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Evening Star, Issue 19777, 30 January 1928, Page 9

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NEW COMPANIES REGISTERED. The registration of the following companies is reported in the New Zealand ‘Mercantile Gazette’:— H. A. Hogg, Ltd. Begistered as a private comp any, December 19, 192?. Capital, £2,500 .into 2,500 shares of £1 each. Subscribers; Dunedin—H. A. Hogg 1,500 C. N. K. Hogg 500, F. C. Hogg 500. Objects; To carry on the business of goldsmiths, silversmiths, jewellers, gem merchants, watch and clock makers, and general incidental. M. Stevenson, Ltd. Begistered as a private company December 23, 1927. Capital, £7.000 into 7,000 shares of £1 each. Subscribers; Dunedin —M. Stevenson 0,500, D. L. S. Stevenson 500. Objects; To carry on the business of carters, contractors, blacksmiths, garage proprietors, dealers in motor accessories,, and general incidental. Wintou Preserving Co., Ltd. Registered ns a private company December 23, 1927. Capital, £2,000 into 2,000 shares 'of £1 each. Subscribers: Wintou—J. T. Butler 500, G. Banks 500, 0. E. Thomson 500, M. A. Thomson 500. Objects: To carry on the business of fish, poultry, and game freezing and preserving, and cold storage proprietors. THE MEAT MARKET. Prow Association—By Telegraph -Copyright. LONDON, January 28. Sheep.—North Island; Medium, 6 1-8(1; heavy, 5 3-Bd. New Zealand ewes: None offering. Argentine ewes, 4*d. Lambs and other selcctcds, 10 3-Bd. North island .firsts lOd, seconds 9*d; Australian firsts, Victorian 9d, other States 7-Jd; seconds—Victorian 7*d; other States 6 3-Bd. Chilled Beef.—Argentine hinds, 6*d. Other meats were unchanged. Hides—All weights dry-salted', Queensland and New 'South Wales, 18 3-8 d lb; wet-salted, Queensland, 14*cl j New South Wales, 14Jd; Victorian abattoirs, 14 *d. COTTON, RUBBER, ETC. LONDON, January 28. .. Cotton.—Liverpool quotation, American middling upland, February delivery, 9.66 d per lb. Rubber.—Fine bard .Para, ]6*rl; plantation first latex crepe, IS 7-8 d; smoked ribbed sheet, 18 7-8 d per lb. Jute.—lndian native first marks, Jannary-February shipment, £29 10s ton. New Zealand Hemp.—January-Feb-rnary shipment, £35 ton. Copra.—Bagged Smith Sea. JannaryFebruary shipment, £27 7s 66 ton. Linseed nil, £2B 10s ton—equal to 2s 3.36 d a gallon. Turpentine. 4Js cwt—equal to 3s 1.128rl per gallon, CHICAGO WHEAT QUOTATION. NEW YORK, January 23. Chicago wheat quotations;—March, 130 5-8 cents per bushel; July, 127*.