FINANCE & COMMERCE

Dominion, Volume 38, Issue 3, 28 September 1944, Page 6

FINANCE & COMMERCE

WELLINGTON EXCHANGE Yesterday’s Quotations

The latest buying and selling quotations recorded yesterday on the Wellington Stock Exchange were as follows:— - Buyers.. Sellers.

Sales In New Zealand 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:—

Inscr. Stock, 24 per cent., 1/10/53, £95; ditto, 3 per cent., 15/9/32-w, £97/10/-; ditto, 3 per cent., .15/5/53-56, £3B/5/-; ditto, 4 per cent., 15/5/49-52, £lO-1/5/-; Bank o£ N.Z., £2/4/7, (2) £2/4/9; National Insurance, £l/4/3; South British Insurance,. £3/18/-; Gear Meat, £l/0/-; N.Z. Refrig., £l/8/-; Renown collieries, pref., 2/9; Dominion Breweries (2), £2 3/3; British Tobacco, £2/8/0; Broken Hill Pty., £2/5/-; Colonial Sugar, £57/5/-; Fletcher Holdings, £l/0/-; ditto, new, £1 6/-; H.M. Arcade Theatre, 14/10; Milne and Choyee, £l/10/-; Wilson’s Cement. 19/3; Woolworths (N.Z.), £l/0/10; Mt. Morgan, 7/9. CHRISTCHtTKCK. Inscr. Stock, 3- per cent., 15/5/53-50, £9B 5/-; South British Insurance, £3/17/-; Christchurch Gas, £l/6/-; Westport Coal, £l/5/9; Ballins Breweries, 18/-; Otago Daily Times, £2/1/-; Mt. Lyell. £l/11/-. DUNEDIN. British Tobacco, £2/8/8; Fletcher Holdings, new, £l/6/-; N.Z. Paper Mills (odd lot), £2/1/-; Associated Gold Dredges, 5/-. Dividends Declared The Dunedin Brewery and Wilson Malt: Co., Ltd., has declared an interim dividend of 2J per cent, for the half-year ended August 31. free of all taxes and payable on October 2. The Electrolytic Zinc Co., Ltd., has declared final dividends of 5 per cent on both ordinary and preference shares, making 9 per cent, for the year ended Juno 30, an unchanged rate, and payable on December S. Transfer books close on October 10 and re-open on October 12. The South British Insurance Co., Ltd., advises that transfer books close October 13-26 inclusive, preparatory to payment of the final dividend. London Stock Exchange i LONDON, September 26. On the Stock Exchange today prices for corporation debentures and stocks compared with previous quotations as fol-

Gold Mining Tim Slab Hut return last week was 46 ounces for 117 hours, from 20,300 yards. Associated Gold Dredges last, week returned 247} ounces for 317} hours from 68,272 yards.

