WELLINGTON STOCK EXCHANGE.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LIV, Issue 147, 23 May 1934, Page 5

WELLINGTON STOCK EXCHANGE.

YESTERDAY’S BUSINESS AND PRICES. No marked changes were seen yesterday in the Wellington stock and share market, which was generally firm and active. Government loans continued to advance, and the sellers who came in had very strong ideas of values, their quotations showing good margins over buyers’ bids. Banks showed minor fluctuations. Gas and insurance shares were very firm. Queensland Insurance sold to 695, and ■South British were again done at 80s. New Zealands advanced to 62s 3d, Standards to 635, and Nationals to 20s 3d, no sellers showing. There was a good demand for breweries 'and miscellaneous shares. Dominion Fertilisers sold at 17s lOd, and Farmers’ Fertilisers at 18s 9d and 18s Bid. Mining shares were slightly more active. YESTERDAY’S QUOTATIONS. The latest buying and selling quotations recorded yesterday on tho Wellington Stock Exchange were as follow: — Buyers. Sellers.

*Cum. div. +Ex div. YESTERDAY’S SALES. Sales recorded on Dominion Stock Exchanges yesterday aro shown in the following list: — Wellington.—lnscr. Stock, 4 p.c., 1955 (2) £108; Comm. Bank of Aust., 16s 9d; Nat. Bank of N.Z., £4 2s; Bank of N.Z., *£2 11s, ditto, £2 lls, (3) £2 11s; Goldshrough Mort, £1 12s 3d; Wellington Gas, *£l 19s 3d; Queensland Insurance, £3 9s; South British Ins., £4; N.Z. Breweries, £2 2s lid; Dominion Fertiliser, 17s ; Farmers’ Fertiliser, 18s 9d, 18s B}d; Blackwatcr, *£l 12s 6d; Moonlight Nelson, *Bd, *B}d,, Bid; Skippers, lid. *Lato salo Monday. Auckland.—Auck. Harbour, 5i p.c., 1961 (2) £IOB 10s; Auck. City, 5} p.c., 1940, £105; Comm. Bank of Aust., pref. £9 16s; Bank of N.Z., D pref., £1 14s’ 9d; Queensland Insurance, £3 9s; South British Ins., £4; Farmers’ Auct., B prof., £1 Is; Traders’ Finance, 7s paid, 2s 6d; National Timber, 7s; Bycroft, Ltd., £2 7s, (2) £2 7s 6d; Colonial Sugar, £65: N.Z. Newspapers, £1 9s 9d; Union Oil, £1 8s 6d; Wilsons Cement, £1 8s 6d; Goldsfields Drodging, 8d; Mahakipawa, Bid, 9d, Bid, 9d; Mataki, (2) 2s Id; Waihi G. Junction, 4s lid. Unofficial list: Invest. Exec. Trust, 2nd B deb., £96; Golconda Holding, (2) Is sd, (2) Is 6d. Christchurch.