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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXIX, Issue 20104, 10 May 1935, Page 6

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CRISTCHURCH STOCK EXCHANGE LATEST QUOTATIONS Special to " The Timaru Herald ** CHRISTCHURCH, May 9. The fallowing quotations were ruling when the Stock Exchange closed for the day:

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

YESTERDAY’S SALES By Telegraph—Press Association AUCKLAND, May 9. Sales on ’Change.—Stock, 1938-52, 34 per cent., £lO7/5/-; Bank of Australasia, £lO/19/- (2); National Bank of New Zealand, £3/7/-; Bank of New Zealand, 51/- (3); South British Insurance, 99/- (2); Devonport Ferry, 22/9; New Zealand Breweries, 55/9; Broken Hill Proprietary, 54/3; Claude Neon (N.Z.), 42'-; K.V.D. Boxes (10/paid), 10/6; Sanford, 2/6 (2); Waihi. 4 '3; Mount Lyell, 19/10. Ur official List.—Auckland Trotting Club, 1939-44. 61 per cent.. £lO2. WELLINGTON, May 9. Sales on ’Change—Stock, 31 per cent., 1939-52, £lO7/10/-; 1938-43, £105; 1938-52. £lO7/10/- (2); Bonds, 31 per cent., 1941-52, £lO7/10/-; Bank of New Zealand D Mort., 34/-; National Insurance. 21/10; New Zealand Insurance. 71/-; Westport Coal. 21/3; New Zealand Breweries. 55/8 (2) ; Mount Lyell, 19/10; New Zealand Drug, 80/- (2); Mount Morgan, 38/-. CHRISTCHURCH, May 9. Unlisted Steaks. —Woolworths (Sydney, ord., 88/9. Sales on ’Change.—Commercial Bank of Australia (pref.), £9/14/-; National Bank of New Zealand, 67/6; A.P.A., 21/7, 21/6; Dalgety and Co. (cum div.) £. 2/6; New Zealand Breweries, 55/9 (2), 55/7; Staples, 33/-; British To-b-cco, 38/8; Broken Hill Proprietary (_ m div.), 54/7 (2); Maori Gully, 1/7; Sun Newspapers, 5/10, 6/-. Sales (cum div.), 21/8; National Insurance, 21/10; Standard Insurance, 72/9; Mosgiel Woollens (cum, div.), £11; Westport Coal, 21/3; New Zealand Breweries, 55/7, 55/6, 55/8; Electrolytic Zinc

(pref.), 34/3; New Zealand Farmers’ Co-op. (44 per cent. Stock, 1942), £81; New Zealand Farmers’ Co-op. (41 per cent. Stock, 1941), £Bl/10/- (2); Sun Newspapers, 5/9, 6/-; Mount Lyell, 19/9. DUNEDIN, May 9. Sales Reported.—Bank of New South Wales (cum div.), £3l; National Bank of Australasia (cum div.), £l2/13/6; New Zealand Refrigerating (con.), 9/2 (2); British Tobacco, £l/19/-; New Zealand Drug, £4; Anthony Hordern (pref.), £l/4/-; New Zealand Breweries, £2/15/5, £2/15/6. SYDNEY STOCK EXCHANGE United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright (Received May 9, 8.25 p.m.) SYDNEY, May 9. The Stock Exchange was extremely animated to-day and there was heavy trading in all departments with a moderate reaction in trading shares, in which there has been recent speculative buying, but all better class investments maintained a strong front. Sales: Bank of New South Wales, £3l/10/-; Commercial Bank of Sydney, £l7/15/-; Colonial Sugar, £4l/10/-; Australian Provincial Assurances, 21/6; Associated News, 21/74; do. (pref.), 23/11; Australian Gas (A), £B/1/6; British Tobacco, 38/6; Australian Iron and Steel (pref.), 22/104; Dunlop Perdriau, 17/3; Wilcox Mofflin, 10/2; Henry Jones, 36/9; Farmers’, 27/-; David Jones, 41/9; General Industries, 16/11; do. (pref.), 23/-; Wunderlich, 20/6; Drug Houses of Australia, 25/41; Goodyear (px-ef.), 33/-; Tooth’s, 53/-; Toohey’s, 28/9; Broken Hill Proprietary, 54/9; Bulolo Gold, £9'l/6; Malim Nawar, 13/-; Euratha, 3/9; Commonwealth Bonds (all four per cent.); 1933, £lO4/2/6; 1941, £lO5/5/-; 1944, £lO4 12/6; 1947, £lO5/15/-; 1950, £lO6/12/6; 1953, £lO7/2/6; 1955, £lO7/6/3; 1957, £lO7/5/-; 1959, £lO6/2/6; 1961, £lO5 15/-. Melbourne sales: Commercial Bank of Australia (pref.). £9/15/-; Commercial Bank of Sydney, £l7/10/-; National Bank (£5 paid), £6/5/-; Queensland National Bank, 100/-; Metropolitan Gas, £l4/4/-; Mt. Lyell, 20/44. AUSTRALIAN MARKETS United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph —Copyright (Received May 9, 8.25 p.m.) SYDNEY, May 9. Wheat.—At country sidings, 2/84 a bushel, equal to about 3/34 for bagged and 3/41 for bulk ex trucks, Sydney. Flour.—£ll/10/- a ton. Bran and pollard—£4/15/- a ton. Potatoes —Tasmanian, £8 to £9/10/a ton; others, £7/10/- a ton. Onions. —Victorian Spanish, £lO 10/- a ton. Maize. —Yellow and white, 4/2 a bushel. ADELAIDE, May 9. Wheat.—Growers lots, new crop, 3/2 a bushel. Flour.—Bakers’ lots, £ll/17/6 a ton. Bran.—£s a ton. Pollard—£s/2/6 a ton. Oats. —Algerian 1/11 to 2/- a bushel. Barley—2/7 to 2/9 a bushel.

