WELLINGTON STOCK EXCHANGE.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 69, 20 February 1937, Page 5

WELLINGTON STOCK EXCHANGE.

YESTERDAY’S BUSINESS AND PRICES. Activity in the stock and share markets was undiminished yesterday,. when another heavy volume of business was recorded on the Wellington Stock Exchange. The 46 sales included £IOOO worth of 4 per cent inscribed stock, 1952-55, and 45 parcels totalling 4910 shares. A feature of yesterday’s market was a welcome improvement in Bank of New Zealand shares. Two parcels were solid late on Thursday at 40s 9d. and yesterday three? parcels totalling 500 shares sold at up to 41s 3d. The market closed ‘firm at 41s 2d, sellers 41s sd. Bank of New South Wales sold firmly at £36 ss. Breweries were firm, New Zealand advancing to business 60s. Tooths sold at 57s 3d and Tooheys were done at 375. Interest was well maintained in Australian industrial and trading issues, which showed a strong front on active trading. Broken Hill Proprietary firmed to 85s 6d and more were wanted at 85s 9d. Dunlop-Perdriau advanced to business at 19s 3d. Electrolytic Zinc strengthened in sympathy with the metals market, and Mount Eyell moved up to sales at 50s, late buyers offering 50s 3d. YESTERDAY’S QUOTATIONSThe latest buying and selling quotations recorded yesterday on the Wellington Stock Exchange were as follow: —

YESTERDAY’S SALES. Wellington.—lnscr. Stock, 4 p.c., 15-6-52-55, *£lo3 2s 6d: Bmk of N.Z. (2), *£2 Os 9(1: C. J. Coles, «£5 7s. *£s 7s 6d; DunlonPerdriau. *l9s 2d:' Taranaki Oil, *2s lid; Mt. Lvell (2). *£2 3s Id: Bank of N.Z.. £2 1«, £2 In 3d. 22 l,s 2d; Bank of N.S.W.. £36 ss: N.Z. Ref rig., fnm div., 9s 2d; Tooth and Co.. £2 17s od: Dominion Breweries, £:: N.Z. Breweries, £2 19s 9d, £3: Toohoys, Ltd, £1 17s; Taupo Totara Timber, 9s 3d; Broken Hill Ptv. (2), £4 5s 3d. £4 5s 6d: Colonial Sugar (3), £43; Dunlop-Perdriau. 19s 3d; Electrolytic Zinc, ord., (2), £2 17s 9d; pref. (3), £2 19s 9d; C. J. Coles (4), £5 7s 6d. (2) £5 7s 9d; Taranaki Oil, 2s lOd: Woohvorths (N.Z.). Ltd., £7 ss; Mt. Lycll (2), £2 10s, (2) £2 9s 9d. *Late sale Thursday.

Buyers Sellers. N.Z. GOVT. LOANS— £ s. d. £ s. d. 3i p.c. Inscr. Stock, 3-1939-45 102 0 0 Ditto. 9-1939-43 . 102 0 0 Ditto, 11-1938-52 — 102 0 0 4 p.c. Inscr. Stock. 2-1943-46 101 17 6 Ditto, 4-1946-49 '. 103 12 6 Ditto, 6-1952-55 102 15 0 103 10 0 4 p.c. Bonds, 6-1952-55 — 103 10 0 5 p.c. Rural Bonds, .15-9-1947 101 10 0 DEBENTURES— Makerua Dge., 41 p.o.; 1-8-45 101 0 0 Ditto, 1-8-53 — 10i 0 0 Wgtn. City, 4J p.c. 1-2-42 102 5 0 Wgtn. Hospital, 4 p.c., 10-12-43 102 0 0 Tolajra H.B.. 41 p.c., . 10-9-46 104 0 0 New Plymouth Gas, 5 ptf.. 1-1-47 101 0 0 Amalg. Brick, Wgtn. . — . 104 10 0 BANKS— Adelaide 5 15 0 Australasia 13 10 0 Conircl. of A list., ore! 0 19 4 0 19 6 Ditto, pref 9 2 6 — Dng., Scot, and Aust. 6 9 0 National of N.Z. 3 0 9 3 2 0 New South Wales .. *36 7 6 New Zealand 2 12 2 1 5 Ditto, J) long term ... 1 7 6 Union of Aust. 10 15 0 Ditto, Mol bne. r eg. 10 15 0 —

