STOCK EXCHANGE.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 45, 21 January 1939, Page 6

STOCK EXCHANGE.

DEMAND INCREASES

FOR GOVERNMENT LOANS. An increased demand for Government loans at increased rates was again the main feature of the market on the Wellington Stock Exchange yesterday. Supplies were scarce, sellers holding oif, and the only recorded business was a sale of 4 per cent, stock, 1943-46, at L 99. The 4 per cent, stock, 1946-49, sold in Auckland at .£'9B 15s, and the 1952-55 maturity at £99. 'Pile market generally showed a somewhat brighter tone. Apart from bank shares, which were on the easy side, the iiupiiry ran mostly on Australian issues, quotations for which were in some eases slightly lower than earlier in the week. N’.Z. Breweries were on an improving market. Sales recorded yesterday on the Wellington Stock Exchange were as follow: No. of share.-. .£ *. <|.

*l,ate sale Thursday. YESTERDAY’S QUOTATIONS. 1 lie latest buying- and selling quotations recorded yesterday on the Wellington Stock Exchange were as follow: Buyers. Sellers. X.Z. GOVT. LOANS— £ s. d. £ s. d.

*Tax free to first date, then 4 p.c. Optional maturity three years prior to final date. DEBENTURES— Gisborne Sneep Fanners, 6| p.c., 31-8-41 101 15 0 BANKS—

YESTERDAY’S SALES. Rales recorded on Dominion stock exchanges yesterday are shown in the following list: — . ~ Auckland—Govt. Bonds, 4 p.c., 15-4-46-49, £9B 15s: Iriscr. Stocks, 4 p.c., 15-6-52-55, £99: Waitemata, Cty., 44 p.c., 1-4-62, £100: Bank of N.S.W., (2), £3l; N.Z. Insurance (2). £2 13s: South British Insur., £2 2s; N.Z. Gurantoe G’orpn., 3s lid; N. Auckland Farmers. B. pref., 8s 6d; N.Z. Breweries, £2 Os sd; Tooth and Co.. £2 16s; British Tobacco, £2 5s 9d ; Colonial Sugar. £4B ss: Dunlop Pcrdriau, £1 Is 8d ; Imp. Chemicals, pref. (2), £1 4s; K.D.V. Boxes, coutr., 3s 6d ; Robinson Ice, £1 4s; IV i I sons Cement. 15s lOd ; Komata Reefs, m ld lot. 7s; Waihi G. Junction, 3s 3d; Mount Morgan, ord. ; 10s sd; Placer Development. £3 17s: Overseas list: Boolworths Holdings, (S. Africa), 15s Id; Unofficial list: Renown Collieries, 6 p.c., 1-3-54. £92.

Christchurch. —Tnser. Stock, 4 p.c., 15-2-43-46. £9B 12s 6d : Ditto, 4 p.c.. 15-4-46-49, £93 10s; E.S. and A. Bank (2), £5 6a;

Bank of N.Z.. £1 19s 9d; National Insurance, 15s 6d; N.Z. Refrigerating (3), 17s Id; Auckland Gas, 19s 3d; N. Z. Breweries, £2 Os 9d; Ditto, £2 Is; Broken Hill Ptv, (2), £2 17s 3d: Dunlop Perdriau, £1 Is 2d; Ditto (2), £1 Is 4d; Hays Ltd., countr. (2), 16s; Woolworlhs Ltd. (2), £1 Is 3d; Mount Morgan, 10s 6d; Ditto, 10s 7d ; Grey River, 17s 9d ; Ditto, 38s; Waihi G. Junction, 3s 3d

Dunedin.—Dunedin Drainage. 4* p.c., 1-4-47-50, £lOl 10s; National Insurance (3). 15s 6d; Standard Insurance. £2 lie 6d ; Goldsbrough Mort, £1 8s 6d; Broken Hill Ply., £2 17s 5d ; D.I.C. prof., £1 3s: New Broken Hill Consol 15s lOd; Nokotnai Gold (3), Is 9d.

500 —N. X. J {e f ri rn i i 11 £•■ (2) ... *0 17 0 100 —NX. Breweries .. *2 0 4 150—Wilson ('oinont' ... 15 10 100—Woolworlhs (N.Z.) old. . *0 18 0 £600—Inser. Stock, £ ]).C.. 15-2 43-46 09 0 0 300—Hank- of X.Z. (3) 1 19 9 20 Ilk. of New South Wales 31 0 0 200—NX. (miar;iutoe < orp. ... 0 3 11 100—NX. Breweries 2 0 9 100—Broken Mil! I*tv. (2| ... 2 17 6 Overseas listings:— 400--- Woolworths iloldin rs (Sri.. Africa) (3) 0 15 2 Unofficial list:— • 100—Sol fridges (A’asia i.id. 0 9 6

