Finance and Commerce

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIII, Issue 20667, 4 March 1937, Page 14

Finance and Commerce

CHRISTCHURCH STOCK EXCHANGE

AFTERNOON QUOTATIONS Special to “The Timaru Herald." CHRISTCHURCH, March 3. Tire following quotations were ruling when the Stock Exchange closed for th: day:—

Unlisted 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

AUSTRALIAN STOCK EXCHANGE Onlteo Press Association—By ffiiecrn. Telegraph- Copyright (Received March 3. 10.30 p.m.) SYDNEY, March 3. Tlie industrial market was generally healthy and steady with a forward move by General Industries on the strength of a higher dividend. Bank shares are very quiet. Sales:

Buyers. £ s. d. Sellers. £ s. d. N.Z. Govt. Debs.— 4 p.c. Inscr., 194346 . . 101 15 0 — 4 p.c. Inscr., 194649 ... . 102 12 6 — 4 p.c. Inscr., 195255 — 103 0 0 4 p.c. Bonds, 194346 101 15 0 4 p.c. Bonds, 194649 102 15 0 — 4 p.c. Bonds, 195255 — 103 5 0 Rural Bonds, 1947 102 0 0 — 3i per cent Stock, 15/1/53-57 . . . — 99 10 0 Other Debs.— Blenheim Boro. 41 p.c., 1/3/43 . . . — 104 0 0 Blenheim Boro., 4’» D.C., 1/3/59 . . . — 104 0 0 Blenheim Boro., 33 p.c.. 1/10/44 . . — 101 0 0 N.Z. Refrigerating 41 p.c., 1940-45 . — 102 0 0 Banks— Adelaide . . 6 5 0 — Comm, of Aust. 0 19 4 0 19 5 (pref.) 9 4 0 — E., S. and A. . . . 6 9 0 6 11 0 National of A'asia. (£5 paid) . . . 7 14 0 8 0 0 National of N.Z. . 3 1 9 3 2 6 New South Wales 36 5 0 — New Zealand . . . 2 2 3 2 2 6 Union 11 0 0 — Insurance— National — 0 18 1 New Zealand . . . 3 2 0 — South British . . — 4 17 6 Standard __ 2 18 9 Loan & Agency— Dalgety — 10 11 0 Goldsbrough . . . 1 17 7 1 17 9 National Mortgage “A — 3 0 0 “B” 1 10 0 N.Z. Guarantee Corporation . . 0 5 4 0 5 6 N.Z. Loan & Merc. (ord.) 44 10 0 47 0 0 United Building . x 0 0 — Wright, Stephenson — 0 19 9 (pref.) 0 19 3 1 0 0 Shipping— P. & O. Deferred Stock 2 0 0 2 3 0 Frozen Meat— Canterbury (pf.) . 6 3 6 — N.Z. Refrigerating (£1 paid) . . . 0 18 8 0 19 0 N.Z. Refrigerating (10/- paid) . . 0 8 8 0 8 9 North Canterbury Freezing .... — 1 15 9 Waitaki 4 1 6 4 5 0 Woollens— Kaiapoi (17/- pd.) 0 14 1 0 14 3 Kaiapoi (7/- paid) 0 5 3 0 5 6 Kaiapoi (pref.) . . 0 16 11 0 17 6 Mosgiel . ; . . . — 10 7 6 Oamaru — 0 19 9 Coal— West port — 1 3 11 Stockton 0 2 1 0 2 2 (pref.) 0 3 9 0 4 0 Gas— Christchurch . . . 1 7 0 1 8 9 Breweries— Dunedin — 1 9 3 New Zealand . . . 2 19 8 3 0 0 Staples 1 13 9 1 16 0 Swa n 7 10 0 8 10 0 Shamrock .... 2 0 0 — Tooheys (c.d. and new issue) . . . — 1 17 6 Tooths 2 16 9 2 17 0 Wards (in liqdn.) 0 0 9 0 1 1 White Star < in liq., ex distrib.) 0 1 9 0 5 9 Misce'Ianec s— Amalg. Wireless . 2 17 6 3 0 0 (contr.) .... 2 1 6 — Anti onv Hordern 1 n io 1 1 0 Aust. Glass .... 4 12 9 4 13 0 Aust. Iron & Steel (pref.) 17 9 — Bea th and Co. . . 12 5 1 3 0 (1/- paid) . . . — 0 3 0 ipref.) 1 2 6 1 5 0 Booth Macdonald ( ref.) 0 3 8 0 4 0 British Tobacco (c. div.) 2 12 9 2 13 0 Briv-sh Tobacco (pref.) 1 10 0 — Broken Hill Pty. . 4 8 6 4 8 8 (contr.) .... 4 1 9 4 2 6 Burns. Philp . . . — 4 1 0 Cl. Neon (N.Z.) . . — 1 12 0 Colonial Sugar . . 42 10 0 4z 17 6 Cons. Brick .... — 0 10 6 Doni. Fertiliser . . — 1 4 3 Dunlop Rubber (c. div.) .... 1 0 1 1 0 2 Electrolytic Zinc (ord., cum div.) 3 2 8 3 2 9 Electrolytic Zinc (pf., cum div.) 3 3 7 3 3 9 General Industries 1 1 6 1 1 7 G. J Coles .... 5 8 0 5 8 3 Gr. Crystal Palace — 0 15 0 Hays, Ltd. (15/paid; — 0 1x0

