WELLINGTON STOCK EXCHANGE.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LV, Issue 68, 16 February 1935, Page 5

WELLINGTON STOCK EXCHANGE.

YESTERDAY’S BUSINESS AND PRICES. lYitli a few exceptions, quotations on the Wellington Stock Exchange yesterday were inclined to be easier, the market showing an irregular tone. Sellers predominated in the lists, but trading was inactive, There was an improved demand for Government loans, which were gcnolally firm. The 4 per cent, stock, 1946, sold at £lO5 ex half-year’s interest, buyers staving in at £lO4 10s. The 4 per cent., 1955, were a shade better at £lO9 7s bd. Bank and pastoral shares were a dull market, the former, showing an easier tendency. Commercial of Australia were unchanged at 16s 4d. Commercial of Sydney wore marked down to £ls 10s, sellers £l6 10s, and E.S. and A’s to £4 10s, sellers staying at £5 Is. Goldsbrough Mort were 2d better at 7s 9d. Wellington Gas ordinaries improved to 42s 6d. New Zealand Insurance wore weak at 66s 4d, sellers 67s 3d. Now Zealand Refrigerating sold at 19s 7d, buyers staving v--at 19s. Gear Moat showed little change at 21s 10d, sellers 22s 6d. Ilnddart Barker cased 3d to 37s 3d, sellers 38s 6d, Welling ton Woollen preference advanced 2s to £5 15s without response. Breweries attracted more attention, buyers coming _ in for Tooths at 48s and Toohevs at 28s. New Zealand wore unchanged at 50s. sellers easing 3d to 50s 9d. In miscellaneous industrial and trading issues. Broken llill Proprietary were weaker at 51s 9d, sellers 55s 6d. Dominion Fertiliser were 3d up at 21s 6d. Electrolytic Zinc ordinaries wore 6d better at 21s 6d. Buyers offered 20s 9d for Prestige (N.Z.). sellers holding for 23s 6d. Dunlop Perdriau sold at 18s and 18s 9d. and Wilsons Cement at 345. There was a better inquiry for mining shares. YESTERDAY’S QUOTATIONS. The lateet buying and selling quotations recorded yesterday on the Wellington Stock Exchange were as follqw: —

coiIPANY’S PROFITS. IjOXDOX. Fell. 14. The National Mortgage Agency • New Zealand, after con trihut in £(j2so to the staff superannuation an provident fund, showed a credit ha a nee of £37,371 of which £14,986 w. brought forward. Alter paying final dividend of o per cent, (tax fr< and placing to reserve ;£olJoo. amount carried forward is £1.1.292.

Buyers. Sells rs. N.Z. GOVT. LOANS £ e. d'. £ d. 4 p.c. Bonds. 1937-40 — 103 0 0 4 p.c. ditto, *5943-46 ... 1 rl04 10 0 4 p.c. ditto, 1946 49 .. .107 5 0 — 4 p.c. ditto, 1952-55 .. .109 7 6 — 5 p.c. Rural Bonds, 1947 .105 0 0 — p.r. Ins. Stock, 1939-49 .106 IS 0 — 3i p.c. ditto. 1938-40 .. — 107 2 6 p.c. ditto, 1938 49 .. .10-5 15 0 107 10 0 4 p.c. ditto. 1937-40 .. .101 15 0 102 10 0 4 p.c. ditto. 1943-46 ...+104 10 0 — 4 p.c. ditto. 1946-49 .. .107 5 0 — 4 p.c. ditto, 1952-55 .. .109 7 6 — 3| p.c. ditto, 1938-41 .. .101 10 0 102 10 0 DEBENTURES— Napier Boro., 4* p.c., 105 15 0 Wright, Stephenson, 5 p.c . 99 0 0 — Amid. Brick, Wgtn — 101 15 0 Ditto, Auckland .100 1/ 0 101 15 0 X.Z. Farmers* ('o-op. 4i p.c., 1940 Gidiorne Shccpfar- — 8b 0 0 mors .103 0 0 — BANKS— Australasia — ii 12 6 Comr<l. of Aust., ord . 0 16 4 0 16 7 Ditto, prof 10 1 0 L’ofiircl. Banking Co., Svtlnov . 15 10 0 16 10 0 Kng.. Scot, and Aust. 4 15 0 5 1 0 National of N.Z — 3 11 9 Nut of Australasia, £5 paid — 6 10 0 Now South Wales ... ” 30 10 0 New Zealand — 2 10 0 Ditto, D long term ... — 1 12 4 Union of Aust — 8 19 0 FINANCIAL— Goldsbrough Mort. und Co . 1 7 9 1 8 3

