FINANCE & COMMERCE

Dominion, Volume 35, Issue 172, 17 April 1942, Page 3

FINANCE & COMMERCE

WELLINGTON EXCHANGE Yesterday’s Quotations The latest buying and selling quotations recorded yesterday on the Wellington Stock Exchange were as follows:— N.Z. GOVERNMENT LOANS.

Dealings in stocks and shares recorded on New Zealand stock exchanges yesterday were as follows, the number of shares in each lot being shown in the case of Wellington

AUCKLAND. Auckland Gas, 6/8; N.Z Insurance £3 1/6; Aust. Consol. Industries, L /19/IJ, £l/19/41; National Electric, £.l/2/3. CHRISTCHURCH. Timaru Harbour Bd., 3J per cent., 1952, £lOl/10/-; Christchurch Gas, _con. (2), 11/3- Kaiipoi Woollen, ord., 18/5; Broken Hill’South, £l/2/2. DUNEDIN. Auckland Gas, con., 2/6; National Insurance, 17/9; I-C.1., pref., £l/2/9: Broken Hill South, £l/0/6; Mt. Lyell, £l/2/6. Christchurch Building Society The Christchurch Building and Laud Society will pay interest on “A’’ capital shares at the rate of 3| per cent, for the half-year ended March 31, payable on May ‘l. Farmers Trading Co. The directors of the Farmers’ Trading Co Ltd., Auckland, have decided to pay, on Slav 30, to holders of A aud B preference shares, the half-yearly dividend at (he rate of 7 per cent, per annum, less the ”0 nor eeut. statutory deduction, making 5 3-5 per cent. Holders of C preference shares will receive on the same date the half-yearly dividend at the rate of u per cent, per annum. Fruit And Vegetable Prices Prices of fruit aud vegetables lu the Wellington markets on Thursday are quoted by Market Gardeners, Ltd., as fol--lOTomatoes, 3/- to 6/6; cape gooseberries, 4/- to 15/3; peaches, 8/- to 10/6; passion fruit, 6/3 to 11/3; quinces, 8/- to 14/9, persimmons, 8/- to 9/-; grapes, Bd. to y/ RhubaH>, 12/- to 17/-; carrots, 3/- to (’,/-; turnips, 2/- to 3/-; beetroot, 2/- to 3/-- leeks, 9/- to 10/-; celery, 8/- to 14/- ; all a dozen bunches. Lettuce, 8/- to lb/-; beans, 6/6 to 35/-; beetroot, o/- to 4/6; carrots 5/- to 8/-; parsnips, 9/- to 1-/3, swedes, 3/- to 5/-; marrows, 1/b to 3/-, silver beet, 1/- to 2/-; leeks, 8/-- to 11/-, cauliflower, 2/6 to 6/-; cucumbers, 3/- o 9/6; spinach, 3/- to 6/-; cabbage 1/- to 2/-; turnips, 3/-; celery, 3/- to o/b; rhubarb, 10/-, all a case. Pumpkins, 4/- to 8/-; cauliflower, 5/- to 9/-; cabbage, 2/to 3/-: peas, 16/- to 30/-; swedes, 5/- to 6/-, all a sack.

Dow Jones Averages

(By Telegraph.—Press Assn. —Copyright.) NEW YORK, April 15. Dow Jones averages (1926 equals 100) and turnover on the New York Stock LX-

Stock And Share Indices (Bv Telegra(ill.—Press Assn. —Copyright.) LONDON, April 15. “I>'inanei:il Times” slock and share indices witli previous ((notations are (October 15. r.r.a;. equals 1000):— Govt. Home Indus- Gold

