LIMITED INTEREST.
WELLINGTON SHARE MARKET. The Wellington share market was quieter again yesterday with only a limited inquiry. No noticeable weakness developed, however, sellers not lowering their quotes in any endeavour to sell. National Bank of New Zealand showed a further improvement, changing hands at 47s 6d, while Commercials of Australia were done at 16s Id. New Zealand Breweries sold at 38s, Broken Hill changed hands at 58s 6d. 58s 9d, and 58s 6d, while Electrolytic Zinc were done at 465. YESTERDAY’S QUOTATIONS. The latest buying and selling quotations recorded yesterday on the Wellington Stock Exchange were as follow :
YESTERDAY’S SALES. Wellington.—loo Bond’s Hosiery Mills, *£l Cfe 9d; 100 Woolworths, Ltd., ord., *£l 2s 9d; £SOO, 3 2 p.c. Stock, 1953-57, £9l 10s; 200 Commercial Bank, 16s Id; 100 National Bank of N.Z., £2 7s 6d; 100 N.Z. Breweries, £1 8s; 5 Colonial Sugar, £4B 12s 6d: 400 Consufidated Brick and Pipe, 8s 8d; 50 Electrolytic Zinc, ord., £2 6s; 200 Broken Hill, £2 18s 6d, 100 £2 18s 9d, 200 (2) £2 18s 6d: 400 Woolworths, Ltd., ord. (2), £1 2s 9(1. ‘Late sale Wednesday. Auckland.—Govt. Bonds, 4 p.c., 1943-46. £9B 10s; Insor. Stock, 4 p.c., 1940-43, £97 15s; Christchurch Drainage Board, 4j- p.c., 1941, £IOO 10s; South British Insurance, £2 3s 9d, £2 4s; Wellington Gas, £1 9s 9d; Dominion Breweries, pref., *£l 6s; Broken Hill l’ty., £2 18s 6d; Colonial Sugar, *£4B 12s 6d; Farmers’ Trading, 17s 9(1; Hume Pipe (Aust.), £1 Os 4jd; 1.C.1., pref., £1 3s 9(1: Sanford, ord., 4e; Woolworths, Ltd., *£l 2s 9d; Einpcror, ‘Bs 9d. ‘Late sale Wednesday. . Christchurch.—N.Z. Breweries (2), £1 18s; Dunlop Perdriau (6), £1 Is 5(1; Electro Zinc, ord., £2 6s 6d; ditto, pref., £2 9s- Hume Pipe (Aust.), £1 0s 2d; Woolworths, Ltd. (2), £1 2s 9d; Grey River, 18s 6d. Sales reported: Inscr. Stock, 34 p.c., 1953-57, £9l 10s; Comm. Bank of Aust., 16s Id; United Building, odd parcel, £1 0s 6d; Southland Frozen Meat (3), £1 7s 6d; Grev River, 18s 7d. ... Dunedin.—There was no sitting of the Stock Exchange on account of the anniversary of the province.
N.Z. GOVT. LOANS— Buyers. £ a. d. Sellers. £ s. d. 3 p.c. Insc.r. Stock, 15-7-1939-41 96 0 0 p.c. ditto, 15-11-1941-52 .99 10 0 ‘Ditto, 15-5-1941-52 99 10 0 — 4 p.c. ditto, 15-3-1940-43 Ditto, 15-2-1943-46 .. . 98 5 0 98 0 0 Ditto, 15-4-1946-49 Ditto, 15-6-1952-55 4 p.c. Bonds, 15-2- : 11 99 15 0 99 5 0
1943-46 98 7 6 — *Tax free to first date, then 4 p.c. Optional maturity three years before final date.
BANKS— National of N.Z 2 7 0 — Now South Wales — 30 5 0 Now Zealand — 1 18 9 Ditto, D long term ... 1 6 0 — Union of Aust — 8 5 0 Ditto, Melbne. reg. .. 8 0 0 — FINANCIAL— Abraham and Williams 0 9 0 — Equitable Bdg. Co. .. 0 9 11 — Ditto, porp. deb. stk. — 0 18 6 Goldsbrough, Mort. ... — 1 9 9 National Mortgage — 1 6 0 Newton King, pref. .. — 0 8 0 N.Z. Guarantee Corp. — *0 4 4 General Finance — 0 18 3 Wright, Stephenson, pref — 1 0 0 Metropolitan Big — 11 10 0 GAS— Feilding 0 1 10 — Wellington, ord — 1 10 6 MEAT PRESERVING— N.Z. Refrigerating, £1 0 14 2 Ditto, 10s — 0 6 9 TRANSPORT— ITuddart, Parker, ord. — 2 14 3 P. and O. defd. stock — 1 9 0 WOOLLEN— Bond’s Hosiery Mills — *1 1 0 Wellington, ord 4 17 0 — Ditto, pref 5 0 0 — COAL— Westport — 1 1 0 TIMBER— Lovland-O’Brien 0 16 0 — BREWERIES— Carlton 3 7 6 — Tooth and Co 2 15 0 — M TSCELLANEOUS — Aust. Consol. Industries 1 10 0 1 11 6 Broken Hill Pty 2 18 3 2 18 7 Bums, Philp and Co. 2 14 0 — Claude Neon Lights (N.Z.) — 1 0 6 Con. Brick and Pipe 0 8 4 0 8 9 Dunlop Perdriau — 0 *1 1 9 Klectrolvtic Zinc, ord. 2 6 2 7 0 Felt and Textiles *1 11 9 1 13 0 General Industries — *0 19 9 O. J. Coles — 3 18 0 Henry Jones Co-op. .. 2 10 0 — Howard Smith, ord. .. *0 19 0 — McKenzies 2 0 0 — National Electric — 0 13 9 N.Z. Pacer Mills 1 1 0 — Taranaki Oil 0 3 9 0 9 1 Wilsons N.Z., Cement 0 15 5 Wool worths Ltd., ord. W'ool worths N.Z., ord. — *1 2 9 0 16 8 — 0 Berlei (N.Z.) — 3 5 C. M. Banks, pref. .. * 0 14 0 Whitcombe and Tombfi, cont rib — 2 16 3 Wool worths (Viet.), pref — 1 10 3 MINING— . _ . Big River — 0 1 I Grey lliver 0 18 5 — Mossy Creek — 0 1 2 Broken Hill South ... 1. 6 6 1 7 o M ount Lyell 1 6 0 1 7 9 Placer Development 3 12 0 3 15 0 *Cum dividend.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 97, 24 March 1939, Page 5
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