STOCK & SHARE MARKET

Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 113, 16 May 1938, Page 12

STOCK & SHARE MARKET

MONDAY, MAY 16, 1938. Buyers. Sellers. ; £ S. d. i> 8. (1. N.Z. Government Loans— 3\4" p.c. Inscr. Stock, 15/9/1039-43 99 17 0 — 3V4 p.e. Inscr. Stock, 15/3/1941-43 1.00 0 0 — 3% p.c. Inscr. Stock, 15/9/1941-43 100 0 0 — 3% p.c. Inscr. Stock, 15/11/1938-52 t 103 7 6 — 3^4.-p.c. Inscr. Stock, 15/1/1953-57 08 0 0 - 4 p.c. Inscr. Jtock, 15/2/1943-46 103 0 0 — 4 p.c.' Inscr. Stock. 15/4/1946-49 W3 0 0 — | 1 p.c. Inscr. Stock, 15/6/1952-55 .. 104 0 0 — 4 p.c. • Bonds, 15/2/ j 1943-40 .. 103 0 0 — 4 p.c. Honds, '5' 4/1946-49 103 0 0 — : 5 p.c. Rural Bonds, 15/9/1947 102 5 0 — BanksAustralasia 917 0 ■ Comm. Banking Co., Sydney - 21 0 0 National of N.Z — 2 13 3 New South Wales .. X 1 e New Zealand 240 248 New Zealand D Long Term ...* 19 0 ~ n Union of Aust 9 0 0 Financial— Dalgety and Co. ....* — 803 0 Equitable Bldg. Co. . — nan Newton King (pref.) . — u « u N.Z. Guarantee Corp. 0 4 5 — N.Z. Invest. Mort. & n e D. 0 0 0 — N.Z. and River Plate 011 0 013 6 Wgton. Trust Loan .. — o 10 u GasWellington (ord.) .... 1 16 9 InsuranceNational of N.Z * - 018 0 South British J 6 0 > 2 7 6 Meat PreservingGear Meat • *- . °. 18 9 Transport— Huddart Parker (pref.) , 18 9 - WoollenBond's Hosiery Mills — 9 17 6 Kaiapoi - 0 11 9 Kaiapoi (contnb.) .... — X'-ir nTimaru — .° " Bruce (pref.) — i I ■\+ ■ ■ . Cual— Taupiri 0 17 6 Timber— Rotoiti •••••• ?,o 2 Rotoiti (pref.) , 010 o BreweriesCarl ton 3 6 0 N.Z. Breweries ..... 2 4 6 ~ Tooth and Co 2 17 3 Queensland ~~ * 4 Miscellaneous— Anthonv Hordern ... — 019 0 Aust. Glass * 412 0 - Brokefi Hill Pty. 3 1 9 3 2 3 Broken Hill Pty. (contrib.) # - • 117 9 Burns, Philp, and Co. —■ 215 9 Clause Neon (Sydney) 2 7 9 — Colonial Sugar - 49 0 0 Consol. Brick & Pipe , — 0 9 0 Denhard (ord.) — 0 8 "> Denjiard (pref.) J 1 2 Vo i Dtinlop-Perdnau 119 124 Electro. Zinc (8 p.c. > part pref.) 2 6 6 G. J. Coles — „ 4 3 9 Hume Pipe 0 19 0 — McKenzie'fl , * — 39# 0 Milburn Lime —. 11° 6 Moturoa Oil _■ 0 3 0 0 4.0 N.Z. Farmers' Fertiliser •.... ~ 019 ® N.Z. Paper Mills ..* — 15 0 N.Z. tfaper Mills (rights) | • ••• - 019 WooTworths Ltd. ,00 (ord.) — 12 3 Woolvvorths (N.Z.) (ord,) - * 1 9 Wootworths* Ltd, (rights) ...... v ... 03 9% — Griffen and, Sons ... — 0 15 0 R. G. Kain (pref.) .* — 017 0 Mining— ■ Argo * ~~ Big River 0,1, 0 — Consol. Goldfields ... — 010 Martha — JJ 13 3 Mossy Creek ........ — Old Nemona ............f' 0 1 4 Skippers ........... -® °WS Waihi Grand June. — 0 30 AustralianBroken Hill South .* 110 0 111 0 Mount Lyell ——* — 16 3 Mount Morgan Of* 8. 3 0 8 9 North Broken"Hill .. — .289 UNOFFICIAL LIST. Buyers. Seller's. £ a.'d. £ s. d. Frozen Product?, Ltd. — 0 10 0 National Tobacco .... "Vr- 2 13 6 John Duthie (pref.) . »- 13 6 Selfridgs's . (A'asia) Ltd. ..0 16 3 017 0 South Wellington Pictures t ?- 0 19 6 Charming Creek Westport Coal — 10 0 Crown Theatre (16s 6d paid) 0 • 0 0 7.6 BUSINESS TRANSACTED. Sales-made late on Saturday:— No of shares. £ s. d. 100 National Bank of N.Z. 213 2 500 N.Z. Guarantee Corp. 0 4 6 325/ National Insurance ...* 017 10 50 Carlton Brewery ....... 3 6 7% 100 Broken Hill 3 1 9 125 G. J. Coles 4 3 5 200 Taranaki Oil 0 7 5 110 Woolwprths, Ltd. (riglits) 0 3 10% *Cum div. tEx div. PRICES OF BASE METALS | (By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright.) j LONDON, May 13. The official London (middle) quotations, as reported by the Australian Mintes and Metals Association, compare with those previously cabled as follows:— May 12. May 13. * Per ton. Per ton. i £ s. d. £ -s. d.

CopperStandard, spot 38 15 0 38 11 10| Ditto, forward 38 19 4J 38 15 7J Electrolytic . 42 15 0 42 10 0 to 43 15 0 43 10 0 Wire bars .. 43 15 0 43 10 0 LeadSpot 14 10 7i 14 6 10! Forward .... 14 14 4J 14 11 10J Spelter— • Spot ........ 12 19 4J 12 18 1J Forward 13 8 1J 13 1 10& TinSpot 169 7 6 168 7 6 Forward .... 169-12 6 169 1 3 Silver—* Standard, per oz 18 11-16 d 18 11-16 d Fine 20 3-16 d 20 3-16 d Quotations for other metals, with those for the previous week in parentheses, are as follows:— *Pig Iron.—Home trade, 109s a ton (same); export, not quoted.. Antimony.—British, £75 iOs a ton (same); foreign, £45 10s a unit (£47); tellers, nominal (same). Molybdenite.—44s a unit nominal (same). Wolfram.—39s 6d a unit nominal. DOLLAR RATES. The Associated Banks (other than the Bank of New South Wales) quoted the following dollar rates, on a New Zealand currency basis. They are subject to alteration without notice. U.S.A. Canadian. Dollars. Dollars. (Per £1 (Per £1 N.Z.) N.Z.) Selling- • T.T 3.98 3-8 4.0H On demand ~ 3.983 4.01 15-16 Buying— On demand ~. 4.02 5-8 4.05 15-16