FINANCE & COMMERCE

Dominion, Volume 39, Issue 28, 27 October 1945, Page 9

FINANCE & COMMERCE

WELLINGTON EXCHANGE Yesterday’s Quotations

The latest buying and selling quotations recorded yesterday on the 'Wellington Stock Exchange were as follows: —

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; — WELLINGTON.

AUCKLAND. £250 laser. Stock, 2) p.c.. 15/6/47-4'J, £99/10/-; £l2OO ditto. 2J p.e.. 15/6/47-4'J, £99/12/6 (3); £2OO ditto, 3 p.C., lb/u/.>356, £lOO/15/-; £2OO ditto, 3 p.c., 15/12/ 53-56, £lOO/10/-; £l4OO ditto, 3 p.e., 10/2/ 55-58. £lOO/2/0 (5); £4OO ditto, 34 p.c., 15/9/57-00, £lOl/7/0; £240 ditto, 4 p.c., 15/5/49-52 £lO4/12/0; £lOO Auckland Gas, 5 p.e., 20/12/41), £lO5/10/-; 79 E.S. nnd A. Bank, £4/8/-; 300 Nat. Bank of N.Z., £2 18/-; 1020 Bank of N.Z., £2/10/-: <o South British Insurance. £4/(1/-; 200 Wellington Invest. Trustee, 9/0; 300 Auckland Gas 7/9; 300 Taupo Totaru, 7/9; 300 N.Z. Breweries. £2/0/9: 50 Broken Hill Pty., Ltd., £2/7/3; 200 Booth, MaeDonltld. preL, 9/0; 245 Milne and Choyce, deb., £l/10/3; 100 Reid Rubber, £l/11/3: 75 ditto, rights, 9/0; 200 Silknit (N.Z.), £l/8/0; 200 Emperor Mines. £1: 50 Mt. Morgan, 9/11; 100 ditto, 10/-; 25 Placer Develop., £4/17/-; 551) Wellington Alluvials. 4/2. Unofficial list: 110 Selfridge's, (N.Z.), 13/-. • Christchurch. £220 Inscribed Stock, 4 per cent., 1940-49, £lOO/5/-; 100 Westland Breweries, £l/12/6; 200 Hume Pipe, Aust., £l/2/0 (2); 300 Mt. Morgan, ord., 10/(3) ; 100 National Savings Bonds, 2a/9/4'J, £97/10/-; 70 E.S. and A. Bank, £4/17/9 (2); 100 Broken Hill • Pty., Ltd., £2/7/0; 500 Consolidated Bricks, 9/0; 50 Hays Ltd., ord.. £2/18/-; 100 Hume Pipe, Aust., £l/3/9; 200 Grey River (late Thursday), 11/0. Company Dividends . The Till Brewery, Limited, announces a final dividend of 5 per cent., making a total of 71 per cent, for the year, to be paid on November 28, 1945, and the transfer books of the company will be closed trom November 15 to 28, 1945, both days Inclusive. ~ , . , The directors of Bycroft, Ltd., have declared. an interim dividend of 4 per cent., payable on November 15. The share register eloses on Novei.nebr 5. Dredging Returns The return from flic Grey River Dredge for tile fortnight ended October 24 was 172,603 yards worked in 235 hours lor 481.8 ounces. ,o For tlio period ended September 18, North Kalgurli (1912) Ltd. treated 8214 net tons for n recovery of 2462 ounces. The return trom the Slab. Hut Creek dredge for the week ended October 19 was 89oz. from 22,162 yards in 129 hours. Wellington Poultry Prices Prices of live poultry in Wellington markets are quoted by Townsend and Paul, Ltd., as follows:— White Leghorns: Hens, best, o/- to 7/* each: others, 3/6 to 5/- each; cockerels, 1/6 to 1/9 lb., live weight, pullets, best, 10/- to 14/- each; others, 4/- to 7/- each. Black Orpingtons: Hens, heavy, 0/- to B/each; light. 4/6 to »/- each;, cockerels, heavy, I/O to 2/- lb., live weight; light. 1/tl to 1/8 II).. live weight. Rhode Island Reds: Cockerels, 1/9 to 2/2 lb., live weight. Roosters, 4/- to 7/6 each. Ducks—lndian Runner: Young. 10/- to 14/- each: old. it/- to S/(l each. I’t’kinYoung. 10/- Io 16/- each: old. 8/- to 10/eaeli Geese. <;/- to 8/- each. turkeys: 1/10 to 2/- Hl., live weight. Dressed poultry: Boilers heavy, ‘>/C to 8/6 each : llclit, 4/- to 5/6 eaeli: chickens, 1/8 to 2/2 Hi.: ducks. 6/- to 10/- eachi; geese, 0/- to S/- each; turkeys, 1/10 to -/- lb.

