THE SHAKE MARKET

Evening Star, Issue 16350, 16 February 1917, Page 6

THE SHAKE MARKET

DUNEDIN KXt 11ANi,!■

Tho. share market, showed H little nel why this morning, and' quotations generally lm-]-!,,vcd. A .ala was rep,e led on 'Glutngc in the profereiiof issue for ,v w Zealand Express Company's at Ids 3d, :U which price three parcels changed hangs, with further sellers at. IBs Gd. and buyers at- ißs. Fur the ordinary issue, buyers were illenug 15s, without a seder ie. \v.,rd. Nmituil Banks wove

wanted at. £7), willi sellers ending £5 Is Cab Sf»r Lank ill Now i.ljutis Kclim worn queu'd at. £l7 ss, without buyers. Standard In'.-.uivuu.'.'s worn looked. far at. £1 19s 9d, sailers quoting £2 (L 6ii. Cniou Ruarns lord.) wore placed on oner at £2 Os 3d, with buyers at. £i 19s lid. A'or udimirv jinduanI’arkors th■• r• ■ writ bnyw, at £1 ss. with -oilers asking £1 Gs. wliiie tor the other issue, sellers wore 0110,115!: £ I Is (id, without, buyers. Itomimou Lubbers were in demand at, £1 18-, seders asking £2. In ord’narv O.unaru AVonllens, buyers oiVercd £1 7s 6d, wi’h sellers asking £i os t\i. v.i..ie Pi n' Woollens wore quoted at £1 2s and £1 Is 9d, buyer and seller respect iv-rly. In mmim: bncs AVaihis had sellers at- 35s fid, v.ith buyers at 355. (irand Jnnctinns were wanted at; IDs, sellers ]6s, Tabsn aus were phred

on o!:w at. 9.-, buyers 8.-. in Mensit L veils stiUr.rs were, quoting 27s Gd, v.iMieu; results, Klt-cirio shafts were still in demand at, ait improved figure, Imyevs o'b riny 5s 3d, with stiln's at os ICd. fuller; in liise and Shine at, 18s, and Ladysmith ;,t 10s 6d, failed to elicit buyers.

Mali’s: >'cw Zoalauil Jlxiiri'ss Co. (prof.) 18i 3d. 'duo! at ions:

—1 Irt'dcin".— Kkciric— l!>iy 3s 51, sol 3:- 10 i. I -idvsniuh ■i'.oii; rib.) —H--i 10? 6d and r-iiino—Sc! ifi;.

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Tfilisman Cotisohdai f.l —!tnv Ba, aid 9s. Waihi—Kuv 555. ;ri 35s 6d. V.':iiiii r;.l uik-: ion --! Ny 3 ss, b:1 Ifc Mount LjtJl —S'?l 27s Cd.

. lnvestments—

National Bank of New Zealand Buy £j. sei £5 Is (sd. Bank of NV,v Zealand (conirib.) —Sol £l7

•Si ' !i' : i) d Insurance Co.—-Duv £1 19s 9-i id £2 0> 6d. So, sol £2 Os 3d. l ; ii;on SicnMi Ship Co. (prof.)— Buy £1 Is. Wyslpnrt t *>.:.) Co.—So! £1 ijs 9(1. Westport iSu;::i;iou (prof.;—P>d iiiuidart-I’a: kxr Co. ioi'.l.) —Bav ,-£L sa, as! £1 Cs. Hißkljvt-I’nvkcr Co. (pri-f.)—Scl £1 Is 6d. U.I.C. lord.) —Par. Daminiou Rubber— Buy £1 18s. sel £2. .N’.Z. Hcfricroralii!" Co.—£lo paid, buy £2l; 40s paid, buy £4. l.'-vUaud O'Jincn —Jkiv £1 3s Bd. llT.cctVs Soap-Buy *£l4 ss. scl £l4 15s. Mosaic! Woollen Factory —Buv £4 Is 0.1. Mon paare Co.—Sol £4 Os 6d. N.Z. !•;•<press Co. iord.j—Bay 15s. Express Co. iprof.)—Buy 18s sd 13?

■'•II Ship Co. (ord.) —Buy £1 19s

Paper Mills— Buy 19s, sol 19s gd. sit Wool lon ford.) —Buy £1 7s 6>l. sol

Du£l 8s 6<J l ? . rpivital Tnislcps Co.—Bin- £1 5s '.Vriphi, Sio-jihuison lord.J —liny £7 Wrif;!u, Stoplienson lurc-t.) —Buy £» 15s Bruce Wooli-n O.).—Buy £1 2s, scl £1 4s

"Will yuu niter this gown to lit mcT asked the young lady ol her dressmaker. The couturiere raised her hands in pinna horror. “ Certainly not, mademoiselle, certainly not/' she answered. ‘‘Why, that isn't done any more. You must be altered to fit the gown.