VALUES ON STOCK EXCHANGE.

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20412, 5 December 1931, Page 12

VALUES ON STOCK EXCHANGE.

CHRISTCHURCH RATES, 4TH DECEMBER. FORMER LEVELS COMPARED.

+ Interim dividend passed, a Interim dividend at rate of S per cent, p.*.: b, interim dividend at rati of 6 per cent per annum; c, interim dividend at rate of 8 per cant, per annum; d, interim dividend at rate of 9 per cent, per annum; e, interim dividend at rat# of 10 per cent. per anunm; f, interim dividend at rate of 124 per cent. P* r annum; g, interim dividend at rate of 4 per cent, per annum. . , 4 , ■Where no approximate market' is given, return it worked on mid-market price, unless cnly one quote is given. 1

OTHER QUOTATIONS

YESTERDAY'S SALES, CHRISTCHURCH. Salts on 'Change—

AUCKLAND. SilCs on 'Change—

BUTTER AND CHEESE. PRICES IN LONDON. t - LONDON, Decembe* 3. Butter is in batter demand. Danish 185«; choicest salted New Zealand, 108* to 110s; Australian, 106s to 107b; unsalted Now Zealand, cleared: Australian, U2s. _ Chess# ia firm. New Zealand, whit* 67a to 66*, coloured 02s to 03a; Australian, white 61*, coloured 65*. Dalgety and Company, Ltd., have received the following cable message from Samuel Pace and Son, dated London, December 3rd: Butter—-Market firm owing to break in arrival*. Danish, 130s to 182 a; finest New Zealand, 108 a to 110s; finest Australian, unsilted 108s to Ills, salted 105 a to 108s, ff.S.q. 100* to 103*. Cheese—Market firm owing to break ia arrivals. Quotations: New Zealand, white 66* to 68*, coloured 64* to 66*; Canadian, spot, white and coloured 68b to 70s. A. S. Paterton and Company. Ltd., advise having received the following cablegram from their principal*, Messrs J. and J. Lonsdale and Co. (London), Ltd.: — Butter—The market is firmer, particularly the Continental, owing to heavy buying by Germany, Holland, Switzerland, and Belgium due to depreciation of sterling. Danish, 136*; New Zealand, 106** to 109s; Australian, 105 a to 107s. Cheese—Owing to shortage white New Zealand white cheese is quoted 66s to 775, coloured 61* to 625; Canadian, 64s to 72*.' The National Mortgage and Agency Company of New Zealand, Ltd., have received the following cablegram from their principals, A. J. Mills and Co., Ltd., London:— Butter—Market is firm. New Zealand, finest 109s to 110s. first* 1088, unsalted 114* to 116s; Danish, 1265; Australian, 107s. Cheese—Market is steady. New Zealand, white 65s tp 665, coloured 62s to 635; Canadian, white and coloured 665.

BEET SUGAR. LONDON, December" 8. Beet sugar is Quoted, January 6s Bd. EGG MARKET. * LONDON, December 3. Egjs are slightly eaaiei*. Australian and New Zealand 13s 6d to 15s 6d. EGGS AND POULTRY. The Hed Comb Egg: and Poultry Company report as follows for Wednesday and Saturday's poultry auction galea:— Boilers are coming forward more freely and prices are easing. Thero it a good demand for chicke&s weighing Sib and oyer, with prices firm. A feature of Wednesday'* Market was the lsr4» quantity of food qqalUy gcsling*, which sold at good prices. Buyers «*• aow purchasing Christmas requirements, and chickens, ducklings, and goslings told a little better than last week. The following prices per pair were realised: Chickens, light 4s to Bs, heavy 9s to 12s 6d; hen;, light 2s 6d to 4s, heavy 6s to 7a fid; ducklings, 6s to 8s; ducks, 4s 6d to 6s 6d: goslings. 10s 64 to 12s; turkey hens, 9s to 16s; gobblers, 15s to 16s. Red Comb brand machine graded, tested, guaranteed eggs: First grade lid, second grads lOd pgr doseu. —9