—lnscr. Stock, 4 p.c., 1949, £106; Comm. Bank of Aust., (5) 16s 8d; Nat. Bank of A/asia, £5 paid, £6 10s; Nat. Bank of N.Z., £4 2s. (2) £4 Is 3d • (Bank of N.Z., £2 10s 7d, £2 10s 6d; N.Z. Guarantee Corpn., 4s 3d; Christchurch Gas (3) £1 13s 6d; N.Z. Breweries. £2 2s 3d £2 2s 4cl ; Timaru Brewery, 7s 6d paid, 6s 3d; Beath and Co., £1 13s; Dominion 4s 6d ; Dunlop Rubber. 18s N ""; S P, a P Crs ’ £1 10s i Brian Born, (3) Is 7d; Goldfields Dredg. (2) 9d; Mahakipawa, (4) 9d, (2) Bid, (2) 9d; Minmg House Cone (2) 433 d; Moonlight Nol(2) Bd, 7 2 d, 6id; New Cornish Point, 6d; Nokomai, (3) 2s 9d; Okarito, (2) 8s 6d; Skippers, Ltd., (2) lid. Sales reported; Nat. Bank A/asia, £5 paid, (2) 10s; Ivaiapoi Woollen, 17s paid, *10s: fpf't I B S C ’ V u i ' S ’ £2 2s 3(1 ■ Mount Lyell. • I 2s; Brian Boru, is 7id. Unofficial ist: Jones Nevis, 9}d; Industries, Ltd,, 12s 6d Paid Is sd; Sun Newspapers, 3s Bd, ditto, 3s 9d. *Lato salo Monday e fi D i'nl Cd '£V Bank A ' asia ’ £5 Paid, ?tc?i 0 Vi N '?' ?j e "'S es ’ £2 2s sd i Mount 7d ° iv/r Y 1 - ls 7d ’ Moonlight Nelson, (3) 7d; Mahakipawa, B>jd. v SYDNEY STOCK EXCHANGE. IMPROVED TURNOVER. n j.l c SYDNEY, May 22. On the Sydney Stock Exchange to-day a firm, tone was maintained. Australian consols were strong, and there was an improved turnover in all departments. Sales-Bank of New South Wales, £32; Commercial Bank of Sydney, £l7National Bank of Australasia, £5 paid’, a a ’ Bank of New Zealand. 50s 6d. Australian Provincial Assurance, 10s 6d • Associated News, 24s 9d; ditto, pref , 24s 9d; Burns Philp, 545; Burns Philo, boutli Sea, 24s 6d; 33orlei, paid, 30s • British Tobacco, 37s 9d; ditto, pref., 30s’. Tooths, ex dividend, 44s 9d; Australian Glass, 51s; Dunlop Perdriau, 18s 7}d; Goldsbrough Mort. 32s 6d: Electrolytic Zinc, pref., 33s 9d; David Jones, 41s; Anthony Hordern, 15s 6d; Australian Iron and Steel, pref., 22s 6d. Mount Morgan, 235: Broken Hill Proprietary, 46s 3d; North Broken Hill, 925; Kuala Kampar Tin, 17s lid; Bulolo Deposits, Is 6d; Katu Tin, 29s 9d; Placer Development. £25 ss; ditto, New Zealand delivery, £25 ss. Commonwealth Bonds, 4 per cent., 1938, £lO7 8s 9d: 1941, £lO5 12s 6d: 1944, £lO7 13s 9d; 1950, £110; 1953, £IOB 10s; 1955, £109; 1957, £lO7 7s 6d; 1959, £108: 1961, £IOB 7s 6d. MELBOURNE, May 22. Sales on the Melbourne Stock Exchange to-day included: Commercial Bank of Australia, pref. £9 16s: Goldsbrough Mort, 32s 6d: British Tobacco, 37s 6d; Klectrolytio Zinc, 26s 9d; Gordon and Gotch, 41s; Dunlop Perdriau, 18s 9d; Herald and Weekly Times, 51s 9d.

