STOCKS AND SHARES

Dominion, Volume 30, Issue 176, 22 April 1937, Page 14

STOCKS AND SHARES

Wellington Markets Quiet GOVERNMENT LOANS WANTED Business on the Wellington Stock Exchange was more active yesterday, re^ r ‘ ] ed sales covering 22 parcels totalling 18a0 shares. Six parcels of bank shares sold at steady rater?, and three lots of South British Insurance totalling aOO snares sold at from 95/- to 94/8. There was again a keen demand for Government loans, but buyers were little disposed to advance their offers and sellers held off. . Shipping shares were firm, but industrial and trading issues were still diepoe; ed to lag- G- J. Coles were done at £o 4/9 to £5/5/- Broken Hill Proprietary remained easy and Zincs and Mount Lyells were weak. No interest was shown in gold mining shares. Business recorded yesterday on the Wellington Stock Exchange was as follows :—

London Butter Market Firm By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright London, April 20. The butter market is firm. Danish. 112/- Io 113/- a ewt.: choicest salted New Zealand, 106/- to 107/-; Australian, 105/fo 106/-; unsalted, Australian and New Zealand, 107/- to lOS/-.

No. of shares. £ s. <1. 20 —Bank of N.S.M *37 12 6 50 Bank of N.Z. 0 Qft Tin inn Rnnlr ♦11 7 0 100—Broken Hill Pty. ... ♦4 2 3 100 Dtyto 50- G J Coles ♦5 5 0 300 —Holeproof Ltd. ♦1 10 10} r iO Tin inn Rark 11 7 0 105—Bank of Australasia (2) 12 17 0 20—Bank of N.S.W. 37 12 6 100 —Soj;th British Insurance 4 15 0 200—Ditto 4 14 9 ‘inn tn 4 14 8 200 —N.Z. Refrigerating ( 2) 0 19 6 100—Broken Hill Pty. (2) 4 2 3 05 g j Coles 5 4 9 50 Ditto 0 Unofficial list: — . 100—Selfridges (A/asia.), ♦1 16 0 50 —Woolworths Ltd. 7 7 6 ♦Late sale Tuesday. WELLINGTON EXCHANGE Yesterday’s Quotations The latest buying and selling quotations recorded yesterday on the Wellington Stock Exchange were as follows • — N.Z. GOVT. LOANS. Buyers. Sellers. £ s. d. £ s. d. 31 p.c. Inscr. Stock, ' 3/1939-43 100 5 0 Ditto, 0/1939-43 .... 100 5 0 — Ditto, 3/1941-43 .... 100 5 0 -— Ditto, 9/1941-43 .... 100 5 0 — Ditto, H/1938-o2 ... 101 10 0 — Ditto, 5/1939-02 .... 101 10 0 — Ditto, 11/1941-52 ... 101 10 0 — Ditto, 5/1941-52 .... 101 10 0 — Ditto, 1/1953-57 .... 98 10 0 3J p.c. ditto, 11/1938-41 —— 102 0 0 4 p.c. Inscr. Stock, 2/1943-46 102 10 0 — Ditto, 4/1946-49 .... 101 12 6 — Ditto, 6/1952-55 .... 103 15 0 104 10 0 35 p.c. Bonds, 15/11/ * 1938-41 102 2 6 4 p.c. Bonds, 2/1943-46 102 10 0 — Ditto, 4/1946-49 .... 101 15 0 —— Ditto, 6/1952-55 .... 103 15 0 — 5 p.c. Rural Bonds, 15/9/1947 100 10 0 102 0 0 3 p.c. ’ Inscr. Stock, 15/1/1941 96 5 0 — OTHER DEBENTURES Ainalg. Brick (Wgtn.) — 101 0 0 BANKS. — 12 19 0 Comrcl. of Aust., ord. — 0 19 9 Eng., Scot. and. Aust. ♦6 10 0 6 12 0 National of N.Z — 3 5 0 National of Australasia £5 paid — ♦7 19 0 New South Wales .... 