STOCK AND SHARE MARKET

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXI, 26 April 1937, Page 10

STOCK AND SHARE MARKET

D. R. Edwards <F. and D. Edwards Ltd ). Sharebroker, Country Member of Wellington Stock Exchange. Trafalgar street. Telephone 208. F. G. Twiss, Sharebroker. Country Member of Wellington Stock Exchange, 100 Trafalgar street. Telephone 427. PRICES OF METALS lUnited Press Aft-oemlion---Ily Electric Telegraph—Copyright |' LONDON, 23r.l April. I'lie olhi ini London muddle) iinntntioic as reported tiy the Australian Mutes and

To-fl.iy's quotations for oilier metals, with those of 16th April in parentheses, al e as follows • Pig-iron. Home trade. 81s a ton (same); export, not quoted. Antimony. British. 068 10s a ton (same) ; foreign, OOd 10s a ton (£65 10s). Molybdenite.—-10s a anil nominal (395). Wolfram.—s9s a unit (61s 6d) .

WELLINGTON RAH BUSK IX SALE Messrs Dalgctv and Company, Limited, report as follows under date, 22nd April The sales for the 1937 season commenced to-day when fair sized catalogues were submitted. There, -was a been demand for all descriptions and prices showed an improvement on our supplementary 'ale held on the 19l b March. The quality and condition of the offering, as usual with the early stiles of the season, was not. of a very liiah order, and comprised chiefly, summers, autumns, bloodstained and broken. At to-day’s level of values, Lapping this winter should ptove a profitable occupation.

Tile following are the prices realised: —Runners per lb, racks 47.1, milky I does 27^cl. dawny autumns 56Jd, early G6d, late S2jd, autumns 70(1, first broken 38d. second broken third broken 30pi. Ist B.S 46d. second B.S. 33id, third It.S 3Utl. summeis and springs 304 d, spring does 30d. outgoings 48d, summer blacks 35d. rabbits ‘hutted) 274,(1. weevily 2&id, haroskins 30pl. MINING BIG RIVER The report of Big River Gold Mines, Limited, fot the week ending 20th April, stsites ; No. 5 intermediate south drive: This was- advanced 12 feet to 22 feet, through sir-all blocks of stone up to 3 feet 6 inches wide with a scum of stone utr hanging wall side and boulders of slonc showing in the face. Xo. 5 intermediate north drive: This was timbered and advanced 3 feet to 30 feet through reef track carrying small horizontal seams of stone in the l-oof.

Xo. 5 level rise : Rise up 11 feet 6 inches through stone for -lie first V feet 6 inche--- and the last 4 feet through mixed stone and reef track with tiic -stone showing stronger in the north end of rise.

horty-three and a half tons of stone were delivered to the surface bins.