N.Z. GOVT. LOANS— £ s d. £ s. d. A p.c. Bonds, 1940 ... — 106 10 0 4 p.c. ditto, 1946 105 17 6 107 0 0 4 p.o. ditto, 1949 105 17 6 107 0 0 4 p.c. ditto, 1955 108 0 0 109 0 0 34 p.c. Ins. Stock, 1939-43 104 15 0 — p.c. ditto, 1959-52 ...104 5 0 — p.c. ditto, 1958-45 ...104 17 6 — p.c. ditto, 1938-52 ...104 10 0 105 0 0 4 p.c. ditto, 1940 — 106 5 0 4 p.c. ditto, 1946 105 17 6 107 0 0 4 p.c. ditto, 1949 105 17 6 107 0 0 4 p.c. ditto, 1955 108 0 0 108 15 0 DEBENTURES— Dunedin City 102 0 0 — Well. Harbour Bd. ... — 107 0 0 Makerua Dge. Bd., 6 p.c., 1946 — 102 0 0 Well. Gas Co 101 12 6 — Well. Racing Club ...100 0 0 — Amid. Brick and Pipe, Wellington — 90 0 0 Gisborne Gas 87 0 0 , BANKS— Austraalsia 11 17 6 12 7 6 Comrcl. of Auet., ord. 0 16 8 0 16 11 Oomrcl. Banking Co., Sydney 16 15 0 17 2 6 National of N.Z 4 1 6 4 4 0 National of Australasia, £10 paid — *13 12 0 Ditto, £5 paid *6 8 0 — New South Wales ... *32 0 0 — New Zealand *2 10 6 2 11 3 Ditto, D long term 1 14 6 1 15 4 Union of Aust — 10 2 0 FINANCIAL— Equitable Building ... I 15 0 — Goldsbrough Mort and Co 1 11 9 1 13 0 N.Z. Guarantee Corp. 0 4 3 0 4 4 N.Z. Invest., Mort. and Deposit 0 5 0 — N.Z. Loan and Merc., ord. stock 52 0 0 — Well. Invest., T. & A. 0 7 0 — Well. Trust, Loan ... 5 5 0 — GAS— Auckland -1 5 9 — Ditto, contrib 0 18 9 — Gisborne 0 9 0 0 14 0 Wellington, ord 1 18 6 2 0 o Feilding 0 2 6 — INSURANCE— ' National of N.Z 1 0 3 — New Zealand 3 2 3 — Queensland 3 8 0 3 10 0 South British 3 19 6 4 0 Standard 3 3 0 — MEAT PRESERVING— Gear Meat — 1 8 6 N.Z. Itefrig., £1 paid 0 18 0 — Ditto, 10s paid 0 8 4 — Well. Meat Ex., ord. 0 5 6 — TRANSPORT— Kelburn Tramway 1 2 6 — Northern Steam Ship 0 6 0 — WOOLLEN— Kaiapoi, fully paid ... — 0 10 3 Wellingon, ord 5 3 0 — Ditto, pref 5 5 0 — COAL — Westport *0 16 0 — Westport-Stockton, ord 0 2 0 — TIMBER— Kauri 0 16 7 0 17 6 Lejdand-O’Brien — 1 2 6 BREWERIES— Carlton 2 5 3 — N.Z. Breweries *2 2 1 2 2 9 Staples and Co — 1 8 4 Tooth and Co *2 4 6 — Timaru, contrib 0 6 3 0 7 6 .MISCELLANEOUS— British Tobacco, Aust. 1 17 3 1 17 9 Colonial Sugar 64 10 0 — Dominion Investments 1 12 9 — D.I.C., ord 0 15 6 — Ditto, pref 1 2 0 1 4 6 Dunlop Perdriau 0 18 6 • Electrolytic Zinc, 8 p.c., part pref — 1 14 0 Henry Jones Co-op. ... *1 11 9 — Howard Smith, ord. ... 0 14 2 — , N.Z. Drug 3 16 0 3 18 0 N.Z. Farm. Fertiliser 0 18 4 0 19 3 N.Z. Paper Mills +1 10 0 — Prestige, N.Z., pref. 0 19 0 1 1 6 Sharland and Co., ord. 1 3 0 — Ditto, pref 1 3 6 1 5 3 Whitconibe and Tombs 3 10 0 — Wilsons, N.Z., Cement *1 8 3 1 8 9 OIL— Taranaki 0 1 11 MINING— Alexander, contrib. ... — 0 14 7 Bell Hooper 0 0 6 0 1 0| Bell Kilgour 0 0 3 — 1 Big River 0 0 7 0 .0 5 i Gillespie’s Beach — o 1114, Golden Dawn — 0 2 3 ; King Solomon 0 3 10 — i Mahakipawa 0 0 7 0 0 9 Mataki 0 2 0 0 2 4 Mount Lyell 1 1 6 — •

Nokomai — 0 3 3 Okarito 0 8 3 0 8 6 Waihi 1 14 0 1 14 9 Waihi Grand Junction — *0 5 0 Moonlight Nelson — 0 0 9 Skippers 0 0 10i — Talisman Dnbbo — 0 15 6