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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19801, 17 May 1934, Page 16

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CHRISTCHURCH STOCK EXCHANGE LATEST QUOTATIONS Special to “ The Herald ” CHRISTCHURCH. May 16. The following quotations were ruling when the Stock Exchange closed for the day:— Buyers. Sellers.

Unlisted Stocks. All transactions in stocks quoted in this section are subject to a different rate of brokerage from Listed Stocks, and are not quoted on the official list.

YESTERDAY’S SALES

By Teiegraph—Press Association AUCKLAND, May 16. Sales on 'Change.—Stock, 1955. 4 per cent., £107; Auckland Harbour Board, £lO7/10/-; Bank of New South Wales, £32/15/-; Bank of New Zealand, 52/-; Bank of New Zealand (D prefh, 34/6; Taupiri Coal, 16/2; Devonport Ferry. 24/-; Kauri Timber. 17/-; Milne and Choyce (deb.). 18/6; Farmers’ Fertiliser, 18/6; Golden Point, 4d; Mahakipawa, lid (4); Skippers Ltd., lid; Talisman, 15/6. WELLINGTON. May 16. Sales on ’Change.—Bank of New Zealand, 52/3 (2); Kaiapoi Woollen (cont.), 2/10; Bell-Hooper. 7!Jd; BellKilgour, 41d; Big River, 75d. Unofficial.—Mossy Creek (1/- paid), 1/75; Denhard Bakeries (pref.), 21/-. CHRISTCHURCH. May 16. Sales on ’Change.—Commercial Bank of Australia. 16/9; Union Bank. £lO/0/6 (2); New Zealand Loan and Mercantile (ord. stk). £55/5/-; Christchurch Gas (10/- paid), 16/-; Dunlop Rubber, 18 8; Alexander (13/6 paid), 14/10 (2); Brian Boru (1/- paid), 1/9, 1/95, 1/10; Golden Point, 4d (9); Mahakipawa. lid (2); Mt. Lyell, 22/11; Mount Morgan, 22/6 (2); Nokomai, 3/5 (3); Rawang Tin, 9/1. 9/- (2); Waihi, 34/6 (2), Skippers Ltd. (1/- paid), 105 d (11), lid. Sales reported.—Bank of New South Wales (cum div.), £33, £32/17/6; Westport Stockton Coal (ord.), 2/3; Okarito, 8/5; Skippers Ltd. (1/- paid), lid. Unlisted.— Worksop Extended (1/paid), 1/10. DUNEDIN. May 16. Sale on ’Change.—Bell-Kilgour, 4d. Sales reported.—New Zealand Breweries, £2/2/-; North Broken Hill. £4 14/-; National Bank of New Zealand, £4/1/6.

PRICE OF GOLD.

United Press Association —By Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, May 16. Gold is quoted at 136/05 an ounce.

£ s. d. £ s. d. Govt. Debentures3£ p.c. Inscr., 193943 103 10 0 4 p.c. Inscr., 1946 107 10 0 4 p.c. Inscr., 1949 105 10 0 106 5 0 4 p.c. Bonds, 1946 105 10 0 — 4 p.c. Inscr., 1955 107 0 0 107 5 0 4 p.c. Bonds, 1949 105 15 0 4 p.c. Bonds, 1955 107 5 0 — Other Debs.— Wanganui City, 4.1 p.c., 1/5/’45 104 5 0 105 5 0 Booth, Macdonald, 61 p.c., 1937 65 0 0 67 0 0 Wright Stephenson and Co. (Perpetual) 90 0 0 — Banks— Australasia .. .. 11 17 6 12 4 0 Comm, of Aust. .. 0 16 9 0 16 10 Do. (pref.) 9 11 0 9 19 0 E.S. and A 5 7 0 5 8 0 National of A’asia. (£10 paid, cum. div.) 13 3 6 13 7 0 National of N.Z. . 4 1 9 4 3 0 New South Wales (cum div.) 32 0 0 32 12 6 New Zealand (cum. div.) 2 11 0 2 12 6 New Zealand ("D” Mort Shares, cum div.) .. .. 1 14 4 1 14 9 Union of Aust. .. 10 0 0 10 1 0 Insurance— National (ex div.) 0 19 6 1 1 0 South British .. .. 3 18 0 Standard 3 1 3 — Loan and Agency Ch-Ch Bid. Soc. . 13 10 0 Dalgety and Co. . 10 0 0 10 10 0 Goldsbrougli Mort. 1 11 9 1 12 3 Mutual Benefit 10 0 0 — N. Z . Guarantee Corporation . . 0 4 2 0 4 3 New Zealand Loan and Mercantile (ord. stock) . . 54 0 0 56 0 0 Permanent Investment 8 2 6 9 0 0 United Building Society .... 1 0 0 — Wright Stephenson and co. (pref.) . 1 0 3 1 4 0 Shipping— Huddart Parker . 1 12 6 — Northern Steam (14/6 paid) 0 5 9 0 6 3 Frozen Meat— Canterbury .. .. 9 5 0 10 2 6 N.Z. Refrigerating 10/- paid) .. .. 0 8 5 0 8 8 North Canterbury Freezing .. .. 0 11 6 0 18 0 Woollens— Bruce — 9 9 Kaiapoi (17/- pd) 0 9 8 0 10 2 Do. (7/- paid) 0 2 1 0 3 6 Do. (pref.) — 0 18 3 Mosgiel 9 10 0 — Coal— Westport (c. div.) 0 15 3 — Stockton (ord.) . . 0 2 2 0 2 4 Stockton (pref.) . 0 3 3 0 3 7 Gas— Christchurch . .. 1 11 1 1 12 6 Do. (10/- paid) .. 0 15 8 0 17 0 Timaru 1 0 0 — Breweries— New Zealand .. .. 2 2 0 2 2 5 Staples 1 7 3 1 8 3 Timaru 0 7 9 — Do. (7/6 pd.) .. . 0 5 0 0 6 0 Tooths 2 4 3 2 4 9 Miscellaneous— Anthony Hordern 0 16 2 0 16 6 Australasian Paper and Pulp .. .. 1 14 6 1 15 6 Australian Glass . 2 9 9 2 10 9 Beath and Co. ... 1 12 0 1 13 0