Am't. paid per Companies. sli'c. Buyers. Sellers. Approx. market price. Approx. market price a year ago. Di«. per cent, or am. per ah. Div. payable. Return price on ir.veetment at approx. maiket. Banks— Adelaide Austialasia. Comm. or Aust. Cowm. of Aust. (pref.) Comm. of Sydney E., S., and A. .. Nat. of Aus'asia Nat. of Aus'asia (contr.) National of N.Z. New South Wales New Zealand Union £ 5 5 10s 10 Mi 3 10 h 20 1 5 e *. 8 12 0 16 6 5 4 8 10 0 5 0 4 0 26 5 2 7 7 18 d. 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 £ (. 9 2 0 16 7 0 4 14 5 3 4 12 2 8 7 19 d. 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 £ *. d. 0 16 3 6 12 6 4 10 0 5 10 2 8 0 7 19 0 £ a 5 10 10 0 0 16 6 7 16 15 4 19 11 2 5 3 5 5 29 0 2 12 9 2 d. 0 0 0 6 0 0 6 0 0 0 3 a £ g7 el3 HI 4 8i 8 b8J 10 d92 "1 7 Nov.-May Oct.-Mch. Oct.-Mch. Feb.-Aug. Jan.-July May-Nov. Nov.-May Nov.-May Jan.-July Quarterly (P., My., A Deo.-June Jan.-July £ ■. d. 5 12 8 0 18 5 6 0 9 5 6 8 6 0 0 5 18 9 5 16 3 6 17 1 ,N.) 5 19 5 4-8 0 Insurance — National New Zealand .. South British .. Standard 7s 1 1 X 1 0 0 - 0 13 2 0 2 14 2 4 0 6 0 0 0 14 2 2 2 15 2 9 6 0 3 6 I'd 10 2/8 m May-Nov. Feb.-Aug. Apl.-Oct. Mch.-Sep. 5 15 4 4 18 0 4 18 9 5 13 7 Loan and Agency— t Dulgety and Co. Goldsbrough, M. Guarantee Corpn. United Building 5 1 8s 1 7 12 1 2 0 6 0 14 6 4 6 9 8 4 0 1 2 10 0 6 0 0 15 6 7 18 0 12 6 0 6 10 0 14 9 7 10 0 19 0 7 0 15 0 9 0 0 7 5 5 5-21 5 May-Nov. Dec.-June March-Oct. Oot.-April 4 8 7 4 8 10 7 2 10 6 15 7 Frozen Meat— Gear N.Z. Refrig. N.Z. Kefrig. (oon.) 1 1 10s 0 10 0 4 3 2 0 11 0 4 9 C 1 6 0 U 0 4 0 0 3 1 15 0 8 0 2 0 9 1 alO June-Oct. Feb. Fob. 3 16 11 Gas— Auckland Auckland (contr.) CluistchuTch .. ' Christchurch (con.) Tiiuaru 1 158 1 10b 1 1 4 0 12 9 1 0 12 6 1 3 0 17 1 5 0 12 0 17 6 3 0 2 6 1 3 0 17 1 5 0 12 1 2 4 C 1 0 0 8 8 8 8 +8 July-Feb. July-Feb. Aug.-Feb. Aug.-Feti. Aug.-Feb. 6 16 2 6 19 1 6 8 0 6 11 6 9 2 10 Skipping— Huddart • I'arker P. and 0. Def. Union (pref.) 1 1 - - 1 8 1 7 1 0^ 6 0 6 1 6 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 a8 6 Sep.-Mch. May-Doc. May-Dec. 4 5 1 4 8 10 5 7 8 Coal— Gray Valley Taupiri "WeAtport 1 1 1 1 4 9 ~ 0 18 1 6 0 a 0 19 1 2 1 6 9 0 0 6 10 82 May-Oct. Nov.-May May-Nov. U> 2 2 6 18 7 Breweries— Carlton New Zealand Staples Tirnaiu Timaru (con.) Toolieys Tooths 1 1 1 10s 7/6 16s 1 1 2 10 1 8 10 10 6 1 9 1 8 0 6 1 1 8 6 6 0 1 4 1 9 1 8 0 18 1 0 0 3 0 6 6 1 4 2 1 1 10 0 13 0 6 0 17 1 8 C 2 0 0 0 0 11 clOJ cl2>i 10 74 7& 64 8 Oct.-Mch. Jan.-July Aug-.-Feb. Oct.-April Oct.-April Mch.-Sep. May-Nov. 6 13 4 6 9 4 7 2 10 8 13 0 7 14 0 7 16 1 Miscellaneous— Aust. GlaBB Beath and Co. . Boath & Co. (con.) British Tobacco Burns, Philp Colonial Sugar .. Dunlop Rubber Electro. Zino .. Electro. Zino (prof.) Henry Jones Kaun Timber .. jS'.Z. Drug Co. Mount Lyell Farm. Fertiliser Whit. and Tombs Wilson'!! Cement 1 1 Is 1 1 20 1 1 1 1 06a 2 1 1 2i 1 0 1 1 5 86 0 0 11 0 12 0 19 2 8 1 0 0 11 2 14 1 H 0 9 0 6 6 3 6 3 6 0 0 0 1 1 6 87 0 0 13 2 10 1 0 2 17 3 3 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 6 1 12 80 10 0 11 1 0 0 10 2 e 1 0 0 12 2 14 1 16 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 6 6 3 6 8 6 1 6 1 5 0 4 1 9 1 9 81 10 0 11 0 11 0 17 1 0 0 10 3 0 1 0 0 17 3 7 2 0 6 0 0 103 0 3 6 6 6 6 0 1 6 6 0 6 8 8 b!2 10 12J 2i 61 2i 10 5 8 12* Dec.-June Mch.-Sep. Mch.-Sep. March Nov.-May May-Nov. 4pl.-Oct. Mch.-Sep. Mch.-Sep. June-Dec. June-Dec. Sep.-Apl. June-Dec. Aug. Mch.-Oat. Nov.-June BOO 4 12 3 6 5 0 6 16 11 4 6 11 5 19 0 8 17 4 18 9 7 7 5 7 0 10