£ s. d. £ s. d. 21 p.c., l/S/46 98 15 0 —— 2 k p.c., 15/9/47 98 o 0 ■ - . 98 15 0 2j p.c.; 15/6/47-49 .... 97 '0 0 24 p.c., 15/4/49-51 95 15 U o A p <». 1/10/53 ....... 94 15 - 0 3" p.c.,’ 1/8/01-51 98 7 6 3 p.c., 15/9/52-55 .... —— 97 15 9 3 p.c., 15/5/53-56 .4* 98 2 6 —— 3 p.c., 15/12/53-5(5 «••• 97 17 6 —» 3 p.c., 15/4/60-63 .... 97 5 0 3} P.C., 15/1/56-50 .... 160 5 0 mm. 31- p.c.,' 15/1 /53-57 .. • ■ —m. 102 0 0 4'p.c., 30/11/1948 .... 103 15 0 4 p.c., 15/4/46-40 .... — 102 15 0 4 p.c., 15/6/52-55 .... 100 10 0 1 p.c.,. 31/5/54-58 .••• 106 15 0 -m— Bank of Adelaide .. 5 IS 0 Coin. Bank Aust —— 0 18 3 Ditto, pref —— 11 5 0 Coin. Bank Sydney ... am 22 0 0 E.S. and A. Bank ... «—• 4 8 0 Nat. Bank of N.Z. ... —m 2 16 6 Bank of N.Z '. 2 4 4 Union Bank Aust. ... 8 5 6 aa. Nat. - Bank A/asia ... 12 2 6 um Abraham & Williams, — 0 11 0 Equit. - Buildings .... cl 1 9 Goldsbrough Mort .. 1 11 3 mm. Newton King. pref. 13 3 mmm N.Z. Inv. M. & D 0 10 9 AA Loan & Mercantile .. 72 10 0 m. W EC A. t nrcf. 0 10 6 m. . Wgtn. T. & Loan ... 4-2 0 ■M 3 7 6 AM Auckland Gas ....... 0 7 10 South British Ins. ... 3 19 0 Canterbury Meat 14 5 0 AA Wgtn. Meat Export .. 0 13 6 «A» P. aud. 0 2 10 0 - - Union Steam, pref. .. 1 11 8 ■mm Kaitangata Coal .... —— 1 11 6 Bonds Hosiery 2 6 0 mA Kelt &Textiles <mm. x2 17 8 Kaiapoi Woollen .... m. 14 0 Ditto, cont. ....... - ■- 0 9 0 Manawatu Knitting .. 2 7 6 Timaru Woollen • •••• lit) Wgtn. Woollen ...... ■mm 9 0 0 Rotoiti Timber 0 9 5 Taringamutu ...... 1 0 0 N.Z. Breweries ...••« 2 19 2 2 6 Dominion Breweries .. 2 2 9 Carlton Brewery ...« 8 9 0 mmm Ward & Co. (in iiq.) . mm. 0 0 8 Berlei (N.Z.) 4 6 0 ■m. Booth, iMac., ord. •••• 0 10 a. Ditto, pref. ■mm. xO 10 2 Broken Hill ......... — 2 5 0 Burns, Philp 8 5 6 Ditto, South Sea ... 13 6 aa Colonial Sugar . ■ 58 0 0 David Jones 1 19 0 Dunlop Bobber — XI 5 0 Electro. Zine, ord. ... C2 15 9 Pletcher Hold., new .. 15 6 16 6 Frozen Products mmm 0 18 0 General Industries .. 14 3 G. J.’Coles .......... s io e Griffin & Sons, £1 1 12 0 Ditto, 10/0 16 0 I.C.I., pref. 17 3 18 3 J. J. Niven .......... -- 110 Moturoa Oil «.••••••• 0 2 0 Macduffs, ord. Ama 0 17 0 Ditto, pref. •••••••• - 17 0 McKenzies •••••••«• 3 5 0 Matters (N.Z.) ....... 0 18 0 Mort's Dock 18 0 Myer Emporium ..... —m Cl 18 S National Electric .... mA. 1 15 0 N.Z. Paper Mills ..... mam. 2 2 0 Sharland & Co 111 6 Ditto, pref 1 12 0 — Silknit (N.Z.) ........ 17a Taranaki Oil — 0 3 0 Taranaki Develop. ... mn 0 1 0 Woolworths, Ltd. ..... xl 0 10 Woolworths (N.Z.) ... Am 113 Ditto, pref x2 0 0 Ditto, Prop. 19 0 Gillespie’s Beach .... A0 0 s Mt. Lyell 1 10 9 Woolworths Hold. (S. Africa) ......... 1 11 0 Aust. End. Jnv 0 5 0 c.cum. dividend. x, ex dividend.

WELLINGTON. No. of Salo price, shares. ft b. d. £(>00 Inscr. Stock, 3 per cent,. 15/4/60-03 *97 10 0 £1005 ditto, 4 p.c., 15/5/49-52 *10-1 5 0 £300 ditto, 4 p.c.. 15/6/52-55 .. *105 12 « 250. Bank of N.Z 2 4 fl 200 National Insurance .... 14 8 70 South British Insurance 3 18 O 350 Gear Meat (2) 1 fl 0 200 J. J. Niven 1 0 200 Woolworths Holdings (S. <i Africa) I 10 8 *Late sale Tuesday. • AUCKLAND.

lows:— Sept. £ <S. 12 Sept.. 26 d. £ s. d. Dalgely & Co., 4 p.c. 09 10 0 100 0 0 Dalgely & Co., shares 6 .10 0 6 10 0 British Tobacco .... 1 IS 0 1 18 0 Goldsbrough Mort. .. 1 3 !) 1 3 » P, 'aud. 0. Def 1 18 y 1 19 o