AUSTRALIAN SHARES

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXI, 1 May 1937, Page 10

AUSTRALIAN SHARES

TONE IMPROVED BARRIERS ACTIVE [United Press Association— By Eleetrio Telegraph—Copy right j SYDNEY, 30th* April. On the Sydney Stock Exchange today barriers were particularly active. The markets otherwise were without notable change and generally steady. Sales: Bank of New South Wales, £3B 7s 6d; Huddart Parker, 40s: Australian Gas, A., £7 6s 6d; Tooths, 58s 3d; Drug Houses, ex dividend, 26s 4Jd. Winchcombe Carson, 375; Wilcox Molllin, 14s Id; Claude Neon, ex dividend, 52s 3d; Commonwealth Wool, 225; Union Theatres, pref., 15s; J. C. Ludowici, 245; New South Wales Monte de Piete, 365; Victoria Nyanza, 18s 3d. Henry Jones, 46s 9d; General Industries, 20s 6d; Woolworths, Ltd., sale £7 ss; Woolworths (New Zealand), buyer £7 15s; Selfridges (A/asia), sale 355. Electrolytic Zinc, 57s 3d; ditto, pref., 58s 6d; Mount Lyell, 45s 9d; Mount Morgan, 14s lOd; Rawang Tin, 11s 6d; Placer Development, 925; Tongkah Harbour Tin, 235; New Guinea Goldfields, 2s lid; Taranaki Oil, 4s 2d. Morning sales included: Commonwealth bonds, 3,1 per cent., 1948, £95 ss; 3 3-8 per cent., 1949, £94 12s 6d; 4 per cent., 1938, £lO2 11s 3d; 4 per cent., 1944, £lOl 10s; 4 per cent., 1957, £lO2 10s; Commercial Bank of Australia, 19s 9d; Bank of New South Wales, £3B 7s 6d; Wilcox Mofflin, 14s; Tooheys Brewery, 33s 41 d; Tooths Brewery, 58s 3d; Broken Hill Proprietary (new), 72s 6d: Electrolytic Zinc, 55s 9d. MELBOURNE, 30th April. On the Melbourne Stock Exchange to-day, the markets were fairly quiet but generally steadier, with a tendency to improve. G. J. Coles were in better demand and the selling pressure was withdrawn. Sales: Commercial Bank of Australia, 19s 9d; Carlton Brewery, 63s 3d; G J. Coles, £5 6s; Drug Houses, 26s 9d; Australian Iron and Steel, pref., 26s 6d. Dunlop Perdriau, 21s 3d; ditto, pref., 35s 3d; Electrolytic Zinc, 57s 6d; ditto, prel'., 58s 9d; Mount Morgan, 14s Id; Mount Lyell. 45s 9d. Melbourne Electric Stock, 18s 2d; Silverton Trams, 36s 3d; Broken Hill Proprietary, 81s 9d; North Broken Hill, 725; Broken Hill South, 48s 3d: Zinc Corporation, £6 8s; Emperor, 16s lOd.