FINANCIAL Abraham and Williams, prof. 5 0 0 Equitable Bdg *0 10 9 . 6 • Farmers’ Co-op. Auct. — 4 2 Goldsbrough, Mort and Co 1 18 3 N.Z. Guarantee Corp. 0 5 2 0 5 6 N.Z. and River Plate 0 18 5 — GAS— Auckland — 1 1 6 Christchurch 1 8 0 • Gisborne — 0 10 0 Napier, contrib 4 15 0 — Wellington, ord 1 1Y 0 1 18 6 Ditto, prof 1 4 0 — Feilding — 0 8 0 INSURANCE— National of N.Z 0 17 11 0 18 2 New Zealand ■ 3 2 0 South British — 5 0 0 Standard — *2 19 6 MEAT PRESERVING— Goar Moat — 0 17 4 N.Z. Refrigerating ... — to 19 4 Ditto, 10s paid — tO 9 2 Well. Meat Ex., ord. — 0 5 0 TRANSPORT— Huddart, Parker, pref. 1 7 e — Union Steam, pret. i 6 0 — P. and 0. dcf. stock 1 18 4 — WOOLLEN— Bonds Hosiery Mills _ 1 0 0 Kaiapoi — 0 14 9 Manawatu . 1 16 6 Oamam — 1 0 10 Welling on. ord — 5 15 9 COAL— Pukomiro — 1 1 6

Westport 1 4 3 — TIMBER — Loyland-O’Brien — 1 2 0 National 0 13 0 T aringamutu 0 14 6 — Taupo Totara, ord. ... 0 9 2 0 9 8 Ditto, prcf — 0 19 _6 Ditto, 16s prcf — 0 15 9 BREWERIES — Dominion, ex rights ... 1 18 0 2 1 6 X.Z. Breweries 2 19 6 3 0 3 Staples and Co 1 15 0 1 15 8 Tooth and Co 2 17 3 2 17 6 Toohcv5 1 16 9 — Tui 2 14 6 — Costlcmainc Perkins .. 1 4 6 — MISCELLANEOUS— Anthonv Hordern — 1 0 10 A ust. Glass — 4 14 0 British Tobacco 2 12 6 — Ditto, prcf 1 9 6 — Broken Hill Ply 4 5 9 4 6 3 Ditto, contrib — 3 13 0 Claude Neon Lights (N 1 10 0 — Colonial Sugar 42 17 6 43 5 0 ■ Con. Brick and Pipe 0 10 4 0 10 7 . Denhard, prcf * 0 19 0 — Den. and Med. Sup. — 0 12 8 Dominion Fertiliser .. — 1 5 0 D.I.C., ord 0 16 3 0 18 0 Ditto, pref *. — 1 4 6 Dunlop Perdriau 0 19 2 0 19 4 Electrolytic Zinc, ord. *2 19 3 2 19 9 Ditto, prcf *3 1 0 3 2 0 Farmers’• Trading — 1 4 0 General Industries ... 1 0 4 • G. J. Colcis 5 9 3 5 10 0 Humo Pipe 1 1 2 1 1 9

A face luffs, pref i 2 6 —. National Electric — 0 15 0 IVoccra Bread, ord. .. — 1 8 0 Sharland and (.'o., ortl. — 0 13 4 Ditto, pref 0 19 6 — Shillings, Ltd — 0 19 9 Taranaki Oil 0 2 8 0 2 11 Wilsons X.Z., Cement — 1 17 3 Woolworihts X.Z.. ord. 7 5 6 7 10 0 Woohvortlis Ltd., lrst pref 1 18 0 — Woohvortbs Ltd., 2nd prof I 7 0 — MINING— Argo — 0 2 0 Biif River — 0 1 3 Blackwater — 1 10 0 Kinsr Solomon 0 0 3 0 0 6 Maori Cully — 0 0 7 Xemona 0 1 84 0 1 10 *Cum dividend. +Ex dividend.