Finance and Commerce

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLII, Issue 20512, 2 September 1936, Page 14

Finance and Commerce

CHRISTCHURCH STOCK EXCHANGE LATEST QUOTATIONS Special to “The Timaru Herald." CHRISTCHURCH, September 1. The following quotations were ruling when the Stock Exchange closed for the day:—

DALGETY AND CO., LTD. (Incorported in England) Timaru. LICENSED WHEAT BROKERS SEED WHEAT, OATS. GRASS SEED AND CLOVERS ON SA) AGROSAN G (Improved)—The Latest Mercurial Dry Pickle for Grain INCREASES Production CONTROLS Smut and Ru-.l We na> ? also the Machine for Pickling Grain with the above-mention 1 1 Pesticide. ■CRITERION” Fertilisers lor al! Grot .. TRACTOR FUEL of Every Description. DALGETY AND CO., LTD. (Incorporated in England) H. D. PRESTON -ROOMED BRICK BUNGALO with S.P., Garage, Telephone, etc This is a Very New House anl is in a Very Good Locality. Price, £1450. NEW BRICK BUNGALOW, Coll Range, All Modern conveniences ' inny Situation facing -"rthwest. Price, £950. Deposit. £2OO. l-ROOMED ROUGHCAST CONCRETE HOUSE, Cavity ’ .'alls, lais is a Well-built House and has a Good View of Bay and Harbour, and the Price is Reasonable at £750. Deposit, £l5O. H. D .PRESTON, >li< : 513 - 145 Stafford St.

AUSTRALIAN STOCK EXCHANGES United Press Association— KUectric Telegraph—Copyright • Received September 1, 8.50 p.m.) SYDNEY. September 1. The feeling in the investment market to-day was strong in response to satisfactory values at the opening of the wool sales. Banks and Government securities were quiet. Sales:

