STOCKS AND SHARES

Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 300, 15 September 1936, Page 12

STOCKS AND SHARES

Wellington Markets Active PRICES GENERALLY FIRM A good volume of business was recorded yesterday on the Welhn^ tol Exchange, prices being generally firm at late rates. New Zealand issues continued dull and easy, but dustrials were strong on a good demand. Union Banks had several sales at £J 10/-, and Commercial of Australia were firm at 18/4. Bank of New Zealand? had dealings at 39/5, buyers staying tn at 39/-. National of Australasia were wanted at £l4/5/-. . ■_ Breweries were very quiet, but Dominions were wanted at 30/6 and Staples at 35/-, holders of the latter asking 36/-. N.Z. Refrigerating. 10/- paid. ed to 8/11, sellers 9/3. Union stea ™ preference were firm, a parcel of 1300 shares being sold at 26/6. Buyers were in for Manawatu Knitting at 31/-. but there were no offers. Broken Hill Proprietary advanced to 78/-. sellers 78/9. and 56/6 was bid for the 15/- paid, new issue. Business recorded on the w ellmgton Stock Exchange yesterday was as follows :—

WELLINGTON EXCHANGE Yesterday’s Quotations The latest buying and selling quotations recorded yesterday on the Wellington Stock Exchange were as follows:

Unofficial List Buyers. Sellers.

Myer Emporium, Ltd

The directors of the Myer Emporium, Ltd., Melbourne, recommend a final dividend on ordinary shares of 3 per cent., together with a bonus of Cd. per share. The total distribution for the year is thus SJ per cent., compared with 7J per cent, last year. The bonus is recommended because of the satisfactory profits earned by the company.

No. of shares 7."—Unton Bank £ s. d. •9 10 0 20—Ditto (odd lot) •9 10 0 . "5—G. J. Coles (odd lot) .. *4 10 25—Wool-worths (N.Z.) .... *5 16 £930—Inscr. Stock, 3J p.c., 9/1941-43 103 15 0 ]00— Commercial Bank. Aust. 600—Bank of N.Z. (2) 90—Union Bank 0 18 4 1 19 5 9 10 0 500—N.Z. Guarantee Corp. .. 50—N.Z. Insurance 0 5 7 3 2 6 1300—Union Steam, pref. .... 50—Electrolytic Zinc, ord. . 109—Ditto, pref 10 0 2 10 2 3 4 2 3 9 0 13 0 100—Ditto, pref 200—Mount Morgan ‘Late sale Saturday.

