SHARE MARKET.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 218, 13 August 1940, Page 10

SHARE MARKET.

WELLINGTON QUOTATIONS. The latest buying and selling quotations recorded yesterday on the Wellington Stock Exchange were as follow:

(South Africa) 0 16 0 c Cum dividend, x Ex dividend.

YESTERDAY’S SALES. Wellington.—l3o Bank of Australasia, £8 7s 6d; 300 South British Ins., £2 (is 0(1; 100 Wellington Gas, £1 11s; 200 N.Z. Farm. Fertiliser, £1; 100 Woolworths, Ltd., 10s 3d, 100 10s, 100 lb’s lid. Auckland.—Govt. Stock, 4 p.c., 15-2-43-40. £lO3 ss; Bank of Australasia, £8 "S 6d; Comm. Bank Aust., 13s Od, 12) 13s Oil; Bank of N.Z., £2; Union Bank, £6 19s 6d; South British Ins. (2), £2 6s 6d; Pukemiro Coal, 16s; Bom. Breweries (2), £1 9s lOd; Colonial Sugar. £46 158; Farmers’ Trading, 18s 9d; N.Z. Drug. £4 0s 6d; N.Z. Farm. Fertiliser, pref., £1 2s 4d; Woolworths. Ltd., 16s; Golden Crown, 6d; Mount Lyell, £1 58. Christchurch.—Govt. Stock, 4 p.c., 15-2-43-4G, £104; Bank of N.Z., £2 0s Id; N.Z. Breweries, £1 13s; Broken Hill Ppty. (2), £2; N.Z. Prug, £4 Is, £4 0s 6d; Macduffb, pref., 15s. Dunedin.—Govt. Stock, 4 p.c., 15 3-40-43, £102; H.K. Mfrs., 5s 9d. AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. 1 SYDNEY, Aug. 12. Prices showed a slight improvement on the Sydney Stock Exchange to ; day, and there was a fair volume of business. Sales included: Bank of New South Wales. £24 IHs; Electrolytic Zinc, £2 5s 9d; Emperor Mines, 9s 3d; Goldsbrough Mort, £1 3s 4Jd; Colonial Sugar, £46 7s 8d; Kandos Cement. £1 7s 3d; Oil Search, 3s 9d; Sargents, £1 4s 9rl; 'Broken Hill Pty., £2 0s 3d; Austr. Consol. Industries, £1 13s 6d; Tooth and Co.. £2 Gb Sd; Henry Jones, £2 11s t'd. Sales on the Melbourne Exchange included Carlton Breweries, ex iliv., £2 19s; National Bank. £lO paid, £ll 8s; G. J Coles, £2 18s 9d; Drug Houses, £1 4s 3d.

Buyers. Sellers. N.Z. GOVT. LOANS— £ B. d. £ s. d. 3 p.c. Stock, 15-7-1939-41 .. 98 10 0 — 3i p.c. ditto, 15-1-1953-57 .. 98 17 G — 31 p.c. ditto. 15-11-1938-41 99 17 6 — 4 p.c. ditto, 15-3-1940-43 .. 101 7 6 — Ditto, 15-2-1943-46 103 5 0 — Ditto. 30-11-1943 103 0 0 — Ditto, 15-4-1946-49 104 0 0 — Ditto, 15-5-1949-52 104 2 6 — Ditto, 15-6-1952-55 104 7 6 — Ditto, 31-5-1954-58 104 7 6 — 3 p.c. Bonds, 15-7-1939-41 .. 98 10 0 — 4 p.c. ditto, 15-6-1952-55 .. 104 7 6 — 31 p.c. State Advances, 1-6-1944 97 15 « DEBENTURES— Wgtn. Harbour Bd„ 41 p.c., 28-2-61 105 10 0 _ BANKS— Australasia 8 2 c — Comrcl. of Aust., ord. .. — X0 13 10 Comrcl. of Aust., pref. .. C8 0 0 9 0 0 National of Australasia, £10 paid 12 7 6 Ditto, £5 paid 5 2 6 — New South Wales x26 0 0 — New Zealand 1 19 10 — Ditto. D lone: term — 1 7 6 FINANCIAL— Abraham and Williams, deb. stock — 0 18 0 Equitable Bdg. Co., 5 p.c. perp. deb. stk 0 15 0 ■ N.Z. Guarantee Corp. . 0 3 0 — Wgtn. Invest., T. and A — XO 9 6 Wgtn. Trust, Loan 4 10 0 — Wright, Stephenson — 1 1 0 GAS— Napier — 8 10 0 Wellington, ord 1 10 3 1 12 6 INSURANCE— National of N.Z 0 17 8 — New Zealand 2 17 6 ■ South British 2 6 3 2 6 9 MEAT PRESERVING— N.Z. Refrigerating 0 19 0 — Ditto, 10s paid 0 8 5 0 9 0 WOOLLEN— Mosgiel 10 0 0 — Wellington, ord x6 2 6 — Ditto, pref x5 3 0 — TIMBER— Potoiti 0 4 b Taupo Totara, ord — CO 5 0 BkE *» BKiJiS— Carlton — 3 G 0 Dominion — 1 10 3 N.Z. Breweries 1 12 1 1 13 2 MISCELLANEOUS— Aust. Consol. Industries. contrib — 0 15 0 British Tobacco, Aust. .. — 2 8 0 Broken Hill Pty 2 0 4 2 0 9 Colonial Sugar 46 15 0 48 0 0 Consol. Brick and Pipe 0 7 2 — Chas. Begg 0 19 0 — Den. and Med. Supply 0 13 3 — Electrolytic Zinc, ord. .. — x2 8 0 Ditto, pref x2 7 0 — G. J. Coles 2 18 6 — Hume Pipe 0 13 3 — Macduifs, ord. . 0 6 9 — Ditto, pref 0 14 6 — McKenzies . 1 19 0 — National Electric . 0 16 6 — N.Z. Farmers’ Fertiliser X0 19 6 1 0 6 R. and E. Tingey, pref. 0 19 6 — Taranaki Oil Development , 0 3 9 Victoria Laundry — 1 0 fl Ditto, contrib — 0 15 6 Wm. Cable, pref 1 l 6 — Wool worth s Ltd., ord. . . .0 15 9 — Woolworths (N.Z.), ore 0 15 0 — Wool worths Properties, prefd., ord — 1 0 0 MINING— Broken Hill South — 1, 5 6 Marth a . 0 7 3 — OVERSEAS LISTINGS— Woolworths Holdings,