STOCKS AND SHARES

Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 104, 26 January 1939, Page 14

STOCKS AND SHARES

Wellington Market Quiet government stocks firm Interest in Government loans was well maintained yesterday on the n eilmg ton Stock Exchange, but sellers were hard to find. The only recorded was sales of the 4 per cent, stock an 1 bonds, 1952-55, at £99. The share market was dull wnh an easier tendency, notably tor leading A tralian issues which receded in sympathy with the Melbourne and Sydney markets. Australian Glass remained at sellers being in at £t>/9/b. Colonial Sugars weakened further to x4</-/0, sellers asking £4S. G. J. Coles eased to business at 81/7J, buyers staying in at 81/-. There was no inquiry tor British Tobaccos, Broken Hill Proprietary, ■Burns, Philp or Electrolytic Zinc. Banks were quiet, with sellers offering New Zealands at 39/4. National of New Zealand were weak, business being done at 47/- and in Auckland at 46/3. Insurance shares were firm, Nationals being marked up to 15/4 and New Zealands to 53/-. Wellington Gas were firmer at 30/-. Meat freezing issues were weak. Woollens were steady at late rates. Sales recorded yesterday on the Wellington Stock Exchange were as follows:

a Reported after last call. 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.

No of shares. ' £ s. d. £965 —Inser. Stock, 4 P-C., 15/6/52-55 ♦99 0 0 £585—Govt.| Bonds, 4 p.c., 15/6/52-55 . ‘99 0 0 200-N.Z. Refrig., 10/- paid *0 7 9 100—Dominion Breweries. ... *1 12 0 0 12 0 100—National Bank of N.Z. 7 0 «>0O— CJ J CoIpk (2) 4 100—Macduffs Ltd.,' ord 0 3 6 300—National Electric 0 13 8 a 2 1 3 ♦Late sale Tuesday.

Buyers. Sellers. £ s. d. £ 8. d. 3 p.e. Inser. Stock, 15/7/1939-41 94 0 0 —• •31 p.e. ditto, 15/3/ ■ 1930-43 97 10 .0 — •Ditto, 15/9/1039-43 .. 97 10 0 — •Ditto, 15/3/1941-43 .. 97 10 0 —• •Ditto, 15/9/1941-43 .. 97 10 0 —— •Ditto, 15/11/1941-52 . 97 15 0 •Ditto, 15/5/1941-52 .. 97 15 0 —— Ditto, 15/1/1953-57 .. 90 0 0 4 ■p.e. ditto, 15/2/ 1943-46 98 17 6 Ditto, 15/4/1940-49 .. 99 5 0 100 5 0 Ditto, 15/5/1949-52 .. 97 12 6 —— Ditto, 15/6/1952-55 .. 98 15 0 — 1 p.e. Bonds, 15/2/ 1943-40 OS 17 6 Ditto, 15/6/1052-55 ..'98 15 0 — ♦Tax free to lirst date, then 4 p.e. Optlonal maturity three years prior to final date. LOCAL BODIES' DEBENTURES. Wai'tomo E.P. Bd., 4J 102 0 0 Wanganui City, 4J p.e., < 1/11/55 — 101 0 0 OTHER DEBENTURES. Gisborne Sheep Farmers, 61 p.e., 31/S/41 101 15 0 — BANKS. Australasia — •9 15 0 Control, of Aust., ord. eO 16 o 0 16 2 . Eng., 'Scot, and Aust. 75 8 0 National of N.Z — 2 7 5 New South Wales . . e30 0 0 —— New Zealand — 1 19 4 Ditto, D. long term 15 0 Union of Aust — C8 12 0 FINANCIAL. Goldsbrough. Mort .. — 18 6 Newton King, pref. . — 0 8 6 N.Z. Guarantee Corp. 0 3 10 — N.Z. Loan and Mere.. ord. stdek, London 35 0 0 General Finance .... — 0 18 6 Metropolitan Big., Wei12 0 0 Wright’, Stephenson, ord — 12 0 GAS. cO 19 G Wellington, ord cl 10 0 Ditto, pref 1 - 3 INSURANCE. National of N.Z 0 15 4 ——■ New Zealand e2 13 0 South British 2 1 9 1 ■ MEAT PRESERVING. Gear Meat 0 11 9 ■ N.Z. Refrigerating .. cO 17 0 —- ■ Ditto, 10/- paid .... cO 7 7 0 8 0 Wellington Meat Exp. 0 7 9 T TRANSPORT. Kelburne Tram., ord. — 13 0 WOOLLEN. Bond’s Hosiery Mills 0 16 8 — — 0 13 0. Wellington, ord 4 12 0 Ditto, pref 4 12 0 — COAL. Westport-Stockton .. — 0 4 0 TIMBER. 0 3 4 0 16 6 ' Taupo Totara, 6rd. .. 0 4 10 0 19 0 BREWERIES. N.Z. Breweries 2 0 10 «— Tul — 2 7 6 MISCELLANEOUS. Anthony Hordern ... — O 16 1 5 9 6 British Tobacco — 2 9 9 Broken Hill Pty — 2 17 6 Claude Neou Lights (N.Z.) ~ Colonial Sugar 17 - o 1 1 0 48 0 0 Consol. Brick & Pipe — 0 8 6, 0 8 0 Dental & Medical Sup. - 0 13 0 Dominion Fertilizer .. — 12 6 Electrolytic Zinc, ord. — c2 7 0 c2 10 <> ■Farmers’ Trading .. — 0 19 6 Felt and Textiles .... -- 1 14 6 G ,T Coles c4 i o ,419 Henry Jones Co-op. . 2 8 0 —- Howard Smith, ord. . 0 19 3 — I.C.I. Aust, and N.Z.. 14 6 0 4 0 0 11 0 Morris ' Hedstrom .... — 19 0 National Electric ... — 0 14 6 — N.Z. Newspapers .... — 1 12 6 United Provisions .. — 0 7 6 Wilsons (N.Z.) Cement — 0 1(1 0 Woolworths Ltd., ord. — 1 2 .1 Woolworths (N.Z.), ord. — 0 18 6 Berlei (N.Z.) — c3 8 9 Reid (N.Z.) Rubber . 110 0 14 11 W. R. Carpenter .... — 2 5 0, MINING. 1 Oil 0 19 0 .> Dl't-l Martha u H v — 0 13 Nenmna 0 0 9 — Waihi Grand Junction 0 3 2 — ■v Australian Mining. Mount Morgan 0 10 0 0 10 4 North. Broken Hill .. 2 4b Wellington Alluvials — 0 5 0 Zinc Corpn 3 lu 0 — OVERSEAS LISTINGS. Woolworths Holdings (South Africa) ... — 0 15 2 e Cum dividend. Unofficial List Buyers. Sellers. £ s. d. £ s. d. Frozen Products ... — 0 12 0 N.Z. Perpetual Forests 1 13 0 — It. & E. Tingey, ord - 1 0 << Selfridges tA/asia.) . — 011 0 W. E. Woods Ltd. ... — 0 13 6 ■Woolworths (W.A.) .. — 4 8 0 Geo. Wilton and Co., 6 p.e., pref., 20/fully, paid — 12 0