CHRISTCHURCH STOCK EXCHANGE

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIII, Issue 20679, 18 March 1937, Page 14

CHRISTCHURCH STOCK EXCHANGE

YESTERDAY’S QUOTATIONS Special to "The Tmaru Herald.” CHRISTCHURCH, March 17. 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. Buyers. • Sellers.

AUSTRALIAN STOCK EXCHANGES United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright (Received March 17, 10.0 p.m.) SYDNEY, March 17. The fall in tin prices caused an easier tendency in shares on the Stock Exchange to-day. A weaker trend was also apparent in regard to Barriers and Mount Lyells. Woolworths ordinaries slumped on the announcement of a new issue of 84,394 £1 ordinary shares, in proportion of one to ten, but the market was inclined to firm at the close. The net profit of Woolworths, Ltd., for the year ended in January, amounted to £169,341, compared with £143,550 in the previous year. Morning Sales—

Melbourne Exchange Lower metal prices resulted in an easier market for Barriers, copper and tin shares with lower prices : .i fairly quiet trading. Investments remained firm. Sales:—

£ N.Z. Govt. Stock— s. d. £ s. d. 3* p.c. Inscribed, 1938-52 101 0 0 102 2 6 3£ p.c. Inscribed 1939-52 .... — 102 0 0 4 p.c. Inscribed, 1943-46 . . 101 2 6 101 12 6 4 p.c. Inscribed 1946-49 102 17 6 4 p.c. Inscribed 1952-55 .... 103 0 0 — 4 p.c. Bonds, 1946 101 5 0 — 4 p.c. Bonds, 1949 103 0 0 — 4 p.c. Bonds. 1955 103 2 6 — 3/ per cent. Stock, 15/1/53-57 . . . — 99 0 0 Municipal Debs.— Malvern Electric 4} p.c., 31/5/67 — 106 10 0 Ch-Ch Trams, 4i pc., 1/8/57 . . . — 105 10 0 Blenheim Borough, 4i p.c., 1/3/59’ . — 101 10 0 N.Z. Refrigerating 41 p.c. 4 1940/45 101 10 0 102 10 0 Banks— Comm, of Aust. . . 0 19 5 0 19 7 (pref.) 9 4 6 9 10 0 E., S. and A. . . . 6 10 0 — National of A'asia. <£10 paid) . . . 15 15 0 — (£5 paid) . . . 7 15 0 7 19 0 National of N.Z. . 3 - 0 3 6 6 New South Wales 37 0 0 37 5 0 (D. Mort.) . . . — 1 8 6 Union 11 2 0 — Insurance— Merc. Mutual . . —> 1 11 6 National 0 17 9 0 18 0 New Zealand . . . — 3 1 0 South British . . . — 4 18 3 Standard 2 16 9 2 18 3 Loan & Agency— Dalgety and Co. . . 10 15 6 11 0 0 Goldsbrough . . . 1 18 4 1 18 5 N.Z. Guarantee (cum div.) . . 0 5 1 0 5 3 N.Z. Loan & Merc. (ord.) 45 0 0 — Shipping— Huddart Parker (c. div. (pf.) .... 1 6 0 — P. & O. Deferred Stock 2 5 9 — Frozen Meat— Canterbury .... — 9 5 0 N.Z. Refrigerat ng (£1 paid) .... 0 18 3 0 18 8 (10/ paid) . . . — 0 8 7 Woollens — Kaiapoi (17/- pd) 0 14 1 0 14 3 (7/- paid) . . . 0 5 0 0 5 9 Coal — Westport — 1 3 11 Stockton 0 2 0 0 2 2 (pref.) 0 3 0 0 3 11 Gas— Auckland 1 0 6 — Christchurch . . . 1 9 1 — (10/- paid) . . 0 13 0 — Timaru 0 16 0 1 0 0 Breweries— Dominion — 2 0 3 New Zealand . . . 2 19 6 2 19 7 Swan ...... 7 16 0 — Tooths 2 16 3 2 16 11 White Star (in liq.) — 0 4 9 Wards (in liqdn.) 0 1 0 — Miscellaneous— Arnalg. Zinc . . . 0 10 9 — Anthony Hordern 1 0 6 0 8 Aust. Glass . . . 4 11 6 4 12 9 Aust. Iron and Steel (pf.) . . . 1 8 1 1 9 3 sBeath & Co. (c.d.) — 1 3 0 (1/- pd, c.d.) . 2 12 0 2 12 3 Broken Hill Pty. . 4 3 9 4 9 3 (contr.) .... 4 2 7 4 3 3 Colonial Sugar . . 44 15 0 45 0 0 Dominion Builders Supplies .... — 0 4 9 Dom. Fertiliser . . 1 1 4 1 3 6 Dunlop Rubber (c. div.) 1 0 1 1 0 2 Electrolytic Zinc (ord., c.d.) . . 3 4 3 3 4 4 (pref., c.d.) . . 3 5 7 3 5 9 General Industries (cum div.) . . . 1 1 8 1 1 10 General MotorsHolden’s (pref.) 1 2 3 1 4 6 G. J. Coles (c.d.) . 5 4 3 5 4 6 Hay’s, Ltd. (15/paid) — 0 16 0 Hume Pipe (Aust., cum div.) . . . 1 0 6 1 0 8 Morris Hedstrom . 1 10 3 1 10 9 Mort’s Dock . . . 0 14 3 0 14 8 Permewan Wright 1 9 0 — N.Z.F. Co-op.— (£2/10/- paid) . — 1 0 0 (10/- paid) . . — 0 0 6 (1st pref.) . . . 3 6 0 3 12 0 (“A” pref.) . . — 2 5 0 (“B” pref.) . . 2 1 0 2 3 0 (4* p.c. stock, 1940) — 93 10 0 (4i p.c. stock, 1944) — 93 0 0 (4* p.c. stock. 1930) 91 0 0 93 0 0 N.Z. Paper Mills . — 1 8 6 Procera Bread . . 1 1 9 1 4 0

