LITTLE BUSINESS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 94, 21 March 1939, Page 5

LITTLE BUSINESS.

WELLINGTON STOCK EXCHANGE. INQUIRY FOR BANK SHARES. Tlie Wellington share market continues quiet, with little business passing. Except for Government loans and banks, there were few buyers in the market yesterday. National Bank of New Zealand were firmer with a sale at 475, Now South Wales changed hands at £fiO and Commercials of Australia at 16s 2d. Wool worths (New j Zealand) advanced to a sale at 17s, with late sellers asking 17s 4d and no buyers. YESTERDAY’S QUOTATIONS. The latest buying and soiling quotations recorded yesterday on the Wellington Slock Exchange \\ ore as follow : —■ I r> c „ 11«

YESTERDAY'S SALES. Dealings recorded on I lie New Zealand slock exchanges yesterday were as follow, the number of .shares being shown in respect of Wellington sales:— Wellington.—3oo, N.Z. Guarantee Coni.. *4< 2d: 225, Taringamutu Timber, *l3s 6<l: 1000. 1.C.1.. pref.. *£l 3s 9d; 100, British Tobacco, *£2 10s 7d: 10. Bank of N.S.W ~ a£3o; 100, Commercial Bank, ord., 16s 2d: 100 National Bank of N.Z., a£2 is: 150, Leyland-O'Brien Timber, 16s 3d: 100 Tooth anil Co. £2 15s 9d; 5 Colonial Sugar, £49; 100, Woolworths (N.Z.), ord., 17s.— * Late sale Saturday, a Reported after call. Auckland.—lnscribed Stock, 4 p.e., 1946 49. £99 10s; Auckland Gas. 6 p.e.. 1942; £103: Auckland Harbour Board. 4i p.e., 1958, £lOl, 41 p.e., 1959. £101: Mt, Albert Borough, 4* p.e., 1967, £IOO 10s; E.S. and A Bank £5 3s; National Bank of N.Z.. *£2 7s: Bank of N.S.W., *£3o; Bank of New Zealand. £1 18s 9(1; N.Z. Insurance, £2 12s; Auckland Gas, 16s 9d, con. 10s 9d: Devonport Ferry, £1 0s 6d; Lcyland O'Brien, 16s 3d; Taringamutu Timber, 13s 6d - Broken Hill Pty., £2 18s 4d, £2 18s, £2 17s 9d; f.C.T., pref., £1 3s 9d; Reid Rubber. £1 4s 9d; Woolworths (N.Z.), *l7s, 17s; Wilsons Cement, 15s 6d: Mt, Mor gan 10s 10(1. Loloma. £1 1* 6d. Overseas list Woolworths’ Holdings (South Africa), *l4s lOd. Unofficial list; Silknit, 4s.—‘Late sale Saturday. Christchurch.—Commercial Batik of Aust.. 16s; Westport-Stockton Coal, pref., 7s 4d; N.Z. Breweries. £1 18s 3d (2): tooths, £2 15s 6d (2); British Tobacco. £2 10s (2): Broken Hill Plv.. £2 18s; Woolworths, Ltd.. £1 2s 9d: Broken Hill South. £1 7s sd, £1 6s 9d; Mount Lvell, £1 5s 9d (2) ; Orrv River, 13s 8d (3). Sales reported: National Bank of N.Z.. £2 6s 6d; N.Z Breweries. £1 18s 3d: Dnnlop-Pcrdriatt, £1 Is 3d. £1 Is 4id: Woolworths, Ltd.. £1 2s 10d; Mount Morgan, 10s Bd. Unofficial list: Ngahere, £1 4s. Dunedin.—Austral.-N.Z. Mining. £1 2s 6d; Westport Coal. £1 0s 9d; Broken Hill Pty.. £2 19s 3d, a£2 18s 6d.—a, Reported after call.

1 Buyers. Sclle *r?. N.Z. GOVT. LOAN'S— £ b. d. a s. d. *3* p.c. Inscr. Stock, 15 11-1941-52 *Diito, 15-5-1941-52 ... 1 >i i to, 15-1-1953-57 99 10 0 99 10 0 91 5 0 - 32 p.c. ditto. 15-11-1538 41 93 0 0 93 10 0 4 p.c. ditto, 15-3-1940-43 Ditto, 15-2-1943-45 .!. 97 10 0 98 12 6 Ditto. 15-4-1946 49 99 5 0 99 15 0 Ditto, 15-6-1952-55 — 99 15 0 3a n.c. iloinits, 15-1-1953-57 91 5 0 — 4 p.c. liontls. 15-2-1943-46 98 5 0 *Tax tree to first date, then Optional maturity three years final date. 4 p.e. before BANKSCom re 1. of A list., ord. — 0 16 3 Eng - ., Scot, and A list. — 5 5 0 1 National of N.Z New South Wales New Zealand 2 6 9 29 10 0 1 18 7 1 18 9 Ditto, D long term ... 1 6 2 — FJNA.NI 1A L- - Equitable Brig. Co. ... Ditto, perp. deb. r>tk. 0 9 11 0 19 0 Goldsbiough, Moil. ... — 1 13 0 Newton King, prof. ... — 0 8 0 N.Z. arid River Plate — 0 9 6 Well. Tiur-t, Loan 4 12 0 5 0 0 (Jeneral Ki nance — C 18 3 Metropolitan Big., Weilington — *12 0 0 IN right, Stephenson, pref — 1 0 0 GAS - (.1 is borne — C 6 6 Wellington, ord — 1 10 9 Ditto, pref — 1 3 6 Timaru. paid — 0 14 6 INSURANCE— New Zealand — 2 12 9 South Biitish — 2 4 0 MEAT I’H I'iSKRV INC — N.Z. Refrigerating. .VI — 0 16 6 Ditto. 10s — 0 7 0 Southland — 1 8 6 Ditto, pref — 1 8 6 TRANSPORT—

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