MEAGRE BUSINESS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 71, 21 February 1939, Page 6

MEAGRE BUSINESS.

WELLINGTON SHARE MARKET

Business was very slow on the Wellington Stock Exchange yesterday, the total trading covering lour sales. Government -loans continued in active demand at firm rates, but few sellers were offering. Bank shares were quiet, with an easy tendency. There were weak sellers of National of New Zealand at 45s Australasia were wanted at £9 6sj and buyers were in for Commercial of Australia preference at £9 Bs, and ordinaries at 15s lOd. Wellington Gas ordinaries were lower at 29s 3d. Insurance shares were quiet and unchanged. Bond’s Hosiery firmed to 20s 6d, sellers 21s 3d, and Wellington Woollen were quoted at 96s for the ordinaries, and 99s for the preference. Taringamutu Timber firmed to 12s. Carlton Breweries' were wanted at 665, and Tooths at 55s 6d, sellers asking 56s 6d. There was a slightly improved demand for miscellaneous industrial issues at generally firm rates. Reid Rubber were marked up to 23s 9d. Australian issues were inclined to firm a little. ' Sales recorded yesterday on the Wellington Stock Exchange were as follow : & s. cl. 199 British Tobacco *2 10 0 200— G. J. Coles (2) . 3 19 0 100—David -Jones al 16 6 *Late sale Saturday, a Reported after last, call. YESTERDAY’S QUOTATIONS. The Jatcst buying and selling quotations recorded yesterday on the Wellington Stock Exchange were as.follow; —. Buvcrs. Sellers. N.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 Sheep Farmers, 6| p.c., 31-8-41 102 10 0 BANKS—

YESTERDAY’S SALES. Auckland—Auck. Hospital, 4i p.c., 1-6-43, £IOO 10s; Bank of N.S.W., £3 10s; Bank of N.Z., £1 19s 3d; N.Z. Insurance. £2 13s 6d; South British Insurance, £2 4s 9d; Farmers’ Auction., A pref., £1; B pref., 19s 3d; Westport-Stockton, ord„ 4s 2d, pref. 7s 9d; Auckland Gas, 18s; British Tobacco (2), £2 10s; Broken Hill Pty., £2 18s; Electro. Zinc, pref., *£2 10s 9d; G. J. Coles, £3 19s; Reid Rubber, *£l ss; N.Z. Drug, £3 ss; Taranaki Oil (2), 9s lOd; Wilsons Cement 15s 9d; Woolworths (N.Z.), 17s 9d; Woolworths, Ltd. (2), £1 3s_ 6d; Mount Morgan, 11s 4d. Overseas list: Woolworths Holdings (South Africa), *lss 2d. ■ *Late sale Saturday. ! Christchurch. —N.Z. Guarantee Corp., 4s ; 66; Bruce Woollen, 10s 9d; N.Z. Breweries, *£l 19s 6d; Dominion Breweries, £1 10s 9d; N.Z. Farmers’ Co-op., 4j. p.c., 1950 (2), £B3; Evans Atlas Flour, £1 2s; Taranaki Oil, 8s lOd, 9s, 9s sd; Woolworths (N.Z.), 17s 8d; Grey River, 17s 9d. *Lato 6ale Saturday.

*5i p.c. Inscr. Stock, 15-3-1939-43 . 99 10 0 — * Ditto, 15-9-1939-43 . 99 10 0 — ‘Ditto, 15-3-1941-43 . 99 10 0 — ‘Ditto, 15-9-1841-43 . 99 10 0 — ‘Ditto, 15-5-1939-52 — 100 0 0 ‘Ditto, 15-11-1941-52 . 99 0 0 — ‘Ditto, 15-5-1941-52 . 99 0 0 — Ditto, 15-1-1953-57 . — 93 0 0 p.c. ditto, 15-11-1938-41 . 97 0 0 — 4 p.c. ditto, 15-2-1943-46 . 98 5 0 — p.c. Jiondt5, 15-1-1953-57 — 93 10 0 4 p.c. ditto, 15-2-1943-46 . 93 5 0 — 4 p.c. Kural Bonds, 15-9-1947 . 99 0 0 —

