STOCKS AND SHARES

Taranaki Daily News, 26 November 1934, Page 14

STOCKS AND SHARES

NEW ZEALAND EXCHANGES.

SATURDAY’S TRANSACTIONS

Transactions on the New Zealand Stock Exchanges on Saturday are reported by the Press Association as follows:—

Wellington:—Reported sales: New Zealand Guarantee, 5s 9d; National Timber, 14s 3d.

Dunedin:—Sales on exchange: Bendigo, Is; Kildare. 2s 6d. Reported sales: Claude Neon Lights, £2 12s; Brown Ewing (pref.), £1 Is 9d; Abraham and Williams (ord.), £2 9s 6d. After call: Kildare, 2s 7d.

Auckland: —Sharemarket sales: Bank of Australasia, £11; Bank of New Zealand, 48s 3d (3); ditto (D Mort.), 33s 3d; New Zealand Insurance, 68s 6d; Traders’ Finance (con.), 3s; Claude Neon (N.Z.), 525; Waihi, 39s 3d. Christchurch: —Sales on exchange: New Zealand Government, 4 per cent. Inscribed, 1946, £106; Commercial Bank of Australia, 15s Bd, 15s 9d; Bank of New South Wales, £32 (2); Reserve Bank, £6 10s 3d; National Insurance, 21s 7d (2); Kaiapoi Woollens (17s paid), 15s lOd; Anthony Hordern, 17s 4d; Bell Hooper, 4d; Brian Boru, 9Jd; Golden Point, l?d; Mining House Concessions, 3d; Rawang Tin, 7s 6d. Sales reported: National Insurance, 21s 8d; Christchurch Building Society Gate sale November 23), £l4 10s; Skippers, GOLD MINING RETURNS. The Brian Boru dredge return for the week ending November 24 is 16oz 14dwt for 113 hours from 11,940 yards, reports the Press Association. The Mahakipawa return for the week ended Saturday was 420 z. The Bell Hooper return for the week was 230 z 3dwt. GOOD CLEARANCES EFFECTED. LONDON WOOL COMPETITION. By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright London, Nov. 23. At the wool sales 11,037 bales were offered, including 5008 from New Zealand, and 9122 Australian and New Zealand were sold. Good clearances were effected, there being sustained home and Continental competition. Merinos were fully steady and crossbreds were slightly irregular. New Zealand prices were:— Half-bred slips, . Bayfields, top 22|d; average, 20Jd; lamb slipe Belfast, top 13|d; average, 12 7-Bd. ORIENT COMPANY’S PROFIT. By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright . London, Nov. 23. The Orient Steamship Company’s profit, after the transfer of £50,000 to the general reserve, was £219,606. A dividend of 5 per cent tax free was paid, and £85,302 was carried forward.