Howard Smith (c. div.) 1 3 0 Hume Pipe . . 1 1 2 Kauri Timber . . 1 3 4 1 3 11 Lustre Hosiery . . 1 1 0 Morris Hedstrom . 1 10 2 1 10 7 Morts Dock . o 14 11 0 15 1 Meggitts 1 14 0 2 0 0 M.K. Millinery . . 2 7 0 Permewan Wright 1 8 0 N.Z. Drug Co. . 3 16 3 N.Z.F. Co-op.— <10/- paid) . . — 0 0 9 list prefJ . . . 3 13 0 3 15 0 (“A” pref.) . . . 9 3 6 2 9 0 (“B” pref.) . . 0 1 9 ■> 3 6 <4i p.c. Stock, 1939) 93 0 0 N.Z. Newspapers — 9 0 6 Procera Bread . . 1 3 6 1 5 0 Quill, Morris . . . 0 19 0 Taranaki Oilfields 0 5 0 0 6 1 Wilcox Mofflin 0 12 5 0 12 8 Wool worths (N.Z., ord.) 7 6 0 7 8 0 Sydney (pref.) 1 6 9 1 8 0 Victoria (pref.) — 1 7 6 Waldas Shoes . . . — 1 9 6 Mining— Alexander . . . — 0 10 0 (15/- paid) . . — 0 1•’ 0 Argo 0 1 910 1 11 Barry town .... 1 10 0 1 12 0 Big River .... — 0 1 10 Blackwater . . . 1 7 0 — Brian Boru . . . — 0 0 3 Gillespie’s Beach . 0 1 5 0 1 6 Golden Dawn . . .» 0 1 4 0 3 0 Golden Sands . . 0 9 0 0 ■■ 61 Goldfields Dredging — 0 0 3 King Solomon . . . — 0 0 8 Maori Gully . . . 0 0 5 0 0 6 Martha — 1 0 3 Moonlight Goldfields (vendors) 0 0 71- — Mossy Creek . . . — 0 1 01 Nemona 0 1 7 0 1 81 Okarito 0 3 4 0 3 7 Skippers 0 0 23 0 0 3 Waihi Invest. . . . 0 14 6 0 15 6 Grand Junction . 0 3 6 0 5 6 Waitahu — 0 0 Worksop Extended 0 1 8 0 1 9 Australian MiningBroken Hill South (cum div.) . . . 9 14 0 — Nth. Broken Hill . 4 4 3 4 5 0 Grey River (2/6 paid) 0 4 0 4 6 Mount Lyell . . . 9 12 8 ■' 12 g Mount Morgan . . 0 18 51 0 18 6 Rawang Tin . . . 0 13 1 0 13 2 Sulphide Corpn. . 0 14 0 — Wellington Alluvials (2 - pd.) . 0 5 3 0 6 9 Raule Australia 1 0 0 — New River .... 0 0 7 0 0 8

