STOCKS AND SHARES

Taranaki Daily News, 19 February 1935, Page 12

STOCKS AND SHARES

NEW ZEALAND EXCHANGES. YESTERDAY’S TRANSACTIONS. Transactions on the New Zealand stock exchanges yesterday are reported by the Press Association as follow:— Wellington:—Sales: New Zealand Refrigerating, 19s 7d (two lots); New Zealand Breweries, 15s 6d (two lots). Dunedin:—Sales: Dominion Fertiliser, 21s 7d; Woolworth's (Sydney), 93s 6d. Reported sales: Bank of New Zealand (long D), 325; Farmers’ Fertiliser, 18s 9d; 3% per cent. Stock (1941), £102; Dominion Fertiliser, 21s Bd. Auckland:—Sharemarket sales: Stock, 1946, 4 per cent., £lO4 17s 6d (2); Bank of New Zealand, 49s 9d (2); Farmers’ Auctioneering (B pref.), 21s 9d; Auckland Gas, 27s 6d (2); National Timber, 15s; Dominion Breweries, 17s; K.D.V. Box (rights), Is (2); New Zealand Refrigerating (£1 paid), 19s 7d; Wilson’s Cement, 34s 3d; Woolworth’s (New Zealand), £9 15s; King Solomon, 3s lid; Mataki, 2s; Wa’ihi, 39s 6d, 40s (2). Unofficial.list: Woolworth’s (Sydney), 93s 6d, 93s 3d. Wellington: Sales: Rural Bonds, 5 per cent., 1947, £lO5 ss. Late sales Saturday: New Zealand Refrigerating, 19s 7d (two parcels); New Zealand Breweries, 50s 6d; King Solomon. 4s; Mahakipawa, 10jd. Unofficial list: Woolworths,' Ltd. (ord.), 92s 6d. (late sale Saturday). Christchurch: Sales of unlisted stocks: WoolwortHs (Sydney), ord., 935. Sales of listed stocks: Gdldsbrough, Mort, 28s Id; New Zealand Breweries, 50s 6d (four parcels), 50s 4d (two parcels); Tooth’s Brewery, 47s lOd; British Tobacco, 38s; Big River, 2s 3d (three parcels); Brian Boru, 4Ad; Maori Gully, Is 4d; Mount Lyell, 17s 7d; Rawang Tin (cum div.), 8s; Skippers, 6d; Waihi, 40s (two parcels). Reported sales: Skippers. 6d (two parcels); Westport Coal, 21s 6d; Christchurch Trams, 4} per cent., 1955, £105; Malvern Electric, 4J per cent., 1949, £104; New Zealand Government, 4 per cent, inscribed, 1949, £lO7 15s. AUSTRALIAN EXCHANGES. SYDNEY DEALINGS HEAVY. By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright Rec. 8.40 p.m. Sydney, Feb. 18. Stock Exchange dealings were heavy to-day. A big line of Commercial Bank of Sydney shares was placed, and over 1000 Tooth’s shares were absorbed. Sales were: Colonial Sugar, £4l; Bank of New South Wales, £3O 10s; Commercial Bank of Sydney, £l6 ss; Associated News, 22s 3d; ditto, pref., 23s IJd; Howard Smith, 16s; Burns Philp, 625; Tooth’s Brewery, 48s; Dunlop Perdriau, 18s 9d; Dalgety’s, £8 12s 6d; Henry Jones, 375; Electrolytic Zinc, 225; Farmers, 25s 3d; Anthony Hordern, 17s; Lustre Hosiery, 26s 9d; Standard Cement, 18s 10id; Mount Morgan, 40s; Broken Hill Proprietary, 50s 3d; Kuala Kampar, 13s 3d; Rawang Tin, 8s; Placer Development, £2B; General Industries, 14s 3d, pref 265. Melbourne: Broken Hill Proprietary, 51s; Goldsbrough, Mort, 28s 9d; Mount Lyell, 18s. GOLD RETURNS. The Brian Boru dredge return last week was 15oz 2dwt for 110 hours and 13,500 yards, reports the Press Association. The Mossy Creek dredge return was 18oz 12dwt from 4000 yards. Operations were restricted by lack of water owing to the drought. Gillespie’s Beach gold return was 390 z lOdwt for 129% hours. Okarito reports no return. The dredging hours during the week were only 49 on account of a stoppage for overhaul during the early part of the week. The Mataki return for the week ending February 17 was 29 ounces for 137 hours’ work. EWE FAIR AT FEILDING. PRICES WELL MAINTAINED. Dalgety and Company, Ltd., report a total entry of approximately 33,000 breeding ewes at the Feilding ewe fair. Some outstanding two-tooth ewes were penned and competition for all good sorts was well sustained, good prices being obtained; Older ewes were in strong demand and anything attractive was well competed for, there being practically a total clearance. There was a large attendance. A good percentage of the yarding was bought for the Main Trunk district.

Quotations were: Two-tooth ewes, 20s, 235, 26s sd, 275, 27s 6d, 27s 9d, 28s, 29s 9d, 30s, 31s 9d, 335, 33s 6d, 355; four-year ewes, 255; four and five-year ewes, 10s, 12s 3d; five-year ewes, Ms Id, 17s 3d, 18s, 18s 3d„ 18s 6d, 19s Id, 19s 3d, 20s 3d, 20s 6d, 20s Bd.