N.Z GOVT. LOANS. Buyers. £ s. d. Sellers. £ s. d. 34 p.c. Inscr. Stock, March. 1939-43 .... 103 10 0 — 3» p.c. ditto, September, 1938-43 103 10 0 31 p.c. ditto, March, ’ 1941-43 103 10 0 SJ p.c. ditto, September, 1941-43 103 10 0 31 p.c. ditto, 1938-52 .. 103 10 0 31 p.c. ditto, 1939-52 .. 103 10 0 3? p.c. ditto, 1938-41 .. 101 10 0 102 5 0 4 p.c. ditto, 1937-40 .. 101 5 0 4 p.c. ditto, 1943-40 .. 103 10 0 4 p.e. ditto. 1952-55 .. ~ „ 105 17 6 3| p.c. Bonds. 1938-41 . 101 10 0 4 p.c. ditto, 1937-40 .. ~ ~ 102 5 0 4 p.c. ditto, 1943-40 .. 103 10 0 104 5 0 4 p.c. ditto, 1946-49 .. — 105 17 6 4 r>.c. ditto. 1952-55 .. —' 105 17 6 5 p.c. Rural Bondti. 1947 104,10 0 LOCAL BODIES' DEBENTURES. Auckland City, 4J p.c., 1943 — 10a 10 0 Eastbourne Boro., 3} p.c.. 1956 ~ 100 1U Makerua Dge., 4J p.c., 1953 — 100 10 OTHER DEBENTURES Mortgage Corp 98 0 0 — BANKS. Australasia *12 0 0 12 7 6 Comrcl. of Aust., ord. — 0 18 5 National of N.Z — National of Australasia, 3 2 6 £10 paid 14 5 0 New South Wales .... — 32 17 6 New Zealand 1 19 0 1 19 b Union of Aust. ..... 9 9 0 9 11 0 FINANCIAL. Abraham and Williams, pref — 4 10 0 Dalgety and Co — 9 10 0 Equitable Bldg 0 10 3 Goldsbrough, Mort .. 1 13 8 1 14 1 N.Z. Guarantee Corp. 0 5 5 0 5 8 N.Z. Invest., Mort, and Deposit — 0 9 3 N.Z. River Plate .... 0 13 0 Wgtn. Invest., T. & A. — 0 9 9 Wgtn. Trust, Loan .. 5 8 0 Newton King, pref. .. 0 7 3 GAS. Christchurch — 1 8 6 Wellington, ord 1 17 6 1 18 6 INSURANCE. National of N.Z 0 18 1 New Zealand 3 2 3 3 3 0 South British — 4 10 6 MEAT PRESERVING. Gear Meat — 0 19 0 N.Z. Refrig., 10/- paid 0 8 11 0 9 3 TRANSPORT. Huddart. Parker, pref. *17 4 Union Steam, pref. .. 16 3 P. and 0. defd. stock 1 10 0 — WOOLLEN. Bonds Hosiery Mills — 0 19 6 Manawatu 1 11 0 1 18 0 Prestige (N.Z.), pref. — 1 4 0 Wellington, ord. — 6 7 0 Ditto, pref — 6 7 0 COAD. Westport - Stockton, pref — 0 3 0 Renown — 0 14 0 TIMBER. Leyland-O’Brien .... 1 1 6 1 3 0 National — 0 14 6 Rotoiti — 0 6 3 Taringamutu 0 11 6 Taupo Totara. ord. .. — 0 10 6 Ditto, pref — 0 19 9 BREWERIES. Dominion 1 10 6 Staples and Co 1 15 0 .1 16 0 MISCELLANEOUS. Antl’iony Hordern ... 0 18 5 0 18 9 Aust. Glass 4 13 O 4 13 6 British Tobacco .... *2 2 2 2 2 8 Ditto, pref *1 7 0 Broken Hill Pty 3 18 II 3 18 9 Ditto, contrib 2 16 6 Claude Neon Lights, N.Z. — 2 1 0 Colonial Sugar 42 15 0 Consol. Brick & Pipe — 0 9 8 Dental & Medical Sup. — ■ 0 11 0 Dominion Fertiliser . 14 2 1 4 10 Dunlop Perdriau .... *0 18 0 Electrolytic Zinc, ord. 2 (J 9 — 0 Ditto, pref 2 3 6 2 4 0 General Industries ... — 0 19 (J G. J. Coles 4 0 9 4 1 6 JI nine Pipe — *0 19 11 N.Z. Drug *3 14 0 N.Z. Farmers’ Fertiliser 10 9 N.Z. Newspapers ... 1 19 9 2 1 3 N.Z. Paper Mills ....\ 1 6 0 Procera Bread, ord. . — 1 10 6 Ditto, vendor .... — 1 111 6 Sharland and Co — 1 1 3 Taranaki Oil Oil 0 1 y* United Provisions ... — I) 13 6 Wool worths N.Z., ord. — 5 3 0 National Electric .... 0 12 6 0 13 9 Wellington Cordage . — 0 10 6 MINING. Argo : — *9 1 1 Big River — 0 2 1 King Solomon — 0 1 2 Maori Gully 0 0 7 Nemona *0 1 74 Nokomai ........... 0 1 11 Skippers 0 0 3} Australian Mining. Mount Lyell 1 8 10 1 9 6 Mount Morgan 0 13 0 0 13 1 Bundi — 0 10 6 ‘Cum dividend.

£ 8. d £ s d. Woolworths Ltd. ... 5 8 G 5 10 G Woolworths (W.A.), Ltd 5 17 0 C. and A. Odlin, ord. 0 17 6 Metters (N.Z.) Ltd. . — 0 12 6 It. G. Kain, 10/- paid, pref 0 12 0 Shillings Ltd., 15/- pd. 0 14 5 0 15 0