£ E N.Z. Govt. Stock.— 4 p.c. Inscr., 1937s. d. uyers. £ s. d. sellers. 40 101 10 0 4 p.c. Inscr., 194649 105 10 0 105 15 0 4 p.c. Inscr., 195255 105 10 0 — 4 p.c. Bonds, 1940 101 10 0 — 4 p.c. Bonds, 1949 Rural Bonds, 5 p.c. 105 10 0 — 15/9/47 . . . 103 10 0 — Banks— Adelaide .... Australasia < cum 6 10 0 div.) 11 17 0 12 10 0 Comm, ox Aust. Comm, of Aust. 0 18 3 0 18 5 (pref.) .... 9 0 0 9 2 6 E., S. and A. . . . National of A’asia 5 15 0 5 18 0 (£5 paid) . . . 7 2 0 7 3 6 New South Wales 32 10 0 32 17 6 New Zealand . . . 1 19 3 2 0 0 Union 9 8 6 9 9 0 Insurance— National .... 0 18 0 0 18 4 Standard (c.d.) . . — 3 2 3 Loan and AgencyDalgety and Co. . 8 10 0 9 0 0 Goldsbrough Mort. Invincible Building 1 12 3 1 12 5 Society .... N.Z. and River — 4 17 6 Plate . . 0 14 0 N. Z. Guarantee Corporation . . United Building - 0 5 8 Society .... Pitt, Son and Bad- — 1 1 6 gery 2 1 0 — Shipping— Huddart - Parker (cum div.) . . . — 1 18 3 P. and O. Deferred Stock 1 10 0 Union (pref.) . . . 1 6 6 — Frozen Meat— Canterbury . 8 17 6 9 5 0 Gear N.Z. Refrigerating — 0 19 0 (£1 paid) . . . N.Z. Refrigerating 0 19 4 0 19 9 (10/- paid) . . 0 9 3 0 9 6 North Canterbury Freezing' .... 1 11 0 — Southland .... — 3 15 0 Woollens— Oamaru 1 0 6 1 1 6 Kaiapoi (17/- pd.) — 0 15 10 Kaiapoi (7/- paid) 0 6 *■» 0 6 5 Kaiapoi (pref.) . . 0 18 3 — Coal— Westport .... 1 1 0 1 3 3 Stockton 0 1 3 0 1 6 GasChristchurch . . . Christchurch (10/1 7 0 1 9 6 paid) — 0 15 0 Breweries— Dominion (rights) 0 6 9 New Zealand . . . Timaru 'in liqdn., 2 12 3 2 13 0 ex distrib.) . . * 0 2 7 0 3 1 Tooths 2 14 6 2 15 6 Miscellaneous— Anthony Hordern 0 19 0 Aust. Glass . . . Booth Macdonald 4 10 0 4 11 0 (pref.) .... 0 1 .0 — British Tobacco Broken Hill Pro2 0 9 2 1 3 prietary .... Broken Hill Pro3 14 1 3 14 6 prietary (15/paid) 2 14 0 2 14 5 Canty. Farmers’ Co-op Canty. Farmers’ 0 12 0 - Co-op. (pref.) . 16 0 — Colonial Sugar . . 42 15 0 43 2 6 Consolidated Brick Dominion Builders 0 9 6 0 9 10 Supplies .... 0 3 9 0 4 6 Domn. Fertiliser . Dunlor Rubbei (c. 1 3 9 1 5 6 div.) 0 18 7 0 18 9 Electrolytic Zinc (ord., cum div? Electrolytic Zinc 1 19 9 2 0 10 (pref., c. div.) . 2 2 9 2 3 1 Farmers’ Trading — 0 19 0 Gen. Industries . . 0 18 8 0 19 9 G. J. Coles .... Hay’s, Ltd. (15/4 0 0 4 0 4 paid) Henry Jones — 0 15 3 Co-op 2 ■ 0 2 3 6 Howard Smith . . Hume Pipe (Aust.. 0 18 10 0 19 2 cum div.) . . . 0 19 6 0 19 11 Kauri Timber . . Mason, Struthers 1 4 0 1 4 3 (10/- pd., c.d.) 0 6 0 0 7 6 Morris Hedstrom 1 5 0 1 6 0

