WELLINGTON STOCK EXCHANGE.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LII, Issue 269, 13 October 1932, Page 5

WELLINGTON STOCK EXCHANGE.

YESTERDAY’S BUSINESS AND PRICES. Some fluctuations were noticeable l on the Wellington stock and ahare market yesterday, but on tho whole values were fairly steady. Thoro was again a good inquiry for Government loans, slight advances in bids being recorded in some cases. Tho 44 per oonts., 1939 and 1938, moved up 2s 6d to 5s to £95 2s 6d and £95 ss. Tho 64 per cents., 1936 and 1937, were steady at £99 7s 6d, sellers asking par for the 1936 bonds and the September, 1937, stocks. The 5s per cent, 1937, were 5s firmer at £96 ss. Wellington Gas 64 per cent, debentures were wanted at par, sellers asking £lO2 Wellington Harbour Board 54 per cents., 1940, were steaxiy at £99 15s. Bank of New Zealand had five sales at 465. Closing buyers offored 45s 9d, with sellers at 46s 2d. The long term mortgage shares eased another 3d to 295, Australasias mado a sharp advanoo of 3& fid to £lO, but sellers stayed out. Commercial of Australia ordinaries were done at 15s 6d, buyers offering 14s 5d at the close. Now South Wales firmed 2s 6d to £2B, sellers staying at £2B 10s. Union of Australia wore Is easier at £7 15s. Goldsbrough, Morts allowed a further doclino to 23s 6d, sellers asking 24s Id. There were sellers of New Zealand Loan and Morcantiles at £SB ss. An improved inquiry for gas shares was recorded, Wellington preference firming 9d to 18s. In the insurance section prices showed no change, except in the caso of Nationals, which.eased 5d to 14s, sellers asking 14s 7d. New Zealand Breweries had a sale on ’chango at 28s 6d, the closing quotations being buyers 28s 4d, sellers* 295. British Tobacco ordinaries were 3d easier at 31s 3d, sellers t32s 9d. No chango occurred in the quotations for othor miscellaneous shares. Moturoa Oil ordinaries were 3d up at 4s. Consolidated Goldfields had a sale at Bs. YESTERDAY’S QUOTATIONS. Buying and soiling quotations at yesterday’s final call on tho Wellington Stock Exchange were as follow: —

YESTERDAY’S SALES. The following sales were report ed on llio stock exchange of the Dominion yesterday : Wellington.—Sale on ’Change: N.Z. Breweries, £1 8& 6d. Sales reported : Bank ot New Zealand (5), £2 6s; Commercial Bank of Aust., 14s 6d; Consolidated Goldfields, Bs. Auckland. —Bank of Australasia, £lO Is 6d; Now Zealand Insurance, £2 3s; South British Insurance (2), £2 17s; New Zealand Broweries, £1 8s 6d; Okarito, 8s 7^d. Christchurch. —Sales on ' ’Change.—lnscr. Stock, 5£ p.c., 1936, £99 15s; Bank of Australasia, £lO 2s 6d; Commercial Bank of Aust. (2), 14s 7d; E.S. and A. Bank, £4 13s 6d; National Bank of Australasia, £5 paid (2), £5 15s 6d: National Bank of New Zealand (2), £3 19s; Bank of New Zealand (2), £2 5s lOd, £2 5s 9d; Goldsbrough, Mort, £1 3s lOd, £1 4s. £1 3s lid, £1 4s; N.Z. Refrigerating, 10s paid, 3s 6d, (2) 3s sd, (2) 3s 4d; Christchurch Gas, £1 ss; Tooth’s Brewery, £1 12s 3d; Dunlop Rubber, 14s 8d; Mount Lyell (2), £1 Is Id; Blackwater, 17s 9d; Golden Dawn, 4s lOd, 4s 9d; Golden Point (6), 7d; King Solomon, Is 10£d; Mahakipawa, pref., 7d; Okarito, 8s 7d; Waitahu, disc., 3d. Sales reported: Bank of New Zealand (2), £2 5s lid; South British Insurance, £2 17s; Goldsbrough, Mort (2), £1 4s 3d. Dunedin. —Sales on ’Change: N.Z. Refrigerating, 10s paid, 3s 6d; Waihi Grand Junction. 3s 4d. Sales reported: Govt. Bonds, 4£ p.c., 1938, £95 ss; Bank of New Zealand, £2 6s.

