AUSTRALIAN EXCHANGES.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 196, 19 August 1936, Page 4

AUSTRALIAN EXCHANGES.

TO-DAY IN SYDNEY. (Received 1.30 p.m.) SYDNEY, this day. Sales on the Sydney Stock Excliang this morning:—

£ s <3 Bonds, 4 p.c., 103S 102 2 (5 Bonds, 4 p.c., 1047 102 7 0 Bonds, 4 p.c., 1050 100 12 (i Com. Bank Australia o 18 t> Anthony Hordern (pref.) ... 1 ;J 0 Australian Glass 4 12 3 British Tobacco 2 1 !> Broken Hill Proprietary .... !} 15 (i Broken Hill (new) 2 15 0 Dniilop (pref.) 1 14 (5 . General Industries 0 10 (5 Uoldsbrough, Mort 1 12 0 K. Fowler 0 14 ') Sargent's 1 0 7 Z YESTERDAY'S BUSINESS. SYDNEY, August 18. The investment market on the Sydney Stock Exchange to-day was without material change. The demand was very strong for British Tobacco shares at idvanced rates. Sales included:—

. £ s. <3. Bank of New South "Wales . . 33 7 0 Commercial Bank Australia 0 18 0 South British 4 10 0 Golflsbrough, Mort 112 0 Toohey's 1 13 0 Tooth's f 2 13 9 Broken T :'1 Proprietary .. 3 15 (! British Tik..'cco 2 1 9 Ditto, pic?., 1 S G Ditto, prcf 1 S 9 Claude Neon 2 12 0 Colonial Sugar ............ 43 5 0 Dalgety's 8 19 0 Dunlop, Perdriau 0 18 3 Ditto, pref 1 4 41j G. ,T. Coles 4 5 3 Howard Smith 0 IS 9 Jlorts Dock 0 10 3 Woolworths 5 15 0 Emperor 0 10 9 Mount I/yell 1 9 10J Rawang Tin 0 9 0 Commonwealth bonds: 3J per' cent, 1948, £05 10/; 1949, £101 7/(3. Trend in Melbourne. On the Melbourne Exchange the bond larket was easy. Industrials were firm, rith banks in demand. Barriers were trong and Fijians active, but other issues .'ere quiet. Business included:—

\ 4 THE A U C FINANCE, COMMERCE AND MARKETS, southern exchange ON 'CHANGE. THE latest quotations. T0 ~ DflY IN christchurc BANKS— Buyers. Sellers. WIRELESS SHARES RISE. business only fair. :: n/ ?& (B T1 , , .. sr National of N.Z. ... 3/2/6 !! 3/5/0 CBy lelegrnph.—Special to "Star.") National A'sia 13/13/0 .. — CHRISTCHURCH, this day BANK OF NEW ZEALAND WEAK. Wallel 32/5/0 " 32/17/6 After neglecting the shares of Amal . New Zealand 1/ls'6 . ! 1/10,0 mated Wireless ior some time, invest) T .. , , ,, , , , i Lnion of Australia . 9/6/0 .. 9/10/0 took renewed interest in them at t Ina comparatively dull market a renewal morning's call, and the 14/ paid issue v of weakness in Bank of 5vew Zealand INSURANCE— dealt'in at a sharp rise of 5/, to £2. T. b n G %, a . thle£ . te;ltlue ,:. At /lus Xati0I)ul is/;, .. i S /U was the first local sale since early Jm mornings call they weie on offer at A.1 Xew Zealand 3/2/3 .. 3/3/0 and the main feature of to-day's call. 19/6, with best buyers a shilling lcm-cr. South British ... 4/1)/<3 4/11/(3 r»- • i , i i • Commercial Banks firmed up further, with Standard .