THE WORLD OF COMMERCE

New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12455, 25 May 1926, Page 8

THE WORLD OF COMMERCE

WELLINGTON STOCK EXCHANGE YESTERDAY’S QUOTATIONS (3.15 p.m. Call.) Yesterday's closing quotations for premiums of investment and mining stock, as advised by the Wellington Stock Exchange, are as follow :

•Efcr div. fCum div. +Cum rights. xPremium. Sale reported.—Bank of Australasia, <£l4. SALES IN OTHER CENTRES Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, May 24. Sales on 'Change.—New Zealand Insurance, 40b ; Wilson's Cement, 365; Alburnia, 6s Id, 6s 2d; Kawarau, 7s 8d; Union Oil, 40s 9d; Farmers' Fertiliser, «£5. Sales: New Zealand Insurance, 40s; Pukemiro Collieries, 48s; Westport Coal, 37s 6d; Sanford Limited, 20s 3d; Kawarau, 7s 7d; Lucky Shot (contrih.), lid; New Waiotahi (contrih.), Is 8d to Is 6d. CHRISTCHURCH, May 24. Sales reported—British Tobacco (Aust.), 49s 6d; Mercantile Finance Corporation (5s paid), 4s lOd. Sales on 'Change.—New Zealand Government 5 per cent. Bonds (1927), <£9B 10s; New Zealand Insurance, 40s; Kaiapoi Woollen (7s paid), 3s; New Zealand Breweries, 59s sd; Colonial Sugar, <£s2 ss. Sales on 'Change: Wilson's Cement (cum. div.), o.>a 9d; N.Z. Drug Company, 68s 6d; Waihi Mine, 19s; Electrolytic Zinc (pref.), 35s 3d. DUNEDIN, May 24. Sales on 'Change.—Kawarau, 7s 6d (two parcels), 7s 7d (two parcels). Sale reported.—Taupiri Coal (ord.), 17s 9d. Sale reported: New Zealand Insurance, 40s.

Buyer* Sellers. £ s. d. £ 6. d. N.Z. Govt. Loans— Inscribed Stock (1939) 96 5 0 — Inscribed Stock (1938) 96 7 6 Inscribed Stock (1933) — 99 10 0 Inscribed Stock (1927) — 98 0 0 Inscribed Stock (1941) — 98 0 0 War Bonds (1941) 96 0 0 — War Bonds (1939) 96 7 6 — War Bonds (1938) P.O. Inscribed Stock 96 7 6 — (1929) Debentures— 98 0 0 — Wellington Gas 100 0 0 — Glaxo 85 0 0 — N.Z. Breweries (bonds) — 1 6 9 Banks— 14 0 6 National of N.Z 6 15 6 6 16 6 Union of Australia ... 15 3 0 — Financial — Abraham & Williams 4 1 0 N.Z. Guarantee Corp. (ord., 8s) Gas — 0 9 6 Auckland (paid) 1 S 4 — Gisborne — 0 12 0 Insurance — National 3 17 6 3 19 0 New Zealand 1 19 6 2 0 0 Meat Preserving— N.Z. Refrigerating (10s) 0 8 0 1 18 6 Transport— Huddart-Parker (ord.) 2 3 6 2 4 3 Huddart-Parker (pref.) — 1 1 0 Union Steam (pref.) ... P. and 0. Deferred 1 0 0 — Woollen— Wellington (ord.) 6 6 6 Wellington (pref.) 6 6 6 — Coal— +1 17 0 14 9 6 Waipa — Timber— Leyland O’Brien 2 3 0 National — 1 0 0 Breweries— Crown i 0 0 1 2 0 Manning and Co — 1 19 0 Staples and Co — 2 0 0 Ward and Co 2 0 0 2 3 0 Miscellaneous— British. Tobacco (Aust.) 9 Burns, Philp and Co.... a i6 9 — D.I.C Electrolytic Zinc xO 6 6 -r 1 15 1 0 9 0 National Electric _ .N.Z. Drug Wilson’s Cement 3 7 6 fl 16 3 Mining— Monnt Lyell _ +1 « 6 Waihi 0 19 0 *0 19 « Kawarau 0 7 8 0 7 10