Buyers; Seilers 2i p.c., 1/8/46 £ s. d £ 8. d. 100 0 0 100 5 0 24 p.c., 15/4/48-51 .... 24 p.c., 15/4/50-51 .... III 10 0 — HI 10 0 — 24 P.c., 1/10/53 96 12 6 —— 3 p.c., 1/8/51-54 3 P.c., 15/0/52-55 .... 100 99 0 15 0 0 3 p.c., 15/5/M-50 wo 10 0 — 3 p.c., 15/12/53-56 .... 100 0 — 3 p.c., 15/4/60-63 .... 98 15 0 —M 4 p.e. f 15/0/52-55 105 15 0 —— Liberty Bds., 15/9/49 . 1 0 G —— Wool Bds., 1/2/48 ... 1 0 10 —— Ditto. 1/2/40 Wgtii. H.B., 4} p.c., 1 0 — 28/2/61 110 15 0 Com. Bank of Aust. .. 0 18 Ditto, pref 10 14 0 —— K. S. and A. Bank .. 4 10 6 Bank of N.S.W 34 5 0 Nat. Bank of N.Z. ... __ c2 10 3 Ditto. "D” cl 9 9 —- Union Bank of Aust. . —_ 8 6 0 Equitable Bldg 1 4 9 General Finance 0 17 9 Goldsbrough Mort ... 1 11 9 Loan & .Mere —to 70 10 0 W.F.C.A., pref 0 12 6 MM Wn. Trust Loan 4 3 6 — ■ ■■ Wright, Stephenson . 1 7 6 — Metro. Bldg. Society . 11 15 0 ■ ■■ Wgtn. Gas, pref 1 6 0 —— N.Z. Insurance 4 14 0 — Sth. British Insurance 4 5 0 MM Standard Ins 4 2 o 4 4 0 Gear Meat - 1 7 6 N.Z. Refrig Ditto, 10/1 13 0 0 14 11 —— Wgtn. Meat 0 15 0 —. Northern Steam 0 11 3 Feit & Textiles 3 1 0 Manawatu Woollen ... o 6 0 — Tlmaru Woollen 1 0 0 MM Wgtn. Woollen Ditto, pref 9 4 0 toM 9 5 0 to— Renown Collieries ... 0 12 0 Westport Coal 1 8 0 Bartholomew Timber .. 1 4 3 9 —— Kauri Timber National Timber ROtolti Timber 1 10 11 —— 0 8 0 fl 0 .... Ditto, pref 0 18 0 — Taupo Totara 0 7 4 —— Ditto, pref Dominion Breweries .. 0 10 0 UM 2 15 0 to— N.Z. Breweries 2 6 6 2 7 0 Tooth Breweries .... — 3 7 6 Westland Breweries . 1 12 4 —— Moturoa Oil (pref.) .. —to '0 3 0 A.C.I 2 17 6 — — Aust. Taper, 6 p.c., pref __ 1 12 0 Berlei (N.Z.) 6 0 0 —— British Tobacco 2 12 0 — Broken Hill Pty ■- - 2 7 3 Burns, Philp X3 17 0 u— 1 7 6 — Claude Neon (N.Z.) .. 1 19 0 — Colonial Sugar —— 59 0 0 Consol. Brick — 0 9 9 Electro. Zinc x2 19 6 —— Fletcher Holds. .....* - - 1 14 3 Frozen Products .... 0 19 0 1 0 6 G. J. Coles — 3 16 6 Grlffln & Sons c2 3 4 0 — Herald and Weekly . « 0 ' — Macduffs 0 1(1 o O 16 6 McKenzie’s 3 xl 5 5 3 6 6 Macky, Logan 16 0 Matters (N.Z.) 1 1 9 — Morris Hedstrom .... 2 10 0 National Electric N.Z. Farmers' Fert. .. 1 13 9 MM 1 6 8 to— N.Z. Forest Prods. .. 0 6 6 N.Z. Paper Mills 1 19 0 ■M— Otago Dally Tithes . 11 9 to— Reid Rubber, ex Bights 1 11 0 to— R.. & E. Tlngey, pref. Sharland and Co. ... —— 1 13 0 x1 15 0 a xl 15 0 ■ - Sllknlt (N.Z.) Ltd. .. 1 .8 0 — Victoria Laundry ... 0 15 0 0 19 0 W. & R. Carpenter . to 3 9 — Wilson’s Cement .... —— 0 10 3 Ltd — 1 4 6 Woolworthri (N.Z.) .. 1 4 0 —— Broken Hill Sth. ... ■—— 1 11 0 Emperor Mines ...... - 1 0 0 Loloina Mines ........ 1 0 Mt Lyell 1 1 0 0 9 9 Woolworths Holdings (South Africa) .. xl 12 0 —■to x. Ex dividend, c, Cum dividend.

No. of Sale price shares £ s. d. £7120 Inser.- Stock, 2j per cent., 1/10/53 00 15 0 £400 ditto, 2} p.c., 1/8/4). 100 2 (J £200 .ditto, 24 p.c., 1/8/41. 100 2 0 125 South British Ins 4 0 0 200 X-Z. Breweries 2 0 9 100 ditto 2 0 0 100 Electro. Zinc, pref., ex div 3 0 U 200 Silknit (N.Z.) 18 0 200 Maeduffs, Ltd., ord 0 10 3 700 Wilson's Cement 0 111 0 100 Xatioiial Bank of N.Z. .. 2 18 0 4 0 0 90ft N Z Bi’owpries [•’) *2 6 V uOO Booth Macdonald, pref. . ♦0 9 4 *0 10 3 110 ditto ... «0 10 3 *0 9 10 ♦0 <J 10 Unofficial list— 400 1’aparoa Coal 0 4 0 *1 17 (J ■ ' ' ‘Late sale '.Thursday.