] Morts Dock . . 0 10 0 0 12 0 | N.Z. Drug . . . 3 10 0 — N.Z. F a r m e r s’ Co-op. (£2 10s J paidi .... 0 12 0 0 19 0 N.Z. Farmers' Co-op. (10s pd.) — 0 13 N.Z. Fa rm e r s’ Co-op. (1st pf.) — 3 17 0 N.Z. F a r m e r s’ Co-op. (A pfj 2 5 0 2 10 0 N.Z. F a r m e r s’ Co-op. iB pf.) 2 0 0 2 5 0 N.Z. F a r m e r s’ Co-op. (4* p.c. Stock, 1940) . . — 91 0 0 N.Z. F a r m e r s’ Co-op. p.c. Stock. 1939) . — 91 0 0 N.Z. F a r m e r s’ Co-op. (44 p.c. Stock. 1945) . . — 91 5 0 N.F. F a r m e r s’ Fertiliser . . . 0 19 9 — N.Z. Newspapers . 1 17 0 2 0 0 N.Z. Paper Mills . 1 5 6 Procera Bread . — 1 10 0 Quill Morris (1936 ex div.) .... 0 18 0 0 19 6 Victoria Nyanza . 0 11 9 — Whitcombe and Tombs . . . 3 0 0 3 4 0 Wilcox Mofflin . . 0 12 7 0 12 10 U J son’s Cement . 1 15 0 1 17 6 Wool worths (N.Z., ord.) 5 0 0 5 7 6 Woolworths (N.Z., pref.) . 1 15 0 1 18 0 Wool worths (Syd., 2nd pref.) . . . 15 6 1 6 4 Woolworths (Vic. pref.) — 18 9 Mining— Antonios Hyd. . . — 0 0 6 Aotearoa — 0 0 51 Argo 0 17 0 18 Big River .... 0 1 11} 0 2 03 Brian Boru . . . 0 0 3 0 0 4 Central Shotover . . — 0 0 4 Deep Lead .... — 0 0 6 Gillespie’s Beach . 0 1 4 0 15 Golden Sands . . 0 2 0 0 2 9 Goldfields Dredging — 0 0 33 King Solomon . . 0 1 2 0 14 Maerewhenua . 0 0 2 0 0 22 Maori Gullv . . . 0 0 9 Martha .... 0 18 9 10 6 Moonlight Goldfields — 0 10 Mossy Creek (cum div.) 0 17 Nokomai 0 2 0 0 2 6 Okarito 0 3 9 0 5 0 Nemona . . . 0 1 9 0 1 10 Skippers 0 0 4 0 0 41 Waihi Invest. . . 0 10 9 Waimumu Sluicing — 0 0 9} Worksop Extended — 0 2 0 Australian MiningMount Lyell . . . 1 9 1 1 9 2 Mount Morgan . . 0 12 11 0 13 0 Rawang Tin . . . 0 9 0 0 9 11 Sulphide Corpn. . — 0 17 3 Unlisted Stocks. All transactions in stocks quoted n this section are subject to a different rate of brokerage from Listed Stocks. and are not quotec on the 077. ’ List. Buyers. Sellers. : s. d. £ s. d. Assoc. Motorists Petro (pref.) 1 5 0 — Aust. i nves tmcnt Trust — 0 7 6 Coull. Somerville Wilkie .... 0 15 0 Dominion Life (6/paid) — 0 6 0 Jones Nevis . . . — 0 0 6 Macetown .... 0 0 2? 0 0 3? New River .... 0 0 7 0 0 9 N.Z. Perpetual Forests .... — 3 0 0 Mt. Cook Tours . 0 4 0 — Selfridges (A’asia) old — 1 5 6 White’s Electric . — 0 0 10 Woolworth:: (Syd., ord.) 5 3 0 5 5 0 Wool worths (West Australia) . . . 5 14 0 5 17 6 AUCKLAND Sales on ’Change £ s. d. Stock, 15/1/40. 4 p.c .. ..101 5 0 Stock, 15/2/46, 4 p.c .. ..103 5 0 Stock, 15 4 '49. 4 p.c .. .. 106 0 0 Stock, 15 6 55, 4 p.c . . .. 105 15 0 Bank of New South Wales 32 15 0 33 0 0 Union Bank 9 10 0 9 9 6 New Zealand Insurance .. 3 2 3 South British .. .. 4 9 6 Auckland Gas .. .. 13 0 Howard Smith .. .. 0 18 8 0 18 9 Dominion Breweries 1 10 0 Dominion Breweries (rights) 0 6 0 Australian Glass .. 4 11 0 Broken Hill 3 14 6 Colonial Sugar .. .. 13 0 0 Dunlop Perdriau .. 0 18 7 Morts Dock 0 10 10 Farmers’ Fertiliser 2) .. 1 0 6 New Zealand Newspapers 1 17 6 Waihi Investment .. .. 0 10 9 Mount Morgan .. .. .. .. 0 13 3 WELLINGTON Sales on ’Change £ s. d. Gear Meat 0 18 0 Martha Mine 0 19 0 Stock, 4 p.c., 1955 .. .. .. 105 10 0 Bank of New Zealand 1 19 6 National Insurance 0 18 3 Dominion Breweries 1 10 0 British Tobacco .. 2 0 9 2 0 10 Broken Hill 3 14 6 G. J. Coles 4 0 6 Unofficial List Woolworths (Svdnev) 5 5 0 CHRISTCHURCH Sales on ’Change £ s. d. Big River o i in Ma erewhenua .. 0 0 2-t Maori Gully .. .. „. 0 0 7 Nemona 0 1 10 Mount Lyell 1 9 1 Mount Morgan .. .. .. .. 0 13 0 Goldsbrough Mort .. .. 1 12 3 New Zealand Breweries .. 2 13 0 Anthonv Hordern .. 0 18 8 Broken Hill (15 - paid) .. 2 14 0 2 13 11 Dunlop Rubber (cum div.) 0 18 6 (2) 0 18 8 0 18 9 Electro Zinc (pref.) (4) .. 2 3 0 G. J. Coles (cum rights) .. 4 0 0 3 19 7 Unlisted Stocks Woolworths (Sydney, ord.) 5 6 6 Sales Reported New Zealand Newspapers . 1 17 6 Gillespie’s Beach (cum div.) 0 1 5 Okarito 0 3 6 Waihi Investments 0 10 9 Mount Morgan .. .. 0 13 0 Southland Frozen Meat .. 3 14 0 ivaiapoi vvuuiiens vi - pd) U 0 t Dominion Brewery (rights) 0 6 1 Hume Pipe (Aust., c d.) .. 0 19 9 0 19 10 DUNEDIN Sales on ’Change £ s. d. National Insurance . 0 18 3 P. and O. Deferred Stock 1 12 0 Westport Coal .. .. .. .. 1 2 10 New Zealand Breweries .. 2 12 6 Mount Lyell *') .. . 1 9 0 Mount Morgan .. .. 0 13 0 Gillespie's Beach .. 0 1 4} 0 15 Skippers 0 0 4