Buyers. £ s. d. Sellers. £ s. d. 24 p.e. Stock, 1/8/1940 97 0 0 —- 3 p.e. ditto, 15/7/1945 99 10 6 —— Ditto, 15/9/1940-48 . 99 0 0 •— Ditto, 1/8/1951-1954 . 98 10 0 31 p.e. ditto, 15/1/ 1956-59 101 5 0 — Ditto, 15/9/1957-60 .. 100 17 6 —• 34 p.e. ditto, 15/1/ 1953-57 102 17 G — 4 p.e. ditto, 15/2/ 1943-46 100 10 0 Ditto, 15/4/1946-49 . 102 10 0 — 4 p.e. Bonds, 15/4/ 1946-49 102 10 0 — War Loan, 1/10/53 ... 89 0 0 •—• DEBENTURES. Wgtn. Hr. Bd., 4) p.e., 28/2/61 — 108 7 G miscellaneous Comrcl. Bank of Aust., ord 0 13 0 —— National Bank of N.Z. — 1 18 3 New South Wales .... 26 2 6 —- Bank New Zealand ... 1 17 3 — Ditto, D long term —— 1 10 0 Union of Aust 5 19 0 — Equitable Btlg. Co., deb stock 0 17 0 — Newton King, pref. .. —— 0 12 b N.Z. Guarantee Corp. —— 0 10 N.Z. Loan and Mere., ord. stock 28 0 0 — Wairarapa Farmers, pref 0 5 0 Wgtn. Invest., T. & A. 0 7 C Wgtn. Trust, Loan .. 3 12 0 — Auckland Gas, 10/fully paid 0 G 0 Christchurch Gas —• 1 3 9 Wellington Gas, ord. . —— 1 9 3 Canterbury Meat .... 10' 0 0 — N.Z. Refrigerating, £1 0 18 0 0 19 0 Huddart, Parker, ord. — •a — 0 Bruce Woollen 1 2 0 Manawatu 1 7 6 1 10 0 Wgtn. Woollen, ord. . —— 7 0 Ditto, pref. . 7 4 0 — Pukemiro Collieries .. 0 17 0 — Taupirl 1 3 o Westport . — 1 3 6 Levland-O’Brien Timber 0 lb 1 —* Taupo Totara, pref. .. 0 12 6 N.Z. Breweries — 1 12 3 Tooth and Co 1 18 G Tut Brewery —— 1 10 0 British Tobacco, Aust.. 6* p.e. pref —— 6 1 11 0 Colonial Sugar Electrolytic Zinc, ord. 38 12 2 1 0 Ditto. 8 p.e. part pref. 2 0 0 —- G. J. Coles <** 6 I.C.I. Aust, and N.Z.. pref — 1 4 6 Macduffs, pref —— 0 19 6 McKenzie's 1 17 9 — N.Z. Drug N.Z. Newspapers 3 9 G 1 11 9 Wilsons (N.Z.) Cement 0 16 6 0 17 G Woolworths Ltd., ord. Woolworths (N.Z.), ord. cO 12 : 11 —— 0 12 11 Woolworths Properties, prefd. ord —— 1 4 6 6 Broken Hill South ... — 1 1 Mount Lyell — 1 3 0 Mount Morgan —— 0 7 9 OVERSEAS LISTINGS. Woolworths Holdings, xO 17 South Africa .... 3 — UNOFFICIAL LIST. Buyers. £ s. d. Sellers. £ s. d. It. & E. Tiugey, ord. .— 1 G National Tobacco .... — 1 10 0 J. ,T. Niven and Co. . 0 9 9 Paparoa Coal —— 0 5 0 Paris Crown Seal ... — 0 1 G c Cum dividend. J c Ex dividend. Sales In New Zealand

WELLINGTON. No. of shares. „ JOO Bank of N.Z., D inert. .. Sale £ 1 price, s. d. 9 G 250 Union Steam, pref . 1 0 35 Wellington Woollen, pref. 7 5 0 720 Leyland-O’Brien Timber 100 Broken Hill 0 ♦1 16 13 3 0 Unofficial list: .100 John Duthie, pref 6 •Late sale Wednesday.

cluing e compare as follows: — •20 Rail- 32 Shares roads. Indus! rials, sold. 1 .... 28 32 118.11 240,000 *1 >('(• 113.39 840,000 3 • • •. 27. 15 113.75 520,01X1 l-'rb* 28.30 108.99 370,000 Ma r. ’► .... 27.08 105.75 330,000 \ Bl* 5 .. 25.17 100.89 372,000 *vpi. S 25.13 101.23 295,000 Apr. Ap r. <1 .... 25.00 99.69 351.000 A n i* 13 .. 25.00 99.11 238.1X10 p 1 . Apr. ii 2i.;n 97.89 337,000

see’s. rails. trials. mines. •] .... 111.1 50.9 99.7 172.5 i )oc. . > .... 113.8 52 9 105.2 181.6 ,J an. .... 113.8 55.0 102.0 173.1 Feb. 4 .... 1'13.6 • >i>.5 101.6 166.7 Mar. .... 113.1 54.1 9S.5 158.9 Apr. 1. .... 113.3 5(1.2 '.16.9 153.0 A pr. .... 113.11 50.0 97.1 1 <)2.5 Apr. 13 .... 113.6 55.9 97.0 151.1 Apr. 14 .... 113.7 559 97.3 150/9