STOCK AND SHARE MARKET

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXII, 25 November 1938, Page 10

STOCK AND SHARE MARKET

WELLINGTON STOCK EXCHANGE THURSDAY, 24th NOVEMBER, 1938. Buyers. Sellers

A. B. Kidson, Sharebroker. Country Member of the Wellington Stock Exrhange, F. & D. Edwards Ltd. Buildings, Trafalgar Street 'telephone 208. K. G. Twigg, Sharebroker, Country Member of Wellington Stork Exchange, 103 Trafalgar Street Telephone 427. D. E. Barclay, Sharebroker and Investment Consultant, Norwich Union Cham bers, Hardy Street. Telephone 1145

PRICES OF METALS rO.P.A.-B.v Electrie Telegraph-Copyrightl LONDON, 23rd November. The official quotations on the London metals market compare with those previously cabled as follows : Nov. 22. Nov. 23.

AUSTRALIAN STOCK EXCHANGES SYDNEY, 24th November. The Sydney Stock Exchange to-day was lifeless. Industrials were incined to drift because of lack of buying support. Sales to-day included :—Bank of New South Wales, £3O ss; Commercial Bank of Sydney, £2O 11s; Bank of Adelaide, £6; Colonial Sugar, £4B; Associated Newspapers, £i 0s 9d ; ditto, pref., £1 2s 7gd; Adelaide Steam, £1 13s 6d ; Burns Philp, £2 Us 3d; Burns Philp (South Sea), £1 8s; British Tobacco, £2 8s; Australian Iron and Steel, pref., £1 8s 4£d; Australian Glass* £5; Kandos Cement, £1 6s lOd; Morts Dock, 12s 3d ; William Adams, 15s 3d; Cash Orders Amalg., N.Z. delivery, 15s 6d; Newbold Brick, £1 9s 9d; Goldsbrough Mort, £1 8s 9d; Woolworths, Ltd., £1 0s lOd ; ditto, first pref., £2 2s; Mt. Morgan, 9s Id; Mt. Lyell, £1 9s; Loloma, £1 3s; Taranaki Oil, 12s. Morning sales included: Commonwealth Bonds, 4 per cent., 1938, £lOl 15s; 4 per cent., 1941, £IOO Us 3d; 4 per cent., 1944, £lOl 2s 6d; 4 per cent., 1950, £lO2 ss; 4 per cent., 1953, £lO3 2s 6d; 4 per cent., 1959, £lO2 ss; 4 per cent, 1961, £lO2 6s 3d; Commercial Banking Co. of Sydney, £2O 12s; Tooheys Brewery, 30s 9d; Anthony Hordern, 16s lgd; Broken Hill Proprietary, 57s 3d; Burns, Philp, 51s 3d; Colonial Sugar, £4B; Electrolytic Zinc, 465; General Industries, 18s 4^d. MELBOURNE, 24th November. On the Stock Exchange of Melbourne to-day industx’ials were still quiet. Commonwealth loans were firmer. Barriers were steady. Fijiian gold shares were weaker. Sales included:—Comm. Bank of Australia, 16s 2d; Huddart Parker, £2 11s; Drug Houses, £1 3s; Australian Glass, £5; Dunlop Perdriau, £1 0s 6d; ditto, pref., £1 18s 3d; Felt and Textiles, £1 11s 9d; Goldsbrough Mort, £1 8s 7d ; “Herald and Times’’, £2 17s; National Reliance Investment Trust, 9s 6d ; Broken Hill Proprietary, £2 17s; North Broken Hill, £2 9s 3d ; Broken Hill South, £1 10s 2d; Emperor, 10s; Loioma, £1 3s.