3 p.c. Inscr. Stock, 15-7-1939-41 94 0 0 p.c. ditto, 15-3-1939-43 97 7 6 'Ditto, 15-9-1939-43 97 7 6 — ‘Ditto, 15-3-1941-43 97 7 6 — ‘Ditto, 15-9-1941-43 97 7 6 — ‘Ditto, 15-5-1939-52 97 0 0 — ‘Ditto, 15-11-1941-52 .. 97 10 0 — ‘Ditto, 15-5-1941-52 .. 97 ]0 0 — Ditto, 15-1-1953-57 . 90 0 0 — 33 p.c. ditto. 15-11-1938-41 97 10 0 4 p.c. ditto, 15-3-1940-43 • 97 0 0 Ditto, 15-2-1943-46 .. 98 15 0 — Ditto, 15-4-1946,49 93 12 6 — Ditto, 15-5-1949-52 .. 97 5 0 — Ditto, 15-6-1952-55 98 5 0 — 33 p.c. Bonds. 15-11-1938-41 98 0 0 4 p.c. ditto, 15-6-1952-55 . 98 5 0 —

Australasia — 9 16 6 Oomrcl. of Aust., orrl. *0 16 0 0 16 4 Eng., Scot, and Aust. 5 5 0 5 9 0 National of N.Z 2 7 0 2 8 0 New South Walee ... 30 10 0 — Now Zealand 1 19 6 1 19 9 Ditto, D long term ... 1 5 0 — Union of Aust • — *8 12 6 FINANCIAL— Newton King, pref. ... — 0 8 6 N.Z. Guarantee Corn. 0 5 11 .• N.Z. Loan and Mere.. ord. stock, London reg — 35 0 0 General Finance — 0 18 6 Metropolitan Big., Weilington — 12 0 0 Wright, Stephenson, ord — 1 2 0 GAS— Auckland 0 19 3 — Auckland, confcrib. ... 0 12 9 — Wellington, ord 1 9 10 — Ditto, pref 1 2 3 — INSURANCE— New Zealand *2 12 1 — MEAT PRESERVING— Gear Meat — 0 13 0 N.Z. Refrigerating ... — *9 17 3 Ditto, 10s paid *0 7 9 0 7 10 r Wellington Meat Exp. 0 7 9 — TRANSPORT— Kelburn Tram., ord. — 1 3 0 WOOLLEN — Rond’s Hosiery Mills 0 16 6 — Manawatu — 1 3 0 Tim aru — 0 13 0 Wellington, ord 4 11 6 — Ditto, pref 4 12 0 ■ TIMBER— Kauri 1 2 9 — Leyland-O'Bricn — 0 16 0 Rotoiti — 0 3 4 Ditto, pref — 0 16 6 Taupo Totara, ord. ... 0 4 9 — Ditto, pref — 0 19 0 BREWERIESDominion 1 11 0 — N.Z. Breweries 2 0 4 2 0 10 Tui — 2 7 6 MISCELLANEOUS— Anthony Hordern — 0 16 1 Aust. Glass 5 12 0 — British Tobacco 2 9 6 2 10 b Ditto, prof *1 12 0 — Broken Hill Pty 2 17 3 2 17 9 Burns, Philp and Co. 2 13 3 — Claude Neon Lights (N.Z.) — 1 1 0 Colonial Sugar — 48 5 0 Con. Brick and Pipe 0 7 9 0 8 0 Denhard, ord — 0 8 0 Den. and Med. Sup. — 0 13 0 Dominion Fertiliser ... — 1 3 6 Dunlop Perdriau 1 1 0 — Electrolytic Zinc, ord. *2 6 9 2 8 0 Ditto, pref *2 10 3 — Farmers’ Trading — 0 19 6 General Industries ... — 1 0 3 G. J. Coles 4 1 9 4 2 9 Howard Smith, ord. .. 0 19 6 — I.C.I. Aust. and N.Z., prof 1 3 6 — Macduffe, ord 0 2 6 — Ditto, pref — 0 11 0 Morris Hedstrom — 1 9 6 National Electric — 0 14 0 N.Z. Drug 3 3 0 — Radio (1936) — 0 19 0 Taranaki Oil 0 7 O — United Provisions 0 7 0 0 8 0 Wilsons N.Z., Cement — 0 16 0 Woolworths Ltd., ord. — 1 1 11 Woolworths N.Z., ord. 0 18 0 0 19 0 Morts Dock — 0 15 3 Berlei N.Z., Ltd — 3 9 0 Reid (N.Z.) Rubber ... 1 1 0 — David Jones, first pref. 1 6 6 — W. R. Carpenter — 2 5 0 Drug Houses of Aust. 1 5 0 Waldas Shoes, prof. .. 0 11 0 — R. & E. Tingey, pref. — 1 2 0 MINING— Big River — 0 1 1 Grcv River 0 17 3 — Martha 0 11 3 — Broken Hill South — 1 8 6 Mount Lyell — 1 9 3 Mount Morgan 0 10 2 0 10 6 Wellington Alluvials . — 0 5 0 Triton 0 9 o OVERSEAS LISTINGS— Woohvorths Holdings (South Africa) 0 15 1 — *Cum dividend.