Farming and Finance

Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 7298, 27 October 1933, Page 8

Farming and Finance

STOCK AND SHAKE MARKET THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1933.

| Cum. div. -j- Ex. div. Sales on ’Change this day: New Zealand Refrigerating (10s), 9s sd. Sales late yesterday: 31 per cent. Government inscribed stock (1939-52), £lO2 2s Gd (2); 4 per cent. Government inscribed stock (1940), £lo2j Tooth and Co. Brewery, 425; Bank of New Zealand, 4Gs 3d; New Zealand Newspapers, 27s Gd.

CHRISTCHURCH SALES.

Per Press Association. CHRISTCHURCH, Last Night. Sales on ’Change: E.S. and A. Bank, £5 13s Gd; Bank of New Zealand (cum. div.), 4Gs Gd; Goldsbrough, Mort., 29s Gd; New Zealand Refrigerating (10s paid), 9s 3d (4), 9s 4d; Electro. Zinc

(ord.), 25s 3d, 2,5 s 4d; Henry Jones Co-op., 37s 6d; Bell Hooper (9d paid), Is Old (2); Big River, Is 5d (2); Golden Dawn, 2s 3d (2); Okarito, 10s 3d. Bales reported: E.S. and A. Bank, £5 14s Gd; New Zealand Refrigerating (10s paid), 9s 21d. JOHNSONVILLE SALE

Messrs. Wright, Stephenson and Company, Ltd., and Abraham and Williams, Ltd. report on the Johnsonville stock sale held on Tuesday as follows: — Cattle: The yarding comprised mostly prime heavy-weight bullocks, being practically no medium-weight cattle yarded. The quality was good and taking this into account prices could bo quoted as being on a par with last week’s rates.. Cows and heifers were in short supply and met with a keen sale. No runners or vealers came forward. Sheep: A short yarding of wethers and average yarding of ewes, mostly good quality, was offered. Competition was keen at prices showing no quotable change on late rates. Spring lambs met with a good sale. We quote as follows:—Prime extra heavy bullocks, £9, £S 17s, £8 15s, £8 13s, £8 10s, £8 ss; prime heavy bullocks, £B, £7 15s, £7 12s Od, £7 10s, £7 ss; extra prime heavy cows and heifers, £O, £5 17s, £5 15s; prime heavy cows and heifers, £4 17s, £4 15s; vealers, 2Ss 6d, 225, ISs prime extra heavy wethers, shorn, 24s 6d; prime heavy wethers, shorn, 22s 7d, 225, 21s Sd, 21s 3d, 21s, 20s Od; medium wethers, shorn, 18s Sd, 17s 9d; prime extra heavy ewes, shorn, 10s 9d, 10s 4d, 10s, 15s 9d, woolly, 225, 21s Od, 21s 3d, 21s; prime heavy ewes, shorn, 15s od, 15s; heavy hoggets, shorn, 21s Od, 21s 4d, 21s 3d, 19s, woolly, 23s sd, 235; light hoggets, shorn, 18s, 17s 9d, 17s; heavy spring lambs, 21s Id, 20s Od, 20s Id; medium spring lambs, ISs, 17s lOd, 17s 3d, 17s, 10s 0d; light spring lambs, 14s 7d.

GEELONG WOOL PRICES MELBOURNE, Oct. 25. At the wool sales at Geelong to-day, eight bales of super combing merino brought 27d per lb., which is 3 per cent, more than tho season’s record of a fortnight ago. Several lots to-day averaged 221 d.

TALLOW PRICES IMPROVE LONDON, Oct. 25. At the tallow sales to-day 755 casks were offered and 455 were sold. Prices were occasionally Gd dearer as follows: Mutton, fine, 24s 3d per cwt.; medium, 20s; beef, fine, 23s 9d; medium, 20s.

LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, Oct. 25. After showing general firmness throughout the day, tho stock markets closed with a good undertone, although values in some cases dropped below the best. British Government stocks finished firm with 3J per cen|. War Loan £lOl Is 3d. New South Africa 31 per cent. Loan, after active business, was finally quoted at $ per cent, premium. Kaffirs and intornationals were not so good at the finish. French 4 per cent, bonds closed at 23i, and 4J per cent, at 251.

AUSTRALIAN SHARES ACTIVE SYDNEY MARKET. SYDNEY, Oct. 25. On the Sydney .Stock Exchange thero was a definite revival of activity today, with the market firm throughout.

Sales:—Bank of New South Wales, £33 15s; Associated News, 20s 41d; ditto, pref., 20s Gd; Australian Provincial Assurance, 11s lOd; Howard Smith, 12s 7d; Burns, l’hijp, 55s 3d; Gordon and Gotch, 395; Australian Gas, A, £7 8s; Dunlop-Perdriau Rubber, 18s lOJd; Goldsbrough, Mort., 29s Gd; Tooth's Brewery, New Zealand delivery, 42s 9d: British Tobacco, 38s 3d; Henry Jones, 38s 3d; Millaquin Sugar, 295; Electrolytic Zinc, 2.5 s 7id; Adelaide Steam, 25s 4Sd; Colonial Sugar, £6l; Automatic Totalisators, 17s Gd; Farmers, lGs Gd; David Jones, 355; Drug Houses of Australia, 18s 9d; Anthony Hordern, 12s 9d; Australian Iron and Steel, pref., 17s 3d; Mount Morgan, 48s Gd; Bulolo Gold, 97s Gd; Bulolo Deposits, Is lOd; Broken Hill Proprietary, 41s; Broken Hill South, 635; North Broken lull, SGs Gd. Commonwealth bonds, 4 per cent., 1935, £lO4 15s; 1941, £lO5 11s 3d; 1944, £lO4 15s; 1947, £lO4 17s Gd; 1950, £lO5 2s Gd; 1953, £lO5 2s Gd; 1955, £lO5 10s; 1957, £lO4 10s. MELBOURNE, Oct. 25. Sales: —Melbourne National Bank, £lO paid, £l3 13s; Electrolytic Zinc, 255; Herald-Times, 43s 9d; North Broken. Hill, SGs 9d; Souths, 63s Gd.