Quill Morris (1936) Simpson & Williams 1 10 0 0 18 9 Taranaki Oilfields 0 3 9 0 4 5 United Provisions . 0 11 4 Wilcox Mofflin . . 0 12 10 0 13 1 Wilson’s Cement . Woolworths (N.Z., 1 13 0 — ord.) Woolworths (Vic., 7 5 6 pref.) — 1 9 0 Shillings, Ltd. . . 0 16 0 0 18 3 Mining— Alexander .... 0 11 1 0 17 0 (15/- paid) . . 0 10 0 — Argo (cum div.) . 0 1 10 0 1 11 Barrytown .... 1 9 0 1 12 6 Big River 0 1 7 0 1 10 Gillespie's Beach . 0 1 75 0 1 8 Golden Sands . . 0 2 3 0 2 65 Goldfields Dredging — 0 0 2 Maerewhenua . . . 0 0 1 0 0 25 Maori Gully . . . Moonlight Gold0 0 4 0 0 6 fields — 0 0 11 (vendors) . . . — 0 0 10 Mossy Creek . . . 0 0 11 0 1 1 Nemona — 0 1 9 Nokomai 0 0 0 2 6 Okarito 0 3 0 0 3 7 Skippers Stafford Dredging 0 0 25 0 0 31 (5/- paid) . . . — 0 3 0 Waihi Investments — 0 16 0 Waihi G. Junction 0 3 10 — Waimumu Sluicing 0 0 9 0 0 105 Worksop Extended (cum div.) . . . 0 1 7 0 1 8 Australian MiningBroken Hill South (cum div.) . . . 9 16 3 2 17 11 Mount Lyell . . . 2 10 3 2 10 5 Mount Morgan . . North Broken Hill 0 18 2 0 18 6 (cum div.) . . . 4 5 0 — Placer 5 4 0 5 10 0 Rawang Tin (c.d.) 0 13 8 0 13 9 Upper Watut . . . W’gton. Alluvials — 0 2 0 (2/- paid) . . . 0 7 0 — (1/6 paid) . . . 0 6 9 —

