COMMERCIAL

Evening Star, Issue 25700, 25 January 1946, Page 6

COMMERCIAL

SHARE MARKET. The only business on 'Change this morning was a reported sale' of £I,OOO worth. of 3 per cent, stock. May, 1953-56, at £IOO, a buyer still offering £99 17s 6d. The 3 per cent, stock, 1956-59, was quoted at £IOO 2s 6d-£IOO 7s 6d, and 3 per cent, stock, 1952-55, was sought at £IOO ss. All insurance issues were sought; National at 265, New Zealand at 100 s, South British at 90s, and Standard at ; 85s. Buyers were quoting £9 for Bank of Australasia and £7 18s 6d for Union Bank. There were sellers of New Zealand Eefrigerating (cont.) at 15s 3d, of Southland Frozen Meat (ord.) at 595, and South Otago at £6 10s. WELLINGTON WOOLLEN MANUFAC TURING COMPANY. . The directors of the Wellington Woollen Manufacturing" Company Ltd. have declared an interim dividend of 3 per cent; on,'! both the ordinary, ; arid .preference shares, for the half-year ended 31, 1945. ' ■'■■."■ SALES ON 'CHANGE: THIS DAY. Dunedin.—Reported: 3 per cent. Stock, May, 1953-56, £IOO (£1,000). Auckland. —Morning sales: Bank of New South Wales, £33 10s; North Auck. land Farmers (B pref.), 18s 6d; Broken Hill, 46 s 6d; J. J. Niven, 245. Noon call: Bycroft, 57s 6d; Colonial Sugar, £SB; Wilsons Cement, 18s 3d; Stock, 2j per cent. (June, 1947-49), £99 7s 6d. Christchurch.-—Wool Bonds (1949), 20s 8d (2). Reported: New Zealand: Insurance (late yesterday), £5 Is; South British (late yesterday), 91s, 90s 6d; Greater Crystal Palace, (late sale), 235; Radio (1936), 225; Dalgetys, £9.