Australasia 9 6 0 —- Oomrcl. of Aust., ord. 0 15 10 — Ditto, prof 9 8 0 — Eng., Scot, and Aust. • 5 8 0 National of N.Z — 2 5 9 National of Australasia, £10 paid ., — 13 10 0 New Zealand ■ ’ 1 19 5 Ditto, D long term ... 1 6 0 — Union of Aust — 8 5 0 FINANCIAL — Dalgcty and Co — 7 14 0 Equitable Bdg. Co. ... 0 8 9 — Ditto, perp. deb. 6tk. — 0 19 6 Newton King. pref. ... — 0 8 0 N.Z. Guarantee Corp. 0 4 2 — N.Z. Loan and Mere., ord. stock, London register — 35 0 0 General Finance — 0 18 6 Metropolitan Big., Weilington — 12 0 U Wright, Stephenson, ord — i u y GAS— Wellington, ord 1 9 3 — INSURANCE— ... National of N.Z 0 15 10 0 16 2 South British 2 4 0 — MEAT PRESERVINGN.Z. Refrigerating ... — 0 17 9 Ditto, 10 s paid — 0 7 10 TRANSPORT — lTuddart, Parker, pref. *1 11 0 — Union Steam, pref. ... 1 4 0 15 0 Kclburn Tram., ord. — 13 0 WOOLLEN— ... Bond’s Hosiery Mills 1 0 6 i i Kaiapoi — 0 12 6 Manawatu 4 16 Wellington, ord 0 — Ditto, prof 4 19 0 — TIMBER— . _ Ley land-O’ Brien 0 14 b — llotoiti — 0 3 4 Ditto, pref. — 0 0 16 6 Taringamutu 0 12 — Taupo Totara, ord. ... 0 5 0 — BREWERIES— _ . . Carlton 0 U N.Z. Breweries ...; 1 19 3 — Tooth and Co 2 15 6 2 16 6 MISCELLANEOUS— . „ , Aust. Glass — 0 10 o British Tobacco 2 9 0 — Broken Hill Pty 2 17 9 — Ditto, contrib 2 4 6 — Burns, Philp and Co. 2 13 0 — Claude Neon Industries — 1 12 0 Colonial Sugar 48 10 0 — Con. Brick and Pipe . 9 0 9 0 Dominion Fertiliser ... 1 1 — Dunlop Perdriau 1 1 0 119 Electrolytic Zinc, ord. *2 7 0 — Ditto, pref. Farmers’ Trading *2 10 0 — 0 19 3 General Industries 3 19 0 19 9 G. J. Coles 0 3 19 6 Henry Jones Co-op. .. 2 10 0 — I.C.I. Aust. and N.Z., „ , , pref Mocduffs, ord — 1 0 o 0 3 0 Macduffs, pref McKenzies — 0 8 3 2 5 0 0 5 0 Moturoa Oil National Electric — 0 14 0 N.Z. Farm. Fertiliser 0 15 0 — Reid Rubber (N.Z.) ... 1 3 9 — Sharland and Co., ord. 0 14 0 — Taranaki Oil 0 9 0 — Woolworths N.Z., ord. — 0 17 10 — 3 5 6 R. & E. Tingey, pref. — 10 6 Trustees’ Executors ... 4 0 0 — Donaghy’s Rope 2 2 6 — 1 15 6 1 17 0 Gordon and Gotch ... 2 15 0 — Aust. Paper Mfrs., pref. 1 5 0 — MINING— . _ Addison’s Flat — U U10 Oil Big River 0 0 Gillespie’s Beach 6 0 10 0 17 11 Grey River — 0 11 9 0 13 U Nemona 0 0 10 — Waihi Investments .... 0 8 0 — Broken Hill South ••• — *17 8 Mt. Lvell 0 11 17 3 Mount Morgan 3 — Rawang Tin OVERSEAS LISTINGS0 8 0 Woolworths Holdings (South Africa)0’15 i — *Cum dividend.