STOCKS AND SHARES

Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 160, 1 April 1939, Page 14

STOCKS AND SHARES

Wellington Business Dull MARKET UNCHANGED Business was very dull on the Wellington Stock Exchange yesterday aud a small turnover was recorded. Government stocks were quietly steady, two small parcels being sold at late rates. Banks were irregular on a slack demand. New Zealands eased to 38/3 ami the D mortgage issue sold unchanged at 26/6. E.S. and A.’s firmed 9d. to £5/3/3, National of Australasia £lO paid firmed 3/- to £l3/8/- and the £5 paid were wanted at £6/5/-. Insurance shares were unchanged. Union Steam pref, were unsupported at 24/3. as were P. and O. deferred at 25/-. Other sections of the market were dull, with scarcely any changes iu quotations. WELLINGTON EXCHANGE Yesterday’s Quotations The latest buying and selling quotations recorded yesterday on the Wellington Stock Exchange were as follows:—

BASE METALS MARKET Copper Firmer; Tin Easier By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright LONDON. March 30. The official London (middle) quotations compare with those previously cabled os

N.Z. GOVT. LOANS. Buyers. £ s. d. Sellers. £ s. d. 3 p.c. Inscr. Stock, 15/7/1939-41 .... 96 0 0 —— ♦3* p.c. ditto, 15/9/ 1941-43 — 98 a 0 •Ditto, 15/5/1939-52 .. — 99 5 0 •Ditto, 15/11/1941-52 . 99 10 0 — •Ditto. 15/5/1941-52 .. 99 10 0 Ditto, 15/1/1953-57 .. — 91 12 6 4 p.c. ditto. 15/3/ 1940-43 97 12 0 — Ditto, 15/5/1949-52 .. — 99 5 0 Ditto. 15/6/1952-55 .. — 99 0 0 3i p.c. Bonds, 15/1/ 1953-57 91 5 0 —— 4 p.c. ditto, 15/2/ 1943-40 9S 10 0 —— Ditto, 15/4/1940-49 .. — 99 15 9 Ditto, 15/6/1952-55 .. — 9!) 0 0 4 p.c. Rural Bonds. 15/19/1947 — •Tax free to first date, then 4 99 15 0 p.c. Optional maturity three years before final date. BANKS. Com rd. of Aust., ord. — Eng., Scot, and Aust. 5 3 3 0 16 0 — National of N.Z — 2 8 0 National of Australasia. £10 paid 13 S 0 —— Ditto, £5 paid 6 5 0 — New South Wales ... 29 10 0 —— New Zealand 1 18 0 1 18 6 Union of Aust — 8 4 0 FINANCIAL. Abraham & Williams 0 9 6 —— Ditto, perp. deb. stk. 0 17 3 Dalgety and Co — 7 4 0 Equitable Bdg. Co. .. 0 9 11 — Ditto, perp. deb. stk. — 0 IS 6 National Mortgage. B. — 15 0 Newton King, pref. — 0 8 0 N.Z. Guarantee Corp. — 0 4 2 Wgtn. Invest., T. <fc A. — 0 9 5 Wgtn Trust, Loan .. — 5 10 Metropolitan Big.. Weilington — 11 10 0 GAS. Auckland, contrib. .. — 0 11 3 Clirislehurch — 1 3 3 Ditto, contrib — 0 12 0 Felldirig 0 1 10 — Wellington, ord — 1 10 6 Ditto, pref — 13 6 Timaru. paid — o 14 3 INSURANCE. National of N.Z — 0 15 10 New Zealand 2 11 9 —- South British C2 4 0 — MEAT PRESERVING 0 13 6 Gear Meat — N.Z. Refrigerating .. — 11 I«> •> Ditto. 