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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19623, 18 October 1933, Page 14

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CHRISTCHURCH STOCK EXCHANGE LATEST QUOTATIONS. Special to “ The Herald “ CHRISTCHURCH, October 17, The following quotations were current when the Stock Exchange closed

m ftiwuu ••••• uou uoo YESTERDAY'S SALES. By Telegraph—Press Association AUCKLAND, October 17. Sales on Change.—Stock 1946 4 per cent. £lOl 10s, stock 1949 4 per cent. £IOO 10s, Auckland Harbour Board 1961 54 per oent. £lO3, Amalgamated Brick 1944 74 per cent. £94, Bank of Australasia £l2 15s, Commercial Bank of Australia 16/11, National Bank of New Zealand £4 4s. Bank of New South Wales £34 7s 6d, South British Insurance 74/-, Taupiri Coal 14/-, Donaghy's Rope 42 6. Dunlop Perdriau 18/11, Electro Zinc (ord.> 26/6, Farmers' Trading 3/4, Kauri Timber 14 -, Woolworths (N.z.i pref. 36 -, Gillespie's Beach 2 34. Paddy's Point 5 4, Waihi 26 1. 26/-, Mount Lyell 23 6. Unofficial list.—investment Trust Board £99 (3), New Zealand Perpetual Forests 46/6. CHRISTCHURCH. October 17. Sales on Change.—4 per cent. Inscr. 1949 (ex interest! £lOl, Goldsbrough Mort. 29'3 (2). New Zealand Refrigerating (10/- paid* 9 3. Kaiapoi Woollens (17 - paid' 8 6. New Zealand Breweries 37/6. British Tobacco 37 6, Dunlop Rubber 18 10, Mt. Lyell 23 6, 23 5, Nevis Diesel Electric (1/- paid' lid. Kawarau 6d. New Cornish Point (6d paid' 64d (2), Okarito 10 6 (3). Sales Reported.—New Zealand Insurance, 54/6, 4 per cent. Inscr. 1949 £lOl. DUNEDIN, October 17. Sales on 'Change.—Waitahu 6 6 Bendigo-Goldlight 64d. Sales reported—Westport Coal 13 9 British Tobacco £1 17s 4d. Dominion Fertiliser 14/-. Golden Point 2d, Central Shotover 1/1. SYDNEY STOCK EXCHANGE. MINING SHARES EASIER. United Press Association—Bv Electric Telegraph—CoDvrlgh't (Received October 17, 8.40 pm.) SYDNEY, October 17. On the Stock Exchange the market generally was steady but Colonial Sugars again moved up. The principal feature of the market to-day was the writing down of most gold issues, due to a sharp fall in the price of gold in London. Quotations.—Bank of New South Wales £34/10/-; Commercial Bank of Sydney £lB/5/-; Bank of Australasia (New Zeaand delivery), £l3/5/-; Colonial Sugar £6O 7/6 (New Zealand Delivery), £6O/5/-; Associated News, 20/104, pref., 20/9; Howard Smith, 12/10; Burns Philp, 53'6; Burns Philp South Sea 33/6; Berlei, 29/9; Goldsbrough Mort., 29 '3; Anthony Hordern, 13/5, pref., 22/44; Australian Iron and Steel (pref ), 18/3; David Jones, 35/-; Paul and Gray, 21/-; Farmers, 17/1, Greater J. D. Williams, 8/6; Henry Jones Co-op., 39/3; Electrolytic Zinc, 26/3; Wilcox Mofflin, 9/10; Winchcombe Carson, 28/3; Australian General Assurance, 11/10; United Provisions 8/9; Drug Houses of Australia, 19/-; Tooths Brewery. 43/-; Dunlop Perdriau, 18/6: Broken Hill Proprietary, 40/9; Bulolo Gold. 96 9; Mount Morgan, 44/-; Kuala Kampar, 10/7; Commonwealth Bonds. 4 per cent., 1938, £lO4 6/9; 1941. £lO4 17 6; 1944. £lO3 11/3; 1947, £lO5/2/6; 1950. £lO5 26; 1963. £lO5 2/6; 1955, £lO5/10/-; 1957. i £lO5/7/6; 1959, £lO4/10/-; 1961, £lO5 2/6. Melbourne.—National Bank (£5 paid' £6/13/-; Goldsbrough Mort., 29 6: I Metropolitan Gas, £l2 14/-; Dunlop Perdriau, 18/9; Anthony Hordern, 13 6; I South Broken Hill, 65/3; Mount Lyell, 23/3. FOREIGN EXCHANGES. British Official Wireless RUGBY, October 14. Par. Paris, fr. to £1 .. .. 124.21 80 15-32 New York, dol. to £1 4.866 4.57! Montreal, dol. to £1 4.886 4 694 Brussels, belgas to £1 35 22.64 Geneva, fr. to £1 .. 22.2215 16.26 j Amsterdam, fl. to £1 12 107 7.82 | Milan, lire to £1 .. 8.54 591 Berlin, reich to £1 .. 20.43 13.174 Stockholm, kr. to £1 18.159 19 40 Copenhagen, kr. to £1 18.159 22 40 Oslo, kr. to £1 .. . 18.159 19.90 ! Vienna, schgs. to £1 34.585 28 i Prague, kr. to £1 .. 164.25 106 s j Helsingfors, marks to £1 193.28 2264 Madrid, pesetas to £1 25.2215 37 21-32 j Lisbon, escudos to £1 110 I"3J ! Athens, drach to £1 375 560 Bucharest, lei to £1 818.6.. 335 ■ Rio de Janeiro, d. to milreis 4.892 46 Buenos Aires, d. to dol 45.577 441 i Monte Video, d. to dol 51 37 i Bombay, d. to rupee 19 18 3-16 Shanghai, d. to do!. • Hongkong, d. to dol. * 17! j Yokohama, d. to yen. 24 58 14 3-16 Warsaw, par zylots to £1 43.36 27 62 Batavia, guilder .. 12.107 770 •Determined by price of silver. HIGH COMMISSIONER’S REPORT The following message, dated October 14, has been received by the Department of Agriculture from the High Commissioner for New Zealand. Lon- j don: — Tallow. Fair demand at auction, and 806 casks offered, of which 397 sold at unchanged prices Hemp. Manila—Fair business done "K" grade for October-December shipment sold at £l4/10/-. Sisal—Market quiet. Small business has been done in No 1 grade for October-December shipment, £l7. New Zealand—Market quiet Small business has been done for OctoberDecember shipment. In fair grade £l4, and common grade £l3. Eggs. 1 Market steady. New-laid, firm: J boxed, slow English, national park. \ 15/- to 18 6: English ordinary park i 15/6 to 16/3: Australian, 141 b to 171 b per long hundred. 10 6 to 12 -; Danish. | 11/- to 13 6 Apples. Sales much slower; prices weaker.

