LITTLE BUSINESS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 194, 18 July 1939, Page 5

LITTLE BUSINESS.

WELLINGTON STOCK EXCHANGE. There was little doing yesterday on tile Wellington Stock Kxchange, the market being generally stagnant. Interest in leading Australian issues appeared to have faded out. there being a lack of inquiry in these. Government loans were quiet, with a slightly firmer tone at the late call. The only business listed was a small parcel of 3J per cent, stock, 1939-43, at C 99.

Small attention was paid to bank shares. Australasia were quoted at £9 Is, sellers ’£9 Rs. Commercial of Australia, were a little easier at Kis 7d, sellers IGs lOd. New Zealand, firmed to sales at 395. a gain of . 3d. Buyers were in lor New- South AA ales at- £3O. Goldsbrough, Mort were steady at 28s. sellers 295. Industrial shares were generally dull, little interest being shown in any section.

YESTERDAY’S QUOTATIONS. Tlie latest buying and selling quotations recorded yesterday on the Wellington Stock Exchange were as follow; — Buyers. Sellers.

YESTERDAY’S SALES. Wellington.—£soo Inscribed Stock, 31 p.c., 15-9-39-43, a£99: 200 Bank of N.Z., £1 19s (2) ; 500 N.Z.' Guarantee Corpn., *4s; 250 Wellington Gas, *£l 9s; 30 Wgtn. Woollen, *£s; 100 British Tobacco, £2 12s 3s; 400 Gates, Ltd., 8s; 100 G. J. Coles, *£4 (2) ; 300 Wilsons Cement, 17s.—*Lato sale Saturday, a. Reported after last call. Auckland. —Inscribed Stock, 4 p.c., 15-3-40-43, £99; Mt. Albert. Boro., p.c.. 1-7-48, £97 10?; Dominion Breweries. £1 13s, £1 12s lid; Broken Hill Pty., *£3 8? 9d £3 9s; Taranaki Oil, 6? 6d: Woolworths. Ltd.. £1 4s Id; W. R ; Carpenter, £2 4s 6d; Mount Lycll, *£l 7s 9d. —*Late sale Saturday. „ „ Christchurch.—Broken Ilill Ply., £3 9s; Dunlop Perdriau, £1 Is 6d (2) ; Gates, Ltd. 8?; Imp. Chemicals, pref., £i 4s 8d: Woolworths. Ltd., £1 4s (2) ; Grey River, 17s lOd; Mount 'Morgan, 10s 9d. Dunedin. —Broken Hill Pty.. £3 9s; G. .T. Coles, £3 19s 9d; N.Z. Drug, £3 9s; Woolworths, Ltd., £1 4s; Mount Morgan, 10s 6d.

N.Z. GOVT LOANS— X, s. d. £ s. d. 3 p.c. luecr. Stock. 15-7-1939-41 97 0 0 — p.c. ditto. 15-9-1939-43 98 17 6 99 0 U llitto, 15-3-1941-43 ... 93 15 0 — Ditto, 15-9-1941 43 ... 98 15 0 — 32 p.c. ditto, 15-11-1933-41 98 5 0 — 4 p.e. ditto, 15-3-1940-43 98 15 0 — Ditto, 30-11-1948 — 99 12 6 Ditto, 15-4-1946-49 ... . 97 15 0 Ditto, 15-6-1952-55 — 95 17 6 Ditto, 31-5-1954-58 — 96 15 0 33 p.c. Bonds, 15-11-1938-41 93 5 0 — DEBENTURES— Auck. City, 4* p.c., 1-1 97 10 44-45 0 — BANKS— Australasia 9 1 0 9 8 'I Comrcl. of Aust., ot'd. *0 16 7 0 16 10 Eng. Scot, and Aust. — 5 2 0 "New South Wales 30 0 0 — Now Zealand 1 18 8 — Ditto, D long term ... 1 6 4 — Union of Aust — *8 10 FINANCIAL— General Finance — 0 17 fi Goldsbrottgh, .Mold. ... 1 8 0 19 0 National Mortgage, 13 — 15 0 Newton King, prof. ... — N.Z. Invest., Mort and 0 8 3 Deposit — 0 9 6 GAS- __ . Christchurch, contrih. . — 0 13 U Feilding 0 2 2 — Wellington, ord . 19 6 INSURANCE— National of N.Z 0 16 7 0 16 11 New Zealand 2 11 6 — MEAT PRESERVING — Gear Meat 0 11 0 — N.Z. Refrig., 10s paid 0 7 7 — TRANSl’OR’l — Htiddart, Parker, ord. 2 14 1 — WOOLLEN — Bond’s Hosiery Alius 1 0 0 — Mosgiel 9 0 0 — Oainarti — 0 15 0 Prestige (N.Z.), pref. — 1 2 11 0 12 0 Tiniaru — Wellington, ord 4 18 0 — COAL— Westport-Stock ton — 0 4 2 Renown TIMBER— 0 8 9 Rotoiti 0 3 0 — Ditto, pref 0 16 0 — Taringairiutu 0 13 0 — Tattpo Totara, pref., lcs paid BREWERIES— U 10 u Cariton 3 10 0 — Dominion 1 12 0 — N.Z. Breweries 1 17 0 — MISCELLANEOUS— British Tobacco — 2 12 4 Broken Hill Pty — 3 9 9 Colonial Sugar — 51 0 0 Con. Brick and Pipe — .090 Dcnhard, ord — 0 9 0 Den. and Med. Sup. 0 10 3 — D.I.C., [ire: 1 1 0 1 2 0 Dunlop Pcrdriau — Electrolytic Zinc. ord. — *2 14 0 Felt and Textiles 1 12 0 — 0. J. Coles — *4 0 3 Ditto, rights 2 11 6 — Hcnrv Jones Co-op . 2 14 9 — Howard Smith, ord. . 1 0 9 — I.C.I. Aust. and N.Z., pref 1 4 3 1 4 9 Maedttffs. ord 0 1 8 0 2 0 Ditto, pref 0 6 0 — McKenzies — 2 3 6 Moturoa Oil, pref. ... — 0 5 0 National Electric — 0 13 0 N.Z. Farm. Fertiliser 0 17 6 Radio (1936) — 0 17 0 R. & E. Ttngey, prof. — 10 0 Taranaki Oilfields 0 6 4 0 6 9 Wilsons N.Z.. Cement 0 16 6 0 17 0 Wool worths N.Z., ord. — 0 17 9 Woohv'ortlis Propcrtiets 1 4 6 — Ditto, rights 0 1 8 10 6 Dominion Rubber — 0. M. Banks, pref. .. — 0 14 0 Yotin "husband, rights — 0 2 0 MINING— New River 0 0 9 — Ngaltere 1 2 0 18 0 Mount Lvell — ISlniint Morgan — OVERSEAS LISTINGS0 10 8 Wooiworths Holdings (South Africa) ... — *C'um dividend. 0 14 H