FINANCE AND COMMERCE

Taranaki Daily News, 28 June 1934, Page 16

FINANCE AND COMMERCE

SHAREMARKET TRANSACTIONS. NEW ZEALAND EXCHANGES. Transactions on the New Zealand stock exchanges are reported by the Press Association as follow:— Wellington:—Reported sales: Three and a-half per cent. Stock (1939-43), £lO6 7s 6d, (1938-52) £lO6 ss; Woolworths, Ltd. (ord.), £5 12s 6d. Sale on exchange: New Zealand Breweries (cum. div.), £2 2s 3d. Dunedin:—Reported sales: Skippers, Sales on exchange: Bendigo Goldlight, 7d (after call); Golden Progress, Is 2d. Auckland: —Sharemarket sales: Booth MacDonald 1937 61 per cent., £72 10s; Commercial Bank of Australia, 16s Id (2 parcels); Bank of N.Z. D Mort, 33s 9d; Union Bank, £9 16s 6d (3 parcels); N.Z. Insurance, 60s, 59s 9d; Westport Coal, 18s; Auckland Gas, 26s 6d; Kauri Timber, 16s 7d; Farmers’ Trading, 5s sd; N.Z. Newspapers, 29s 6d; Mataki, 2s 3d: Skippers, 9Jd, 9d; Waihi Junction, 4s 3d. Unofficial list: Loyal pref., 20s 6d Christchurch:—Sales on exchange: New Zealand Government, 4 per cent. Inscribed Stock, 1949, £lO6 10s; Commercial Bank of Australia, 16s (5); National Bank of New Zealand (cum. div.), 755; A.P.A., 10s (2); Goldsbrough Mort (cum. div.), 31s 6d, 31s 5d (2); New Zealand Guarantee Corporation, 4s sd; Westport Stockton (pref.), 3s 2d; Christchurch Gas (odd lot), 31s 4d; New Zealand Breweries (cum div.), 42s 4d (4); British Tobacco (cum. div.), 36s 4d; Dominion Fertiliser, 19s; Dunlop Rubber, 17s lOd; Alexander Mines (13s 6d paid), 14s lOd (2); Brian Boru (Is paid), Is 7d (3); Maerewhenua, (2); Mahakipawa, lOd (3); Mount Lyell, 20s 7d; Okarito, 7s Bd, 7s 9d, 7s 6d; Skippars, BVzd; New Zealand Farmers’ Fertiliser, 20s 6d. Sales reported:. Booth Macdonald, 6V2 per cent., 1937, £72; Kaiapoi Woollens (17s paid), Ils; Christchurch Gas, 31s 7d; Electro Zinc (pref.), 33s 6d; Tooth’s Brewery, 42s 2d; Mount Lyell (late sales 26th), 20s Bd, 20s 9d; Commercial Bank of Australia, 16s; Bank of New South Wales, £3O 15s; Kaiapoi Woollens (17s paid), Ils 3d; Lyttelton Harbour Board, 5% per cent., 1953, £lO4 10s; New Zealand Government, 4 per cent. Stock, 1940, £lO5 10s; Gillespie’s Beach, Is 9’/id; Stafford Sluicing, Is sd. TARANAKI STOCK EXCHA GE. YESTERDAY’S REPORTED SALES. Reported sales:—lnscribe .1 Stock, 4 per cent., 1940, £los* 10s; Inscribed Stock, 4 per cent., 1946, £lO6 12s 6d; Inscribed Stock, 4 per cent., 1949, £lO6 15s; Inscribed Stock, 3Vz per cent., 1939- £lO6 7s 6d; Inscribed Stock, 3V2 per cent., 193852, £lO6 7s 6d. Unlisted shares: New Zealand Woolpacks and Textiles, Ltd., 12s 6d. SYDNEY TONE IMPROVES. By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright Rec. 8.20 p.m. Sydney, June 27. There was an improvement in the tone of the investment market on the Stock Exchange to-day in direct outcome of the restriction of mining operations .to cash transactions, and the speculative element so prominent lately is now subdued. Sales were: Bank of New South Wales, £3O 7s 6d; Commercial Bank of Sydney, £l7; Australian Provincial Assurance, 10s 3d; Mercantile Mutual Insurance, 22s 3d; United Insurance, £10; Associated News, 22s 6d; ditto (pref.), 23s IJd; Howard Smith, 14s 3d; British Tobacco, 36s 9d; Tooth’s, 42s 3d; Toohcy’s, f6s 9d; Gordon and Gotch, 41s 3d; Amalgamated Textiles, Ils Id; Goldsbrough, 30s 9d; ditto (ex interest), New Zealand delivery, 30s 7-jd; Morris Hedstrom, 16s; Drug Houses of Australia, 18s 9d; Australian Iron and Steel (pref.), 21s 6d; Dunlop Perdriau, 18s lid; ditto (pref.), 23s 4|d; Mt. Morgan, 26s 7Ad; Broken Hill Proprietary, 44s 3d; Rawang, 8s 7d; Larut, 14s 3d; Euratha Gold, Ils; Placer Development, £24 10s. Melbourne sales were: Commercial Bank of Australia, 16s; Herald and Weekly Times, 50s; Bank of Australasia, £ll 15s; Taranaki Oil, Is Bd.