£ s. d. £ s. d. Assoctd. Motorists’ Petrol <pref.) . — 1 11 6 Alloy Steel (Aust.) 1 1 0 — (new) — 1 1 3 Andersons Ltd . . — 0 19 6 Cli’Ch. Press . . . 8 6 0 — Ballins Breweries (15/- paid) . . — 0 12 6 New River .... 0 0 6 0 0 8 N.Z. Mining Invest. — 0 0 5 N.Z. Perp. Forests (4/- paid) . . . 0 12 6 — E. Reece, Ltd. ipl.i — 0 3 0 Self ridges (A’asia.) (old) — 1 19 0 (new) —. 1 17 9 Were’s Invest. . . — 0 6 6 Westland Breweries (£1 paid) . . . 1 12 0 — (10/- paid) . . 0 16 1 — Woolworths (Syd.) (ord.) 7 10 0 7 12 6 (West Aust.) . — 7 10 0 Grey River (4/paid) — 0 4 0

Commonwealth Bonds— £ s. d. 4 per cent., 1961 100 10 0 Australian Gas (A) .. .. 7 2 0 Tooths 2 17 0 Amalgamated Zinc (N.Z. Delivery) 0 11 1 0 11 2 Associated News (pref.) .. 1 3 3 Colonial Sugar 45 5 0 General Industries 1 2 41 Mauri Bros 3 15 0 Morris Hedstrom 1 10 9 Afternoon Sales— Bank of N.S.W 37 17 6 Comm. Banking of Sydney 23 0 0 Union Bank 11 6 0 Eank of Australasia .. .. 13 8 0 Colonial Sugar 45 5 0 Associated News 1 3 104 Howard Smith 1 4 IB Huddart Parker 2 0 0 British Tobacco 2 12 6 Tooths 2 17 0 Coles 5 5 0 Queensland Brewery .. .. 1 6 44 Dunlop Perdriau 1 0 74 Dito (N.Z. Delivery) .. .. .. 1 0 6 Winchcombe Carson .. .. 1 16 6 Wilcox Mofflin 0 13 3 Henrv Jones 2 5 3 Millaquin Sugar 2 4 6 Farmers 1 15 9 David Jones 2 5 3 Anthony Hordern 1 1 0 Ditto (pref.) 1 2 105 Lustre Hosiery 1 2 6 Cement Mortars 0 13 0 Claude Neon 2 12 6 W. R. Carpenter 2 5 0 Meggitts 1 13 0 Cash Orders 1 1 10* John McGrath 2 2 9 Gibson and Howes 1 19 0 Victoria Nyanza 0 16 71 Woolworths (ord.) 7 10 0 Woolworths (N.Z.) 7 4 0 Woolworths (West Aust.) . 7 5 0 Selfridges 1 19 0 Mount Lyell 2 10 6 Mount Morgan 0 18 74 Kuala Kampar 1 5 3 Rawang 0 13 7 Emperor 0 19 6

Comm. Bank of Australia .. 0 19 7 National Bank (£5 paid) .. 8 0 0 National Bank (£10 paid) . 16 3 0 British Tobacco 2 12 6 Carlton Brewery 3 4 0 Coles 5 5 0 Drug House of Aust 1 19 3 Aust. Iron and Steel (pref.) 1 8 9 Dunlop Perdriau 1 0 7 Ditto (pref.) 1 16 0 Goldsbrough Mort 1 19 0 Electrolytic Zinc 3 4 6 Ditto (pref.) 3 5 9 Victoria Nyanza 0 16 9 Mount Lyell 2 10 0 Broken Hill Propty 9 6 North Broken Hill 4 8 6 South Broken Hill .. .t .. 2 18 3 Zinc Corporation 8 5 0 Emperor 0 19 4 1 4 6 Silverton Tranis 1 17 9 General Motors 1 4 6 Sulphide Cor.in 0 16 9