£ s. d. £ a. d. N.Z. GOVERNMENT LOANS— 3% Inscr. Stock, 15/5/1939-52 97 15 0 3J% Inscr. Stock, 35/11/1938-41 ... 4% laser. Stock, 97 0 0 - 15/4/1946-49 4% Inscr. Stock, — 99 0 0 15/6/1952-55 — 99 5 0 BANKS— Australasia Comm. of Aust. - 10 1 0 (ord.) Comm. Banking Co., 0 16 0 Sydney 20 5 0 — E-S. and A + — 5 10 6 National of N.Z. ... — 2 10 3 New South Wales * New South Wales — 30 17 6 (Syd. reg.) 30 10 0 New Zealand * 2 0 9 2 1 2 Union of Aust. FINANCIAL— — 8 13 0 DaJgety and Co. ...* National Mortgage — 7 15 0 “A" 1 18 6 — N.Z. Guarantee N.Z. Invest. Mort. — 0 4 3 and Dep — 0 9 9 N.Z. & River Plate Wgtn. Invest. T. and 0 12 0 A 0 8 6 0 9 6 Wgtn. Trust Loan . — 4 19 6 General Finance ... — 0 18 6 Wright, Stephenson — 1 2 3 GAS— Auckland 0 19 0 INSURANCE— National of N.Z. ... 0 16 1 New Zealand 2 13 0 Queensland * 2 16 0 South British — 2 3 9 meat preserving N.Z. Refrig (£1) . 0 17 0 — N.Z, Refrig. (10s) . TRANSPORT— Huddart, Parker 0 8 2 (ord.) Huddart, Parker 2 10 0 2 11 6 (pref.) Kelburne Tramway 1 8 6 (ord.) — 1 3 0 WOOLLEN— Mosgiel * 9 13 0 Wellington (ord.) ... COAL— Westport - Stockton 4 15 0 (pref.) TIMBER— Leyland-O’Brien ...+ 0 6 6 0 16 0 Rotoiti 0 3 5 Rotoiti (pref.) BREWERIES— — 0 16 9 N.Z. Breweries ...* 1 19 11 Tooth and Co. ...* 2 14 0 Tooheys Tul t — 1 12 0 — 2 8 0 MISCELLANEOUS— Anthony Hordern * British Tobacco - 0 16 2 (Aust.) Brit. Tobacco (6£ p.c — 2 8 6 Pref.) 1 12 0 Broken Hill Pty. t Burns, Philp, and 2 16 3 — Co Claude &eon Indus- — 2 11 9 tries 1 13 3 Colonial Sugar ...* Consol. Brick and — 48 2 6 Pipe 0 7 10 Denhard (ord.) Dental and Medical — 0 8 6 Supply — 0 13 6 D.I.C. (pref.) 1 2 11 — Dunlop-Perdriau ... — 1 0 7 Electro. Zinc (ord.) 2 5 3 2 6 0 Farmers’ Trading ... 0 19 8 Felt and Textiles ... 1 11 6 1 12 3 General Industries . — 0 19 1 G. J. Coles 4 0 0 Henry Jones Co-op. * 2 8 6 _ Hume Pipe I.C.l. Aust. and N.Z. — 0 19 6 (pref.' 1 2 11 McKeuzie’s 2 17 0 Moturoa Oil 0 4 10 Moturoa Oil (pref.) — 0 5 0 National Electric ... — 0 15 0 N.Z. Farmers’ Fert. Sharland and Co. 0 16 0 — (ord.) — • 14 6 Taranaki Oil Wilson’s (N.Z.) — 0 12 9 Cement * Woolwortks, Ltd. 0 16 0 0 16 7 (ord.) 1 0 9 1 0 11 Woolworths, Ltd. (2nc pref.) 1 9 3 Victoria Laundry ... Smith and Smith — 1 0 0 (pref A — 1 1 0 David Jones 1 15 9 Donaghy’s Rope ... — 2 4 0 MINING— Big River 0 1 2 Blackwater 0 19 0 Maori Gully 0 0 6) 0 0 8 Neinona 0 14i Worksop Extd. _ 0 1 1 New River AUSTRALIAN — 0 1 0 Broken Hill South * 1 10 0 111 0 Mount Lyell * 1 8 9 1 9 3 Mount Morgan — 0 9 1 Emperor 0 10 0 0 10 6 OVERSEAS LISTINGS— Wool worth Holdings (South Africa) ... 0 14 9 0 15 0 UNOFFICIAL LIST. Buyers. Sellers. £ s. d. £ 8. d. Woolworths Properties (20s pd.) It & E. Tingey Ltd. 1 5 0 1 6 0 (pref.) C. and A. Odlin — 1 0 6 (pref.) — 1 0 6 N.Z. Theatres, Ltd. N.Z. Perpetual For0 0 6 ests 1 16 0 John Duthie (pref.) — 1 0 9

Per ton. Pe ton. Copper— £ s. d. £ 8. d. Standard, spot 43 16 I0i 44 19 4* Ditto, forward 44 0 7* 45 3 U Electrolytic 49 10 0 51 3 0 to 50 10 0 51 10 0 Wire bars 50 10 j 51 10 0 Lead— Spot 15 17 6 16 6 10* Forward 15 19 16 6 10* Spelter — Spot 13 18 n 14 3 1* Forward 14 3 ii 14 5 Vi Spot 212 2 6 215 17 6 Forward 213 2 6 216 12 6 Silver— Standard, per oz 2C l-16d 20 l-8d Fine 21 5-8d 21 11 16d