SATUHDAY, 24th APRIL, 1937. Buyers. Sellers £ s. d. X.Z. GOVT LOANS — 3£% Inscr. Stork, £ s. d. 15/3/1939 43 100 12 6 — 3i°h Inscr. Stock, 15 9 1939-43 100 12 6 Inscr. Stock, 15.11 1938-52 ... 101 12 6 3t"/ n Inscr. Stock, 15'5 1939-52 101 12 6 4'!,’ Inscr. Stock, 15/3.2940-43 — 102 0 4% Inscr. Stock, 0 15 4/1946-49 102 6 0 4 Si, Inscr. Stock, — 15/6/1952-55 103 15 0 104 10 5% Rural Ronds, 0 15/9/1947 101 0 0 3‘V, Inscr Stock, 15/7/1941 96 5 0 OTHER DEBENTURES— Amal. Brick, Wgtn. — X.Z. Farmers' Co-op., 06 10 0 4| p.c., 1945 — Grand Centra) Bldgs., 94 0 0 Ltd BANKS— 60 0 0 Australasia 12 14 0 Eiir., Scot.. and 12 17 6 A list * — 6 12 6 National of X.Z. — 3 4 0 Nat. of A’asia (05)* — 8 0 0 New Zealand ...* — New Zealand (D, Long 2 4 0 Term) * 1 5 9 1 7 0 L nion of Ansi. ... — FINANCIAL— A lira ham and Wil11 8 0 Hums (ord.l 2 16 0 Abraham and Mil- — liams (prof.) ... — 5 0 0 Ualgotv and Co. ...* 11 0 0 11 7 0 Equitable Bldg. ( o. , 0 10 3 Farmers’ Co-op. — Auct 4 0 0 Goldsbrough, Molt, — & Co 1 17 7 X.Z. Guarantee — ( oi p 0 4 8 0 4 10 Auckland — 1 1 0 Wellington' (ord.) ... — 1 16 10 Fcilding 0 1 8 INSURANCE— — National of N.Z. ... — 0 18 0 New Zealand 3 0 9 — Queensland 2 19 3 MEAT PRESERVING— 3 G 5 Gear Meat — 0 17 6 N.Z. Refrig. (01! — 0 19 8 N.Z. Refrig. (10s) Wellington Meat 0 9 1 Export 0 5 0 ! TRANSPORTHuddart Parker (pref.) :. 1 7 2 WUULLEN - Bond’s Hosiery Mills - 0 18 Kaiapoi — 0 14 6 Wellington (ord./ ... 5 11 0 — Wellington (pref.) 5 12 6 COAL— — Pukeniiro — 1 1 £ Renown — TIMBER0 11 6 Kauri 13 3 Ley land-0’Brier. ... — 1 2 6 Tari lignin utu 0 14 10 Tatipo Totara (ord.) 0 8 9 0 9 2 1 Taupo Totara (pjef.) — Taujio Totara (16s 0 19 3 paid) (pref.) — ! BREWERIES0 15 9 Dominion — 2 4 3 N.Z. Breweries 2 19 0 2 19 9 Tooth and Co. ... 2 16 9 MISCELLANEOUS— — Anthony Hordern 0 19 9 British Tobacco 1 0 (A ust.) — 2 10 9 Broken Hill Ptv * 4 2 9 Broken Hill Pty. 4 3 3 (font.) * — Burns, Philp, and 3 16 6 Co 3 13 6 3 14 6 Colonial Sugar ... 44 15 0 45 2 6 Consol. Brick and Pipe 0 8 4 0 8 8' Deubard (oid.) 0 7 0 Denbard (pief.; ... 10 0 _ D.I C. (ord.) 0 16 6 Duiilo[i-IVrdriau ... 10 9 1 1 6 Electro. Zinc (ord.) 2 18 6 Electro. Zinc (8 p.c. — part pref.) 3 0 3 G. J. Coles 5 6 9 5 7 9 MacDufis (pref.) ... 13 9 N.Z. Faimers’ Ferti1 4 6 liser 1 0 9 Procera Bread (oid.) — Sharland and Co. 1 6 0 (ord.) * 0 18 6 1 0 6 Shillings, Ltd. ... 0 16 6 Taranaki Oil 0 3 9 Wilson’s (N.Z.) — Cement — Woolwortbs (N.Z.), 1 14 3 (ord.) 7 0 0 Woolwortbs (N Z.), 7 10 0 (pref.) 1 16 0 Woolwortbs, Ltd. — (2nd pref.) 1 7 7 Haekshuils, Ltd. ... — 0 15 3 Macka.v, l.ouan ... 12 3 Waldas Shoes — 1 1 6 K.D.Y. Boxes ... 0 5 0 Dnnaghv’s Rope ... — MINING2 14 3 Martha AUSTRALIAN— 1 0 0 Mount Lyell 2 7 0 2 7 2 Mount Morgan 0,15 8 UNOFFICIAL LIST 0 15 9 Buyers. Split 1'S £ s. d. £ 8. d Woolwortbs, Ltd. 7 0 0 Urev Biver (3s 9d — paid) 0 4 0 John Fuller and Soil 0 5 0 Deheiiluies — 66 0 0 New River Gold ... — *( um Div. — 0 0 P * O 2

metals Association compare with those previously cabled as follows April 22. Per toil. April 23. Per ton . Copper— £ s. d. £ s. d Standard, spot ... 59 17 6 60 8 9 Ditto, forward ... 57 6 3 57 14 4$ Electrolytic 64 0 0 65 0 0 to 66 0 0 66 10 C Wire bars 66 0 0 66 10 0 Lead--Spot 26 2 6 25 8 9 Forward 26 0 0 25 0 0 Spot 25 15 0 25 8 9 Forward 25 15 0 25 10 0 Tin— Spot 269 7 6 260 10 0 Forward 264 15 0 255 12 6 .Mi' «'l Standard, per nz 20 5:1 6d 20 3-16d Fine 21 15-16d 21 13.16d