STOCKS AND SHARES

Dominion, Volume 30, Issue 153, 25 March 1937, Page 14

STOCKS AND SHARES

Wellington Market Quiet A HOLIDAY TONE Business was unusually quiet on the Wellington Stock Exchange yesterday, the markets showing a holiday tone prior to the~Easter vacation, which extends from noon to-day till the morning ot Monday, April 5. Government loans were dull and unchanged and no interest was shown in local body and company debentures. Banks were in good demand on a farm market, with the exception of New Zealands, which had dealings at 43/3, the D long term mortgage shares going at °6/S In the pastoral section, New Zealand "Loan and Mercantile ordinary stock was firmer at £45, sellers asking £•->(. Other sections qf the market were very quiet. Broken Hill Proprietary eased to 87/5. but sellers stayed out. Electrolytic Zincs were easy and Mount Lyells v eakened to business at 49/9 late on Tuesday, but were firmer yesterday at 51/7, sellers "Sales recorded on the Wellington Stock Exchange yesterday were as follows:

No. of shares. £ s_. d. 3 'rnn VfAnni T.-vpII ..... ♦2 9 9 £900—Inscr. Stock, 3* p.c., 3/3O-43 100 0 o Tlnnl- nF N Z . .. 2 3 _<>u —uuiik vi ••• . 900—Ditto, D long term . 1 6 8 j00—S British Insurance 4 14 0 33—Wgtn. Woollen, ord. 5 14 0 o-j q, j_ Coles ......... 5 4 (l Unofficial list:— 7 10 0 Felt and Textiles ... 1 12 0 ♦Late sale Tuesday. WELLINGTON EXCHANGE Yesterday’s Quotations The latest buying and selling quotations recorded yesterday on the Wellington Stock Exchange were as tonow . — N.Z. GOVT. LOANS. Buyers. Sellers. £ s. d. £ s. d. 31 p.c. Inscr. Stock, 100 5 * 3/1939-43 — 0 Ditto, 9/1939-43 .. — 100 5 0 Ditto, 11/1938-52 ’ . 101 10 0 — Ditto. 5/1939-52 .... 101 10 0 Ditto, 1/1953-57 .... — 99 0 0 4 p.c. ditto. 2/1943-46 1 01 2 6 Ditto, 6/1952-55 .... 103 0 0 103 10 0 4 p.c. Bonds, 6/19o2-dd 103 0 0 — LOCAL BODY DEBENTURES. Tolaga Bay Hb. Bd., 102 0 4f p.c., 10/9/46 ... — 0 OTHER DEBENTURES * 103 10 Amalg. 'Brick (Wgtn.), — 0 Ditto (Auckland) .. — 101 10 0 BANKS. 0 13 6 G Comrcl. of Aust., pref. 9 4 0 — Eng., Scot, and Aust. — 6 11 3 National of N.Z. 3 G National of A/asia., £5 0 3 8 0 S 0 0 0 __ Ditto, D long term — 1 7 3 0 11 4 0 Ditto, Melbnc. reg. . — 11 5 0 financial. Abraham and Williams, 5 0 0 National Mortgage!, “A” — 3 12 0 N.Z. Guarantee Corp. — 3 to 5 3 N.Z. Mort. & Deposit . 0 9 N.Z. Doan and Merc., 0 12 50 0 0 0 Wgtn. Invest., T. & A. 0 9 0 — Wgtn. Trust Loan .. — 5 13 0 Traders’ Finance, con. 0 4 G Newton King, pref. .. — 0 9 G GAS. O 10 0 Wellington, o"rd — . 1 17 6 0 1 11 INSURANCE. National of N.Z. 0 17 10 0 18 0 Npw Zealand 3 0 0 ■ - -- South British ••••••• 4 12 0 4 15 0 — 2 18 0 MEAT PRESERVING. 