THE SHARE MARKET

Evening Star, Issue 17328, 16 April 1920, Page 6

THE SHARE MARKET

DUNEDIN STOCK EXCHANGE. Tho market was quiet at the first call to-day, no sales being reported or recorded . f i m 'r "] g hon was Poetically ne.,l ected la and Mount Lvells bciiT* ho only .stock quoted. In investment scrip i *%,£ '"i'f fair!y *****? at £560 buyer £oßo seller. Buyers of Huddarts have firmed to 58s 3d, but holders remain at o9s; while Westport Coals had inauiry at id, with & teller at 535. Donaghv's Lopes are strong at 30s 6d buyer, 3?s seller. Both issues of New Zealand Relngcrators were quoted at late rates, and Cental Preserves were wanted at 31s, but without attracting a seller. Howard .Smiths have had a sharp rise, and were fought for at 50s 3d. Papuan Products continue in demand at 2s 6d, with se'Ws at 2s 7d. Quotations : —Mining Talisman Consolidated—Sel 9/. Mount Lyell—Buy 26/5, sol 26/9. —lnvestment. Bank of Australasia—.s'el £145. National Bank of N.Z.—Buy £5 17/6 sel £7 2.6. '' Union Bank of Australia, Ltd.—Buy £l3 16/. National Insurance Co.—Sal 80'6. South British Insurance—Buy £9 12/. Standard Insurance Co.—Sei"66/6. P. and 0. Deferred Stock Trust—Bnv £560. sel £SBO. J Union Steam Ship Co. (pref.)—Buy 21/2. Iluddart-Parker (ord.!—Buy 58/3, sel 59/. Westport Coal Co.—Buy 32/3, sel 33/. V.'eHtport-Stockton (ord.)—Buy 8,7 sel 8/11. Westport-Stockton (pref.)—Buv 10/6. N.Z. Coal and Oil—Sel 5/. .Brown, E'wing, and Co. (ord.)—Buv 26/. Brown, Ewing, and Co. (pref.)—Bnv 21/6. D.I.C. (pref.)—Buy 21/6. Goldsbrough, Mort—Buy 50/, sel 51/. Wright, Stephenson (ord.)—Buy £9 12/6. Dominion Rubber—Buy 43/, s'el 46/ N.Z. Malay Rubber (ord.)—Buy 28/. Donaghy's Rope and Twine—Buy 30'6, sel 32/. Dunedin-Kaikorai Trams—Buy 21/6. N.Z. Refrigerating (naidi— Buy 51/, sel 51/3. N.Z. Refrigerating (cont.)—Buv 29/, sel 29/4. ' ' •' Wellington Meat—Buy £5 2/6. Central Otago Preserves—Buy 31/. Mossiel Woollen Factory—Buv £6' 17/. M'Leod Bros. Soap—Buy £ls. N.Z. Paper Mills—Buv 38/9. sel 40/. N.Z. Drug Co. (£2 paid)—Buv 67/. N.Z. Drug Co. (£1 paid)— Buy 25/ p. N.Z. Hardware (ord.)—Buv 17/6, eel 18/. N.Z. Hardware- (pref.)—Buy 18/, p.el 20/. Milburn Lime and Cement—Buy 39/, sel 40/. Milburn Lime and Cement (rights)—Buv 7/6, sel B,'. ' Otago Daily Times' —Buv 52/. Papuan Products—Buy 2/6, s'el 2/7. Perpetual Trustees—Buy 30/. M'Gavin anl Co.—Buy ' 9/6. Howard Smith—Buy 50/3, sel 52/. —Debentures.— N.Z. Government War Bonds, 1938 (4A per cent.)—Sel £95 5/.