WELLINGTON STOCK EXCHANGE.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 313, 1 December 1933, Page 5

WELLINGTON STOCK EXCHANGE.

YESTERDAY’S BUSINESS AND PRICES. Trading was small, but there was a bright tone on the Wellington Stock Exchange yesterday, values generally being firm on an active and well-spread demand. Government loans attracted more attention, quotations being steady at last rates. The 4 per cent. 6tock, 1955, was again traded at £lO2. Local body debentures were extremely quiet, and Wellington City, 5j per cents., 1940, shaded 5s to £lOl 15s. Practically no change was seen in bank shares, which were very quiet. Pastorals were very firm. Dalgetys strengthened to £lO ss, sellers coming in at £lO 11s. Goldsbrough Morts advanced to 31s, sellers asking Is higher. National Mortgage, A’s, moved up another Is to 595. There were very minor movements in gas, insurance, and meat shares. There was an improved inquiry for timber shares. New Zealand Breweries shaded to 36s lOd, following a sale late on Wednesday at 375. Firm conditions ruled for miscellaneous industrials and others, which were in strong demand, with few sellers showing. New Zealand Drugs were fid up at 72s 6d. Mining shares were dull. Bell Kilgours at Is 2d, and Big Rivers at Is, were the only traders. Waihis were a shade better at 26s 6d. YESTERDAY’S QUOTATIONS. Yesterday’s buying and selling quotations on the Wellington Stock Exchange were as follow: —

SYDNEY STOCK EXCHANGE. MARKET IRREGULAR. * SYDNEY, Nov. 30. On the Sydney Stock Exchange to-day, industrial stocks developed irregularity and price movements on the whole favoured buyers. Commonwealth loans were, however, firmer. Sales: Bank of New South Wales, £32 ss; National Bank, £5 paid, £6 11s; Bank of Australasia, £l2 7s; Colonial Sugar, New Zoaland delivery, £6l 17s 6d; Associated News, 20s 9d; ditto, pref., 30s 3d; British Tobacco, 36s 10id; Tooths, 41s 3d; Tcoheys, 23s 6d; Carlton Brewery, 43s 3d; Dunlop, Perdriau, 19s 3d; Goldsbrough Morts, 31s 6d; Dalgctys, £lO 8s; Australian General Assurance, 11s 9d; Anthony Hordern, 13s 4d; Standard Cement, 16s 6d; Drug Houses of Australia, 17s 6d; Commonwealth Wool, 19s; David Jones, 365; Winchcombe, Carson, 29s 9d; Wilcox, Moffhn, 11s 3d; Nestles, pref., 34s - 3d; Mt. Lvell, 22s 4£d; Broken Hill Proprietary, 29s 4£d; South Broken Hill, 645; Mt. Morgan, six weeks, 58s. BASE METALS MARKET. COPPER. DOWN; TIN' FIRMER. LONDON, Nov. 29. The official London (middle) quotations for Wednesday; as reported by the Australian Mines and Metals Association, com. pare as under with those previously cabled :

