STOCKS AND SHARES

Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 111, 4 February 1935, Page 12

STOCKS AND SHARES

Markets Generally Firm

LAST WEEK’S TRADING Host sections of the stock and share markets showed; a firm front J'® s Business was:fairly brisk, and there w a good turnover, particularly in bants and miscellaneous trading and industrial of Government loans were hard to find, and trading was restricted. An active demand brought a slightly firmer tone into quotations. The 4 P-c. stocks and bonds, 1940? sold to £lO3/1 \ ’ and 1646’s to £lO6/10/-, 19^ 9 s ? £lO7, and the I»as’s to f199 / 19 /’' ~0 (A moderate business was done m local boclj debentures. . , . Bank shares were active and general.y firm. New Zealand D long term mongage shares staged a good r€C ®\ e . u <. lowing the official reassuring rtatemem. From a low point of 28/6 the share moved up strongly to sales at 32/-. N Zealand ordinaries were very stra o dealings* taxational ot Australasia at £6/7/- and £6/8/-. Reserve Banks were Bt< Insurance issues continued a very firm 22/6. New Zealands to 71/6, a . r } at 72/6, and South British at 9</6 and 97/3 "■ ' '*' ' Financial and pastorals were. quiet sales including Dalgetys at £B/12/6 and £B/13/6. Goldsbrough Morts at 29/3 and 29/6. N.Z. Guarantee Corporations at 5/10J and 5/11. and Wright, Stephenson Pr CoalT meat freezing, woollen, shipping and brewery shares were mostly firm, a moderate amount of business being done. Miscellaneous industrial and tradlDissues were active and firm. Coloma. Sugars sold up to £4l/5/-. Woolwpr ths (N.Z.). Ltd., sold strongly at £9/15/-.. No improvement was shown by mining shares, which were dull on a restricted' turnover.

WELLINGTON EXCHANGE

Saturday’s Quotations

L The latest buying and selling quotations ? ? recorded on Saturday on the Wellington ■>!’ Stock Exchange were as follow:—

. ■ s Unofficial List

Dividends and Calls ■ '■! Dividends— Due. "J Napier Gas, final, 2i p.c., maki ing 5 p.e. for year Feb. 5 it A. P. Assurance—2| p.c Feb. 5 Wgtn. Gas Co.—l p.c. final, making 8 p.e. for year .... Feb. 6 i ( Auckland Gas —final, 2} p.c. Feb. 5 J. Staples and Co.—final, 2} p.c. Feb. C s N.Z. Refrigerating—sJ p.c. ... Feb. C ; Merc. Mut. Ins.—int., half- , yearly, 3 p.c Feb. 7 ! Commercial Bank of Aust.—lnterim, pref. 4 p.c. p.a.; ord. 5 p.c. p.a. Feb. 8 * N.Z. Insurance—lnterim, 1/- a 1 share Feb. 13 ;> Queensland Nat. Bank—lnt., half-yearly, 4 p.c. per annum Feb. 14 Christchurch Gas—final, 3 p.c. — National Mort, and Agency CoLtd—final 5 p.c Feb 28 / Bank of N.S.W. —int., quarterly, 5/- per share Feb. 27 i Elder Smith—lnterim, 5, p.c. ’ p.a. Mar. 1 ’ Electro. Zinc—lnt. pref., 8 p.c. p.a Mar. 13 4 • Broken Hill South—l/C per share Mar. 15 j Hume Pipe So. (Aust.)—halfyear 4 p.c.> p.a — G. J. Coles and Co., Ltd., int., quarterly, ord. 2J p.c. and bonus of Cd. per share .... April 15 Moanataiari Golconda Moanataiari Golconda Consolidated , Ltd. report that the crosscut has advanc- ; ed 11 feet for the week ending February 1, making a total of 2(4 feet from the joint.