List:— Buyers. Sellers £ s. d. £ s. d Assoc. Motorists Petrol (pref.) 1 10 6 1 11 3 Alloy Steel (Aust.) 1 1 ?. 1 9 (new) 1 0 6 1 1 0 Ballins Breweries (£1 paid) .... — 1 1 0 Ch-Ch Press . . . 8 6 — General Tobacco . — 0 14 0 Kanieri 0 15 0 0 16 9 Ngahere (5/- pd.) — 0 6 0 New River .... 0 0 7 0 0 8 N Z. Mining Invest — 0 0 N.Z. Perp. Forests — 2 13 9 (4/- paid) . . . 0 10 0 0 17 9 Mt. Cook Tours (10/- paid) . . 0 7 0 0 12 6 Provident Life . . 1 ■ » 6 — E. Reece, Ltd. <pf) Selfridge s (A'asla) — 0 2 3 (old) — 2 0 6 (new) — 1 19 9 (N.Z. 4/- paid) 0 3 6 — White’s Electric . . Wool worths (Svd- — 0 0 6! ney, ord.) . . . Woolworths (West 8 4 3 8 5 0 Australia) . . . 7 3 0 7 8 0 W e s t 1 a n d Breweries . . . 1 10 0 1 18 6 W e s t 1 a n d Breweries (con.) 0 16 0 1 0 0

Colonial Sugar £ . . . 43 d. 6 Associated News . .. 1 3 101 Ditto (pref.) . .. 1 3 3 Burns Philp 4 1 6 British Tobacco .. .. 2 13 9 Tooths 17 9 Tooheys . .. 1 17 3 Coles . .. 5 8 6 Drug Houses . .. 1 9 0 Winchcombe Carson . .. 1 18 0 Electrolytic Zinc . .. 3 3 6 Ditto (pref ) . .. 3 4 6 Lustra . .. 1 0 Stedman . .. 0 17 9 J. Ludowisi . . . 1 4 0 Kandos . .. 1 4 71 Sargents . .. 1 12 6 Arthur Cocks . . . 1 5 3 General Industries .. . . .. 1 2 3 Mt. Morgan . .. 0 18 71 Mt. Lyell . .. 2 12 9 Rawang 0 18 1 0 5 5 Melbourne Exc hange The market generally was steady but quiet. Sales: Comm. Bank of Australia.. 0 19 8 E„ S. and A. Bank .. . 6 8 0 National Bank (£5 paid) .. 8 0 0 Howard Smith . .. 1 4 6 British Tobacco . .. 2 14 3 Coles . .. 5 9 0 Drug Houses . .. 1 9 LI Australian Glass 4 13 9 Dunlop Perdriau . .. 1 0 9 Goldsbrough Mort .. . . .. 1 18 6 Electrolytic Zinc .. .. 3 3 0 Ditto (pref.) . .. 3 4 9 Mt. Morgan .. 0 18 i Mt. Lyell . .. 2 12 71 Melbourne Electric .. . . .. 0 17 3 Broken Hill Propty. .. . 4 9 9 North Broken Hill .. . . .. 4 5 0 South Broken Hill .. . . .. 2 14 6 Emperor . .. 0 19 8 Loloma . .. 1 4 0 Tonghak Harbour .. . . .. 1 3 6 Tongkah Compound . .. 1 9 3 Koroere . .. 0 4 0 Sulphide . .. 0 15 9 Taranaki Oil . .. 0 5 0