Wellington Stock Exchange. Morning Call. Buye: rs. Sellers. N.Z. Govt. Loans- £ 8. d. £ 3. d. 4 p.c. bonds, 1940 102 0 0 — 4 p.c. bonds, 1946 101 10 0 — 4 p.c. bonds, 1949 100 10 0 — 4 p.c. bonds, .1955 34 p.c. ins. stk., loi 7 6 ' 1939-43 34 p.c. ins. stk., 100 10 0 1939-52 31 p.c. ins. stk., 101 17 6 102 7 6 1938-43 31 p.c. ins. stk., 100 10 0 101 10 0 1938-52 4 p.c. ins. stk., 101 15 0 1940 4 p.c. ins. stk., 101 17 6 102 10 0 1946 .. .. .. 4 p.c. ins. stk., 101 7 6 101 17 6 1949 4 p.c. ins. stk., 100 10 0 100 17 C 1955 Debentures— Auck. City, 5i 101 7 6 101 15 0 p.c., 1944 .. .. Click. City, 54 101 0 0 p.c., 1944 .... Dunedin City, 51 101 0 0 p.c., 1944 .. .. Wgtn. City, 5J 101 0 0 p.c., 1940 .... Wairere E.P. Bd., 101 5 0 “ 6 p.c., 1961 Waitomo County Council, 6 p.c., 102 10 0 1961 102 10 0 Wgtn. Gas Co. .. Amid. Brick and 101 10 0 Pipe (Wgtn.) . Banks — Comm, of Aust. 95 0 0 (ord.) Com. Bankg. Co., 0 16 10 0 17 0 Sydney .. .. 17 16 0 IS 1 0 National of N.Z. Nat. of A’asia. 4 2 6 4 4 6 (£5)* 6 13 0 6 15 6 New Zealand* .. 2 6 3 2 6 4 Union of Aust. .. financial — Abraham & Wil10 8 0 liams — 3 0 0 Dalgety and Co. Goldsb'gk., Mort. 10 7 6 and Co 1 9 0 — Nat. Mort “A” 2 13 0 — Nat. Mort. “B” N.Z. Guar. Corp. (ord.), cum. 1 10 0 rigktst Gas — 0 S 0 Auckland — 1 3 8 Auckland (cont.) —■ 0 17 9 Christchurch — 1 8 3 Wgtn. (ord.) — 1 14 o Wgtn. (pref.) . .• Insurance — J. (i 0 Aust. Prov. Assce. Nat. of New Zea0 12 2 land 0 18 2 — New Zealand .. 2 14 6 2 15 3 South British-j- ., Meat— Gear Meat (cum. 3 13 9, rights) 1 11 10 — 9 N.Z. Befrig. (£1) 0 19 7 0 19 N.Z. Befrig. (10s) Wgtn. Meat Ex0 9 0 9 6 port (pref.) .. Transport— P. and 0. Defd. 0 IS 0 Stock Woollen — 1 3 9 Mosgiel 9 5 0 — Wgtn. (ord.) — 5 12 6 Wgtn. (E rcl: ’0 Coal— ~ 5 12 6 Pukemiro Timber— 0'17 o ~ Kauri .. .. .. .« Turingamutu To0 14 0 0 16 0 tara Breweries — 0 2 O N.Z. Breweries . „ — 1 16 6 Tooth and Co. Miscellaneous — British Tobacco 2 3 0 (Aust.) 1 17 0 — 0 Colonial Sugar .. Electro. Zinc 59 17 6 61 5 (ord.) Electro. Zinc (8 p.c. part 1 6 0 pref.)* Henry Jones I 15 6 Co-op Howard Smith 1 19 0 (ord.) Prestige N.Z. Ltd. 0 12 3 “ 0 ■ (pref.) .. .. .. Skarland and Co. 1 2 (ord.)* Sharland and Co. 1 2 0 (pref.)* .. .. Woolworths, N.Z. 1 2 0 (pref.) Dominion I’erti- — 1 15 9 liscr Woolworths (Sydney), 7 p.c. 0 14 J. 0 (pref.) .. .. ' Oil— 1 6 Moturoa (ord.) .. 0 2 o __ 0 Moturoa (pref.) . Mining— 0 0 5 Bell Hooper .... Bell Hooper, fully 0 1 0 1 paid — 0 l 2 2 Bell Kilgour .... 0 1 0 —. Big Diver .. .. — 0 1 7 King Solomon .. — 0 3 0 Mataki •—• 0 2 o Mt. Lyell .. .. 1 2 7 — Okarito 0 10 2 *—• 0 Wai hi* — 1 7 Wait ah u 0 G 2 —

UNOFFICIAL LIST, Buyers. Sellers. £ s. cl. £ s. d. Invest. Exc. Trust “B” Deb — OS 10 0 Moonlight Nelson Creek Sluicing — 0 1 o Claude Noon Lights 4 0 2 2 6 National Tobacco 3 — National Tobacco prof.) .. 1 7 0 — Wgtn. Publishing Co * 0 0 5 0 0 Reported sale, late yesterday: National Tobacco, £3 5s.