1 N.Z. GOVT. LOANS. Buyers. £ s. d. Sellers. £ s. d. 4 p.c. Bonds, 1946 .... 106 5 0 — 4 D.c. ditto, 1049 .... 106 10 0 — 4 p.c. ditto, 1955 109 0 0 — 5 v.c. Rural Bonds, 1947 104 5 0 —— 3i .p.c. Ins. Stk.,1038-52 4 p.c. ditto, 1040 .... 4 p.c. ditto, 1940 .... 4 p.c. ditto, 1949 106 5 103 5 106 5 106 5 0 0 0 0 103 12 107 0 107 5 6 0 0 j; 4 p.c. ditto, 1955 .... 109 2 6 — s DEBENTURES. Napier Boro., 41 p.c., 1958 -••• — 105 15 0 Waltakl P.B., 4i p.c., 1960 — 107 0 0 Gisborne Sheepfarmers 102 O 0 I*: Amid. Brick. VVgtn. .. — 102 10 0 1 Wright, Stephenson, 5 p.c. .../ 99 0 0 — banks. 11 14 Australasia — 0 Comrcl. ot Aust. —• *0 16 7 Comrcl. Banking Co., $ Sydney —— 17 7 6 Eng., Scot, and Aust. ■ 5 3 0 National of N.Z 3-10 0 3 13 0 Nat. of Australasia, £10 paid 13 0 0 i’ Ditto, £5 paid .... 6 5 0 6 11 0 New Sooth Wales 31 0 0 New Zealand —— ■2 11 2 it Ditto. D long, term 111 6 1 12 6 Reserve Bank of N.Z. . —— 6 13 0 M Union of Aust 8 18 0 — FINANCIAL. Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. . 1 9 0 — "f National Mortgage, A •2 12 G N.Z. Guarantee Corp. 0 5 9 0 6 0 !7Wgtn. Dep. and Mtge. 0 4 3 — GA8. 0 12 Gisborne — 3 ;yWellington, ord 2 5 0 — w J' INSURANCE. National of N.Z 1 2 8 —— New Zealand ——- ♦3 10 9 South British —■ 4 18 0 MEAT. »0 10 r .c N.Z. Refrig., 10/- paid 3 Wgtn. Meat Exp., pref. — 1 7 0 ' < TRANSPORT. Huddart, Parker, ord. 1 16 9 —— Ditto, pref 1 7 6 Union Steam, pref 1 7 0 1 8 0 TIMBER. Bartholomew 0 14 0 —— Kauri ....... 0 19 u — National —— 0 14 9 Taringamutu Totara . 0 4 G Taupo Totara, pref. .. 0 19 9 1 1 0 Ditto, 16/- paid .... — 0 16 6 ’ Ditto, ord 0 5 0 0 5 G BREWERIES. 2 12 N.Z. Breweries — G Carlton 2 13 0 •— Staples and Co — •1 14 0 Tooth & Co 2 10 3 y MISCELLANEOUS J. 1 19 British Tobacco, Aust. 1 19 0 6 Burns, Philp and Co. 3 1 6 — Consol. Brick and Pipe 0 9 10 0 10 3 l' Dental and Med. Sup. 0 10 6 — » D.I.C. paid 0 13 0 Ditto, contrlb. ..... 0 10 6 0 13 3 Dunlop Perdriau .... 0 19 6 0 19 10 Electrolytic, 8 p.e. pt. ♦1 13 8 F pref 3 « 1 14 i’ ‘ Howard Smith, ord. .. —— 0 17 3 Wilson’s (N.Z.) Cement 1 13 0 — Broken Hill Pty. .... 2 12 9 2 13 0 '' MINING, Alexander, contrlb. .. •— 0 18 6 fi Big River •—— 0 2 o . 4' Brian Boru 0 0 9 ,11 Consol, Goldfields .. — 0 16 G Golden Sands —— 0 3 0 ! r! King- Solomon ...... 0 3 8 0 4 0 Mataki — 0 2 3 ■I Mount Lyell ........ 0 16 0 —— ’•fi 1 Okarito 0 7 0 —— Skippers ■■■ ■ 0 0 7 *Cum dividend.

vt! • . Buyers. £ a. d. Sellers. £ a. d. S Woolwortbs Ltd., ord. 4 11 6 4 11 9 ?/ Denhard Bakeries, pref. 0 18 0 10 3 1* Kllblrnie Theatre ... — 0 15 0 it: Argo Gold, lOJd. paid —— 0 16 Metters N.Z., Ltd. .. 0 4 10 — • t’i; Vacuum Products, 5/paid 0 3 9 —— ‘,H Frozen Products .... 0 10 9 —