Beath and Co. (1/- paid) . . . 0 R 0 0 8 •> British Tobacco 1 17 0 1 Do. (pref.) 1 5 0 Bums Phiip .. — 2 17 Colonial Sugar 63 12 6 64 5 0 D.I.C. (10/- paid) . 0 14 0 Dominion Builders’ Supplies .. .. 0 4 0 0 4 6 Dominion Fertilizer 0 18 0 Dunlop Rubber 0 18 7 0 18 8 Electrolytic Zinc (ord.) 1 6 0 1 6 9 Gordon and Gotch — 2 1 0 Greater Crystal Palace .. .. — 1 2 6 Henry Jones Co-op. (cum div.) .1 11 6 Kauri Timber 0 16 0 0 18 0 Moturoa Oil . . . 0 2 9 0 3 9 Ne w Colosseum . . 1 15 0 2 0 0 N.Z. Drug Co. . . 3 16 6 3 18 0 N.Z. Malay Rubber 0 6 0 Evans Atlas Flour 1 18 0 2 3 0 N.Z. Farmer s’ Co-op. (1st pf.) 1 15 0 N.Z. Farmers' (“A” pref.) — 1 5 0 N.Z. Farmers’ Co-op. (4} p.c. Stock. 1940 70 0 0 82 0 0 N.Z. Farmers’ Co-op. (45 p.c. Stock, 1945 79 0 0 N.Z Farmer s’ Co-op. 45 p.c. Stock, 1941 — 82 0 0 N.Z. Newspapers — 1 10 0 N.Z. Paper Mills (cum div.) . . 1 10 3 1 11 3 Whitcombe and Tombs 3 12 6 — Wool worths (Sydney) (2nd pf.) . 1 5 6 — Myers Emporium 1 11 0 — Mining— Addison’s Flat — 0 2 11 Alexander (13s 6d paid) 0 14 9 0 14 11 Aotearoa 0 0 5 0 0 9 Bell Hooper (1/paid) 0 0 8 0 0 9 Bell Kilgour .. .. 0 0 1 0 0 4 Big- River 0 0 5 0 0 10 Brian Boru (1/paid) 0 1 65 0 1 9 Deep Lead (1/paid) 0 1 9i 0 1 10 Central Shotover (9d paid) . . . 0 0 7 0 0 9 Charleston J. .. 0 1 7 0 1 105 Consolidated . . . 0 16 6 0 18 0 Freshford (in liq.) 0 0 1 — Gillespie’s Beach . 0 1 9 0 1 11 Glenroy (9d paid) 0 0 8 0 0 95 Golden Point . . . 0 0 4 0 0 45 Goldfields Dredging 0 0 75 0 0 105 Golden Sands . . 0 2 9 — Kildare 0 i iii — King Solomon . . 0 4 1 0 4 3 Kuala Kampar . — 0 17 0 Lawson’s Flat . . 0 0 4» 0 0 5 Maerewhenua . . 0 0 95 0 0 11 Mahakipawa . . . 0 0 11 0 0 115 Do. (pref.) .... 0 1 35 0 1 5£ Mataki 0 2 0 0 2 2 Mt. Lyell ..... 1 2 2 1 2 11 Mount Morgan . . — 1 3 0 Moonlight Nelson Creek 0 0 7 0 0 95 Nevis Diesel Electrie ....'.. 0 0 43 0 0 5 New Cornish Point 0 0 7 0 0 10 Do. (6d. paid) . . 0 0 31 0 0 5k Nokomai 0 3 5 0 3 55 Okarito 0 8 0 0 8 5 Oxenbridge Shotover (1 - paid > 0 0 105 0 1 0 Rawang Tin . . . 0 8 115 0 9 05 Waihi 1 14 3 1 14 6 Waihi Grand Junction 0 4 7 0 4 10 Waitahu 0 4 2 0 4 11 Skippers Ltd. (1/paid) 0 0 105 0 0 11

Buyers. Sellers. £ s. d. £ s. d. Auckland Farmers’ Freezing £1 pd. 0 17 0 — Ben Ledi (6d pd.) 0 0 0i 0 0 6 Claude Neon Lights Canterbury Roller 2 4 6 — Flour — 0 15 0 Dominion Life . . Jones Nevis (9d — 0 2 C paid) — 0 0 10 Industries Ltd. (12/6 paid) . . 0 1 0 0 5 0 Long Trail .... N.Z. Mining In0 1 8 vestment (1/paid) 0 0 3* 0 0 7 N.Z. Woolpacks Para Rubber (15/0 10 6 paid) Procera Bread (10/- — 0 16 0 paid) 0 11 6 0 17 0 Oswald Smith . . — 0 5 0 Stafford Sulieing 0 0 8 0 1 3 Snowy River . . . 0 0 u 0 0 3 Sun Newspapers . South Seas Fish0 3 6 0 3 8 mg 0 5 0 — Tru-Color Films (12/-paid) pref 0 12 0 — Warners Ltd. . . Were’s Investment — 7 10 0 Trust — 0 4 D Woolworths (Victoria) pref. . . 1 5 6 1 7 0 Do. (Sydney) ord. Worksop Extended 5 10 0 5 14 0 (1/- paid) . . 0 1 8 0 1 lOi