COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 16, Issue 176, 13 April 1923, Page 8

COMMERCIAL ITEMS

WELLINGTON STOCK EXCHANGE YESTERDAY’S BUSINESS AND PRICES A sale of New Zealand and River Plato shares at 21s. 9d. was reported at tho morning call yesterday. At the afternoon call sales were reported of Union Bank shares at £l4 Bs., Goldsbrough Mort and Co.’s shares at £2 55., Standard Insurance at £1 15s. 6d. Gear Meat shares'at £2 55., and Wilson’s Cement shares at £1 4s. BJd. For tho 4i per cents, buyers offered £97 2s. 6d., for tho 5 per cent. P.O. Stocks and Bonds. £97 10s., and for tho 5J per cent. 1933, £lOO 10s. Bank shares were again very firm, with buyers of Commercial Bank shares at £1 16s, 6d. t National Bank shares at £6 10s., and Union Bank shares at £l4 6s. Dalgety and Co.’s shares at £l2 7s. 6d. were 2s. 6d. higher, National Mortgage shares wero firm at £3 15s. Gas sliaius wero in good demand. There wri.o buvers of Christchurdli Gas shares at. £7 175., Gisbornct Gasi shares at 12s. 9d.. and Wellington Gas shares at £ll 12s. 6d. Insurance shares were firm. Standard Insurance shares were 3d. dearer at £llss. 3d. Gi'ar Meat shares were in g-otl demand at £2 4s. 6<l.' There wero buyers of Huddart-Parker preference shares at

19s. 6d., and Union Steam preference shares at 20s. Coal shares were firm and unchanged. Taringamutu Totara shares advanced nothcr Is. and were in demand at £1 12s. 6d. Crown Brewery shares ■were 6a. higher at £-2 2s. 6d., Manning and Co. Brewery shares advanced Is. 3d. to £4 16s. 3d N Z Drug shares wero a shade higher at £2 19s. 9d.; Wilson’s Cemcnl shares wero firm at £1 4s. bd. Yt erday’s buying and selling quotations were as follow:

COMPANIES REGISTERED The “Mercantile Gazette” records tho registration .of the undermentioned Wellington company :—Davidson and Davidson, Ltdi, registered as a private company, March 29, 1923. Office: Westport Chambers. Taranaki Street, ’Wellington. Capital: £2OOO into 2000 shares of £1 each-. Subscribers: Wellington—K. L. Davidson 999, M. C. "Walker 2, J. M. Davidson 999. Objects : To carry on the businesses of dealers in and buyers, sellers, importers, exporters and manufacturers of knitted goods and materials of all kinds, and to purchase, comb, prepare, spin, dye, knit, weave, and deal in flax, hemp, jute, cotton, silk and fibrous substances of all kinds •end general incidental. AUSTRALIAN PRODUCE MARKETS. (Rec. April 12, 11.5 p.m.) BY TELEGEAPH.—PKHSS ASSOCIATION. —COPYBIGHT. Sydney, April 12 Oats, Algerian feed, 4s. 4d. to 4s. 7d. per bushel; white, 4s. 7d. to 4s. 9d. Maize, 7s. per bushel. Potatoes. Tasmanian, £lO 10s. to £l3 per ton. Onions, Victorian, £5 10s. to £6 per ton. Adelaide, April 12. Oats, Algerian feed, 3s. 3d. per bushel. FIJI-NEW ZEALAND SUGAR CO. BY TELEGRAPH.—-PRESS ASSOCIATION. Auckland, April 12. Following confirmation of a resolution to wind up the Fiji-New Zealand section of the Colonial Sugar Company, repayment on the present shares at pai ‘rate of £lO, plus oighteenpence interest from April 1, wall be made on Maj r 15. LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE. Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. London, April 11. Waihi, buyers 245. 4d., sellers 255.; Waihi Grand Junction, 7s. 6d.

LULlOllb WV4V AV--Envers. £ s. d. Sellers. £ s. d. WAP. LOANS— 4} p.c. Insc. Stock, 1959 97 2 6 '— n n. Insc. Stock, 1938 97 2 6 —— 51 n.e. Int<c. Stock, 1933 100 W 0 — n.c. War Bonds, 1941 97 Z 6 — 4J n.c. War Bonds, 19S9 97 2 6 — -n c. War Bonds. 1933 97 2 6 — SI 7i r. Wnr Bonds, 1933 100 10 U — 5 n.c. PO. Bonds, 1927 97 10 0 —* 5 p r. P.O. Insc. Stock. 1927 97 10 0 — 5 p c. P.O. Insc. Stock. 1929 97 12 6 BANKS— ■ ■■ 13 10 0 Commercial of Aust. .. 1 16 6 — New Zealand — 2 18 6 14 9 14 9 0 FINANCIAL— Daltrcts and Oo 12 7 6 Goldsbrouch Mort ..«, 2 5 0 National Mortgage ...-. 3 15 0 — Well. Invest 0 9 6 — Well. Trust, Loan 5 14 6 — Well Dep. and. Morl ' n 6 — GASAuckland (paid) Christchurch. « 15 0 7 17 0 8 0 0 Giilbornp 0 12 9 —— Wellington (£10) 11 12 6 — Wellinfrton (pref.) 0 16 6 —— Well. Dob. Stock 105 5 0 —— INSURANCE— National 3 16 3 — New Zealand . — 19 0 Standard 1 15 3 o MEAT FREEZING— 2 4 6 »■ .1 Well. Meat Exp. (£5)... 4 12 0 Ditto (£3 12s. Oct.) —— 3 0 6 TRANSPORT-Huddart-Parker (ord.) —— 2 19 Ditto (pref.) 0 19 6 — Union Steam (pref.) ... 10 0 — WOOLLENKainpoi (ord.) —— 14 0 Wellington (pref.) ■ — 9 6 0 COALTaupiri (or<U 10 9 Westport 1 17 6 — Waipa 0 17 0 — TIMBERTaringamutu 1 12 6 — MISCELLANEOUS2 2 3 — Manning and Co National Electric 4 16 3 I "1 6 Newton King (pref.) ... —— 10 0 N.Z. /Drug 2 19 9 •— Ward and Co 1 15 9 1 17 3 Wilson’s Cement 1 4 6 1 5 0 Well. Rac. Club. Deb. 109 0 0 ■Gisborne Sheep Farmers’ Debentures : LOO 10 0 —