SHARE MARKET

Evening Post, Volume CXXXIII, Issue 28, 3 February 1942, Page 7

SHARE MARKET

Overseas Listings— Woolvrorths Holdings (S. j Africa) 0 17 0 — Sales made after going to press yesterday.— £515 3% p.c. Stock, 15/9/ CO, £101; £3000 War Loan, T953, £87 (2 sales) ; 100 Wellington Gas (pref.), £1 2s tjd; 100 Mac Duffs Ltd. (pref.), £1 Is; 200 Mount Morgan (ord.), Ss. Unofficial List. —J. J. Nlven and Co., buyers 10s. sellers Us 6d. *Cum div. ffiv div. (P.A.) AUCKLAND, This Day.1 Sales: Xevv Zealand Insurance, 64s 9d (2); Wpolworths (Sydney), 15s 2rt. (P.A.) DUXKDLV, This Day. Sales on 'Change: Bank of New Zealand, 395.

AUSTRALIAN STOCK EXCHANGES. (By Telegraph—Press Association Copyright.) SYDNEY, February 2. The latest development at Singapore further depressed the share market today, but sellers were far from panicky, and indeed were difficult to ilnd. Sales: National Bank, £5 paid, £5 2s Gd; Associated News, 8s Cd; Tooth's, 455; Coles, ex dividend, 48s 9d; Drug Houses, 27s 6d; Consolidated Industries, 37s Oil; General I Industries. 17s; Mort's Dock, IGs 3d; EleeI Lrolyttc Zinc, pref., 42s 9d; Broken Hill Proj prietary, 29s 3d; Emperor, Gs. I MELBOURNE, February 2. Sales: Commercial Bank of Australia, 12s I Id, Heralds, 455; Yarra Falls, 38s; Broken I Hill Proprietary, 295; North Brokens, 32s fid; Souths, 20s 6rt; Mount LyeJl, 32s 9d; Loloma, 13s 3d; Emperor, 6s. MINING RETURNS. (P.A.) DUNEDLN, February 2. The Gillespie's Beach return was 430z 3dwt for 128 hours from 15,858 yards. The Okarito washup was fioz Hkhvt for 120 hours. Argo Gold Dredging Company, Ltd., returned 260z for 10G hours and 11,000 yards. LOCAL EXCHANGE RATES. The Bank of New South Waif- nimtes telegraphic rates of exchange i New /eal.-iiid cur rency) on overseas centre.'- is follows:— On. Buying. Selling. I London, £ to fistg.loo 12-1 7 6 125 0 0 'Australia, £A to £100 . 100 10 0 100 0 0 Fiji. £F to £100 DO 0 0 88 12 li 'S. Africa, £ to ESAIOO 123 0 0 125 5 0 .New York. dols. to £1 . 3.2512 3,2050 Montreal, dols to £1 .. 3.G039 3,5290 I Java, fins, to £1 6.157 6.004 j India, Ceylon, d to rupee 22 3-16 22% i Singapore. NZd to 1 dol. 34%. 35% Rhodesia, £ to £RIOO .. 124 0 0 126 0 0

Buyers. Sellers. Tuesday, Feb. 3, 1942. £ s. d. £ s. d. N.Z. Govt Stocks — 2V> P-c., 1/8/1946 96 0 0 3% P.c, 15/1/1956-59 .. — 3y 2 p.c, 15/1/1953-57 . 101 10 0 4 p.c., 15/2/1943-46 ..102 5 0 4 p.c, 30/11/1948 ... — 4 p.c, 15/4/1946-49 ... 103 10 0 4 p.c, 31/5/1954-58 .. — 96 10 0 100 15 0 105 5 0 107 15 0 N.Z. Govt. Bonds— 4 p.c, 15/4/1946-49 .. 103 12 6 3% P.c. State Adv's, 1/9/1955-60 ......... — War Loan, 1/10/1953 ... 86 17 6 102 0 0 Other Debentures— Amalg. Brick, Wgton., 6 p.c, 31/3/1944 .. 101 10 0 Auckland Gas. Perp. Deb. — 90 0 0 Banks, Insurance, Finance — Comni. of Aust. (ord.) .t 0 13 3 New South Wales * 26 5 0 New Zealand — New Zealand D Long Term — Union of Aust. ■ — Dalgety and Co t. 6 8 0 Eguitable Bdg. Co. 5 p.c Perp. Deb. Stk 0 17 0 Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. 15 0 Newton King (pref.) .. — N.Z. Guarantee Corp. ... — N.Z. Loan & Merc (ord. stock) — Wairarapa Fmrs. (ord.) — Wairarapa Fmrs. (pref.) 0 5 0 Wton. Invest. T. & A. — 1 19 6 1 10 6 6 12 0 0 14 0 0 3 0 40 0 0 0 0 9 0 7 9 Other Shares — Wellington Gas (ord.) .f —- National of N.Z — South British 2 1 3 P. & O. Defd. Stk 1 12 0 Kaiapoi Woollen (pref.) 0 19 3 Manavvatu 1 S 0 Mosgiel 10 12 6 Oamaru 1 2 0 Timaru — Wellington (ord.) — Dominion Breweries (pf.) 1 10 6 Dominion (ord.) — Colonial Sugar — Consol. JBrick and Pipe — D.I.C. (ord.) 1 4 0 Electro. Zinc (ord.) ..f — G. J Coles t 2 14 0 MacDuffs (pref.) 1 0 6 N.Z. Farmers' Fertiliser — R. & E. Tingey (pref.) .. 12 0 United Provisions • — Wilson's (N.Z.) Cement . 0 17 9 Wool-worths Ltd. (ord|) . — Woolworths (N.Z.) (ord.) — Otago Daily Times 118 6 Araluira Dredge — Big River — 1 10 3 0 19 10 13 0 0 18 6 7 11 0 19 9 46 12 6 0 7 6 2 5!) Ill 110 0 10 6 0 15 3 fill 8 19 0 0 0 9