ON CHANGE

Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 303, 23 December 1941, Page 2

ON CHANGE

YEAR'S TRADING ENDS

AUSTRALIANS AGAIN FALL

Last-minute business resulted in a slight increase in turnover when the final calls of the year were held on the Auckland Stock Exchange to-day. Australian stocks were weaker, Colonial Sugars selling at £46 10/, a fall of £1 10/ on last week, while Electrolytic Zinc preferences changed hands at £2 7/6, a decline of 10/6 on last business here in September. Bycrofts displayed strength, a sale being reported at £2 6/6, the same figure as the 'ast sale m November. other Dominion industrial shares had good support, and the gilt-edged market was steady; t w te £ li } e flnal call the chairman, Mr. J. W. Frater, conveyed seasonal greetings hif!^ em^r .' 3^ ® x P r es se d the hope thlt before next Christmas they would be celet vlctory of the Allied forces, the Exchange reopens on January 12.

SALES COMPLETED

THE LATEST QUOTATIONS

AT THE 3.15 P.M. CALL YESTERDAY— 8ur,.,, £ s 0 £ s d •H.P. (2) i i| n , - Arahura Mines 180 1! 180 AT THE 10 A.M. CALL TO-DAY N.Z. Insurance (2) .. 35 6 3 s « Farmers' Auct (£1 pd) 015 0 '. 015 o Bycroft 2 6 6 2 fl a Stock, 15/9/51-60, 3>/« pc 2 6 ..101 2 S AT THE 12.15 P.M. CALL TO-DAY— N.Z. Insurance 3 5 6 3 5 s Abraham and Williams o 6 0 Colonial Sugar 4« 10 0 f. 48 0 0 Electro. Zinc (pref.) . 2 7 6 218 0 Tauplrl Drain., 1/4/63, *'■'* P-e 104 0 0 .. —

SOUTHERN EXCHANGES

WELLINGTON Monday.—War Lean. 10. 51-54. 3 p.c., £98 10 National Insurance, 10/9. Unofficial: J. J. Nivcn, 10/. CHRISTCHURCH Monday—Stock, 15/9/57-60, 3*a p.c., £101 5/.

AUSTRALIAN EXCHANGES

SYDNEY. December 22 Share prices continue to lose ground. Colonial Sugars have dropped £4 10/ since the end of November and other front-rank issues have receded proportionately. Colonial Sugars to-day sold at £42 5/. Other sales included:—A.C.l.. 37/9; Burns, Philp, 44/6; British Tobacco, 39/; Broken Hill Pty., 33/9; Morts Dock, 17, ; Standard Cement, 19/3; W. H. Soul. 65/; Newbold. 22/6; Wilcox Mofflin, 8/; Electrolytic Zinc (pref.), 45/6; Mount Morgan, Melbourne sales included:—National Bank A'asia (£5), £5 5/; Broken Hill Pty., 32/; Dunlop Rubber, 19/6; 1.C.1, (pref.), 24/6; Loloma, 15/3; Emperor, 6/6; North Broken Hill, 33/9; Broken Hill South. 20/3; Oil Search. 2/6.

MINING YIELDS

Clntha (Otago).—l6loz In 467 hours. Gillespie's tWestland).—36',ioz from 16,240 yds In 131 hours. Oksrlto.—9oz In 123 hours.

Buyer. Sellers BANKS, INSURANCE, FINANCIAL Commercial of Australia ... 13/3 13/10 National of N.Z _ New South Wales 25/0/0 " — New Zealand l/ino 1710/0 Union of Australia 6/5/0 7/0/0 New Zealand Insurance 3/4/6 .. 3/6/6 South British Insurance 2/13/0 3/0/0 Dom. Invest and Bank Assn. 18/6 19/6 Farm. Co-op. Auet (£1 paid) 14/0 . 16/0 Newton King (pref.) 11/0 .. 14/6 miscellaneous— Taupiri coal (ord.) 1/2/9 _ Taupirl Coal (pref.) 1/4/0 " _ Auckland Gas (f.p.) _ 7/0 Auckland Gas (con.) _ '* 3)0 Leyland O'Brien Timber ... 15/0 17/0 Manawatu Knitting Mills ... 1/8/0 . . Dominion Breweries (ord.) . 1/8/9 .. 1/10/0 New Zealand Breweries 1/14/0 1/15 0 Aust. Consolidated Industries 2/1/0 2/5/0 Aust. Iron and Steel (pref.) — 1'10/0 British Tobacco 2/0/0 2'1/6 Broken Hill Proprietary .. . 1/16/0 1/18/0 Bycroft 2/5/9 . 2/8/0 Colonial Sugar 45/10/0 .. 47/10/0 Consolidated Brick 7/4 Dunlop 19/0 1/4/0 Electrolytic Zinc (pref.) ... 2/6/6 .. 2/10/0 Farmers' Trading 1/1/6 1/2/3 G. J. Coles 2/15/0 .. — Macduffs (ord.) 8/6 9/6 New Auckland Laundry .... 13/9 14/6 Northern Roller Mills (ord.) — 1/5/6 Sanford (ord.) 3/0 .. 4/0 Selfridges (A'asia) — , 1/0/0 Wilsons Ctment 17/0 .. 18/3 Woolworths (N.Z.) (f.p.) . . 14/3 14/9 Woolworths (Syd.) (f.p.) ... 15/6 .. 15.9 MINING— Arahura Mines 1/7/6 19 0 Martha Mines 89 96 N.Z. Crown Mines 0 9 11 Walhl Invests, ana Exp 2 0 4 6 Broken Hill South 1/2/6 .. 1/6/0 Emperor Mines 69 — Mount Lyell 1/2,0 166 LOANS AND DEBENTURES— Bonds: 15/2/43-46. 4 p.c 101/15/0 .. 102/5/0 15/4/46-49. 4 P.C 103/10 0 .. 104/0/0 War Loans f 1/10/53 88/15/0 .. 87/5/0 1/8/46, 2l,i p.c 97/5/0 . . 98/5/0 1/8/51-54, 3 p.c 97/15/0 . 99/0/0 Stock: 15/1/56-59, 3>!, p.c 101/0/0 .. — 15/9/57-60. 31/4 p.c 100/15/0 .. 101/5/0 15/1/53-57, 3'i p.c 1C3/0/0 .. — 15/2/43-46, 4 p.C 101/15/0 .. — 15/4/46-49. 4 p.C 103/1C/0 . . — 15/5/49-52. 4 p.c 104/15/0 . 105/5/0 15/6/52-55. 4 p.C 105/10/0 — 30/11/48. 4 P.C 104/5/0 .. — 31/5/54-58. 4 p.c 106/10/0 .. 108/0/0 Auck. Harb. Board. 10/6/59 — .. 107/0/0 Auck. Harb. Board, 10/3/58. 3V2 p.c — .. 101/9/0 , Mt. Eden Boro., 1/4/56-S1 105/0/0 . — j Auck. Gas (perp. deb. stock) — 92/10/0 '