SHAKE MARKET.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 219, 14 August 1940, Page 12

SHAKE MARKET.

WELLINGTON QUOTATIONS. The latest buying and selling quotations recorded yesterday on the Wellington Stock Exchange were as follow: Buyers. Sellers. N.Z. GOVT. LOANS- £ s. d. £ s. d.

(South Africa) 0 16 0 c Cum dividend, x Ex dividend. YESTERDAY'S SALES. Wellington.—2oo South British Ins., £2 (is 6d- 200 Wellington Gas. £1 lls; 100 Dom. Breweries, £1 9s lOd, 200 £1 10b ; 50 Broken Hill Pty., £2 Os Oil. Auckland—Govt, . Bonds. 4 p.c„ 10-4-4fi-49. £lO4 ss; Auck. Gas, perp. deb., £IOO ss; South British Ins. (2). £2 6s Cd; Broken Hill Pty. (2), £2 Is; Macduffa. pref.. 15s; M.K. Manufacturers, 5s lOd; Reid Rubber, 10s pd. t 14a 4d; Wilsons Cement (2), 18s. Dunedin.—National Insurance. 18s; Standard Insurance. £2 18s; Martha Gold, 7s 9d

AUSTRALIAN MARKETS. SYDNEY. Aug. 13. The tone of the market on the Sydney Stock Exchange to-day was firm, hut the volume of business was not heavy. Sales included: William Adams, 12s 8d; General Industries, 15s 7id; Arahura Gold, £1 fis; Australian Gas. A. £5 7s Cd; Mount Morgan, 7s 8d; Colonial Sugar, £4R 7s Cd; Broken Hill Pty., £2 0s Cd; A.C. Industries, £1 14s 3d; Bank of New South Wales, £24 10s; Winc.hcombo Carson, £> 4s; David Jones, £1 8s 9d; Tooheys, Ltd., £1 Os Gd. Sales on tho Melbourne Exchange included: North Broken Hill, £1 13s 3d; British Tobacco. £2 4s 3d; Gordon and Gotch, £1 15b; G. J. Coles, £2 19s.

3 p.c. Stock, 15-7-1939-41 .. 98 10 0 — 3J p.c. ditto, 15-1-1953-57 .. 98 17 G — 33 p.c. ditto, 15-11-1938-4 9.9 17 6 — 4 p.c. ditto, 15-3-1940-43 .. .101 10 0 — Ditto, 30-11-1948 103 0 0 — Ditto, 15-4-1940-49 .104 0 0 — Ditto, 15-5-1949-52 .104 0 0 — Ditto, 15-6-1952-55 ... 104 5 0 — Ditto, 31-5-1954-58 104 5 0 — 4 p.c. Bonds, 15-6-1952-55 . .104 5 0 — 3i p.c. State Advances, 1-6-1944 97 15 0 — DEBENTURES— Wgtn. Harbour Bd„ 4} p.c., 28-2-61 .105 10 0 — Makerua Dge., 43 p.c.. 1-8-53 .100 0 0 — BANKS— Australasia 8 5 0 — Comrcl. of Aust., ord. .. — x0 13 6 Ditto, pref • x8 0 0 — National of Australasia, £10 paid — 12 10 0 Ditto, £5 paid 5 2 6 — New South Wales X25 15 0 — New Zealand 2 0 0 ■ Ditto. D long term 1 6 G — Union of Aust xG 17 6 — FINANCIAL— Equitable Bdg. Co., 5 p.c perp. deb. stk 0 15 0 — N.Z. Guarantee Corp. 0 3 0 — Wgtn. Invest., T. and A — X0 9 G Wgtn. Trust, Loan 4 10 0 — GAS— Feilding . 0 1 9 — Napier — 8 10 0 Wellington, ord . 1 10 6 — Ditto, pref . 1 1 9 — INSURANCE— National of N.Z . 0 17 8 — New Zealand . 2 17 G — South British . 2 6 3 2 6 9 Standard ci 15 6 —; MEAT PRESERVING— N.Z. Refrigerating . 0 19 n — Ditto, 10s paid . 0 8 5 0 9 0 WOOLLEN— Bond’s Hosiery Mills . . .'1 G G — Felt Textiles, ord . 1 14 0 — Mosgiel . 10 0 0 — Wellington, ord . x6 3 0 — Ditto, pref « 7 o 0 TIMBER— Rotoiti . 0 4 8 Taupo Totara, ord : — CO 5 0 Ditto, pref 8 — BREWERIES— Caflton . x3 6 0 N.Z. Breweries . 1 12 6 1 13 3 MISCELLANEOUS— British Tobacco. Aust. . — 2 8 0 Broken Hill Ptj- . 2 0 9 2 1 0 Claude Neon Lights (N.Z.) .. 0 18 G — Colonial Sugar . 40 15 0 48 5 0 Consol. Brick and Ripe 0 7 2 0 7 11 Chas. Begg . 1 0 0 — Den. and Med. Supply 0 13 3 — Electrolytic Zinc, ord. . — x2 7 0 Ditto, pref -— x2 7 0 G. J. Coles .. 2 18 0 — Hume Pipe .. 0 13 3 — Macduifs. ord .. 0 6 9 — Ditto, pref .. 0 14 8 — McKenzies .. 1 19 0 — Moturoa Oil — 0 4 3 Ditto, pref '— 0 4 3 National Electric — 0 18 0 It. and E. Tingey, pref. 0 19 G — . Taranaki Oilfields — 0 6 3 Taranaki Oil Development .* — 0 3 9 Victoria Laundry .. — 1. o 6 Ditto, contrib — 0 15 G Wm. Cable, pref .. i i 9 — Woolwortbs Ltd., ord. — 0 1G 0 Woolworths (N.Z.). ord. 0 14 10 — Woolwortbs Properties. prefd., ord. — 1 6 0 Bycrofts, Ltd 0 — MINING— Grey River 0 — Broken Hill South 1 5 3 Martha 3 — OVERSEAS LISTINGSWoolwortbs Holdings,