* 3/1/0 . . — -Rising values were also recorded in soi a market between 18/2 and 18/5. Buyers other shares, but a few easier prices w< for Nationals advanced their offers 3d, to FINANCIAL— r°. n( J . .Among the banks, .Nation £3 2/9, sellers firm at £3 3/6. Dom. Investment and ° - Australasia were stronger, with a buj t_ it i v * • -i Roni'hifT a nnn 1 t/A the Jlo pa ids at i /. Commei cials Insurances were steady, and Nationals T , Banking Assn — .. l</0 A ll<8 f rn i:., vw z, had fresh business it IS/4 after which *arm. Auct. (£5 paid) 4/1/0 .. 4/4/0 ustlaild U P penny. JSctn Z< buvers offered lri less Farm. Auct. (i'2 {.aid, 1/8/0 .. - lands were still weak and were quot Dujeis otteied Id less. Farm. Auct. (£1 paid) 13/0 .. — wide, between £1 IS/3 and £1 19, Gas shares were a fraction better, with Farm. Auct. (A pref.) 1/2/0 .. — Quotations for P. and 0. stock we: buyers at £1 3/7, sellers £1 3/10. Farm. Auct. (13 pref.) 1/1/0 .. — buyers £1 10/, sellers £1 12/9. T Buyers for Dominion Breweries dropped Goldsbrongli, Mort. . 1/11/0 .. 1/12/3 brewery section remained slack. X< their offers 1/, to £1 8/, but holders were °" l ,' ,?/'?-, •• ,Zealands.had buyers at £2 12/ and sellt firm at £1 10/. Loan and M™U e 30/0/0 " ssJo/O1 ilt £2 12 /°- British Tobaccos improved Australian issues were fairly steady. Ak. Fai*m. Co-op. 3/0 - the misceilaneous section, with buyi G. J. Coles sold 3d higher, at £4 4/3, with x! Ak. Farm. (B pref) — !! 14/1) offers of £2 1/. Broken Hills, liowev< a later market from £4 4/ to £4 4/0. Traders' Finance ... 11/6 .. 15/0 sold 5d cheaper. Kauri Timbers dropp Toohey's Breweries, with their first local Trad. Finance (cont.) 4/1 .. 4/7 2d, to £1 4/3. G. J. Coles were du sale since October, showed a rise of 4/8. Trad, linance (pref.) 17/0 .. 18/0 quotations lying between £4 3/3 and ■ Morts Dock sold ex dividend at 10/, coin- United Build. (Auck.j 1/0/0 .. 1/1/6 4y3_ pared with 11/5 ex dividend. Local jjqal In the mining. Upper Watuts fell aw industrials were quiet, with few changes. to sellers at o/, compared with sal In the mining section the Waihi group Grey Valley — /n •• 13/0 yesterday at 5/6. Shillings, Limited, we showed some improvement. Marthas sold Kaitangata i,,,?. " quoted 15/ for paids, but eased to buye 3d better, at 17/6, and Waihis were placed u"nown ° .!!!!!!!!!!! 13/0 ". 14/0 14/6 > sellers 10/3 ' a klO/l. i i i i if it i Kenown (pref.) — .. 3/1 In Government stocks 46 s were offered Taupiri 15/9 i.0/6 (By Telegrapu.—Press Association.) 2/6 lower, at £103 17/6, with 'oo's again Taupiri (pref.) 1/3/6 1/4/0 tiii< ,inv on offer at £106. Westport 1/2/6 .. ei CHRISTCHURCH,, thib daj. 1 /'< 1 /0 kales.—Commercial Bank of Austral! Quiet Noon Call. Westport-Stockton pf — 3 /ij 18/4; Goldsbrough, Mort, i: 111/6 rAnn At a quiet noon call only, five sales were S/10 .