COMMERCIAL.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 53, 8 April 1914, Page 8

COMMERCIAL.

HIGH COMMISSIONER'S CABLE. COMMERCIAL MEN'S COMPLAINT. —— Press Association. WELLINGTON, April 7. Enquiries regarding the Chamber of Commerce complaint that the High Commissioner's market cablegram is unsatisfactory elicited the information that these messages are not solely for the convenience of commercial houses, .but for the benefit of producers, and provide the only indication producers get of the trend of the Home markets. One authority pointed out that commercial houses had their own private advices, which they would continue to get despite any' message sent by the High Commissioner, while producers had not such aid, and were dependent entirely on the official weekly cablegram.

CHRISTCHURCH STOCK EXCHANGE.

APRIL 8, 1914. SALES REPORTED. Union Bank of Australia . . >. £SB Cliristchurch Gas (two parcels) £7 Weeks, Ltd. .. •• •• £3 TO-DAY'S QUOTATIONS. Buyers. Sellers. BANKS— r National of N.Z. ... .. 106/ « Now Zealand (new,; fully , paid) . . .. » «.« 317/6 ! BREWERIES— Manning . . >•' >.. —*■ 82/6 1 Ward . . .. -. r >.•: *—' 101/ INSURANCE— National of N.Z. •.w 5.1/0 —• Standard of N.Z. «,32/6 MEATS— Canterbury Frozen Meat Cliristchurch Meat Co. 820/ i Ditto (£2 paid) .. ...» 65/ —- WOOLLENS— Kaiapoi (pref.) ■.-? yv ■— / 105/Wellington .. •, . >B2/ : j MISCELLANEOUS— Glenmore Brick .. »f ■ N.Z. Farmers' Co-op. 45/ — _ Whitcombe and Tombs .115/ MINING— Talisman .. . . .. 38/ i—> ROSS GOLDFIELDS, LTD. The Cliristchurch Stock Exchange received the following telegram this afternoon from the .secretary of the Ross Goldfields, Ltd.: — '' Call of threepence per share payable April 24 made to-day." Press Association: AUCKLAND, April 8. Sales —Watchman 2/11, Talisman 38/9, Waihi 44/-, Junction 26/6. DUNEDIN, April 8. Talisman —38/9, 38/75.

MIDDLE PRICES—NOOJST TO-DAY. BANKS— £ s. d. National of N.Z., Ltd. v * 5 6 6 New South Wales"".'. 1 43 2 6 Australasia tl21 0 0 New Zealand (ex rights) .. 9 15 0 New Zealand (new) . . ,. 16 0 0 Union of Australia, Ltd. 57 10 0 Commercial of Australia, Ltd. 1 8 6 Commercial of Australia (pref.) 7 2 6 BREWERIES —; Crown .. •» *■ r» . 1 16 0 Manning .. .. :• . 4 2 6 Ward > •! 5 0 0 COAL— Taupiri .; > f. > •: 1 2 6 Westport , 1 10 6 Stockton .. | >. ;. , 0 3 6 Stockton (pref.).. . . *0 9 0 Stockton 7 p.c. Debentures 250 0 0 FINANCIAL— Christchurch, Building Society 11 15 0 Dalgety 7 5 0 Dalgety (pref.) . • 10 0 0 Mutual Benefit (Canterbury) 11 5 0 National Mortgage 4 0 0 N.Z. River Plate Land Mortgage 2 2 6 Permanent Invstmt. (Canty) 9 5 0 GAS— Ashburton (£4 10/- paid) . . 5 15 0 ! Ashburton (£2 paid) • . 2 10 0 Auckland 1 ... . .' . «. 1 8 3 Christchurch . . . 7 0 0 Gisborne " .. . 2 2 0 Hokitika .. . 5 30 0 Napier ... . • 16 0 0 New Plymouth .. . . 7 5 0 Palmerston North . ,• . 10 0 0 l'imaru :• • 8. 0 0 Wellington (£10 paid) 16 7 0 INSURANCE—' 15 Farmers' (£5 paid) .. • ■». 5 0 Farmers' (£2 10/- paid) , .. 2 17 6 National • • 2 11 9 New Zealand « .. :• •. 5 ■16 aSouth British > v 4 ' 7 0 Standard .. . •• 1 12 9 HEAT— British-N.Z. . . .. . .' 1 0 0 British-N.Z. (15/- paid) 0 15 0 Canterbury . • . » 17 6 Canterbury' (pref.) .. > . 5 5 0 Christchurch (£10 paid) . .; 16 0 Q Christchurch (£5 paid) :• •- , 7 12 6 Christchurch (£3 paid) ;• •: 4 12 6 Christchurch (£2 paid) > .■ 3 2 6 Gear (£4 paid) .. . *. 14 7 a. Gear {£1 paid) .. 3 14 0 Wellington (£5 paid). 6 0 0 Wellington (£4 paid) « . 5 0 0 Wellington (£2 12/6 paid) 3 2 6 MISCELLANEOUS— Booth, Macdonald ... 0 18 6 Booth, Macdonald (pref.) • •: 1 0 O Bowron Bros. "i,. 0 6 0 D.I.O. (10/- paid) ... • 0 12 6 D.I.O. (5/- paid) ..... • e 0 6 3 D.I.C. (pref.) . . 1 2 0 Cant. Farmers' Co-op., Timavu 2 17 6 Cant. Farmers' (pref.)*? . . 5 0 0 Leyland, O'Brien Timber~*"?v. 1 5 0 M'Leod Bros. .. . . 14 0 0 Mason x Struthers (£1 paid) 1. 2 9 Mason, Struthers (14/- paid) 0 15 6 Milburn Lime 4. . ,\1 11 0 N.Z. Drug . . ... •t2 5 •0 Golden Bay Cement ..; r.«: 0 18 0 Glenmore Brick 0 15 6 N.Z. Farmers' Co-op. .. ,. 2 5 0 N.Z. Farmers' Co-op .(1st pref) 5 5 9" N.Z. Portland Cement i .. 0 12 3 N.Z. Paper Mills 0 17 6 Taranaki (N.Z.) Oil" Wells.. 0 3 6 Trustees, Executors & Agency 3 0 0 Perpetual Trustees .. . . 1 2 0 Simpson and Williams . « 1 1 0 Weeks, Ltd .. .. Y 5 0 0 Whitcombe and Tombs - ■ 5 15 0 SHIPPING— New Zealand . :• 16 5 0 New Zealand (pref.) , .• 10 10 0 Union Steam •V 1 4 9 Uihon Steam (pref.). .- 1 0 3 Huddart-Parker r^y' 1 0 6 Huddart-Parker (pref.) '• •! 1 2 0 Northern Steam .. :« t:" 0 14 6 WOOLLEN— Kaiapoi . . > 5 5 0 Kaiapoi (pref.) r.-.j :• •: *5 5 0 Mosgiel .. • »■ 3 12 " 6 Oamaru . . . ... >. 1 6 0 Oamaru (pref.) ..} . • 1 6 0 Wellington' . . ' .' .. 4 2 6 Wellington (pref.) ; ..." 3 0 0 MIXING— ' " Wailii . »• 2 • 4 0 Junction , ,,> v :. •: 1 6 6 Talisman .. . 1 18 6 Watchman .. ... :« 0 3 0 Consolidated Goldfields . / 0 17 6 Blackwater ... .. :« •: 0 19 6 Progress .. . > •: 0 11 6 Ross Goldfields •• > •: 0 '3* 9 Hercules , . i .1 > •: 0 14 0 Mount Lyell .. • .. »• 1 6 0 *Preference as to only t Ex dividend .