£ s. d. Bank of New South Wales 33 0 0 National Bank (£5 paid) .. 7 4 6 Queensland Insurance .. .. 3 1 0 Automatic Totes .. 0 19 6 Australian Gas (A) .. 7 9 0 Tooth’s Brewery 2 15 9 Toohey’s Brewery .. .. 1 12 0 Carlton Brewery Goldsbrough Mort. .. 1 13 9 Wilcox Mofflin .. 0 12 11 Henry Jones Co-op 2 4 3 ' Electrolytic Zinc 2 1 4i William Adams (ex div) 0 10 11 Claude Neon .. 2 12 n R. Fowler .. 0 14 6 Victoria Nyanza 0 13 1 Hume Pipe .. 10 0 Sargents 17 9 J. C. Ludowici 10 0 Woolworths (ord.) .. . 5 8 0 Mt. Morgan .. .. 0 13 2 Broken Hill Proprietary .. 3 15 3 Broken Hill Proprietary (new) .. .. 2 15 0 Malim Nawar 0 6 9 Larut Tin Peninsula Tin .. .. 12 0 Pungkah Tin 16 3 Upper Watut 0 3 1 Upper Watut (New Zealand delivery) .. 0 3 1 Lady Shenton .. .. 0 1 81 Bulolo Deposit .. 0 1 Hi New Gumea Goldfields .. 0 4 8 Melbourne Exchange. Following the good opening of the wool sales, the investment markets had a good tone with more activity. There was a sustained inquiry for Dunlop Perdriaus. Mining snares were quiet with values unchanged. Sales:— £ s. d. Comm. Bank of Australia 0 18 8 National Bank (£5 paid) 7 5 6 Howard Smith .. . 0 19 6 Carlton Brewery .. 2 18 9 G. J. Coles 4 2 0 Drug Houses 1 10 6 Australian Glass 4 12 0 Dunlop Perdriau .. 0 18 11 Goldsbrough Mort. .. . 1 13 0 Electrolytic Zinc (pref) 2 3 6 Victoria Nyanza .. .. 0 12 9 Mt. Morgan 0 13 4 Mt. Lyell .. .. 1 9 41 Broken Hill Proprietary .. 3 15 3 Emperor 0 16 1 Loloma Myers 1 16 3 Upper Watut 0 3 li Irowat Gordon and Gotch 2 9 9