THE SHARE MARKET.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 17484, 28 November 1918, Page 6

THE SHARE MARKET.

DUNEDIN STOCK EXCHANGE. Business ort 'Change was fairly animated ie /yesterday, and two sales were effected —one „ of Westport Coals, at £1 10s 6d, and a parcel ot Mount Lyells at £1 Bs. Mining shares remained l steady, Dut investment n stocks were freely quoted. Holders of National Banks were asking £6 10s, and — sellers of Bank of New South Wales shares £37 10s, but there. were no purchasers on the market. There was a margin of 5s between buyers and sellers of Bank of New Zealands (£6 13s 4d paid), the former offering £18 5s and the latter holding out for £18 10s. Union Banks were on the market at £58 10s, but no business resulted, as buyers were not prepared to offer more than £58 ss. " P. and O. deferred show a rising tendency, buyers offering £408, but sellers are holding out for £410. . Sales. —Westport Coal, £1 10s 6d; Mount Lyell, £1 Bs. The following are yesterday's latest quotations, subject to the usual brokerage: — „ Dredging Stocks. Electric —Buyers Is 3d, sellers 2s. Rising Sun —Sellers 10s 6d. Mining Stocks. Consolidated Goldfields —Sellers ss. Talisman Consolidated —Buyers & 6d", sellers 10s 9d. Waihi—Buyers £2 2s, sellers £2 4s. Waihi Grand Junction —Buyers 14s, sellers 14s 9d. Mount Lyell—Buyers £1 7s 6d, sellers £1 8s 9d. Investment Stocks. National Bank—Sellers £6 10s. Bank of New South Wales—Sellers £37 103. ' . Bank of New Zealand (£6 13s 4d paid)— Buyers £18 5s 6d, sellers £18 10s. Union Bank —Buyers £58 ss, sellers £58 10s. Notional Insurance —Buyers £3 5s 6d. South British Insurance —Buyers £6 13s. Standard Insurance —Buyers £2 4s 9d. Union Steam Ship Company (pref.)— Buyers £1 Is Id, sellers £1 Is 6d. Huddart-Parker (ord.) —Buyers £1 17s, sellers £2. Westport Coal Company—Buyers £1 10s 6d. ' • ' Westport-Stockton (ord.) —Buyers 7s 9d, sellers 8s 6d. . Westport-Stockton (pref.)—Sellers 1:1s 3d. New Zealand Coal and Oil—Sellers 3s. _ Auckland Electric Trams (pref.)—Buyers n 16s. " D.I.C. (pref.)—Buyers £1 0s 3d, sellers £1 0s 9d. Dominion Rubber Company—Buyers £1 E 9 S 9d, sellers £1 lis. L- . Dunedin Stock Exchange Proprietary—' cd Sellers £1 19s. N- Dunedin-Kaikorai £1 Is. New Zealand Refrigerating Company— '00 Sellers £2 6s. 00 Kauri Timber Company—Buyers 13s. 00 National Mortgage—Buyers £4 6s 6d. New Zealand Drug Company (£2 paid)— Sellers £2 12s 6d, 100 New Zealand Drug Company Rights— , Buyers 6d, sellers Ib. Wilson's Portland Cement (ord.) —Buyers 15s 4d. New Zealand Paper Mills—Sollors £1 3s. Perpetual Trustees—Buyers £1 5s 6d. = P. and 0. Deferred—Buyers' £408, sellers " Wright, Stephenson, and Co. (pref.)— Buyers £4 13s 6d, sellers £4 16s. 1 — Sugar of Milk—Sellers £1 16s. ise , a? rst —Two hundred high school boys were es> employed in Chicago as mail carriers to le. aid_ in the Christmas rush. They were to er, deliver parcel post and special delivery .ijy' packages, and would receive 35 cents an hour.