INVESTMENT FIRMS HAVE 5.9 PCT OF PUROLATOR &lt;PCC>

  A group of affiliated New York-base
  investment firms and funds told the Securities and Exchange
  Commission they have acquired 453,300 shares of Purolator
  Courier Corp, or 5.9 pct of the total outstanding.
      The group, led by Mutual Shares Corp, said it bought the
  stock for investment purposes.
      It also said it is studying the 35 dlr a share leveraged
  buyout offer made by Purolator managers and E.F. Hutton LBO Inc
  but has not decided whether it will tender its stock in the
  offer. The group said it has held talks with the Hutton LBO
  group before and may do so again.
  