€3 14 "1£ -put through. Australian Glass, Electro- GAS 14/10* (15/ nahU £° 15/' Kauri Tim be lytic Zincs and Tooth's Breweries' all Auckland •••••• 1/3/7 .. V-VJO £1 4/3; Wilcox.' Mofflin,' 12/0; Man recorded gains, indicating the continued Auckland (cont.) .... .. it>/l> Gully, Sd (3 parcels); Mount Morga strength of Australian scrip. New Zealand smifpsni 1 - 13/11J. issues were dull in all sections. " , ... , Reported Sale.—Sulphide Corporatio Among coal sl.ares Pukemiros had l5/0 "unlisted.-Macetown, 3d. ' ' holders had quoted Iluddart, Parker .... — .. 1/17/3 DUXEDIN, this day. ±>1 o/o. Iluddart, Parker, prf — .. l/S/3 Sales. —Gillespie's Beacli, 1/43,; Kok jii t-ue miscellaneous group offers for Northern Steam 5/0 .. 5/9 mai, 2/1. G. J. Coles were reduced 3d. North. Steam, (cont.) I/O .. 1/6 Reported Sales. -— Associated Nev Mount Morgans were asked for at 14/. v - aud t def - stock) 1/10/6 .. 1/13/6 (pref.), £1 3/101 ; K- Fowler, Ltd., 14/1( got MM »,th . niaigm of f,0m ./ ; ....... - .. 1/0/0 CHIHSTCHURCH, i L.O'B — .. 1/3/6 Stock. 15/1/40, 4 per cent, £101 10 rftiwpT uniLm National 13/6 .. 15/0 £101 7/6 ; National Insurance, IS/3 ( " iJl5 COMPLETED. Rotoiti — .. 6/6 parcels), 18/4 (2 parcels): Goldsbroug Taupo Totara (pref.) IS/6 .. — Mort, £1 11/3: Chrisfehurch Gas (1( AT THE 3.15 P.IVi CALL YESTERBflV Taupo, Totara (pref., paid), 14/0; British Tobacco, £2 0/11 ( rcaitKUAr— 16/ id u/6 _ 15/0 parcels) ; , Dun i OPi Perdriau, IS/; Electr Last Sale. lytic Zinc, £2 1/0; (pref.), £2 3/7, £ £ g a f s d WOOLLEN— 3/10; Wilsons Cement, £1 18/3: Gille Com. Bank .... O IS 2 .. 0 IS O Kaiapol 15/0 .. 16/0 pie/s Beach, 1/4: Upper AVatut, 5/6. Nat. Insurance . O IS 4 .. O IS 3 Kaiapoi (cont.) 6/0 .. 6/S Unofflcial.—bhillings, Limited (1-/ Renown (pref.) . O 3 O O 3 0 Oamaru — 1/2/0 P fl id), 14/, 14/1 (- parcels) : \\ oolwortli Broken Hill ... 3 14 0 3 14 (3 " (Sydney), £u 15/: (West Australia), £ Colonial Sugar . 42 17 6 .. 42 15 0 BREWERIES—1 17/3; New River, 7d (5 parcels). Dom Fertiliser 1 5 0 .. 1 5 0 C. h. I lines 1/3/6 .. — WELLINGTON, Tuesday. Skippers 0 0 3} " 0 O h u U if" 08 ( ! ,ref ' ) " «outli British, £4 9/6; British Tobncc .. :: 0 14 0 .. 0 14 0 N.Z^Br^eries 2/11/0 :: 2/12/0 THE 10 fl.lVI. CALL TO-DAY— J. Staples 1/14/G .. — 1/9; (pref.), £2 3/ti; General Industrie: Nat. Insurance . 0 IS 4 .. 0 IS 4 looth s 1/13/3 .. — 19/2; New t Zealand Newspapers, £2 0/7. Toohey's Brew. 113 O .. 1 S 4 miscellaneous— UnofflcnU.—Shillhigs, Limited (12/ Elec. Zinc (pref) 2 3 0.. 2 3 6 paid), 14/; Woolworths (A\est Australia) G J Coles 4 4 3 4 4 0 Aust. Glass 4/11/6 .. 4/12/6 £0 17/. Sorts Dock (ex Aust. Iron, Steel (pf) 1/5/0 .. 1/6/3 WELLINGTON, this day. div.) 0 10 3 .. 0 11 5 Berlei (N.Z.) 2/V5/0 .. 