37 7 6 o7 15 0 ♦2 5 0 2 5 2 Ditto, D long term —■ *1 7 0 Union of Aust 11 6 0 —■ Ditto, Melbne. reg, . 11 6 0 — FINANCIAL. Abraham and Williams, ord 2 15 0 —— Ditto pref. ....... 4 10 0 5 0 0 Equitable Bdg 0 10 6 — Goldsbrough, Mort .. 1 17 0 1 17 4 N.Z. Guarantee Corp. —— 0 5 2 N.Z. Loan and Merc., ■— 52 0 0 Wgtn. Trust, Loan .. — 5 13 0 Wright, Stephenson . 0 18 0 — GAS - 1 1 2 0 - O 10 0 Wellington, ord — 1 17 0 0 1 8 - insurance. National of N.Z. ..... —— 0 18 0 New Zealand •••••••• 3 0 9 .1 - Queensland 2 19 3 3 1 0 s'outh British 4 13 6 — MEAT PRESERVING. ■ 0 17 0 N.Z. Refrig., 10/- paid — 0 9 1 Wgtn. Meat Export . 0 5 0 — TRANSPORT. Huddart, Parker, ord. 1 18 3 — 1 6 4 ■ - Union 'Steam, pref. .. 1 6 4 1 7 6 P. and O, defd. stock 2 2 6 — WOOLLEN. Bonds Hosiery Mills — 0 18 9 Wellington, ord 5 11 0 — Ditto, pref 5 12 6 — COAL. Kaitangata 1 2 6 — TIMBER. a u r i 1 3 6 . - Leyland-O’Brien .... 1 2 6 National 0 11 6 —— Tnringfimntij 0 14 6 — Taupo Totara, ord. .. 0 8 8 0 9 3 Ditto pref. 0 19 3 Ditto, 16/- pd., pref. — 0 15 8 BREWERIES. N.Z. Breweries 2 19 0 3 0 0 Staples and Co 1 14 0 — Tooth and Co 2 17 0 2 IS 0 Tnnhevs __ 1 14 6 MISCELLANEOUS. Anthony Hordern — 1 0 0 British Tobacco, pref. *1 10 0 —— Broken Hill Pty 4 2 0 4 2 6 Burns, Philp and Co. — 3 16 0 Colonial Sugar —— 45 5 0 Consol. Brick & Pipe — 0 8 10 0 7 0 Ditto, pref ....... 1 0 0 Dental & Medical Sup. 0 12 9 Dunlop Perdriau — 1 1 2 Electrolytic Zinc, ord. 2 17 0 2 18 0 — . - 2 18 10 Farmers’ Trading, “B” pref 1 3 ■ ■ ■ General Industries .. 1 0 0 1 0 6 G ,T Coles 5 5 0 5 6 6 Henry .Tones Co-op. . 2 7 0 iMacduffs pref 1 2 9 . 1 18 0 National Electric 0 13 0 N.Z. Farmers’ Fertiliser 1 0 6 —— N.Z. Paper Mills .... — 1 8 0 Procera Bread, ord. .. — 1 5 0 SharJand & Co., ord. 0 18 6 —— Di Ito pref 0 19 0 — Shillings Ltd. ...... 0 1G 0 0 3 11 0 4 5 Wilsons (N.Z.) Cement 1 14 6 Woolworths (N.Z.), ord. 7 18 0 8 0 0 Woolworths Ltd., 2nd pref 1 7 7 1 8 6 K.DW. Boxes, contrib. 0 5 0 Kandos Cement — 1 4 6 Hackshalls Ltd 0 14 9 .— Mackay Logan 1 0 0 —— Victoria Laundry — 1 1 3 MINING. Martha 1 0 0 Barry town 1 13 0 1 16 0 Australian Mining. Broken Hill South .. —— 2 8 0 Mount Lyell 2 5 9 2 6 0 Mount Morgan 0 15 9 North Broken Hill .. — 3 13 0 Placer Development . — 4 19 0 ♦Cum dividend. Unofficial List Buyers. Sellers. £ s. 1. £ s. !. Woolworths Ltd — 7 9 0 John Fuller & Sons, debs 65 10 0 Selfridges (A/asia.J, old issue 1 15 0 — Self ridges (N.Z.), Ltd., 4/- paid 0 4 4 W. E. Woods Ltd. .. — 0 15 0 Woolworths Ltd., rights —— 4 18 6 New River Gold .. —— 0 0 8} N.Z. Perpetual Forests 2 8 0 —