National Mortgage. A — *3 1 0 X.Z. Guarantee Corp. 0 5 10 0 6 0 Well, invot.. T. It A. — 0 10 6 GASAuckland 1 7 6 — (1 is borne — 0 12 3 Wellington, ore! 2 2 6 2 4 0 Ditto, pref. 1 5 0 — insurance--National of X.Z 1 2 9 1 3 3 , Xew Zealand i3 6 4 3 7 3 Queensland — 3 n 0 South British — 4 17 0 MEAT PRESERVING — Gear Meat 1 1 10 1 2 6 X.Z. Refrig., .£1 paid 0 19 0 0 19 8 Ditlo, 10s paid 0 9 7 TRANSPORT— Huddart, Parker, ord. *1 17 3 1 18 6 WOOLLEN' — Wellington, prof 5 15 0 — COAL— West port — 1 2 £ \V eritport-Stoekton 0 ,3 0 TIMBER— Bartholomew 0 14 6 -- Kauri 0 19 3 1 n 0 Lov'and-O’Brien 1 2 0 National 0 14 0 0 15 0 'I’aupo Totara — 0 0 f, Roloiti 0 4 9 0 b 9 Tavirigainntu — 0 7 0 BREWERIES— X.Z. Breweries 2 10 0 2 10 9 Staples and Go — 1 12 0 Tooth ami <'o 2 8 0 Toohevs ...v 1 8 0 — M ISC ELI .A X KOI’S - Ausl. Glass — 3 3 0 British Tolincco, Ansi. — 1 18 t Broken Hill Ptv 2 11 9 2 12 ( Burns, I’lnlp and Go. 3 3 f < 'olonial Sugar 40 10 0 41 10 c ('on. Brick and Fine 0 9 1C lieu, and Mid. Sup. 0 10 3 — Dominion 1'ertiliser .. 1 1 6 — D. It pa iti 11 15 0 Ditto, eontril) 0 10 6 0 13 Ditto, pint 1 6 < Dunlop Herdriau 0 18 8 0 18 Eleetrolvtie Zinc. ord. 1 1 6 1 2 £ Ditto, 8 p.e. pt. prof. 4 1 14 0 1 15 l Hourv Jones Go-op. ... 1 16 6 1 17 ( Howard Smith, ord. ... — 0 15 [ Mount Lye 11 0 18 1 X.Z. Xewspaners 1 in X.Z. Paper Mills . 1 15 c Prestige N.Z.. pi of. ... 1 0 9 1 .*) I Well ( ordage — 0 11 c Whitccmbe and Tombs 4 0 0 — Wilsons. N.Z., Cement 1 13 9 1 14 L Antlionv Hordern 0 18 Gordon and Getch. ord 2 8 f_ North Broken Hill ... 4 17 6 5 2 6 Farmers* Trading 0 7 5 0 7 9 Nih. Holier .Mills — 1 14 c National Electric — 0 10 c MIXIXG— Big River 0 2 1 0 2 Brian Born — 0 0 r (..'(Mitral Shotover 0 1 c (.Jillespie’s Beach 0 1 6 — King Solomon 0 3 11 0 4 0 .Mahaki*unva — 0 o r Oka rim — *0 a Skippers 0 0 ■■>2 — Talisman Dubbo U y 0 0 in Waihi 1 19 0 ] 19 Waihi Cl rand Jirnctiou 0 4 7 0 4 If Kildare 0 2 10 0 3 M.,-..v Greek 0 2 3 0 2 Maori Guilv — 0 1 *('um. dividend. +Kx di idc id.