FINANCIAL NEWS

Manawatu Times, Volume 63, Issue 46, 24 February 1938, Page 5

FINANCIAL NEWS

STOCK AND SHARE MARKET. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1938. WELLINGTON STOCK EXCHANGE.

Driving a car deliberately at top speed on tbe wrong side of the road id surely the last thing a sane person would do.—A daily paper. - It probably would be. “Many traffic problems would be solved if a car could be made to move sideways,” says a writer. Any day we may expect to hear of the first Sydney taxi-crab. Sniff : “How did you discover that the front mudguard on your roadster is detachable f” Kins : “Entirely by accident.”

Buyers. Sellers. L L N.Z. Govt. IsoajiB— 3 p.c. Inscr. Stk., 15/7/1939-41 .. 34 p.c. Inscr. Stk., — 98 10 0 15/9/1939-43 .. — 102 7 6 oi p.c. inscr. Stk., 15/3/1941-43 .. 101 15 0 3§ p.c. Inscr. Stk., lo/9/1941-43 .. 01 15 0 — 3$ p.c. Inscr. Stk., 13/11/1938-52 . 102 15 0 — 34 p.c. Inscr. Stk., la/5/1939-52 .. 102 15 0 — oi p.c. Inscr. Stk.. 13/11/1941-52 . 102 15 0 — Sh p.c. inscr. Stk., 15/5/1941-52 .. 102 15 0 — oj p.c. Inscr. Stk., 15/1/1953-57 .. 4 p.c. Inscr. Stk., - 99 0 0 i5/ 2/1943-46 .. — 102 15 0 4 p.c. Inscr. Stk., 15/0/1952*55 .. — 104 10 0 54 per cent. Bonds, 15/1/1953-57 .. 98 0 0 Local Bodies Debentures— Makerua Druge., 4i p.c.. 1/8/1955 100 10 0 Click. Drnge., 44 p.c., 30/9/1905 . 105 0 0 Banks— Australasia .. .. Comm, oi Aust. - 10 5 0 (ord.) 3 16 0 16 9 National of N.Z. .Nat. of A asia 2 12 9 — (.£10/ 14 9 0 New Zealand . .. N ew Zealand D — 2 3 0 Long Term . . . — 1 10 1 Union of Aust. . . — 9 1 0 financial— Dalgetv add Co. 8 9 0 Equit. Bldg. Co. . Goldsbrough, Mort 0 10 6 — and Co 1 10 10 National Mortgage “A * 2 8 0 N.Z. Guar. Corp. N.Z. and JRiver — 0 4 8 Plate Wgtn. Invest. T. & A 0 18 0 — 0 9 3 Wgtn. Trust Loon Newton King 5 0 0 — (pref.) Wright, Stephen- — 0 9 6 son (pref.) . .. 1 0 9 Gas— Auckland 1 0 r> Napier (con.) — 5 2 6 Wgtn. (ord.) . .. Insurance— 1 16 9 — National oi N.Z. 0 16 11 New Zealand . . . 2 19 9 3 0 6 Queensland .. . . — 2 16 6 £>outh British Meat Preserving— 2 5 6 — Canterbury .. .. 10 10 0 Gear Meat .. Wgtn. Meat Ex- — 0 16 9 port 0 8 0 Transport— Huddart - Parker (P«f-) * Kelburn Tram1 8 0 — way (ord.) . .f Woollen— Bond’s» Hosiery 1 0 6 Mills Prestige (N.Z.), 0 18 0 — (pref.) — 1 3 0 Timaru — 0 16 6 Wgtn. (ord.) . .. — 5 6 0 Wgtn. (pref.) 5 5 0 — CoalGrey Valley . .. 0 11 6 Timber— Kauri 1 2 6 Leyland - O’Brien — 0 18 3 Rotoiti — 0 4 0 Kotoiti (pref.) .. — 0 18 3 Taupo Tot. (ord.) — 0 6 6 Taupo Tot. (pref.) Taupo Tot. (16s — 0 18 6 paid) — 0 14 5 Breweries— Carlton .. .. . * 3 6 0 Dominion .. .. — 1 17 7 N.Z. Breweries . 2 5 6 — Tooth & Co 2 14 9 Miscellaneous— Aust. Glass .. .. British Tobacco - 4 13 9 (Aust.) 2 9 0 2 9 6 Broken Hill Pty. Broken Hill Pty. 3 1 3 3 I 9 (contrib.) .. .. Burns, Philp and 1 12 3 1 12 9 Co. .. .. .. — 2 14 3 Colonial Sugar .. Consol. Brick and 46 7 6 — 0 7 2 Dental & Medical Supply 0 14 4 — U.l.C. (pref.) . .. 1 3 6 — Dunlop-Perdriau . Electrolytic Zinc — 1 3 0 (ord.) .. .. .* Electroly. Zinc (8 2 6 0 2 6 2 9 p.c. part pref.)* Tanners’ Trading 2 8 0 19 0 9 0 Felt and- Textiles — 1 16 6 G. J. Coles .. .. Howard Smith 4 0 0 4 0 3 (ord.) — 1 1 4 McKenzie’s .. .. — 3 13 G Moturoa Oil ... — 0 4 0 National Electric — 0 15 N.Z. Newspapers Sharlaud and Co. — 1 19 3 (ord.) — 0 18 6 Shillings, Ltd. .. — 0 38 6 Taranaki Oil . .. Wilson’s (N.Z.) — 0 6 11 • Cement Wool worths, N.Z. 0 18 3 8 018 8 (ord.) Woolworths, Ltd. 1 0 — (ord.) .... .. Woolworths, Ltd. 1 7 1 1 7 6 (2nd pref.) . .. 0 19 6 1 8 9 \ ictoria Laundry Victoria Laundry (contrib.) .. .. Northern Boiler 0 14 0 — 1 1 6 Mining— 0 1 10 Big Rxver . ... * 0 1 1 0 1 4 Waihi Invest. .. 0 9 3 — Worksop Extd. .. Australian Mining 0 0 10 — 1 13 Broken Hill Sth.1 13 2 6 Mount Lyell . .. 1 10 3 1 10 5 Mount Morgan .. 0 9 3 — Nth Broken Hill’ 2 9 3 — Wgtn. Alluvials . 0 4 11 — Overseas Listings— Woolworths Hold0 14 9 UNOFFICIAL LIST. Buyers. Sellers. £ s. d. £ s. d. Dominion Farmers ’ Institute . Frozen Products, - 4 12 6 6 0 8 10 0 9 0 11 Ltd — National Tobacco — 2 15 0 Selfridge’s (N.Z.), 0 13 1 is paid .. • • o N.Z. Fisheries Ltd. Aust. Motorists’ 0 12 Petrol (ord.) .. — 1 2 0 * Cum div + Ex div.