STOCKS AND SHARES

Taranaki Daily News, 15 November 1934, Page 16

STOCKS AND SHARES

NEW ZEALAND EXCHANGES. YESTERDAY’S TRANSACTIONS. Yesterday's transactions on the New Zealand stock exchanges are reported by the Press Association as follows:— Wellington:—Sales: O.E. and A. Bank, £5 Is; Goldsbrough Mort, 31s. Dunedin:—Sales: Bell Hooper, 5d (2 lots). Reported sales: Kaiapoi Woollen, 15s 8d (late yesterday); Refrigerating (con.), 10s; Refrigerating (paid), 20s sd; Bell Hooper, 5d (3 lots); after call, New Zealand Insurance, 70s 3d. Auckland:—Sales: Rural Bonds, 1947 (5 par cent.), £104; Stock, 1939-43 (3% per cent), £108; 1953 (4 per cent.), £113; Reserve Bank, £6 12s 6d; Abraham and Williams (pref.), 100 s (2); Guarantee Corporation, 5s 6d; Traders’ Finance, 8s; Northern Steam, 6s 8d; Farmers’ Trading, 7s 3d; Milne and Choyce (deb.), 19s 6d; New Zealand Newspapers, 33s 3d; New Zealand Refrigerating (£1 paid), 20s 6d; Waihi Junction, 4s 9d; Waihahu, 3s 6d; Worksop Extended, 3s 3d. Unofficial list: Claude Neon, 51s; K.D.V. Boxes (£1 paid), 275. Christchurch:—Sales on exchange: Commercial Bank of Australia, 15s lOd; Dalgety and Company (cum div.), £9 2s 6d; New Zealand Guarantee Corporation, 5s 6d (2); Anthony Hordern, 17s 4d; British Tobacco, 41s 2d (2); Dunlop Perdriau Rubber, 20s (2); Woolworth’s (New Zealand), pref., 40s 6d; Bell Hooper, 5d (7); Mount Lyell, 17s Bd, 17s (2); Waihi, 37s 9d. Sales reported: New Zealand Government 4 per cent.' Inscribed, 1955, £113; Dalgety and Company (cum div.), £9 2s 6d; Mining House Concessions, 3’Ad; Mount Lyell, 18s 3d; Goldsbrough Mort, 30s lOd.. Unlisted stocks sales on exchange: Argo Gold (6d paid), Is (3). MINING SECTION ACTIVE. SYDNEY EXCHANGE BUSINESS. By Telegraph—Press Assn—Copyright. Rec. 9.25 p.m. Sydney, Nov. .14. On the Stock Exchange retail trading and industrial issues were the subject of fome profit-taking to-day. Commonwealth loans were steady but the mining section was rather active. Sales were: Bank of New South Wales, £32 ss; Commercial Bank of Sydney, £l7 16s; Associated News, 25s 10Ad; pref., 255; Colonial Sugar, £74 17s 6d; Newcastle Gas C, 13s 9d; Amalgamated Textiles, 12s 6d; •Meggitt’s, 22s 6d; Australian Glass, 56s 6d; Morris Hedstrom, 17s; Farmers, 265; David Jones, 425; Standard Cement, 19s British Tobacco, 41s 9d; Toohey’s, 29s 3d; Howard Smith, 16s 6d; General Industries, 14s; Broken Hill Proprietary, 51s 3d; Placer Development, £23 12s; Euratha Gold, 9s; Commonwealth Bonds, 4 per cent., 1938, £lO7 ss; 1941, £lOB 16s 3d;' 1947, £lO9 12s 6d; 1950, £lll 12s 6d; 1953, £ll2 2s 6d; 1955, £ll2 8s 9d; 1957, £ll2 10s; 1959, £lll ss; 1961, £lll 15s. Melbourne: Commercial Bank, pref., £10; E., S. and A. Bank, £5 3s 6d; National Bank (£5 paid), £6 7s; Herald and Weekly Times, 595; Gordon and Gotch, 475; Australian Glass, pref., 40s ■6d; Mt. Lyell, 17s 3d. WOOL SALES AT SYDNEY. GOOD COMPETITION CONTINUES. By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. Rec. 9.35 p.m. Sydney, Nov. 14. At the wool sales to-day 11,253 bales were offered and 10,520 sold. Privately, 486 bales were sold. There was good general competition with prices on a par with those earlier in the week. Greasy Merino made to 17Jd. LIVESTOCK MARKET. WAIPUKURAU SALE PRICES. By Telegraph—Press Association. Waipukurau, Nov. 13. ' There were fairly large yardings of ' cattle with good quality in the fat sec- ' tion, and small offerings of sheep at the weekly sale to-day. Cattle sold well, prices showing a steady improvement, while sheep values showed little change in a quiet market. A line of store woolly ewe hoggets topped the market at 27s 9d. Cattle: Heavy P.A. bullock, £7 7s 6d; 4 do., £8; prime P.A. bullock, £8 10s; Hereford bullock, £7; 4 heavy P.A. cows, £5 Us; 10 others, £5 17s 6d; heavy P.A. I heifers, £6: heavy P.A- steer, £5 7s 6d; i 16 heavy P.A. bullocks, £5 10s; 13 Red 1 Poll and P.A. bullocks, £5 10s; 9 P.A. i steers, £4 19s; 2 two-year P.A. steers, 1 £3 15s; 7 two-year P.A. heifers, £3; 15 forward P.A. cows and heifers, £3 15s. Sheep: 50 prime heavy ewes, 13s sd; . 35 prime ewes, 13s 6d; woolly hogget, 18s; 153 store two-tooth wethers, 18s 4d. BANK OF NEW ZEALAND DIVIDEND. By Telegraph—Press Association. I Wellington, Nov. 14. e The Bank of New Zealand directors t announce that an interim dividend of £ Is per share on ordinary shares of bank t

and 3% per cent, on D long term mortgage shares will be paid in New Zealand currency on December 8.: • • REACTION IN STOCKS. BRITISH RISE INTERRUPTED. By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. British Wireless. Rugby, Nov. 13. The upward movement of British Government stocks continued this morning. Later in the day there was a reaction ' on selling orders, and at the close War Loan was quoted at £lO6 17s 6d and Consols at £BB 15s. WOOL SALES AT LONDON, 2 NEW ZEALAND SHIPMENT. By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. London, Nov. 13. The wool available for the sales on November 20 total 217,600 bales, including new arrivals, 65,000 bales from Australia and 14,600 from New Zealand. It is expected that about 176,500 bales will be catalogued.