STUD NOTICES. j TO TRAVEL WAIMATE And Surrounding Districts. THE IMPORTED CLYDESDALE STALLION - ARCHAIC (20695) Sire, Dunure Footprint (15203'. Dam. Melba (46470) by Montrave Mae (99581. ARCHAIC has been a consistent : winner, being Champion at Dunedin Horse Parade, twice Champion InverI cargill, and has travelled the same district for eight seasons, leaving a big percentage of high class stock. The Champion Mare at Islav (Scotland), Oamaru, Milton and Taieri in 1931 were all got by Archaic, and he has the distinction of being the only sire at present in New Zealand that has left a Highland Show prize winner. TERMS: £2/12/6 at end of season, and £2 12/6 if mare proves in foal. J. McLEAN, Owner, Waimate.

for the day:— Buyer. Seller. £ s. d. £ s. d. N.Z. Govt. Debentures. 35 p.c. Inscr., 193843 . . 101 0 0 102 0 0 35 p.c. Inscr., 193943 101 0 0 101 10 0 31 p.c. Inscr.. 193952 101 0 0 4 p.c. Inscr., 1940 101 15 0 4 p.c. Inscr., 1946 101 15 6 102 7 6 4 p.c. Inscr., 1949 (ex-interest) 101 0 0 102 10 0 4 p.c. Bonds, 1940 102 0 0 102 10 0 4 p.c. Bonds. 1946 101 12 6 102 0 0 4 p.c. Bonds. 1949 (ex-interest) 100 10 0 4 p.c. Bonds, 1955 100 5 0 — Other Debt.— N.Z. Refrigerating 64 p.c., 1935 . . 101 5 0 102 2 5 Banks— Adelaide (cum d.) 5 17 6 Australasia . . . 12 2 6 12 17 Comm, of Aust. . 0 16 10 0 16 il Do. (pref.) . . . 8 14 0 8 18 0 E.S. and A. . . . 5 13 6 5 17 6 National of A/asia (£10 paid) . . 13 8 0 National of A/asia (£5 paid) . . 6 11 6 6 14 0 National of N.Z. . 4 3 6 4 4 6 New South Wales 34 5 0 34 10 0 New Zealand . . 2 7 2 2 7 6 Do. (“D” Mort shares) .... 1 10 0 1 13 9 Union of Aust. . . 10 2 6 10 5 0 Insurance— Mercantile Mutual 1 0 4 1 1 9 National .... 0 18 3 New Zealand . . . — 2 15 0 Standard .... — 3 1 0 Loan and Agency Ch'Ch. Building Society .... 11 2 6 — Dalgety and Co. . 10 17 6 ii 2 6 Goldsbrough Mort 1 9 2 1 9 4 National Mortgage “A” — 2 14 0 Do. (“B”) .... 1 10 0 — N.Z. Guarantee Corp. (cum div) 0 8 2 0 8 6 N.Z. Loan and Mercantile (ord. stock) 60 0 0 65 0 0 United Building Society .... 0 17 7 0 18 0 Shipping— Huddart Parker . 1 11 6 1 13 0 Union (pref.) . . 1 4 3 — Frozen Meat— Canterbury . . . 