FINANCE & COMMERCE

Dominion, Volume 34, Issue 181, 29 April 1941, Page 3

FINANCE & COMMERCE

STOCKS AND SHARES

Yesterday’s Quotations WELLINGTON EXCHANGE The latest buying and selling quotations recorded yesterday on the M ellington Stock Exchange were as follows:—

Dow Jones Averages

(By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright.)

NEW YORK, April 26. Dow Jones averages (1926 equals 100) and turnover on the New York Stock Exchange compare as follows:—

Pukekohe Vegetables

Dominion Special Service. PUKEKOHE, April 28. With supplies not very heavy, Pukekohe table potatoes hardened iu price by 1/- a cwt. today, being now at 11/-. against 10/- last Monday. Drumhead cabbages are als3 up A/- a chapman nag, being now 9/-. Savoy cabbages remain at 8/-, and parsnips at 6/6 a sugar bag. Cooking onions are unchanged at 10/- a cwt., and picklers at 14/-. Carrots, which were 5/- a sugar bag a week ago, are now going at 4/- to 4/6. Grey pumpkins are now 7/6 a cwt., which is 6d. cheaper than last week. Red pumpkins sell at 5/6. Trade in most of the lines is not very brisk at present.

Gold Mining Returns

Gilliespies Beach dredge: 23 ounces lOdwts. from 27,218 cubic yards in 222 hours.

(By Telegraph—Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH. April 2<

The Austral-New Zealand dredge return for 28 days to midnight, April 19. was 5400 z. from 235,000, yards in 366 days.

Union Oil Dividend

The Union Oil, Soap and Candle Co., Ltd., has advised the Stock Exchange Association that an interim dividend of sixpence a share on all shares, will be paid on May 9.

N.Z. GOVERNMENT LOANS. . Buyers. £ s. d. Sellers. £ s. d. 3 p.c. Stock, 15/7/1939-, <41 99 5 0 34 p’c. ditto, 15/1/195357 .100 6 4 p.c. ditto, 15/3/194043 100 10 0 — — Ditto, 15/2/1943-46 . 102 5 0 — Ditto, 311/11/1948 ... 104 6 — Ditto, 15/4/1940-49 . 102 10 0 ’— Ditto, 15/5/1949-02 . I0,> 10 0 — Ditto, 15/6/l»u2-i>o . 10o 10 0 — Ditto, 31/5/19.i4-oS . 100 u 0 — 31 p.c. Bonds, 15/1/ 1953-57 100 7 6 — 4 pic. Rural Bonds, 15/9/1947 ........ 102 0 0 ’— War Loan, l/10/oo .. SI 15 0 ■— LOCAL BODIES’ DEBENTURES. Wanganui Hr. Bd., 4| p.c., 1/4/50 — 103 5 0 BANKS. 16 — 8 6 Control, of Aust., ord. National of Australasia, — 0 15 0 £10 paid cl2 0 0 —— Ditto. £5 paid co 17 6 29 New South Wales .... c2S 0 0 0 0 . i ■ cl 17 G Ditto, D long term cl 9 ■ 0 Union of Aust —■ 1 1 FINANCIAL. General Finance 0 16 0 Wairarapa Farmers, 4 10 — Wgtn. Invest., T. & A. — 0 9 6 Wgtn. Trust, Loan .. Metropolitan Bigs. ... — 11 6 0 Trades’ Finance 0 - . 1 GAS. 3 1 ~ Ditto, contrib 0 5 0 Wellington, ord — INSURANCE. 19 National of N.Z — o Zealand . ■ South British ....... __ J 9 3 Ctoti tla ril . _-- 3 1 0 MEAT PRESERVING. 13 N.Z. Refrigerating .. 0 10 0 — Ditto. 10/- paid .... 0 0 — TRANSPORT. Union Steam, pref. .. 1 3 — Kelburne Tramway. i 0 0 — WOOLLEN. Bond's Hosiery Mills 1 0 0 Felt and Textiles, ord. •— ■■ i. 1 Wellington, ord 6 10 0 — 15 COAL. 11 0 — Westport-Stockton —. 0 2 9 TIMBER. — 0 Taringamutu ....... c0 14 0 —— Taupo Totara, ord. ... 0 4 11 6 breweries. 1 9 0 Breweries 1 8 6 — . MISCELLANEOUS. British Tobacco .... — b 0 I 1 Broken Hill Pty. .... ~ 0 6 Ditto, new fully pd. 1 19 6 —~ Ditto. 5/- paid .... 1 — 0 Burns, Philp and Co. — 10 6 Claude Neon Lights (N.Z.) Colonial Sugar '..... 54 0 0 Denhard Bread, pref. 1 0 0 —— Dental & Medical Sup15 6 — P n 13 0 — J. Coles — 3 4 6 — — 10 Moturoa Oil. pref. ... — National Electric .... N.Z. Drug, 20/- paid 2 9 0 11 q N.Z. Newspapers — £ N.Z. Paper Mills .... —■ R. & E. Tin gey, pref. — Self ridges (A/asia.) .. —- Taranaki Oil Developo United Provisions ... 0 5 (> Wilsons (N.Z.) Cement 0 19 Wm. Cable, pref. .... 1 1 9 Woolworths Ltd., ord. 0 Id 9 Ditto, 2nd pref. .... 1 Woolworths Properties, 6 0 prefd. ord 1 U.K. Manufacturers . 4 0 0 5 11 MINING. Waihi Investments .. — 0 4 0 Australian Mining 0 9 9 — North Broken Hill .. 1 15 9 118 c Cum dividend, x Ex dividend. 0 Unofficial List Buyers. Sellers. £ s. < L £ s. d. Assoc. Motorists’ Pet- ■ .» —— 0 lb 6 Dominion Life Assur. — 0 4 0 Golden Bay Cement . — 6 J. J. Niven and Co. .. ■ John Duthie, pref .. —— 1 N.Z. Fisheries, 14/- ■ ' ■- 0 N.Z. Theatres, A pref, 0 4 9 0 0 Ditto, B pref. .... 0 0 9 0 3 Selfridges (N.Z.), 16/3 Scoullar and Co —. 9 9 12 0 o W. E. Woods Ltd. ... „ Wellington Publishing 3 0 0

20 Rail roads, i 30 ndustrials. Shares sold. Feb 8 i... 31.46 148.40 870.000 Mar. 6 .... 31.01 147.97 860.000 May 2 .... 30.66 147.76 650.000 24 «... 25.71 123.76 470.000 July 31 26.92 126.14 560.000 a ...... 26.96 126.36 120.000 Sept. 3 Drt 2 . 28.00 29.37 129.74 134.97 540.000 770,000 2 ...» 29.22 134.85 470,000 I)ec. 3 28.00 130.78 450,000 Jan. 6 .... 28.40 132.83 720,000 Feb. 4 ..... 28.09 122.63 350,000 Mar. 3 27.32 120.88 330.000 Apr. 2 Apr. 22 A nr 23 .... 28.97 .... 27.89 .... 28.36 123.47 115-78 116.59 450.000 440,000 470,000 A nr 24 .... 28.66 117.35 490,000 Apr. 25 Apr. 26 .... 28.32 .... 28.42 115.68 116.43 420.000 160,000