77 Sales. —National Bank of Australasi Martha (2) 0 17 O .. O 17 6 British Tobacco 0 , •• n 2 /VS (£10 shares), £14; British Tobacco, £ Waihi 0 10 1 .. 0 10 0 - Broken Hill l'ty. .. "/14/o .. o/14/9 1/3; Electrolytic Zinc (ord.), £2 1/9 Stock, 15/2/43-46 Broken Hill Pty, con 2/14/9 .. — New Zealand Paper Mills, £1 6/3 (ex div.) 103 15 0 .. 105 0 0 Burns, Philp .... 3/11/0 .. — Fareners' Fertiliser, £ 1. AT THE 12.18 P.M. CALL TO-DAY— Sefs) . . . 1/4/6 .. - DUNEDIN, Tuesday. Tooth's Brew. . 2 13 6 .. 2 13 3 Byeroft. Ltd 1/19/6 .. — Commercial Bank of Australia, IS/4 Electro. Zinc .. 2 10.. 213 Claude Neon (N.Z.) .. — .. -/0/6 Colonial Sugar, £43: Electrolytic Zinc Aust. Glass ... 4 12 0 .. 4 11 3 Colonial Sugar 42/15/0 .. 43/0/0 £ a 1/7; Nokomai, 2/; Waipapa Beacli nvncnrn Consul. Brick 0/0 .. 9/11 9^d. UNLISTED. Dental and Medical . — .. 12/0 Nat. Ssbacco . 3 5 6.. 3 6 0 Dom. Fertiliser .... 1/4/9 .. — Pfll ITIC.Q AND SHARPS Woolworth (Syd) 5 14 0 .. 5 15 O Donagliy's Rope .... 2/13/0 .. — lt»o ANU bHAHbb. Dunlop, Perdriau .... 17/11 .. 18/3 CALL AND DIVIDEND LIST. Electro Zinc ....... 2/1/6 .. 2/1/0 (By Telegraph.-Owii Correspondent.) Electro. Zinc (pref.) . 2/o/b .. 2A-/9 llTIVFriTN +li!a rl-.v Farm. Trading IS/10 .. 19/0 r, 7 ' y ' DIVIDENDS. Farm. Trad. (A pref) 3/2/0 .. 1/3/0 Bank of ISew Zealand shares touchei Due. Farm. Trad. (B pref.) 1/1/1 .. 1/1/5 their "lowest level to-day for many years Chrlstchurch Gas—Int Aug. — Gear Meat 16/0 .. 1/0/0 when two parcels changed hands at £ Worksop—10 p.c. ......... Aug. 26 G. J. Coles C'V/l " V/n 19 /3. This weakening of the market ha Bk. of N.S. Wales —Qrly., 0/ ... Aug. -8 Grey and Menzics .. 11/9 .. probably been accentuated by the Prim Taupo Totara —Final, ord 6 2-3 Henry Jones — .. 2/4/0 -> r- ■ fni's + i,, p.c., pref. 5 3-5 p.c •. .. . Aug. — "Herald" & "Weekly iVlimstei utteiances concerning tin Timaru Gas—Int., 2J p.c Aug.— Times" 3/8/9 .. 3/9/3 Governments intention to stop the As Berlei (Sydney)—Final, ord. 6 Hill and Pluinmer .. — .. 1/2/3 sociated Banks from running the increase! p.c., pref. 4"p.c. Sept. 1 Hume Pipe (Aust.) .. — .. 1/0/0 purchasing power created by the Govern Elec. Zinc—Final, ord. and pf., 6 " K.D.V. Boxes,(cont.) . -r- .. 5/0 nient into blind alleys and to stop-tin p.c. Sept. 10 Lewis. Eady (pref.) . 14/0 .. — tendency rising and advance) Komata Reefs—Final, 3d Sept. 12 McKendrick Bros. .. •— .. 1/3/6 f,,ii.Gillespie's Beach—Id per share . Kept. 16 McKendrick Bros, pf — .. 1/3/6 =• Broken Hill S.—2/6 Sept. 18 Macky, Logan 19/6 .. 1/0/9 TT7Z 1 _ Standard Insurance—Final, 1/3 . Sept. — Milne and Choyce .. 14/0 .. 15/6 AUSTRALIAN EXCHANGES. (deb. stock) — .. 15/0 EXCHANGE RATES. Morts Dock 10/0 .. 10/6 rnniv im cvnisjcv New Auck. Laundry . — .. 