Buyers. Sellera. £ 8. d. £ a. d. N.Z. Government Debentures — 4$ per cent. Inscribed, 1938 and 1939 96 0 0 — 4| per cent. Bonds, 1938 96 S 0 —■ 4J per cent. Bonds, 1939 96 6 0 — 4£ per cent. Bond*, 1941 96 10 0 — Si per cent. Inscribed, 1933 — 99 0 0 54 per cent. Inscribed, 1941 -. .. 93 0 0 Si per cent. Inscribed, 1933 .. 98 15 0 99 s 0 && per cent. Bonds, 193S 98 15 0 — 6} per cent. Inscribed, me 99 t 0 99 0 0 6J per oent. Bonds, 1986 96 10 0 99 2 6 Bi per ont. Inscribed, 1937 99 7 6 99 5 0 5J per cent. Bonds, J 937 98 10 0 99 0 0 Other Debentures— Waimakariri River Trust, Si per cent., 1965 96 10 0 — Ohmtchurch Trams, 4} per cent.. 1984 95 10 0 96 10 0 Hauraki Plains, 6 per cent., 1961 — 100 0 0 Miscellaneous — ■Allied Motors 0 0 6 — Amalgamated "Wireless (contr.) 0 13 0 — Howard Sttiith 0 5 0 0 7 0 N.Z. Farmers' Co-op. ("B" pref.) — 0 17 6 N.Z. Fanners' Co-op. (6| per cent. Slock, 1940) 46 0 0 N.Z. Farmers' Fertiliser 0 11 6 N.Z. Paper Mills 0 17 6 Quill, Morris .. 0 2 9 0 S 5 Victoria Nyanza Sugar 0 17 0 1 2 0 Woolworths (N.Z.), pref. 1 4 3 1 6 0 Mining— Cornish Point 0 0 u 0 0 8 King Solomon .. 0 1 6 0 1 8 Mahakipawa .. 0 0 4 0 0 4ft Mahakipawa (pref.) O' O 4 0 0 6 Okarito 0 9 8 0 9 10 Golden Dawn .. -0 5 9 0 6 0 "Waibi 0 16 0 0 16 4 Waihi Giand Junction 0 8 7 0 4 0 Golden Point .. 0 0 5 0 0 65

£ 8. d. Bank of New Zealand (cum div.) (2) 2 8 0 Union Bank of Aust. 7 19 0 New Zealand Breweries (cum div.) 1 9 3 1 9 1 Mahakipawa C*> 0 0 4} Okarito k. 0 9 11 0 9 9 Golden Dawn , # 0 5 9 Golden Point •• •• 0 0 5} Sales ReportedGisborne Sheepfarmers 61 per cent., 1941 75 0 0 Bank of New Zealand (cum div.) (2) 2 8 0 New Zealand Breweries (cum div.) (2) 1 9 3

£ s. d. Commercial Bank of Aus0 16 tralia 1 Bank of New Zealand (2) 2 8 0 Now Zealand Insurance ... 2 0 6 South British 2 14 0 Auckland Gas (con.) 0 17 3 Northern Steam (con.) 0 2 9 Colonial Sugar 36 12 6 King Solomon 0 1 7 Waihi 0 16 n Waihi Junction ... o 3 s Mount Lyell ... 1 0 0

WELLINGTON. Sales Reported— £ s. d. Bank of New Zealand 2 7 e Union Bank of Australia .. 8 1 0 "Wellington Gas Oo. (ord.) 1 6 9 Okarito Gold Mining 0 10 3 New Zealand Breweries .. 1 9 3 Waihi* Gold Mining 0 16 3| DUNEDIN. Sales on 'Change— £ s. a. Commeroial Bank 0 16 3 Okarito 0 10 0 Sales Reported— Loan and Mercantile (ord.) 50 0 0 Okarito 0 10 0