CHRISTCHURCH STOCK EXCHANGE.

Press, Volume LXIX, Issue 20788, 23 February 1933, Page 10

CHRISTCHURCH STOCK EXCHANGE.

YESTERDAY'S TRANSACTIONS. On. call yesterday the gold mining section again attracted the bulk of the business. Markets for shipping, wooli len, and coal company shares continued dull and inactive, and there were fewer quotations in Government issues. Transactions, exclusive of vestibule business, were:— 100 New Zealand Refrigerating (10s paid). 200 New Zealand Breweries. 100 Henry Jones Co-op. 100 Moturoa Oil. 100 Alexander (contr., cum div.). 200 Blackwater. 100 Golden Sands. 1600 Lawson's Flat. '2300 Mahakipawa. 100 Nokomai. 200 Waihi Grand Junction. Buyers of United Building Society shares raised their bids to 14s lid, sellers firm at 15s 2d. Buyers of Union Steamship preference shares moved up a point to 20s id without attracting sellers. New Zealand Refrigerating, 10s paid shares, were firm at 3s 6d, sellers Btaying in that price, buyers at 3s 4d. New Zealand Breweries shares hatl dealings at 26s 6d and 26s 7d, buyers staying in at the higher figure,. sellers at 26s 9d. Sellers of Tooth's Brewery shares came down to 34s 9d, buyers at 34s 6d. Australian Glass shares were firmer on buyers' offers 45s 9cl, sellers at 47s 6d. Henry Jones Co-op were firm at 375, closing quotations 6d on either side. Moturoa Oils were fractionally firmer at 5s 2d. market closing 5s buyers, 5s 6d sellers. Mount Lyells appeared firmer on bnvers' offer's 20s 3d. sellers at^ 20s sd. Buyers of Taralinki Oils raised their bids to 2s 3d without attracting sellers. Mining. Alexander Mines, partly paid, cum dividend, changed hands at 13s 3d, closing quotations 12s buyers, 14s 10u sellers. Blackwater Mines advanced to dealings at 21s 6d, buyers staying in at that price, sellers 1 at 225. Golden Sands were fractionally weaker at 3s, closing quotes Id on either side. Lawson's Flat were a shade firmer, with buyers and business at BJd, sellers at 9d. Mahakipawas remained unaltered with dealings at 2d and further buyers at that price, sellers at 2sd. Nokomais relapsed to 6s, buyers staying m at that figure, sellers at 6s Id. W aim Grand Junctions were easier at 3s_6d, and more were offered at 3s,7|a, buyers at 3s s*d. Buyers of Golden Dawns offered 3s 6d. sellers at 3s 10d-

:' sIfI)NEY. _ . On the Sydney Stock "Extliange .yesterday Commonwealth Bonds suffered -a mild reverse, - holders showing a disposition to take advantage of the recent riso in valyes. All issues showed a loss 6£ from two to four points,but most front-rank industrials maintained their steadiness. 1 Banks were quieter.

MELBOURNE.

LONDON SHARE MARKET. MERCANTILE STOQKS.; , LONDON, February. 21. Mercantile stocks are quoted: ' " £ s. d. DaJgety and Go; shares';"- 5 17 6 Dalgety and Co, 4 per -cent. t debentures ... ~ ... 89 0 0 Goldsbrougb, 3Jort deben- ' tUr6S 77 0 0 P. AND O. STOCK. LONDON, February 21. ~. , ; . ' s. d. - February 21 ... ...< 16 6 February 20 ... ... 16 6 February 17 ... ... 16 10J February 15 ... ' ... 17 "q February 14 ... ... 17 0 February. 13; : ... ... 17 1$ TEMUKA STOCK SALE. " Large yarding® in the fat eattle, fat sheep, ■lid store sheep sections were offered at the orinightly Terouka stock solo on Tuesday. Sheep advanced very slightly in price, tilt all ' ither sections held firm on lite rates. ; Batchers took the two.or.three pens o£ fat ambs offered at prices ranging betweea 12a ' id and 15s. The fatt sheep. occupied about wo races and prices improved by. about 1 per ent. The range was..as follows:.; Best fat' wes 7s 6d to 8s 6d, medium Borta 5s 6d to 's, inferior 3s to 4s. XOd,. "good fat wethers 4s to 15s, lighter sorts 12s 6d to 13s. * About 1100 head «f store lambs from tlie outli assisted to swell the entries* in this ection, and in spite of the full sjfipply prices fere quite good, practically every pen-being leared. Lambs made from 5s Id to 8s 6d, :illing wethers 10s, aged ew«g 4s;. aged .•ethers 3s lid. The quality of the 100 head of fat cattle rought forward was rather, mixed, although •■ell-finished light weights, wore in 'demand, leavier sorts- being hard to quit. Brices .•ere: Best fat steers £5 to: £6 ss, others £8 s to £4 ss; fat heifers, £2 5s sd" to £5 15s-at-cows £5 to £6 7gr6di .others:3os to £4* ealcrs, 2os to 28s 6d. ' ; ' Returns in the store cattle markets re7 1 i n fiHT C cTF d ' - h , C . "' nrkct boi, >e: Bulls. '? M t?. .Os; eighteen»month ;jieifei-s. £2 s, yearling heifers, 21«; ieighteen-month 1 teerMvery ordinary), 30s; empty, cows, «, . A ; few dairy cattle Were- yarded pmging he.£ers malting." £3 -10 a to.£s 5s 'hile. a springing cow changed hands at- 32s The pig market made a very slight ra; overy from the slump that attended last Os J VOH " BT s brought from 5 g to stores lis to 17s, and baconers 35# to