Buyers. Sellers. £ s. d. £ s. d. N.Z. Govt. Debs.35 p.c. Inscr.,*193843 and 1939-43 l r . 0 0 — 35 p.c. Inscr.. 193852 and 1939-52 107 0 0 — 4 p.c. Inscr., 193740 ..... . 104 10 0 — 4 p.c Bonds, 193740 104 10 0 — 4 p.c. Inscr.. 194346 107 15 0 — 4 p.c. Bonds, 194849 107 15 0 — 4 p.c. Bonds, 194949 107 15 0 — 4 p.c. Inscr., 195255 112 2 6 — 4 p.c. Bonds, 194346 108 7 6 — 4 p.c Bonds. 195255 113 0 0 — Rural Bonds . . . 103 0 0 Other Debs.— North Canterbury Hospital, 4 1-8 p.c., 1/3/55 . . _ 107 10 0 Blenheim Borough 5h p.c., 1/4/49 . Booth Macdonald, 104 0 0 108 0 0 6a p.c., 1937 . . 65 0 0 70 0 0 Gisborne Sheepfarmers, 6i p.c.. 1941 101 0 0 Glaxo, 65 p.c., 1945 102 0 0 —

Banks — \ Adelaide (ex div.) 5 17 6 Australasia .... — 11 0 0 Comm, of Aust. C 5mm. of Aust. 0 15 10 0 15 11 (pref.) 9 13 0 9 16 0 Comm, of Sydney — 17 10 0 E., S. and A. . . . National of A’asia 4 16 0 5 0 0 (£10 paid, cum div.) 12 ii 0 12 14 0 National of A’asia (£5 paid, cum div.) . . . . . 6 3 0 6 6 0 National of N.Z. . New South Wales 3 7 0 3 7 6 cum div.) . . 30 16 0 31 2 6 New Zealand (cum div.) 2 10 10 2 11 0 Reserve 6 12 9 6 13 6 Insurance — A.P.A 1 1 4 1 1 7 National ..... 1 1 6 1 1 11 Standard 3 12 0 3 13 3 Loan & Agency— Goldsbrough Mort. 1 10 5 1 10 8 ational Mortgage "A” 2 10 0 — N.Z. Guarantee Corporation . . Jnited Building 0 5 6 0 5 9 Society 1 1 6 1 2 0 Perpetual Trustees 3 5 0 Shipping— New Zealand (pf.) 10 10 0 — Frozen Meat— f Canterbury (ord.) — 9 19 0 Gear N.Z. Refrigerating 1 1 0 (£1 paid) . . . N.Z. Refrigerating 0 19 6 1 0 2 (10/- paid) . . — 0 9 2