10 0 0 10 2 6 Gear — 1 12 6 N.Z. Refrigerating (£1 paid) . . . 0 19 6 0 19 8 N.Z. Refrigerating (10/- paid) . . 0 9 3 0 9 4 North Canterbury Freezing .... 0 8 6 — Woollens— Kaiapoi (17/- pd.) 0 8 4 0 8 6 Do. (7/- paid) . . 0 1 3 0 2 0 Do. (pref.) .... 0 15 9 0 16 6 Coal— Grey Valley . . . 0 13 6 1 0 0 Westport .... 0 13 7 Kaitangata .... 1 1 6 — Gas— Christchurch . . 1 7 0 1 8 0 Wellington (pref) 1 1 6 1 5 0 Breweries— New Zealand . . 1 17 0 1 17 6 Timaru 0 7 9 0 9 11 Do. (7/6 paid) . . 0 5 3 0 6 1 Tooheys 1 4 0 1 6 6 Tooths 2 2 6 2 2 9 Miscellaneous— Australasian Paper and Pulp (ex div.) 1 12 6 i 14 0 Australian Glass . 2 9 0 Aust. Iron & Steel (pref.) .... 0 18 0 i 0 0 Beath and Co. . . 1 7 3 1 8 6 Do. (1/- paid) . . 0 5 11 0 6 5 Do. (pref.) . . . 1 2 0 1 5 0 British Tobacco 1 17 9 1 18 3 Broken Hill Proprietary (cum div.) 2 0 0 2 1 0 Colonial Sugar . . 59 10 0 60 0 0 Donaghy’s Rope and Twine . . 2 1 6 Dunlop Rubber 0 18 4 0 18 9 Electro Zinc (pref cum div.) . . . — 1 16 0 Greater Crystal Palace .... — 1 0 0 Henry Jones Coop — 1 19 3 Mt. Lvell .... 1 3 3 1 3 5 N.Z. Farmers' Coop. (B pref) . — 0 19 0 N.Z Farmers’ Coop. 45 per cent Stock 1940 . . 61 10 0 N.Z. Farmers' Coop. 45 per cent Stock 1945 . . 61 0 0 68 0 0 N.Z. Farmers' Fertlliser .... 0 16 0 N.Z. Newspapers . 1 7 0 1 8 0 Whitcombe and Tombs .... 3 5 10 3 10 0 Wilson's Cement . 1 6 0 Woolworths (N.Z.) pref 1 13 0 — Mining— Alexander . . 0 16 0 Do. (13/6 pd.) . . 0 16 0 0 16 4 Aotearoa .... 1 3 0 Bell Hill Bell Hooper (9d paid) 0 1 0 0 1 1 Do. (1 - paid) . 0 1 0 0 1 Bell Kilgour . 0 1 6 0 Big River .... 0 1 5 Blackwater . . . 1 12 6 1 16 0

Central Shotover (fid paid) . . . 0 1 0 0 1 3} Consolidated . . . Preshford .... 0 0 4* 1 0 0 0 0 j 55 1 \i | Gillespie’s Beach . 0 2 0 0 Golden Dawn . . 0 2 0 0 2 9 Golden Point . . 0 0 H 0 0 2 Kawarau .... 0 0 5* 0 0 7 1 King Solomon . . 0 3 2* 0 3 ?; Lawson’s Flat . . 0 0 5i 0 0 7 ' Mahakipawa . . . 0 0 li 0 0 2 ! New Cornish Point (1/- paid) . . . 0 1 Oi 0 1 ■ 1 I New Cornish Point (6d paid) . . . 0 0 6 0 0 7 i Nokomai .... 0 2 9 0 3 0 Okarito 0 10 6 0 10 7 | W a i h i Grand Junction . . . 0 4 3 0 4 5 Waitahu 0 6 0 0 6 6