Business Gossip

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 84, 30 June 1927, Page 2

Business Gossip

London Wool Salas. —The Auckland office of the Bank of New Zealand ad vises receipt of a cable from its Lon' don office to the effect that the list 3 arrivals for the fourth series of sal2 commencing on July 5. closed on J un 27. and that the last ship to be included was the Northumberland.

Company Registered.—Testerdav one private company was registered in Auckland. Details are: The Bairg trom Patent Motor Kim Company, Limited Objects: To acquire from E. L. Barr' Strom the rights in an invention for an improved patent rim for motor tvres. etc. Capital: t 6,000, in shares of £5« each. Subscribers: E. L.. Baggstrom (60 shares) and 20 others.

Export Fruit Markets Under date June 20, the Auckland office of the N>»Zealand Fruit Export Control Board advise receipt of the following cable from its London office:— "The Port Caroline shipment, which was dtscharged at London, has realised for Jonathan and Statesman apples 20s to 225: for Rome Beauty, Delicious Tasma, Dougherty, Adams, Permaiti and Salome, 18s to 20s; for Stunners 17s to 20s; for Winter Nelis pears, ii to 12s a tray; for Keiffers and 1’ Barrys 6s to 7s a tray. The Somerset which was discharged at Hull, has ii gross average over all varieties ot Us. A cablegram from Messrs. J. J. Hore and Company, Montevideo, states that extra fancy Delicious have realised Its lOd: fancy Delicious, 15s sd; Jonathan. 13s 7d, 10s 6d, and other varieties, 12a 10d.’’

MINING NEWS TARANAKI OILFIELDS. Taranaki Oilfields, Limited, report as follows frathe week ended Junt 25:— Waiapu, No. 2 Well. —Drilled to 1 840 ft. in grey shale lOin. diameter casing to 1,822 ft. Shut down for 36 hours repairing walking beam. Gisborne, No. 1 well: Erection work practically complete; now rigging