latest quotations. Buyero. Sellers. £ s. d. £ e. d. N.Z. Government Debentures — ij per cent. Inscribed, 1938 95 0 0 96 0 O 44 , per cent. Bonds, 1938 9110 0 — 5j 'per cent. Inscribed, 98 10 0 Feb., 1837 97 0 0 51 per cent. ■ Inscribed, Sept., 1937, and Bonds, Sept., 1937 99 10 0 100 15 O Other DebenturesNew Brighton Borough, i C per cent., 1968 . • ■ ■ — 100 0 0 Lyttelton Harbour,; SI per cent,,. 1953 ; >'■ . ■ — 99 0 0 North. Canty. Electric, 98 0 0 6 per cent., 1912 .. •— Christchnrch City, 5i 93 10 0 per cent., 1919 — Banks— Comm. of Aust; - 0 11 6 o'i4.,a Comm." of AtiBt. (pref.) 7 16 0 8 2 0 1 K., 8., and A. • ■•• 4 7 0 1 10 0 National of Australasia 12 0 0 (£10 paidr — National of N.Z. ' 3 7 6 3 10 >- 6 New South 'Wales .(cum div.) .. 28 0 0 28 10 0 New Zealand .. 2 3 1 2 83 Union of Aust. 7 10 0 7 15 0, Insurance — A.P.A. 0 7 6 0 9 6 National 0 11 6 0 15 6 New Zealand .. 2 G 3 2 5:9 South British 2 19 3 — Standard dir.) .. 2 7 0 2 11 6 Loan and Agency— * Christchureh ■ Building Society « — 12 0 .0 Dalgety and Co. 7 9 0 7,14 0 Gotdsbrough, Mort 12 9 18 4 National Mortgage "A" (cum div.) 3 10 0 2 0 0 National Mortgage "B" 0 17 0 (cum div.) — N.Z. and River Plate , — 119 N.Z. Loan arid Mercantile (ord. stock) .. 32 30 0 40 0 0 N.Z. Guarantee Corpn. 0 5 4 0 5 6 Permanent Investment 7 0 0 — United Building Society 0 n n 0 15 2 Shipping— P. and 0. Deferred « Stock . 0 18 0. — ■. Union (pref.) 10 1 — Frozen Meat — N.Z. Refrig. (£1 paid) 0 10 0 0 11 2 N.Z. Refrig. (10s paid) 0 3 4 0 3 6 'North Canty. Freezing 0 17 0 3 10 Woollens— Kaiapoi (17s paid) . .. . — 0 6 6 Coal— Westpoit .. 0 10 6 - 0 12 3 Stockton (ord.) 0 9 11 Gas— Auckland .. ... 0 19 9 10 6 Christolrurch 110 1 5 0 Christchurch (10s paid) 0 11 3 0 11' 9 BreweriesNew Zealand .. '16 7 16 9 Staples 12 4 12 9 Tooheys — 1 0 3" Tooths 1 14 6 1 14 a MiscellaneousAmalgamated Wireless (contr.) 119 13 6 Australian Glass 2 5 9 2 7 6 Beath and Co. 116 14 0 Australasian Paper and Pulp 3 9 0 S 1 12 0 Beath and Co. (pref.) 0 18 0 — British Tobacco 1 13 8 1 13 6 Colonial Sugar 53 5 0 53 17 6 D.I.C. (pref.) — 0 19 0 Dominion Fertiliser .. 0 9 6 0 14 0 Dominion Builders' Supplies .. 0 1 ,0 ' — Dunlop Rubber 0 17 4 0 17 10 Electro. Zinc (ord.) 0 16 5 0 17 3 Electro. Zinc'(pref.) .. 18 2 18 9 Glenmoro Brick and Tile — 0 16 0 Greater Crystal Palace 0 12 9 — Henry Jynes Co-op. 1 1G 0 1 17 6 Kauri Timber 0 8 9 0 12 0 Milburn Lime . .. 1 S 6 1 — Moturoa Oil 0 5 0 0 5 6 Mount Lyell 1 0 3 10 5 N.Z. Drug Co. . 2 16 6 — N.Z. Farmers' Co-op. (<!', per cent. Stock, 19-10) 12 0 0 50 0 0 N.Z. Farmers'- Co-on. (1$ per cent. Stock, * ■ 1945) 11 0 0 50 0 0 N.Z. Paper Mills 1 1 n 12 6 Taranaki Oil 0 2 3 — Wilson's Cement 1 fi n 19 6 Woolworths (N.Z.), pref. 1 10-3 1 12 6 Zealan-tlia Soon Oil 0 12 5 Mining— Alexander (contr., etini div.) 0 12 0 . 0 14 10 Blackwater ... 11 6 1 2 0 Big River 0 0 10J 0 1 0 Consolidated 0 9 7 0 10 2 Gillespie's Beacli . •• 0 1 5 0. 1 5i- ' Golden Dawn O 3 6 0 8 10 G olden Point 0 0 2.J 0 0!) Golden Sands 0 2 11 ' 0 3 1 Laweon's Flat 0 0 8V 0 0 9 King Solomon 0 2 2 0 2 24 Mahakipawa .. 0 0 2 0 0 2| Mahakipawa (pref.) .. 0 0 3£, 0 0 6 Nokomai 0 6 0 0 6 1 Okarito (cum div.) ... 0 9 2 0 3 6