10/- paid ... 0 6 4 0 6 8 Wellington Meat Exp. 0 « 3 TRANSPORT. i nion Steam, prei. .. 1 4 3 — J’, and <>. deid. stock 15 0 — Kelburne Tram., ord. — 13 0 H OOLLEN. Bond’s Hosiery Mills — 1 0 0 Wellington, pref 5 0 0 — Bruce ~ 0 11 6 COAL. Westport - 1 1 0 TIMBER-I.evland-U'Brien .... 0 16 3 — National — 0 7 9 llotoili 9 4 Ditto, pref — 0 16 6 Taringanintii 0 12 b BREWERIES. Carlton 3 0 — N.Z. Breweries — 1 18 3 Tooth and Co 2 l.i 0 — Castlemaine Perkins . 13 9 — MISCELLANEOUS Anialg. Wireless .... — 2 18 6 Anthony Hordern ... 0 14 6 —— Ansi. Consol. Indust ries cl 10 0 — British Tobacco .... — X2 J 4 Broken Hill Pty 2 18 6 2 is a Burns. Philp and Co. 2 14 (1 — Claude Neon Lights i o 6 ' (N.Z.) . — Colonial Sugar 48 7 6 —— Consol. Brick & Pipe 0 8 6 I) 8 10 Dental & Medical Sup. — 0 12 9 Dominion Fertilizer . 13 0. — Electrolytic Zinc, ord. 2 6 0 2 6 9 Ditto, pref 2 9 9 Farmers’ Trading, B., —• pref 0 IS 9 — Felt and Textiles ... xl 11 3 — General Industries — xl) 19 0 G. .1. Coles 3 1< 0 3 18 6 Henrv Jones Co-op. . 2 10 .3 —- Howard Smith, ord. 0 18 6 . — I C.I. Aust, and N.Z., pref 1 4 9 Macduff s, ord — 0 2 9 Ditto, pref — 0 7 9 McKenzie’s 2 0 9 —— National Electric .... — 0 13 9 N.Z. Drug — , c3 6 6 Reid Rubber (N.Z.) 14 0 — Taranaki Oil — 0 9 1 Wilsons (N.Z.) Cement 0 lu 10 —— Woolworths Ltd., ord. cl 2 11 —— Woolworths (N.Z.). ord. 0 17 2 Berici (N.Z.) - 3 5 0 Myers Emporium .... 1 10 0 C. M. Banks, nref. ... — 0 14 0 Arthur Cox and Co. . 15 4 . — Wbitcombe and Tombs, contrib v 15 0 — It. G. Kain. ord. ... — 0 15 0 Ditto, pref. ...... — 0 15 0 Gordon and Gotch .. 2 17 6 — Radio (1936) 1 0 0 David Jones 1 15 0 — mining. Big River oil Grey River 0 18 tl 0 18 8 Maori Gully 0 0 6} 0 0 7} Australian Mining Mount Lyell — 1 7 3 Mount Morgan 0 10 0 0 10 10 North Broken Hill .. 2 3 3 — Kawang Tin ....... — 0 7 7 c Cum dividend, x Ex dividend. Unofficial List Buyers. Sellers. £ s. d £ S. d. Woolworths Properties, pref 1 5 3 1 5 11 Dominion Life Assurance — 0 3 7 Wellington Publishing — 4 4 0 Fluenzol Pty. Ltd. . 12 0

follows Mar. 29. 1 'er ton Mar. 30. Per ton. Copper £ s. d. £ s. d. Standard, spot ... 43 1 101 -13 5 0 Ditto, forward .. 4.3 7 ti Io 9 41 Electrolytic ... 48 10 0 48 10 0 to 49 10 0 49 10 0 ... 49 10 (1 49 10 0 Lead— ... 14 11 101 14 10 71 ... 14 15 <71 14 13 lj Spelter— 13 13 Spot Forward Tin- , , . Jo Jo ... 1318 J k U 15 7i- ... 210, 0 o 213 17 0 ... 211 11 11 214 12 G Silver- ’ . . ■ ■ • • • • Standard. an ounce 19 7-bd. HI 7-Sd. Fine, an ounce ... 217-ltid. 21 7-llkl.