QUIET TRADING.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 121, 22 April 1938, Page 5

QUIET TRADING.

WELLINGTON STOCK EXCHANGE. RESUMPTION AFTER VACATION. After tho Easter vacation of one week the stock and share markets reopened quietly yesterday. Trading was dull, and n small turnover was reorded. ' Little interest was shown in any section, and the general tone was dull, with an easier tendency. Sales of (lie 4 per cent. Government stock, 1949, at £lO2 2s 6d to £lO2 5s were the only dealings in gilt-edged securities, which were as slack as any other section. Bank shares were dull and little changed. Golds!) rough Molt were weak at 30s, sellers 30s Bd. P. and O. deferred stock was wanted at 265, but sellers kept out. Tho only inquiry in the insurance section was for National at. 17s 7d. Industrial issues were extremely dull, the few buying- quotations showing little or no change on last week’s closing rates. Sales recorded on the Wellington Stock Exchange yesterday were as follow:

YESTERDAY’S SALES. Wellington.—lnscribed Stock, 4 p.c., 15-4-46-49 £lO2 2s 6d. £lO2 5s ;’ G. .1. Coles, £3 19s 9d, a£3 19s 8d: Victoria Laundry, £1 0s 6d; Skippers, limited, Jd (2); Mount Lyoll, £1 Bs. a—Reported after last call. Auckland. —’The Stock Exchange will remain closed till April 26. Christchurch. —Commercial Bank of Aust., 16s 4d: N.Z. Breweries, £2 4s 6d; British Tobacco, £2 7s 9rl: G. J. Coles, £3 19s 9d, £3 19s fed. £3 19-s 6d: Woolworths, Ltd., ex div., £1 2s Id, £1 2s 2d (3) ; Woolworths Holdings, 15s 3d (6); Grey River, 12s 6d (3) ; Sandhills Gold, lid; Broken Ilill South, £1 11s; Mount Lyell, £1 8s 6d (3). £1 8s 3d. Sales reported: N.Z. Breweries, £2 4s 6d: Broken Ilill Pty., £3 0s 6d (2): Mount Lyell, £1 8s 6d; Mount Morgan, 9s 4d (3). Dunedin. —Inscribed stock, 32 p.c., 193852 £lO3 7s 6d; Broken Hill Tty., £3 0s 6cl (2) ; Bank of N.Z., £2 3s 9d; Sandhills Gold, a2d. a—Reported after last call.

£250—In®'*” Qf ''ck, 15-4-46-49 £600—Ditto 50—G. •/. Coles £ s. p.e., 102 5 3 19 nS If) d. 6 0 9 8 480—Victoria Laundry 5000—Skippers Ltd. (2) .. 50 —Mount Lvcll 1 0 a .. 0 0 0i 18 0 a Reported after last call. THURSDAY’S QUOTATIONS. The latest buying and selling quotations recorded on Thursday on the Wellington Stock Exchange were as follow:— Buyers. Sellers. N.Z. COVT. LOANS— £ s. d. £ s. d. 3 p.e. Inscr. Stock, 3-1941-43 100 0 0 — Ditto, 9-1941-43 100 0 0 — Ditto, 11-1938-52 — 103 12 6 Ditto 1-1953-57 — 98 15 0 Ditto, 4-1946-49 *102 0 Ditto, 6-1952-55 — 5 p.e. Rural Bonds, 15-9-1947 102 0 0 — 104 7 0 — 6 DEBENTURES— Tolaga Bay Harbour Bd., 41 p.e., 10-9-46 Raetihi Boro. Council. 1-10-59 - 102 10 101 10 0 0 Amalg. Brick, Wgtn. BANKS— Comrcl. of Aust., ord. 90 10 0 16 9 10 0 — 3 0 16 0 — 6 National of N.Z New South Wales ... New Zealand Ditto, D long- term ... 31 12 1 9 8 17 2 15 6 — 2 4 3 1 10 6 — 3 0 0 FINANCIAL— Dalgetv and Co Equitable Bdg. Co. ... Goldsbrough, Mort. ... Newton King, pref. ... N.Z. Guarantee Corp. N.Z. and River Plate Wgtn. Trust, Loan ... — 8 10 0 12 0 — 1 10 0 1 10 — 0 9 0 3 10 — 0 11 0 — — 5 12 0 8 6 6 GAS— 1 0 0 Christchurch, contrib. Wellington, ord Ditto, pref 0 13 1 3 4 — 1 17 3 — 0 INSURANCE— National of N.Z 0 17 7 - MEAT PRESERVING— 0 16 9 N.Z. Refrig., 10s paid Well. Meat Export ... TRANSPORT— Huddart, Parker, pref. P. and O. dofd. stock Kelburn Train., ord. 0 8 0 8 1 8 1 6 1 1 0 — 0 — 3 — 0 — 0 — WOOLLEN— Bond’s Hosiery Mills - 0 17 1 14 6 6 0 15 0 Wellington, ord Ditto, prof Bruce, pref 5 10 5 6 0 — 1 2 0 8 0 6 6 COAL— 0 17 6 — 1 2 10 13 3 TIMBER— 0 4 0 Ditto, pref - 0 18 0 15 3 0 Taupo Totara, ord. ... Ditto, pref Ditto, 16s pd., pref. ... BREWERIES— 0 5 3 — 0 18 0 14 2 16 6 6 0 MISCELLANEOUS— 4 11 6 British Tobacco Broken Hill Pty 2 7 3 0 9 2 8 3 3 0 1 16 6 8 0 Colonial Sugar Con. Brick and Pipe 47 0 0 — 0 8 0 8 0 6 Ditto, pref P.I.C., pref. Dunlop Perdriau Electrolytic Zinc, ord. 1 1 1 3 1 1 0 — 0 — 0 — 2 2 2 6 6 6 Farniort’’ Trading G. .T. Coles Howard Smith, ord. .. MacDuffs, old, pref. .. McKenzie* Morris Hedstrorn Moturoa Qil Taranaki Oil Wool worth* N.Z., ord. Griffen and Son* . Victoria Laundry 1 0 3 19 3 9 1 4 +1 2 0 19 0 - 6 3 19 1 1 1 6 0 3 10 9 — 0 4 0 12 1 2 0 14 6 — 0 15 9 6 0 6 0 3 0 0 3 MINING— Argo 0 1 *7 — o n 04 — Worksop Extd 0 0 10 — - 1 2 0 Broken Hill South ... — Mount Lyoll 1 7 Mount Morgan 0 ° North Broken Hill ... — OVERSEAS LISTINGSWoolworths Holdings 0 15 ‘Cum dividend. 1 12 6 1 7 1 — 2 11 3 0 15 3 11 3 6