STOCKS AND SHARES

Dominion, Volume 31, Issue 124, 19 February 1938, Page 12

STOCKS AND SHARES

Wellington Business Quiet METALS ISSUES FIRMER Apart from a slightly firmer tone in Australian metals companies’ shares, which reacted to the improvement in the base metals market, there was little change in the Wellington stock and share market yesterday. Government loans were mostly firm on late rates. Business was done in 3J per cent, stock, 1953-57 at £9B/10/-,-and a small parcel of 4 per cent, stock, 194b--49 was reported done at £lO4/7/6. ' Banks were dull and unchanged, and general slackness was evident in financial, insurance and most industrial ami trading issues. ’ G. «T. Coles showed a slight improvement, and the Woolworths issues were steady. Broken Hill ro ~ prietary moved up to business at 61/b. Electrolytic Zinc preference were wanted at 48/9, sellers asking 49/-, Mount Lyells sold slightly firmer nt 29/10 to 30/-. 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. £ s. d. sellers. £ s. d. Inscr. Stock, 7/1939-11 — 98 0 0 34 p.c. ditto, 9/1939-43 — 102 10 0 'Ditto, 3/1941-43 ... 101 15 0 — Ditto, 9/1941-43 ... 101 15 0 Ditto, 11/1938-52 ... 102 15 0 Ditto. 5/1939-52 .... 102 15 0 Ditto, 11/1941-52 ... 102 15 0 — Ditto, 5/1941-52 .... 102 15 0 Ditto. 1/1053-57 .... — 98 15 0 4 p.e. ditto, 2/1943-49 . 102 7 6 — Ditto, 4/1940-49 .... 104 0 0 1 — Ditto. 15/0/19o2-oo . 104 0 0 3} p.c. Bonds, 1/1953-57 — 98 15 0 LOCAL BODIES' DEBENTURES. Chela Dge., 4} p.c., 30/9/(15 105 0 0 •—L ' Makerua Dge.. 4J p.c., 1/8/53 100 10 0 BANKS. Australasia —— 9 10 5 6 Comrcl of Aust., ord. 0 10 0 16 9 National ot N.Z National of Australasia. 14 8 2 13 0 £10 paid 0 — Ditto, £5 paid 7 1 0 New South Wales . c32 0 0 Ditto, Sydney Reg. . — c32 5 0 New Zealand 2 2 0 2 3 Ditto, D long term •— 1 10 1 Union of Aust ...... — 9 2 ' FINANCIAL. Golusbrougb, Mort .. National Mortgage A* 1 10 9 1 11 0 — c2 10 0 N.Z. Guarantee Corp. — 0 4 8 N.Z. and River Plates. —- 0 17 6’ Wgtn. Invest. T. & A. —— 0 9 3 Newton King, pref. .. — 0 9 6 Wright, Stephenson, pref • • •• 1 0 9 - GAS. . 1 8 8 Napier, eontrlb 5 2 6 Wellington, ord 1 16 6 \ insurance. 0 17 National of N.Z. ..... New Zealand 0 17 0 3 . Ill 3 1 0 2 17 0 South British •••••••• 2 5 6 2 19 0 meat preserving. 10 10 Cnnterburv 0 ——. 0 18 9 N.Z. Refrigerating ... 0 18 4 0 19 0 Wellington Meat Exp. 0 8 0 4 TRANSPORT. lluddart Parker, ord. —— 2 5 0 Ditto, pref. ........ 1 8 0 P. & 0. Defd. Stock .. Kelburne Tramway, 1. 3 9 cl 2 0 —— ■ WOOLLEN. 0 Bond’s Hosiery; Mills . 0 18 ON COAL. 0 12 Gpav'- Vnllev 0 Westport-Stockton ... 0 3 2 TonOtvn nrpf. - .... 0 2 TIMBER. 0 18 Leyland-O’Brien .... —« € Rotoitol — 0 4 0 Ditto prpf. 0 18 3 0 14 9 0 15 4 Taupo Totara, ord. .. 0 5 9 0 6 6 Ditto, pref — 0 18 6 Ditto, 19/- pd., pref. — 0 14 G BREWERIES. 3 5 e —— 1 17 0 N.Z. Breweries 2 5 6 — ■ — 111 6 miscellaneous. Anthony Hordern ..»• — 0 18 5 4 14 0 British Tobacco 2 9 i 2 9 4 Broken Hill Pty 3 0 0 3 0 9 Burns, Philp & Co. ... —— 2 15 0 Colonial Sugar — 46 7 6 Consol. Brick & Plpo - —■• 0 7. 7 Denhard, pref. ....... Dental and Medical 1 0 9

0 14 0 —M 1) T (’ ord 0 13 0 Ditto, pref. Dunlop Perdriau 1 3 c 1 ~3 0 Electrolytic Zinc, ord. c2 6 6 Ditto pref .. c2 8 9 2 9 0 Farmers’ Trading .... 0 19 9 9 4 0 0 110 Macduff's, old, pref. . —- 16 0 McKenzie's —■ 3 13 0 MW 0 4 0 National Electric — 0 15 3 Sliarland & Co., ord. . 0 18 6 ■Shillings, Ltd 0 19 0 Taranaki Oil 0 6 9 u I 3 Wilsons (N.Z.) Cement Woobvorths (N.Z.), — 0 18 8 ord 0 19 9 10 3 Ditto, pref 1 17 0 Woolworths Ltd., ora. 1 5 8 1 5 11 Ditto, 2nd pref. ... 1 8 0 Radio (1936) Ltd. .... —— 119 northern Roller Mills —- 116 Victoria Laundry .... 0 19 0 — Ditto, contrlb 0 14 0 — MINING. Argo Big River CO 1 1 0 1 10 0 14 Gillespie’s Beach .... —— 0 12 Mossy Creek Okarlto ••••• — 0 13 0 3 6 Walhl Investments .. 0 9 3 — Worksop Extd 0 0 9 Talisman Dubbo .... —— 0 7 9 Australian Mining. Broken Hill South ... — cl 13 3 Mount Lyell —— 1 10.6 Mount Morgan 0 9 0 0 9 1 North Broken Hill ... — 2 10 0 OVERSEAS LISTINGS. Woolworth Holdings . 0 14 8 —- c, cum dividend. e, ex dividend. Unofficial List Buyers. Sellers. £ s. d. £ s. d. Dominion Farmers’ Instltute —— 4 12 6 Frozen Products Ltd. — 0 11 0 Metters (N.Z.) Ltd. .. 0 11 0 National Tobacco .... •MM 2 15 6 N.Z. Perpetual Forest ww 2 8 6 N.Z. Perpetual Forest, 4/- paid .... —■ 0 17 7