COMMERCIAL

Evening Star, Issue 18333, 21 July 1923, Page 7

COMMERCIAL

Tho secretary of the Dunedin and Suburban Mutual*'Money Club advises that loans to the amount of £2OO were applied for at this week’s mectfng of trustees. A dividend has been declared for tho halfyear, totalling Is 5d in the £ for tho year. „ A London cable states that Wailu shares are quoted at 26s (buyers) and 26s 6d (sellers), and P. and O.’s at £3lO (buyers) and £320 (sellers). ROME MARKETS. Messrs Dalgetv and Co , Ltd., report having received "the following cable from (heir head- office, London, dated July 19 ; “ Wool salas abandoned owing to strike at docks. Fifth series of wool sale# commences September 4. The list of arrivals is closed L/uly 5V Probiblo quaut.ity to bo offered at next sale will amount to about 52,500 bales new arrivals, includ in ' 30,000 New Zealand, 2,500 Cape, 100,500 carried forward from July senes, 70,000 “ Ba/wra,” 10,000 Punta Arenas. Sales closed July 9; good demand for Continent. English buyers are opera! ug freely for cross-lvcds. As compared with last sale’s closing rates, merino wools, creasy. Id to 2d per lb lower: monno wools, scoured, par to W per lb half-bred wools prreas;, Id to 2d per db lower: cross-bred wools, fine quahtv o-reasy, Id to U 2 d per lb lower: cross-bred wools, medium and coarse quality greasy, Id to lid per lb lower; cross-bred slipe and scoured wools, par to Id per lb lovrer. Liverpool sales (September 6 and O postP< The’ same firm reports having received tho following cable from London, dared July 19“ Meat quotations are purely nominal. Strike £ bill continues. SALES ON ’CHANGE i THIS DAY. Christchurch. Reported : Manning's Brewery, £6 ss. On ’Change: Bank New Zealand, 635; Ward’s Brewery, 48s. Auckland.-Sales: Bank of Now Zcaland, 655; New Zealand Inscribed Stock, 1938 (4i per cent.), £96 6s.