONDON QUOTATIONS (By Telegraph.— Press Association.— Copyright.) (Received March 24, 9 a.m.) LONDON, 23rd March. Stock and sharemarket quotations include : — Waihi Goldminiug, 42s 6d (buyers), and 46s (sellers); Grand Junction, 26s and 26b; Talisman, 37s 6d and 42s 6d.

A deputation from the Social Democratic Party attended the monthly meeting of the Wellington Boot-makers' Union last night and presented their views an Um> platform of the party. At the conclusion of the delegates' addresses, the meeting, with one dissentient, paeeed the following motion : — "That this meeting of Wellington bootmakers, having carefully considered the position as confronts Labour, decides to endorse the candidature of Mr. H. E. Holland, the Mayoral candidate of the Social Democratic Party." It was also decided to assist financially in the campaign. The Union Company's steamer Waikare, which was wrecKed in Milford Sound some years ago, has not changed her position since she went over on her side shortly after the mishap occurred. This was learnt on enquiry from those who returned to Wellington by the Hinenioa yesterday The Waikare has been robbed of many of her deck plankings, but that is all. In the Esperanto Halt on Thursday evening Mrs. Field, of Nelson, will givo a lecture to women on "The White Slave Trafav.'i

Prices of investment and mining ctoctca to-day were as follow: — Investment. Buyer*. Seller*. £ s. d. £ i. d. National Bank ; . . — 5 7 0 Met. Per. (ex. div.) — 12 0 0 WOlnt. T. & A ... — 011 3 Napier Gas (£10) . . 15 15 0 — Palmerston N. Gas .. — . 10 10 0 Wn. Gas (£10) . . 16 5 0 — Dhch. Meat 15 17 6 — Wn. Woollen (ord.) 4 10 — Taupiri .. ... 1 1 6 — Westport-Sfcockton ... — 0 4 0 Leyland O'Brien ..139 — I'aringamutu ... 2 5 0 — D. M. Banks 12 3 — W.F.C.A. (£1) ... — 16 0 Sales— Bank New Zealand (rights), £4 15s (r). Mining*— Donsol. GoldfisMf ... — 0 17 9 New Sylvia, w.. ...• 0 0 8 — Progress '„. „. — 0 12 6 Ross ... ... „.8 3 6 0 4 0 3axon ..,, 0 0 9£ 0 1 0 ralisman ... .... 118 0 118 9 Grand Junction ... 1 4 6 15 6 VVaitangi '018 — Sales— Waihi, £2 3e 3d (c).