FINANCE AND COMMERCE

Taranaki Daily News, 11 September 1934, Page 12

FINANCE AND COMMERCE

SHAREMARKET TRANSACTIONS. NEW ZEALAND STOCK EXCHANGES. Transactions on New Zealand stock exchanges are reported as follows:— Dunedin: —Sale on exchange: Gillespie’s, Is 10d. Reported sales: New Zealand Breweries, 47s 6d; Timaru Brewery (7s 6d paid), 7s Id; Woolworth’s (Sydney), 70s 6d; Refrigerat|ng (paid), 19s sd; Refrigerating (con.), 9s Auckland: —Sharemarket sales: Stock, 1946, 4 per cent., £lO7 15s; ditto, 1949, 4 per cent., £110; ditto, 1955, 4 per cent., £llO 17s 6d; Commercial Bank of Australia, 16s Id (three lots), 16s 2d, 16s 3d; Bank of New South Wales, £3l 17s 6d (two lots); Reserve Bank, £6 9s 3d; National Insurance, 20s 3d; Standard Insurance, 675; Kauri Timber, 18s 3d (two lots): New Zealand Refrigerating (10s paid), 9s; Kaiapoi Wool, 13s 3d; New Zealand Breweries, 47s 6d; British Tobacco, 37s 6d; Gillespie’s Beach, Is lid; Golconda (lOd paid), 6d; Mataki, 2s 6ld; Talisman Dubbo, 12s 6d; Waihi, 32s 9d, 335; Broken Hill Proprietary, 49s 6d. Unofficial list: Auckland Farmers’ Freezing (£5 paid), £5; ditto (£1 paid), 20s; Harvey Turbine, 22s 6d.

Christchurch: —Sales on exchange: Commercial Bank of Australia, 16s 3d, 16s 4d, 16s 5d (3); New Zealand Breweries, 47s 6d, 47s sd, 47s 6d (3); Dunlop Perdriau Rubber (cum div.), 23s 3d (3); New Zealand Newspapers, 32s 6d; Alexander Mines (13s 6d paid), 15s 3d; Bendigo Goldlights, Is; Brian Boru, Is 4%d, Is 4d (2); Gillespie’s Beach, Is 10/zd; Glenroy, Is IVhd; Golden Point, 2%d; Mahakipawa (pref.), 1930, Is 3%d (2); Mining House Concessions (9d paid), 4y«d (6); Moonlight Nelson Creek, 3d; Nevis Diesel Electric, 314 d; Nokomai, 4s (3); Waitahu, 4s 4d. Sales reported: Commercial Bank of Australia, 16s 3d; New Zealand Refrigerating (10s paid), 9s Id; New Zealand Breweries, 47s 6d (4); New Zealand Newspapers, 32s 9d; Brian Bom, Is 4d; Gillespie’s Beach, Is lid (2); Worksop Extended, 2s. Unlisted stocks: Jones Nevis, Is; Woolworth’s, Sydney (ord.), 70s 6d. \

FOREIGN EXCHANGES. LITTLE FLUCTUATION. (British Official Wireless). Rec. 5 p.m. Rugby, Sept. 8. Foreign exchanges, compared with those