1/0/0 TO-DAy IN SYDNEY. N.Z. Drug 8/12/0 .. — NEW ZEALAND QUOTATIONS. Farm Fertiliser ...-. 19/8 .. 1/0/6 (Received 1.30 p.m.) „ , ?l: tenSu" 2 To :: '%% sraswr.ai.Jw. eb..e, an'd %5l.s »( lot«5! ° cSl 1/ ""° 1/6/6 S»l»s on th« Sidney Stock Esch.nge quoted by the Bank of New South Wales, WhitM-oV 1/7/6 — tllls morning:— Auckland. They are subject to alteration reter's Ice fN Z') — 1/5/6 „ , f s d without notice:— Rnhlnson Ice 1/1/6 — Bonds - 4 1 KC " 103S 102 2 6 To £1 N.Z. On Demand. wford 4/0 4/3 BoD(ls - 4 P- c - li>47 102 7 « Currency. T.T. Buying. Selling. «nnfnrrl f'nrefi — " 19/9 Bonds, 4 p.c., 1950 100 12 6 U.S.A., dollar .. 4.03J 4.08 4.03* SUarland (pref.) ' i I'.- '.. 1/1/0 Com. Bank Australia 0 18 6 Canada, dollar . 4.03J 4.07J 4.03J Taranaki 'Oil VI •• 1/6 n r "* \ 4 i Austria, sch. .. — 20.04 Thames Theatre 7/0 .. 14/0 AustiiUian ('lass 4 12 3 Belgium, helga . 23.S16 — 23.827 Wairakei 5/0 .. — British lobacco - 1 .{ C.-Slovakia, cr. . 96.74 — 96.79 Whittome, Stevenson — .. 1/0/0 "" vi - n Denmark, kroner 17.893 1S.263 17.903 Wilsons Cement .... 1/17/6 .. 1/19/0 » oUn Hill (new) J lo ) France, franc . CI.OS — 01.12 Woolworth (N.Z.) .. 5/5/0 .. 5/9/0 Duillop (l'lLf.) 1 14 0. Germany, r.m. . 9.970 — 9.975 Woolworth (Syd.) 2nd (.eneral Industries 01.) o • Hoilland, florin . 5.S99 — 5.903 pief 1/5/6 — Goldsbrcmgk, Mort II- 0 Java, florin ... 5.861 — 5.865 Woolworth (Vic.), pf — .. 1/0/0 [>■ 1'owler 0 14 > Norway, kroner . 15.S02 16.242 15.902 lvooiwuiui i i Sargent's 1 0 ii Sweden, kroner . 15.480 15.844 15.409 MINING Switzerland,fr. . 12.206 — 12.301 . 1/11 RII^INE^^ Noumea, franc . 50.71 — 50.77 ->/3 YESTERDAYS BUblNtSsU. Papeete, franc . 50.S6 — 59.92 1/13/3 " — N.Z. penco to— _ Consol GoUl .** 1G/3 — SYDNE1, August 18. " 18 C3-C4 17 57-64 IS G1-G4 Gillespie's Beach ... 1/1 .. 1/S The investment market on the Sydney rupee*'.:, f.?"' 22 20-32 22 1-32 22 57-64 ' S 0 ,™" 3 ?° 1 ' 11?lss 0/8 ** V/O Stock Exchange to-day was without Japan, yen .... 17 41-64: — 17.625 ~in " 3/0 material change. I he demand was very Shanghai, dollar IS 7-16 17.25 18 27-64 rvJ n.i.ic nrpriV''"' "om" 0/3 strong for British lobacco shares at Singapore, dol. . 35 31-64 34 15-64 35 15-32 Kini Solomon 5'..II* 1/1.." 1/5 advanced rates. Sales included:— •' I\on7ata Reefs 5/0 .. 6/0 £ s. d. FOREIGN QUOTATIONS. Martha 17/9 .. 1S/0 Bank of New South TV ales .. 33 7 6 • Matakf 1/1 .. l/» Commercial Bank Australia 0 18 0 _ ... . __ . , , Matakl Junction ... — 3/0 South British 4 10 0 British Official Wireless N.Z Crown ........ - II 2/6 Goldsbrough, Mort 112 0 RUGBY, August 18. Okarito 3/0 .. — Toohey s 1 13 0 ForeignexchangesonLondonto-day.com- Skippers 0/oJ .. 0/4 Tooth's f 2 13 9 pared with rates previously quoted:— Talisman 8/3 .. 