8 0 17 3 N.Z. Refrigerating .. 0 18 0 19 0 Ditto, 10/- paid ... 0 8 o —- Wgtn. Meat Exp., ord. 0 5 0 — TRANSPORT. Huddart, Parker, ord. — tl 19 0 Union Steam, pref. .. 16 3 1 7 0 WOOLLEN. Bonds Hosiery Mills — *1 0 3 Mosgiel 9 12 0 — 1 0 0 Wellington, ord 5 13 6 5 19 0 Timaru — 1 0 0 COAL. Westport. ■ — 1 4 0 Westport - Stockton, pref — 0 4 o TIMBER. 0 Leyland-O’Brien .... — 1 1 9 National 0 10 3 Rotoiti 0 4 6 6 Taringamutu ........ 0 14 9 Taupo Totara, ord. .. — 0 9 4 Ditto, pref — 1 0 o Ditto, 16/- paid pref. — 0 15 9 BREWERIES. Dominion — 2 0 3 N.Z. Breweries 2 IS 9 2 19 6 Staples and Co — 1 16 0 Tooheys, cum rights . 1 16 3 — Ward, in liquidation . 0 0 10 — MISCELLANEOUS. Broken Hill Pty 4 7 3 — Colonial Sugar 44 17 6 45 2 6 Consol. Brick & Pipe 0 9 4 0 9 8 Denhard, pref. 1 0 o D.I.C., ord (j 16 9 Dunlop Perdriau .... *1 0 o 1 0 3 Electrolytic Zinc, ord. 13 1 9 —_ Ditto, pref. ....... f3 3 6 3 5 6 4 General Industries .. *10 8 1 1 G. J. Coles *5 4 6 o Macduffs, pref 12 N.Z. Paper Mills — 10 1 9 0 Procera Bread, ord. .. — 1 7 0 Sharland & Co., ord. — 0 19 6 Ditto, pref 0 19 G Shillings Ltd 0 IS 9 Taranaki Oil 0 3 1 0 3 8 0 Wilsons (N.Z.) Cement 1 14 9 1 16 IVoolworths N.Z., ord. 7 4 0 Ditto, pref *1 16 o Woolworths Ltd., 2nd pref 1 7 o Moturoa Oil, pref — 0 5 0 R. G. Kain, pref — 1 0 6 MINING. Argo *0 2 r> Big River 0 2 o O 2 4 Mo’ssy Creek *0 1 0 0 1 3 Nemona o 1 7 Waihl Grand Junction — 0 4 G Waimumu 0 1 0 Australian Mining Broken Hill South .. |2 14 0 Mount Lyell 2 11 2 12 0 Mount Morgan 0 17 3 North Broken Hill .. 44 3 0 ‘Cum dividend. fEx dividend. Unofficial List Buyers. Sellers. £ s. d. £ s. d. Woolworths Ltd 7 8 Charming Creek Col0 7 11 0 lieries 0 2 0 0 Grey' River, 2/6 paid — John Fuller and Son, 0 4 debs 67 10 0 15 0 0 W. E. Woods Ltd. .. — Majestic, “A" debs. . — 75 0 0 Rotary Knit Weave . — 2 10 0 Wellington Publishing — 4 15 0 London Stock Exchange Prices London, March 23. On the Stock Exchange to-day quotations of bank shares and other cornoration debentures and stocks compared with previous quotations as ollows: — .Mar. 9. Mar. Banks— £ s. <1. £ s. 1. Australasia ....10 5 0 9 1G 3 E„ S. &A. Bank 4 17 6 4 16 ,1 Union of Aust. . 8 11 3 8 12 G N.S.W 29 0 0 29 0 0 National of N.Z. 2 12 0 2 j2 0 New Zealand .. 1 15 G 1 14 3 Others— British Tobacco 2 0 0 Goldsbrough Mort 2 0 0 B. pref., ex div. 1 12 6 Dalgetv and Co., 1 12 6 shares 9 0 0 9 2 6 P. and O. def. .. 1 13 0 N.Z. Loan and Mere., 4 p.c. debentures . . 9G 0 0 1 13 Si 5 0 0 N.Z. Loan and Merc, (ord.) . 31 10 0 >G 0 0 New .Guinea. Gold shares old at 2/4J.