Buyers Sello •W N.Z. GOVT. LOANS— £ s. f! £ *. j. 4 p.o. Bonds, 1946 101 15 0 4 p.c. ditto, 1049 101 0 0 — 34 p.c. . Ins. Stk., 1939-43 100 15 0 — 34 p.c. ditto, 1938-43 ...100 15 0 — 3| p.c. ditto, 1938-52 ... — 100 15 0 4 p.Ci ditto, 1940 101 15 0 102 5 0 4 p.c. ditto, 1946 101 7 6 — 4 p.c. ditto, 1949 100 15 0 — 4 p.c. ditto, 1955 — 102 5 0 DEBENTURES— Well. City, 5£ p.c., 1940 101 15 0 — Wairere E.P. Bd., 6 p.c., 1961 -. — 102 10 0 Waitorao C.C., 6 p.c.. 1961 — 102 10 f Well. Gas Co 102 0 0 — Well. Racing Club ... 95 15 0 — BANKS— Australasia — 12 12 0 Comrcl. of Aust., ord. 0 16 9 0 16 11 Conn'd. Banking Co.. Sydney 17 5 0 17 8 0 Eng., Scot, and Aust. +5 11 0 — National of N.Z 4 2 0 — National 01 Australasia. £10 paid — +13 10 0 Ditto, £5 paid +6 7 0 6 10 0 New Zealand *2 7 7 2 8 0 Union of Aust — 9 18 0 FINANCIAL— Dalgety and Co 10 5 0 10 11 0 Goldsbrough, Mort and Co 1 11 0 1 12 0 National Mortgage, “A” 2 19 0 — National Mortgage, “B” 1 10 0 •— N.X Guarantee Corp.. ord., cum. rights ... 0 8 2 0 8 9 IS./., invcai., .wort, and Deposit 0 4 6 — N.Z. Loan and Merc., ord. stock — 61 10 0 N.Z. and River Plate 1 5 0 — Well. Invest. T. & A. 0 6 0 — General Finance *— 1 0 0 GAS— Auckland 1 3 5 — Ditto, contrib 0 17 0 0 17 8 Christchurch 1 8 0 Wellington, ord — 1 14 ( INSURANCENational of N.Z 0 18 11 0 19 3 New Zealand 2 15 6 — Queensland 2 18 0 — South British 3 14 6 — M I'lA r I'KE&bRVING— Gear Meat cum rights — 1 13 3 N.Z Refrig, £1 paid 0 19 8 1 0 2 Ditto, 10s paid 0 9 8 0 9 10 Well. Meat Exp., ord. — 0 6 0 TRANSPORT— Union Steam, pref. ... 1 4 6 — COAL— Kaitangata, lully paid — 1 6 t Pukemiro !" 0 19 9 — Westport-StockP pref 0 2 1 — TIMBER— Bartholomew 0 9 6 — Kauri *0 15 0 — Taringamutu Totara . 0 2 6 — Taupo Totara 0 2 6 — BREWERIES— N.Z. Breweries *1 16 10 1 17 3 MISCELLANEOUSBritish Tobacco, Aust. — 1 17 6 Colonial Sugar 60 10 0 — Dominion Investments 1 10 0 — Donaghys Rope and Twine 2 5 6 — Dunlop Perdriau 0 19 0 0 19 3 Electrolytic Zinc, 8 p.c. part pref — 1 14 3 Farmers’ Co-op. Auct. 2 15 0 — N.Z. Drug 3 12 6 — N l'aimers’ l‘ortiliser 0 16 10 — N.Z. Paper Mills 1 8 0 — Prestige i X.Zj. Ltd., pref • — 1 2 0 Sharland and Co., ord. 1 2 9 — Ditto,' pref 1 2 9 — Wilsons Cement — 1 6 9 Woohvorths (N.Z.) Ltd., ord. ' +4 12 6 ' Dominion Fertiliser ... 0 16 0 — Woohvorths, L., secend pref — 1 6 6 Bycrofts 1 19 0 ' Northern Roller Mills 1 8 9 — OIL— Moturoa, ord 0 2 6 — Taranaki 0 2 9 — MINING — Alexander, contrib. ... — 0 17 6 Bell Hooper — 0 1 0 Bell Kilgour 0 1 2 0 1 3 Big River 0 1 0 0 1 1 Freshford 0 0 14 Gillespie’s Beach — 0 2 1 Mataki — 0 1 10 Mount Lyell *1 2 2 . *Cum dividend. . +Ex dividend.

Nov. 28. Nov. 29. Fer ton. Fer ton. Copper— £ s d £ s d Standard, spot 30 3 H 29 0 7j Standard, forward . 30 6 10| 29 15 v* . 33 10 0 32 15 0 to 34 0 0 2.3 15 0 Wire bars Lead — 34 0 0 33 15 0 Forward 11 11 3 11 11 3 , Spot 11 16 3 ,11 15 0 Tin'225 13 9 226 11 3 Forward Sliver— 225-13 .9 225 13 9 Standard, per oz ... 18 5-16d 18 5-16d Fine 19fd 19|d •American, 8.25 cents a 1 lb. tAmerican, 52.75 cents a lb.