STOCKS AND SHARES

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIV, Issue 20966, 19 February 1938, Page 18

STOCKS AND SHARES

NEW ZEALAND STOCK EXCHANGES CHRISTCHURCH

AUSTRALIAN STOCK EXCHANGES United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph —Copyright (Received February 18, 9.20 p.m.) SYDNEY, February 18. Investors were in a hesitant mood on the Stock Exchange to-day and the amount of business written was the smallest for some time. The market was featureless. Sales —

Melbourne Exchange Barriers were weaker on the reduction of North Broken Hill’s dividend to 9d. Industrials and bonds were steady.

Morning Call Sales on Change— £500 N.Z. Govt. 4 p.c. Inscr. 1946 102 12 d 6 45 Union Bank of Aust. 9 0 0 400 N.Z. Rcfrig. (10/- pd.) (2) 0 8 4 100 Westport-Stockton (pf.) (cum div.) 0 6 2 50 Broken Hill Proprietary 3 1 3 100 Electrolytic Zinc (cum div.) (2) 2 6 6 £200 N.Z. Fanners’ Co-op. (4i p.c. Stock 1941) 93 0 0 £300 N.Z. Farmers (Co-op. (41 p.c. Stock 1945) 93 0 0 400 Wool worths Ltd. (ord.) 1 5 10 (3) 1 5 11 200 Grey River ( 8/9 pd.) (2) 0 11 5 500 Mount Morgan (4) 0 9 1 100 Woolworth (N.Z.) .. .. 1 0 0 Sales Reported— 100 Westport-Stockton 0 3 0 Afternoon Call Sales on ’Change— £ s d 200 Comm, of Aust <2> 0 16 6 400 N.Z. Guarantee Corpn. 0 4 5 100 Broken Bill Pty. (2) 3 1 4 100 Broken Hill Proprietary (contr.) 1 12 6 150 Electro Zinc (ord.) 6 1 (2) 6 2 50 G. J. Coles 19 3 400 Taranaki Oilfields (2) 0 6 0 6 10 0 6 G 100 Wool worths (N.Z.) .. 1 0 0 400 Wodlworths (Syd. ord.) (4) .. .i 9 100 Mount Lyell (2) 1 10 2 200 Mount Morgan (2) 0 9 1 Sales Reported— 100 Bank of N.Z. (2) *> 2 11 7 Bank of N.S.W 32 0 0 15 Union Bank 9 0 0 50 N.Z. Breweries 2 5 () 100 British Tobacco .. .. r 9 2 150 Broken Hill Pty. (2) 3 1 3 100 Woolworths (Sydney) ord.) 1 5 11 100 Broken Hill South .. 1 12 11 100 Mount Lyell 1 9 10 200 Mount Morgan 0 9 ■ ’ 0 9 3 AUCKLAND Safes on ’Change— £ s d Booth Macdonald. 5 p.c., 1/6/47 69 0 0 E„ S. and A. Bank .. .. o 4 0 Bank of N.S.W 32 5 0 Bank of N.Z. (2) 2 2 11 Westport 1 3 6 Kaiapoi (paid) 0 12 0 Hill and Plummer .. .. 0 19 0 Northern Roller (pref.) .. 1 1 b r ters Ice (N.Z.) 1 15 0 Taranaki Oil . 0 7 0 Woolworths (N.Z.) (2) 1 0 0 Woolworths (Syd.) 1 5 10 Martha .. .. 0 15 2 Mount Morgan (2) 0 9 2 Unofficial List— Coromandel Gold 0 1 1 WELLINGTON Sales on 'Change— £ s. d Colonial Sugar 46 5 0 Wilson’s Cement 0 18 5 Stock, 31 p.c., 1953-57 .. .. 98 10 0 Taringamutu Timber .. .. 0 15 0 British Tobacco 2 9 3 B.oken Hill Pty 3 1 6 G. J. Coles 3 18 9 3 18 7A New Auckland Laundry .. 1 1 10 Taranaki Oil 0 6 7 Woolworths (Syd.) (3) 1 5 11 Argo Gold 0 1 8 Broken Hill South .. .. 1 12 11 Mount Lyell 1 9 10 Mount Lyell 1 10 0 Stock, 4 p.c., 15/4/46-49 104 7 6 DUNEDIN Sales on ’Change— £ s d Woolworths (Sydney) .. .. 1 11 Mt. Morgan 0 9 1 Sales Reported— Stock, 31 p.c., 1938-52 .. .. 103 0 0 Stock, 3i p.c., March 1939-43 102 0 0 Stock, 4 p.c., 1943-46 102 10 0 Grey River (8/9 paid) .. .. 0 11 3 Waihi Investments 0 9 Bank of Australasia 10 5 0 National Insurance .. .. 0 17 0 Westport Stockton (ord.) 0 3 0 Broken Hill Pty. (cont.) 1 12 6 Do (paid) 3 1 0 Woolworths (Sydney) .. .. 1 5 11 Broken Hill South (6) 1 12 9 1 13 0 North Broken Hill . 2 11 0

£ s. d. Comm. Banking of Sydney 20 3 0 National Bank (£5 paid) .. 7 5 0 Bank of Adelaide 6 7 6 Associated News 1 2 li Pref 1 5 0 Smith 1 0 9 Australian Gas (A) .. .. 7 11 9 British Tobacco J 9 9 Coles 3 19 9 Dunlop Perdriau (pref.) .. 1 19 0 Farmers 1 13 0 Kandos ex div 1 6 0 Sargents 1 9 9 Taubmans 3 6 6 0 3 Traders Finance 1 4 6 Woolworths 1 6 0 Peters 2 15 6 Broken Hill Ppty 3 1 9 North Broken Hill 2 9 0 Taranaki Oil 6 9

Sales— £ s. d. Comm. Bank ol Australia . 16 9 National Bank (£5 paid) . 7 6 0 British Tobacco 2 10 0 Coles 3 19 9 Drug Houses 1 6 Dunlop Perdriau 1 3 0 Pref 1 18 9 Electrolytic Zinc 2 6 3 Pref 2 3 6 Mt. Morgan 9 2 Mt. Lyell 1 10 0 Broken Hill Ppty 3 2 0 North Broken Hill 2 9 6 South Broken Hill 1 13 11 Emperor 11 7