SYDNEY STOCK EXCHANGE. SYDNEY, Oct. 12 The Stock Exchango market was less active to-day, but prices generally were firm. Sales.—Bank of New South Wales, £3l 12s fid; Commercial Bank of Sydney, £l7 7s 6d; Colonial Sugar, £54 12s 6d; Adelaide Steam, 21s 3d; Fairymead Sugar, 26e 6d; Millaquin Sugar, 28s 6d; Tooths, 36s 0d; Tooheys, 235; Carlton Brewery, 35s 7£d; British Tobacco, 36s 6d; Goldsbrough, Mort., 275; Winchcombe, Carson, 24s 10£d; Henry Jones, 355; Australian Glass, 455; Berlei, 26s 3d; Taranaki Oil, 2s 8d; Broken Hill Ppy., 23s fOJd; Zinc Corporation, 30s. Commonwealth Bonds, 4 per cent., 1938, £lOl 18s 9d; 1941, £lOl 17s 6d: 1944, £lO2 7s 6d; 1950, £101: 1955, £lOl 17s 6d; 1957, £102; 1959, £lO2 13s 9d. . P. AND 0. DEFERRED SHARES. LONDON, Oct. 11.

P. and 0. deferred shares sold to-day at 19s 2Jd, compared with 19s 3 3-4 d on Monday.

N.Z. GOVT. LOANS— Buyers. Sellers. £ a. d. £ s. d. 4£ p.c. Bonds, 1941 ... 94 15 0 — 44 p.c. ditto. 1939 95 2 6 — 4£ p.c. ditto, 1938 95 5 0 — 5£ p.c. ditto, 1936 99 7 6 100 0 0 5& p.c. Bonds, Pub.. 1937 99 7 6 5j p.c. Bonds, Sept., 1937 99 7 6 — 5£ p.c. ditto, 1937 96 5 0 — 44 p.c. Stock, 1939 95 5 0 — 44 p.c. ditto, 1938 95 5 0 — 5Jr p.c. ditto, 1936 99 7 6 — 54 p.c. Stock. Eeb, 1937 99 7 6 54 p.c. Stock, Sept., 1937 96 5 0 DEBENTURES— Well. Harb. Bd., 54 p.c., 1940 99 15 0 — Waipawa, 5 p.c., 1942 Well. Gas Co — 94 0 0 00 0 0 102 0 0 Well. Racing Club ... — 92 0 0 BANKSAustralasia 10 0 0 — Comm, of Aust., ord. 0 14 5 0 14 8 E.S. and A — 4 17 6 National of N.Z — 4 0 0 Nat. of A’aeia., £5 .... . — 5 19 0 Now South Wales ... 28 0 0 28 10 0 New Zealand 2 5 9 2 6 2 Ditto, long term ... 1 9 3 — Union FINANCIAL— 7 15 0 — Abraham and Williams, pref — 3 5 0 Goldsbrough, Mort ... 1 3 6 1 4 1 N.Z. Guar. Corp., ord — •0 5 9 N.Z. In vest.. Mort., Deposit — 0 8 6 N.Z. Loan and Merc. — 58 5 0 Well. Invest., T. & A. — 0 8 0 Well. Trust, Loan ... Wright, Stephenson, 4 17 6 T pref — 0 16 6 GASAuckland 1 1 0 — Christchurch 1 4 10 1 5 4 Christchurch, contrib 0 1 7 — Wellington, ord * 1 11 0 Ditto, pref 0 18 0 — INSURANCE— Aust. Prow Assoc. ... 0 4 9 — National 0 14 0 0 14 7 Now Zealand 2 2 6 2 3 3 Queensland 2 3 0 — South British MEAT PRESERVING— 2 16 6 Gear — 1 15 0 Meat Export, pref. ... 0 16 9 — TRANSPORT— Huddart, Parker, ord. — 1 10 0 Union Steam, pref. ... 1 0 6 — P. and 0. clef, stock 1 1 9 — WOOLLEN— Wellington, ord — 5 9 0 COAL— Westport — 0 13 0 TIMBER— National — 0 7 0 Taringamutu — 0 5 0 BREWERIES— N.Z. Breweries 1 8 3 1 9 0 Staples and Co 1 6 0 1 7 3 Tooth and Co — 1 13 0 MISCELLANEOUS— British Tobacco, ord. 1 11 3 1 12 9 Burns, Philp 2 3 0 2 5 fc Colonial Sugar 47 15 0 48 15 0 Dental and Medical . — 0 6 6 Dunlop' Perdriau 0 14 0 0 15 3 Electro. Zinc, ord 0 16 0 — Ditot, pref *1 6 0 1 6 6 N.Z. Drug Farmers’ Fertiliser ... 2 19 6 3 1 9 — 0 17 0 Wellington Cordage ... 0 6 0 0 10 0 Wilson’s Cement — 1 13 3 Newton King, pref. ... 0 4 0 '— OIL— Moturoa, ord 0 4 0 — Taranaki 0 2 4 0 2 10 MINING— Consol. Goldfields 0 7 9 — King Solomon — 0 2 0 Mount Lyell 1 1 0 1 1 3 Waihi 0 17 0 *0 17 6 Big River, Is paid ... 0 1 0 — Golden Sands — •Cura, dividend. 0 2 0