WELLINGTON STOCK EXCHANGE.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LV, Issue 42, 17 January 1935, Page 5

WELLINGTON STOCK EXCHANGE.

YESTERDAY’S BUSINESS AND PRICES. The Wellington stock and share market was quiet yesterday, but with a firm tone. Government loans were in strong demand, with buyers raising their offers for several of the issues, but there were very few sellers in the market, and no sales were recorded. Bank shares were again firm. New Zealand continued to move up, with a sale at 49s 6d, and lato buyers offering 49s 5d with sellers holding for 49s Bd. Commercial of Australia, cum dividend, were done at 16s 5(1, and Union. Melbourne register, at £9 3s. Insurance shares were very firm. New Zealand, following the announcement of the interim dividend, advanced 6d to £3 9s with no sellers. South British were wanted at £4 17s, sellers asking £4 18s 6d, while National of New Zealand were wanted at 22s with no sellers. In the meat section New Zealand Refrigerating issues were quiet, sellers asking 21s 5d for the £1 paid, while the 10s paid dropped to 10s 2d, with no buyers in either case. New Zealand Breweries sold late on Tuesday at 52s 6d, while buyers yesterday advanced their offers 4d to 52s od, sellers asking 52s 9d. British Tobacco were done at 39s 10id and National Electric at 10s 6d. YESTERDAY’S .QUOTATIONS.

The latest buying and selling quotations on tlie Wellington Stock Exchange yesterday were as follow:— Buyers. Sellers. N.Z. GOVT. LOANS— £ s. d. £ a. d. 4 p.c. Bonds, ex. int., 1940 102 0 0 — 4 p.c. Bonds, 1946 105 10 0 — 4 p.c. ditto, 1949 106 7 6 — 4 p.c. ditto, 1955 109 10 0 — 5 p.c. Rural Bonds, 1947 103 15 0 — p.c. Ins. Stock, 1939-43 105 10 0 — 31 p.c. ditto, 1939-52 ...106 0 0 — p.c. ditto, 1938-43 ... 105 10 0 — 3-2 p.c. ditto, 1938-52 ... 106 0 0 — 4 p.c. ditto, cx int., 1940 102 0 0 — 4 p.c. ditto, 1946 105 12 6 106 2 6 4 p.c. ditto, 1949 106 7 6 — 4 p.c. ditto, 1955 109 0 0 109 15 0 DEBENTURES— Wanganui Hospital Bd., p.c., 1943 ■ Ill 10 0 Napier Boro., 41 p.c., 1958 — 106 10 0 Well. Gas Co 104 10 0 — BANKSAustralasia 11 5 0 11 12 6 Conird. of Aust., ord. :, 0 16 3 0 lb 0 Eng., Scot, and Aust. 5 0 6 — National of Australasia, 3l5 paid 6 2 0 — Now South Wales .31 0 0 32 0 0 New Zealand 2 9 5 2 9 8 Ditto, D long term ... — 1 11 6 Reserve Bank of N.Z. 6 12 0 6 13 0 Union of Auet *8 18 0 9 5 0 FINANCIALGoldsbrough. Mort and Co. — 1 9 9 N.Z. Guarantee Corp. 0 5 9 0 6 0 Well. Trust, Loan ... — 6 0 0 Well. Dep, and Mtge. 0 4 0 GAS— Gisborne — 0 12 3 Wellington, ord — *2 4 0 INSURANCE— National of N.Z 1 2 0 — New Zealand *3 9 0 Queensland — 2 16 0 South British 4 17 0 4 18 6 Standard 3 11 0 — MEAT RRESERVING— G ear 31cat — 1 3 0 N.Z. Refrig., £1 paid — *1 l fa Ditto, 10s paid — *0 10 2 Well. Meat Ex., pref. — 1 7 3 TRANSPORT — Huddart, Parker, ord. 1 17 0 1 18 6 Ditto, pref 1 7 0 — P. and 0. def. stock 1 1 u — WOOLLEN— Kaiapoi, paid 0 15 0 0 15 9 Wellington, ord 5 12 6 — Ditto, pref 5 12 6 — IT MBER— Bartholomew — 0 15 3 Kauri 0 15 6 0 19 3 Taupo Totnra, prel. ... 0 19 0 — ltotoili 0 4 3 BREWERIES— Carlton 2 13 0 — N.Z. Breweries 2 12 5 2 12 9 Staples and Co 1 13 3 — Tooth and Co 2 10 6 ... Tooheys 1 9 0 — MISCELLANEOUS— British Tobacco, Aust. — 2 0 3 Burns, I’hilp and Co. 3 2 0 — Colonial Sugar — 42 5 0 Con. Brick and Pipe — 0 30 fa Den. and Med. Sup. 0 8 6 — D.LC., paid, ord. ... 0 13 0 — Ditto, contrib 0 10 6 0 13 3 Ditto, pref — 1 7 2 Dunlop Perdriau 0 19 8 1 0 0 Electrolytic, 8 p.c., pt. pref — 1 13 6 Henry Jones Co-op. 1 16 0 1 17 3 Howard Smith, ord. — 0 16 6 N.Z. Newspapers — 1 13 6 N.Z. Drug — 4 1 0 Wilson, N.Z., Cemem 1 11 6 — Woolworths, N.Z 8 10 0 10 0 0 Assoc. News — 1 5 3 Gates, Ltd 0 5 0 — Claude Neon Lights .. 2 14 0 — National Electric 0 10 3 0 10 9 Aust., Glass 3 1 0 3 3 0 OIL— Taranaki 0 0 6 — MINING— Alexander, contrib. . 0 17 0 0 18 0 Big River 0 2 1 0 2 4 Brian Boru 0 (i Golden Sands — 0 2 11 King Solomon — 0 4 3 Mahakipawa, pref. .. 0 1 1 — Mataki — 0 2 0 Mount Lyell 0 17 1 0 37 4 Wnihi 1 19 0 2 1 0 Waihi Grand Junction 0 4 7 — Mount Morgan 1 17 3 — Mossy Creek 0 2 2 0 2 6 *Cum. dividend.