Buyers. Sellers. £ e. d.. £ s. d. Paddy's Point ' •« 0 6 1 0 6 6 Waihi 13 7 12 0 "Waihi Grand Junction 0 3 5J 0 8 "s Waitahu .. .. 0 4 7i 0 i 9 Freshford .. .. . 0 1, 8J 0 1 UNLISTED STOCKS. All transactions in stocky quoted in this section are subject to double rate ; of brokerage and are not quoted on the official list. Buyers. Sellers. $ £ e. d. £ 8. d. Bell Hill Sluicing . .. 0 19-0 3 0 Brian Bora.* * v. .. — 0 19 6 Charleston Sluicing (Jki ■ paid) . - ... 0 0 8,0 0 111 N.Z. Perpetual Forests — 1 15 0 Shotover' Reofs . .. • : — 0 5 0 Sun Newspapers .. 0 S r 0* 0 3 9 Strand' Pitt Street Pro- ' perty ' — 050 YESTERDAY'S SALES.

CHR1STCHURCH Sales on 'Change— £, New Zealand Refrigerating 0 » (10s paid) ... • ... 3 a New Zealand Breweries ... 1 a 6 1 a V Moturoa Oil 0 5 a Alexander (contr., cum 3 div.) 0 13 Blackwater » ... (3) 1 1 I) Golden Sands v.. 0 3 0 Lawson'g Flat ... (3) 0 0 Mahakipawa ... (3) 0 0 2 Nokomai ... < ••• 0 6 0 Waihi Grand Junction (2) 0 3 (j < Sale Reported— 17 0 Henry Jones 1 AUCKLAND. Sale® on 'Change— d. £ s. 5i per cent, stock, 1927-41 95 10 0 Auckland Harbour Board, 98 0 1940,, 5J per cent. 0 Bank of New Zealand 2 3 0 New Zealand Insurance 2 5 6 Auckland Gas ; 1 0 1 Wilson's Cement .. 1 9 6 WELLINGTON. Sale on '.Change— d. £ s. Nokomai «• 0 6 2 DUNEDIN. £ s. d. Sales on 'Ghajoge— 0 Paddy's Point •• 6 2 Bank of Now Zealand . ' : 2 3 3 Sale Beported— , 0 Paddy 's Point v - .. 6 3

Morning Sales— £ s. d." Commonwealth Bonds— 32 per cent., 1942 100 13 9" 4 per cent., 1938 102 17 6 4 per cent., 1941 103 2 6, Broken Hill Proprietary ... 1 7 9, tfairymead Sugar 1 9 , ! Afternoon Sales— - Commercial.Bank of Sydney ■16 0 *V Colonial &ut;ar 34 10 ■0~ National Bank (£5 paid) ..t 5 10 oHowrd binitli 0' 8 3 British Tobacco 1 14 :Vk\ TootliV Brewery . 1 16 9 TooheyV Brewery 1 15 9 Carlton Brewery 1 16 0 ftufitiralian Glass' - 2 0 %■ Dunolp Pcrdriau 0 18 0 Goldsbrough, Mort 1 3 G Wiiielicosube, Carson ' 1 3 o .. JEleriry Jones ■ *.. 1.18 6 lairymcad Sugar 1 5 9 Broken Hill Proprietary 1 7 9 North' Broken Hill 3 10 6 South Broken" Hill 1 5 9 Commonwealth Bonds, 4 per cent.— • t " 1938 102/15 ■o 1941 ... 102 16 3 1944 ... ... 103 0 o: 1947,. ... : ... 1(JS- 7 6 1955 ... ... .. 102 7 6 1957 ... 102 15 0 1959 '... 109 15 0 i9Gi ... .... . 103 7 6

& 8. d. Commercial Bauli of Australia (pref.) ... 8 ■ 0 0 Soldsbrotigh, Mort ... 1 3 6 Dunlop -Perdriau ' ... Herald and Weekly Times 0 18 0 2 17 9 Mount Lyell . ... 1 0 6 Taranaki Oil 0 3 0