Woollens— Kaiapoi (7/- paid) 0 5 1 — Kaiapoi (pref.) . . 0 18 9 0 19 0 Coal— Stockton (ord.) 0 1 8 0 2 0 S'-ockton (pref.) . 0 4 0 0 5 0 Gas— Christchurch . . . Christchurch (10/1 16 0 - paid) 0 17 9 — 0 Timaru 1 0 0 1 2 Breweries— New Zealand . . . 2 15 6 2 15 9 Staples 1 12 5 1 12 11 Timaru (7/6 paid) 0 7 9 0 8 4 Tooths 2 12 4 2 12 9 White Star .... 0 4 3 — Miscellaneous— Amalg. Wireless (contr.) .... 1 16 1 2 1 0 Anthony Hordern Associated News0 17 11 0 18 8 papers — 1 3 0 Australian Glass . Aust. Iron & Steel 3 0 3 3 2 0 (pref.) 1 2 6 1 2 9 Beath and Co. . . Beath and Co. 1 9 6 1 10 6 (1/- paid) . . . 0 7 3 0 9 3 British Tobacco . Broken Hill Pro1 18 8 1 18 9 prietary .... 2 14 6 2 14 9 Claude Neon (N.Z.) 2 3 0 2 14 0 Claude Neon (Syd) Colonial Sugar (ex 2 9 0 2 13 0 div.) — 41 17 6 Consolidated Brick Dominion Builders’ 0 7 0 0 8 6 Supplies .... 0 5 1 0 7 6 Dom. Fertiliser (c. div.) 1 2 0 1 2 9 Dunlop Perdriau Rubber .... Electrolytic Zinc 0 17 2 0 17 3 (ord.) 1 4 9 1 5 4 Electrolytic Zinc (pref.) 1 14 3 1 14 6 Evans Atlas Flour Hays, Ltd. (15/1 10 0 2 0 0 paid) — 0 16 6 Howard Smith . . 0 14 9 — Hume Pipe (Aust.) 0 12 6 — Kauri Timber . . 0 19 5 0 19 9 N.Z. Drug Co. . . Manawatu Knitting 3 18 6 4 0 0 Mills 1 16 a 1 19 0 N.Z. F a r m e r s’

Co-op. (1st pf.) 2 10 0 — N.Z. Farmers' Co-op. (“B” pf.) — i 10 0 N.Z. F a r m e r s’ Co-op. <4V p.c. Stock, 1942) . . 81 0 0 — Sun Newspapers . 0 6 1 0 6 3 Wilson’s Cement . i 15 3 — Woolworths (N.Z.) ord 11 0 0 11 5 0 Woolworths (N.Z.) pref — 2 1 0 Woolworths (Syd.) 1st pref. . . . — 2 4 0 Woolworths (Syd.) 2nd pref. , . . 1 5 6 1 8 9 Woolworths (Vic.) pref 1 8 6 1 10 0 Mining:— Addison’s Flat . . 0 2 0 — Alexander (15/paid.) 0 14 6 0 15 6 Bell Hooper .... 0 0 0i 0 0 1 Bendigo Goldlights 0 0 Hi 0 1 0i Big River .... 0 2 4 0 2 5 i Blackwater . . . 1 10 0 1 13 0 Brian Boru .... 0 0 31 0 0 4i Central Shotover . — 0 0 3 Charleston .... 0 0 5 — Gillespie’s Beach . 0 1 2i 0 1 5i Golden Dawn . . 0 2 4 0 2 9 Golden Dawn . . 0 2 4 0 2 9 Golden Point . . 0 0 02 0 0 h Golden Sands . . 0 2 3 — Goldfields Dredgmg ..... 0 0 4 h 0 0 51 Kildai'e 0 3 3i 0 3 4i King Solomon . . 0 4 3 0 4 5 Lawson’s Flat . . 0 0 44 0 0 £>i Maliakipawa . . . 0 0 6 0 0 8 Maori Gully . . . 0 i 65 0 1 7i Mossy Creek . . . 0 2 3 i 0 2 6i Mount Lyell . . . 0 19 11 1 0 3 Mount Morgan . . 1 17 10 1 18 0 Nevis Diesel Elec. 0 0 1 0 0 2 Nokomai 0 1 0 — Okarito 0 5 9 0 6 3 Placer Development .... 26 5 0 — Rawang Tin . . . 0 7 0 0 7 5 Skippers .... 0 0 2 0 0 2i Stafford Sluicing — 0 0 11 pper Shctover (10d paid) . . . — 0 0 3 Worksop Extended — 0 2 9

List. Buyers. Sellers. £ S. d. £ s. d. Andersons Ltd. (pref.) .... 0 17 0 1 0 0 Ben Ledi .... — 0 0 7 Barry town .... 1 0 2 1 1 6 Jones Nevis . 0 0 7 j — New Zealand Mining Investment 0 0 7 0 1 0 N.Z. Perpetual Forests .... 2 6 9 2 9 0 N.Z. Woolpacks . — 0 17 0 New River t.7^d paid) — 0 0 7 Para Rubber (15/paid) — 0 15 6 Procera Bread (Vendors) . . — 0 11 0 Regent Theatre Building (Ch.) 0 5 6 0 7 0 Smith Wylie . . . 0 2 6 0 9 0 Pvne Gould Guinness 7i p.c. “A" — 102 0 0 Pyne Gould Guinness 4S p.c. “B” — 102 0 0 Tru-Colour Films (vendors shares) 1 15 0 2 3 6 Upper Watut (2/paid) 0 4 6 0 5 0 White's Electric (6d paid) . . . 0 0 42 0 0 5 Wooi worths (Syd.) Old 4 8 9 4 9 6