FINANCIAL NEWS

Manawatu Standard, Volume LXI, Issue 139, 14 May 1941, Page 12

FINANCIAL NEWS

STOCK EXCHANGE. The latest buying: and selling quotations recorded yesterday on the Wellington btock Exchange were as follow: Buyers. Sellers. N.Z. GOVT. LOANS— £ B . (1 £ s d 3 p.o. Stock. 15-7-10:19-41 ... 99 12 li

"Wellington sales. —£1825 Govt. Stock, 4 p.c.. 1.1-2-43-46 (2), £103; £1159 ditto. 4 p.c.. 15-0-52-5.), £IOO 10s; 250 Equitable Building. 10s; 247 Gisborne Gas, 3s.

Auckland. —War Loan, 1-10-53. £B2 2s fid; ditto, MO-53, £B2 ss; Inscr. Stock, 4 p.c., 1940-43, £lOl 2s fid; ditto, 4 p.c., 1943-46, £103; ditto. 1 p.c.. 1952-55, £lofi 10s; Auckland Drainage lid.. 41 p.c., 1948-59, £103; Auckland Barbour Bd., 41 p.c., 1953; £105; Auckland Fire Bd„ 41 p.c., 1954. £105; Nat. Bank of N.Z., £1 15s Cd; Bank of N.Z.. £1 17s; N.Z. Insurance (2), £3 Is: South British Insurance, £2 10s; Farmers' Auct. Co. B prof., £1 Is; N.Z. Breweries. £1 10s lOd; Farmers’ Trading Co., 19s 4d; Henry •loncs. £2 9s fid; M.K. Manufacturers, 5s Id- Reid Rubber, £1 8s; Sanford, ord„ 4s; Woolworths (N.Z.), 13s 4d; Woolworths, Ltd., lfis Id. Christchurch.—lnscr. Stock. 31 p.c.. 195357. £lo° 15s: Dalgety and Co. (2), £5 19b fid; Buddart, Barker, £2 5s fid; Hays Ltd., con., £1 Is; Hume Pipe (Aust.j, 13s. Dunedin. —G. .T. Coles. £3 Is; Woolworths (N.Z.), 13s 4d; N.Z. Breweries. £1 10s lOd. Sydney—Trading on 'change to-day was light, but the undertone of the market was firm. Sales: Commercial Banking Co. of Sydney, £lB 9s; Bonds Industries, 30s; Dunlop Pcrdriau, 20s fid; Felt Textiles, 38s- Gordon and Gotch. 395; Coles, 59s 3d; Colonial Sugar, £42 2s fid; Electrolytic Zinc, 518 fid. pref. 52s 3d; Arahura, 24s 3d; Oil Search, ss. Melbourne.—National Bank. £5 paid, £5 17s; Australian Paper Manufacturers, pref., 24s fid; Heralds. 51s: Carlton Brewery, fils; Howard Smith. 19s 9d: Mount Morgan, 8s 9d; Kuala Karapar, 15s Gd. PRICE” OF TIN LONDON, May 12. Tlio price of tin is quoted as follows: Spot, buyers, £270 lOi a ton; rollers £270 15s; forward, buyers, £267 ss; sellers £267 10s.

31 p.c. ditto, J5-l-19.>a-57 . .100 7 G * PC. ditto. 15-3-1940-43 .100 I") 0 J) it to. 15-2-19 43-40 .102 1.1 0 Ditto. :;n-n-in«i .104 7 (> Ditto, 15-4-1940-49 .102 1.1 0 Ditto, 15-0-1952-55 .lOo* 0 0 Ditto. 51 -.'-1954-59 .. .100 M 0 35 P.C. Bonds, 15-1-1955-5; 100 (> 4 p.n. ilitto. 15-4-1940-49 . .102 1.1 0 Ditto, 15-G-1952-55 . 4 p.c. ltural Bonds, .100 0 0 — 15-9-1947 3i p.c. State Advanees, 0 0 — 1-6-1944 17 (i 38 p.c. ditto. 1-19-1955-00 . . 97 10 0 — War Doan. 1-10-53 DEBENTURES— . 82 0 0 —

Wanganui lir. Bd., 4i p.c.. 1-4-50 — 103 5 0 BANKS— Australasia S 15 0 Kng., Scot, and Atist. .. . 1 0 0 National of N.Z — 1 16 b National of Australasia £to paid ell IS n — Ditto, £5 paid 17 g New South Wales c-27 15 0 New Zealand . Cl Hi « Ditto, I) Ionjj: term . cl !) a Union of Aust — G 17 G FINANCIAL— General Finance 0 Hi 0 National Mortgage A .. — 1 15 0 N.Z. Loan and Merc., ord stock . 24 0 0 — Wairarapa Farmers, pref. . 0 \ 10 — Vi gtn. Invest., T. and A — o n r. AVgnt. Trust Loan 4 II 0 GAS—

Christ church 1 Wellington, ord 1 H 0 INSURANCE— National of N.Z ... 0 is 0 Now Zealand 0 n O o n South British 2 D 0 " in G Standard *2 19 0 3 1 0 meat preserving— Gear Meat — 0 13 8 N.Z. Refrigerating ... 0 1G TRANSPORT— JIuddart. Parker, ord. . — 2 G 3 1 nion Steam, pref ... 1 k 3 — WOOLLENHood's Hosiery Mills , .. t s 0 Prune — i 1 G Felt and Textiles, ord. ... t IS G — Kaiapoi — 0 1.1 0 Oaniaru ... 0 in 0 — Wellington, ord ... g 12 0 G 17 0 Ditto, prof ... 0 IG 0 — TIMBERRotoiti — 0 i 0 Taringamutu .. cO 14 G — BREWERIES—

Carlton 3 1 0 — Dominion — 1 9 n N.Z. Breweries — 1 11 £ MISCELLANEOUS— Anthonv Hordern 0 1:1 \ — Aust. Consol. Industries 2 2 0 — A lint. Iron and Steel ... 1 5 2 — Eritish Tobacco — 2 8 0 Broken Hill l’ty x2 0 r. — Ditto, new, fully pd. ... 2 0 0 — C. M. Banks, pref — n 11 fi Consol. Brick and I’ipe ... — 0 7 0 D.I.C.. ord 0 0 — Ditto, pref 1 :t — Dunlop Perdriau , 1 n 9 — Electrolytic Zinc. prel. ... , 2 12 0 2 1.5 c Ccneral Industries 0 i« a — 0. .1. Coles — :> 2 () MacdufVs, ord — 0 10 0 JlacdufVs. pref — 0 19 :» McKenzies — 2 ;J 9 Moturoa Oil. pref — 0 5 0 N.Z. Drutr, ans paid 2 9 0 — I!, and E. Timrey, pref. , i 0 0 — Selfridces (.Vasia.) — 1 0 0 Taranaki Oil Development — 0 2 3 Wilsons (N.Z.) Cement ... (I IS a — Wool worths Ltd.. ord. ... 0 10 0 0 id o Woolvvorths Properties, prefd. . 1 4 0 — MINING— Martha cO 7 3 — Waihi Investments — 0 i 0 e Cum dividend, x E x dividend.