GOLD RETURN. By Telegraph—Press Association. Auckland, Last Night. The Mataki return for last week was 460 z for 126 hours. SYDNEY EXCHANGE ACTIVE. ALL DEPARTMENTS STRONG. By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. Rec. 8.30 p.m. Sydney, Sept. 10. The Stock Exchange was fairly active to-day in all departmentes. Sales were: Bank of New South Wales, £32 7s 6d; Commercial Bank of Australia, 16s 9d; Union Bank, £9 10s; Bank of Australasia, £ll 12s; Australian Gas (A), £7 18s; Automatic Totalisators, 19s 9d; Amalgamated Textiles, 12s 7d; Howard Smith, 16s; Berlei, 31s 6d; British Tobacco, 38s; Tooth’s, 465; Toohey’s, 28s 9d; Drug Houses of Australia, 20s 9d; Morris Hedstrom, 16s 3d; Electrolytic Zinc, 27s lid; Farmers, 21s 6d; Anthony Hordern, 14s 9d; Lustre Hosiery, 23s 9d; Mount Morgan, 33s 7id; Broken Hill Proprietary, 50s; Placer Development, £26 ss. Melbourne: Goldsbrough Mort, 30s 9d; British Tobacco, 37s 7Jd; Dunlop Perdriau, 20s 4d; Metropolitan Gas, £l4 13s; Australian Iron and Steel (pref.), 23s 3d. WOOL SALES AT SYDNEY. LATER RATES MAINTAINED. Rec. 8.40 p.m. Sydney, Sept. 10. At the wool sales 8982 bales were offered and 7811 sold. Also 1195 bales were sold privately. There was good competition from Japan and Yorkshire with an increased demand from Continental sections. Prices were firm and unchanged at last week’s closing rates. Greasy Merino fleece sold to 15Jd for five bales from Boomi. MOTUROA OIL FIELDS. OFFICIAL PRODUCTION REPORT. Following is the official report for five weeks from Moturoa Oil Fields Ltd., New Plymouth: The Moturoa No. 4 well produced 6265 imperial gallons of crude oil, the total production to date being 30,570 Imperial gallons. The Moturoa No. 2 well produced 11,655 Imperial gallons of crude oil, the total production to date being 559,619 Imperial gallons. LIVESTOCK MARKETS. FEILDING SALE PRICES. At the Feilding stock sale on Friday, Abraham and Williams Ltd. made sales as under: —Fat sheep: Fat hoggets, 20s to 24s 6d; fat ewes, 21s to 26s Id; fat wethers, 24s to 24s 6d. Store sheep: Wether hoggets, 20s 2d to 23s 2d; ewe hoggets, 25s 7d; b.f. hoggets, 19s. Fat cattle; Fat Hereford and P.A. heifers, £5 Us to £6 ss; fat cows, dairy bred, £2 15s to £4 7s 6d; fat heifers, £2 4s to £5 ss. Store cattle: Wean er Jersey heifers, 27s to 37s 6d; potter cows, 10s to 255. Dairy cattle: Springing heifers, £2 to £4 12s 6d; heifers in milk, £3 10s to £5 12s 6d; cows in milk, 15s to 20s; springing cows, £2 5s to £5 10s. Bulls: Yearling Jersey bulls, £1 16s to £2 17s. Dalgety and Co. Ltd. report the following sales: —Fat wethers, 24s 8d to 25s 6d; fat b.f. ewes, 22s 9d; fat ewes, 19s 6d to 25s 8d; wether hoggets, 20s 2d to 21s; ewe hoggets, 20s to 26s 2d; b.f. hoggets, 18s Id to 19s Id; small wether hoggets, 14s 4d; dairy heifers, good, £4 2s 6d to £7 2s 6d; others, £1 Is to £3 ss; dairy cows, £2 to £4 12s 6d; fat P.A. heifers, £6 10s to £7 15s; fat P.A. cows, £4 8s 6d to £5 15s; fat cows, dairy sorts, £2 to £5 10s; fat S.H. cows, £4 5s to £5 3s; fat heifers, Jersey, £2 4s to £4; two-year P.A. steers, £3 9s; twoyear Hereford heifers, £2 2s; two-year P. A. heifers, £2 11s; three-year coloured empty, £3 ss; store Jersey cows, 9s, 18s, 21s 6d, 255.

of last week, are: — Montreal, dol. ... 4.858 4.881 4.866 New York, dol. . 5 4.99 4.866 Paris, fr. 74.843 74.562 124.21 . Brussells, belga . 21.04 20.93 35 Geneva, fr 15.125 15.06 25.22 Amsterdam, fl. .. 7.288 7.26 12.10 Milan, lire 57.5 57.344 92.46 Berlin, r.m 12.46 12.54 .20.43 Stockholm, kr. .. 19.395 19.395 18.159 Copenhagen, kr. . 22.40 22.395 18.159 Oslo, kr. 19.905 19.903 18.159 Vienna, sch. 26.5 26.5 34.585 Prague, kr. 118.5 118.25 164.25 Helsingfors, mark 226.75 226.75 129.23 Madrid, pes 36.25 35.969 25.221 Lisbon, escu. ... 110.125 110.125 110 Athens, dr. ..... 515* 515* 375 Bucharest, let ... 495 490 813.6 Rio de Janiero, mil. 4.25d* 4.25d* 5.899d Buenos Aires, dob 36.5d* 36.5d* 47.619d Monte Video, dol. 39.375d* 39.625d* 51d Bombay, rupee . 18.063d* 18.063d* 18d Shanghai, dol. ... 17.125d 17.189d — Hong Kong, dol. 18.813d 18.875d — Yokohama, yen . 14.375d 14.375d 24.58d Batavia, fl — 7.25 12.10 - Belgrade, din. ... — ‘Sellers. — . 276.31