9/6 Broken T ''1 Proprietary .. 3 15 6 Aug. 18. Aug. 17. Par. Waihi Invest and Exp 0/11 .. 10/4 British T»:.. cco 2 1 9 Montreal, dol. . 5.02J ' 5.02* 4.889- £ raud Junction .... 3/5 .. 3/8 Ditto, pref 1 S 6 New York. dol. 5.025 5.02s 4.SG6 Emperor ............ — .. IV 0 v'l ?> }\ Pari«? frn-nn 7fi 37.1 7H 1°4 °1 Isorth Broken Hill . O/o/U .. _ Clauac JNcon - 1- 0 GeneTO, s, • is42j EM* §22 m":wo". W 4 i J o Amsterdam, fl. 7.40? 7.40 12.107 Tavua Gold Dev. ... — .. 2/4 Dunlop, Perdriau 0 18 3 Milan, lire .... 63.875 62.S75 92.46 rnllrD1IIllIl:luT Bn „„ 8 r n„i, 2 i Berlin, r.m. ... 12.50 12.49 20.43 GOVERNMENT BONDS— G. J. Coleta . n is o Stockholm, kr. 19.90 19.90 1S.159 15/11/38-41, 33 p.c. .. 101/0/0 .. — , rinofc o To Copenhagen, Sr. 23.37J 23.374 , 18.159 15/1/37-40, 4 p.c. .... 101/5/0 ..101/15/0 S V „X 2" V Oslo, kr 19.901 19.90} 18.159 15/2/43-46 <4 p.c 103/10/0 ..104/0/0 ","" I p^ r rths ; Vienna, sch. .. 26.50 26.50 34.585 15/4/46-49 4 p.c 105/15/0 ..106/0/0 2, rv',il \ 6 9 mk" W°° 4 105 / 10/0 • • - I 9 'o 1 Madrid, pes. ..' ~39.75§ > 39.255 25.221 INSCRIBED STOCK— Commonwealth bonds: 3J per! cent, Lisbon, escu. .. 1103-16 1103-16 110 Mar., 39-43, 3i p.c. .. 103/0/0 .. - 1948, £Jo 10/, 1949, £101 7/6. '?4 il Nov., 3S-52, 34 P.c. .. 103/0/0 .. — Trend in Melbourne. Rio, mil.'..v.*. 4.25 4.25 5.9d aiTt''39^'p c' " 103/0/0 tIle Melbourne Exchange the bond B. Ayres, dol. . 35 35 47.62d qa nV 101/0/0 .. — market was ea6y. Industrials were firm, M'video, dol. -- 3813-16f 38 ll-16f 51d 15/1/37-40 4 p.c.'.'.!! 101/2/6 .. — with banks in demand. Barriers were Bombay, rupee 18.123 18.125 18d i5/2/43-46[ 4 p!c*. 103/15/0 ..103/17/6 strong and Fijians active, but other issues Hongkong, dol! 142V-1' 14 29 32 • ll&t' t S'c S "" Iw/0/0 WC1 ' e qUiet BlmineSS i^deA: ~ Yokohama, yen 14 1-16 1411-32 24.58 lo/b/o--M. A p.c 100/ 0/ / £ d Batavia, fl. ... 7.361 7.301 12.10 DEBENTURES— Commercial Bank Australia 0 iS 6 Belgrade, din. . 220 220 276.31 , National Bank (£10 paid) . 14 2 0 All quotations are for cable transfers. IIar - a i/u/in/n British Tobacco . . 2 1 6 •Determined on the price of silver. ° 2 •••. .........KH/ 10 /" •• Broken Hill Proprietary ... 3 15 9 tSellers. City of Auckland, _ Dunlop. Perdriau 0 IS 4 SNominal. 1/1/44 ........ 104/0/0 .. — ■ Electrolytic Zinc 2 2 0 I Wairere P.B., 1/12/64 — .. 106/0/0 Ditto, pref 2 4 0 UNOFFICIAL STOCK. Mt. lk Albert, /:l l/l763_ 3 ?104/10/0 ..107/0/0 Hume Pipe !! I! I! 11! !-I I! I 1 Oil . Mt. Eden, 1/4/195S- Victoria Nyanza 0 10 0 ~ o ,, 63 104/10/0 .. — Broken Hill South 5 IS 0 . , Buyers. Sellers. Amal. Brick, 1/3/44, ino/n/r, Emperor 0 16 8 Assoc. Motorists (prf) 1/8/0 (Auck.) 101/10/0 .. 103/0/0 Loloma 1 5 0 Ak' F 3rm ' ? reez ' 5/5/6 Amal. Brick, 31/3/44, Mount Lyell 1 0 10J