FINANCE & COMMERCE

Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 279, 22 August 1944, Page 6

FINANCE & COMMERCE

WELLINGTON EXCHANGE Yesterday’s Quotations

The latest buying mid selling quota tious recorded yesterday on the Wellington Stock Exchange were as follows:— Buyers. Seilers.

Sales In New Zealand Dealings in stocks and shares recorded on New Zealand Stock Exchanges yesterday were as follows, lhe numbers of shares in each lot being shown in the case of Wellington:

AUCKLAND. Inser. Stock. 3 per cent., 15/12/53-56, £9B 10/-; ditto, 4 per cent.. 15/5-49-52, £lO4 I's/-; Wool Bonds, 1/2/-18. £l/0/2; Abraham and Williams, 3} per cent., perp, deb., .£9O; Comm. Bank of Aust... pref.. £lO 15/-: Bank of N.Z. (2),_ £2/5/3: N.Z. Insurance. £-1/10/-; South'British Insurance, £4: N.Z. Refrig.. £l/9/-; ditto. 10/- paid, 13/9. Felt and Textiles, £2/17/3; Broken Hili Pty., £2/4/-; Dominion Pictures. 15/-; McKendrlck Bros., pref., £l/5/-; Farmers’ Fertilizer (2), £l/4/6; Sanford, 8/9; Woolworths (N.Z.), £l/1/-; Woolworths (Syd.), £l/1/-; Emperor Mines. 13/6. CIIKISTCHURCir. laser. Stock, 2J per cent., 15/9/47, £99 10/-; Union Bank, £S/6/6; N.Z. Refrig., 10/- paid. 13/9: Broken Hill Pty. (2), £2 4/-; Electro Zinc, pref., £2/16/6; Fletcher Holdings, £l/5/9; G. J. Coles. £3/6/-. DUNEDIN. Inser. Stock, 3 per cent., 15/9/52-55, £99 10/-; Westport Coal (2), £l/8/3; N.Z. 'Breweries, £2/2/4. Macduffs, Ltd., Dividend Macduffs, Limited, have declared n dividend oE o per cent, on preference shares, payable on September IG, less security taxes. Transfer books closq September 9-1 G inclusive. N.S.W. Gold Production Gold production of New South Wales for the five months ended May 31 was 28,6450 z. fine, valued at £299 379, compared with 25,Sllooz. fine, valued at £265,072, for the corresponding period of 1943. Bank Of N.Z. Directors Mr. Stronach Paterson. Wellington, president of the Associated Chambers of Commerce, is a candidate for the vacancy of shareholder-director on the board of the Bank of New Zealand. This vacancy was occasioned through the death of Mr. A. E. Ma bin. Gold Mining The following returns are for the first half of August: Barrytown. 107 ounces for 228 hours from 97,D0n yards; Kanleri, 560 ounces, 246 hours, 92,000 yards: Arahura, 1057 ounces, 205 hours. 432,000 yards. The Cliitba River return last week was 120 oz. for 92 hours.

£ 6 d. 6. d. 2} p.e., 1/8/1« 98 7 () — 2* p.e., 15/9/47 :n> o 0 21 p.e., 15/5/IS 98 7 6 *— 2l p.e., 15/6/47-49 .... 99 17 6 98 M 6 94 15 0 9.j 0 0 3 p.e., 15/9/52-55 .... 99 12 0 3 p.e., 15/5/o3-a6 .... 98 10 0 98 17 6 3 p.e., 15/5/53-5(1 —— 98 15 0 3J p.e., 15/9/57-00 .... — 102 0 0 3$ p.e., 15/1/53-57 .... 101 12 0 102 2 6 4 p.e., 15/4/46-49 .... 102 5 0 «"•« 4 p.e., 15/5/49-52 .... ——* 104 15 0 ■1 p.e., 31/5/54-58 .... 106 15 0 —— Wool Bonds, 1/2/48 .. —-• 1 0 4 Com. Bank Aust 0 18 4 0 18 10 Nat. Bank of N.Z. .. 2 14 y —— Bank N’.S.W —— X37 0 0 Bank New Zealand .. 2 4 9 M u 6 Equit. Buildings .... 1 1 0 — Goldsbrough Mort .. 1 11 o 1 12 0 N.Z. Guarantee —- 0 4 4 Loan and Merc 72 0 0 —» W.E.C.A.; pref. ...... 0 10 (J MM* Wgtn. T.’ & Loan .... 4 0 0 *— Feilding Gas 0 2 3 M~ Gear Meat - . 1 7 0 Wgtn. Meat Export . 0 130 Union Steam, pref. .. 1 11 0 M— Westport Coal 1 7 6 * Kaitangata Coal .... —— 1 13 9 Felt & Textiles *>m 2 18 9 Prestige Hosiery, pref. 1 6 c M— Thuaru Woollen .... 1 1 3 Taupo Totara ««...• - ■ 0 9 0 1 0 o Carlton Brewery .... x3 14 6 Broken Hill *> M J) —— Burns, Philp 3 3 6 3 6 6 Berlei (N.Z.) 4 0 0 •M* Colonial Sugar 53 2 6 59 0 0 Consol. Brick 0 9 11 M— David Jones ........ 1 18 6 M * D.I.C 1 0 9 - - Dunlop Rubber 1 5 0 Fletcher Holdings .. 1 6 0 Ditto, pref •—- 1 9 9 G. J. Coles ■ ■ ■ 3 6 0 Grlflin and Sons, £1 . I 11 9 Ditto, 10/0 15 9 __ General Indus. • 1 4 3 K.D.V. Boxes 13 o Macduffs. ord. 0 17 0 Ditto, pref cl 7 6 McKenzies ♦ . • __ 3 6 6 Mackay Logan 1 15 9 Metter's (N.Z.) 0 17 9 MM N.Z. Farm, Fert. .... MM xl 4 9 N.Z. Newspapers .... —— z 3 « Reid Rubber 1 9 9 Sharland and Co. ... 1 10 9 Ditto pref. .:...... 111 3 *M Silknit (N.Z.) 1 8 0 Taranaki Oilfields .... — 0 3 3 Ditto, Develop. .... 0 1 0 Moturoa Oil — 0 2 8 Wilson’s Cement 0 19 4; it *** Woolworths, pref. ... 2 0 0 MM> Gillespie’s Beach .... M_ 0 0 5 Moonlight Gold —— 0 0 10 Jones Nevis —M 0 1 0 Snowy River 0 7 3 Mt. Lyell — 12 u ML Morfin 0 8 o UNOFFICIAL LIST. Nelson Freezing CM. .. 4 19 0 Selfridges (N.Z.). £1 0 18 0 British Std. Portland Cement, 5/- pd. .. 0 1 0 Ditto, 15/. pd O 4 0 0 5 0 Ward and Co. tin liquidation) .... 0 9 0 0 9 VVgt-n. Publishing Co. 4 9 0 c, cum. dividend. x, ex dividend.

WELLINGTON. No. ot Sale Price. shams L‘ s. d. 7u Nat. Bank of N.Z o 15 0 40 Union Bank 8 6 6 £ uno N.Z. Loan & Merc 10 ’ 0 64 Wellington Trust & Loan •4 0 100 Dunlop Rubber 1 5 0 160 G. .T. Coles CD 3 6 o *Late sale Friday.