CHRISTCHURCH STOCK EXCHANGE

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLV, Issue 21280, 25 February 1939, Page 6

CHRISTCHURCH STOCK EXCHANGE

YESTERDAY’S QUOTATIONS

AUSTRALIAN STOCK EXCHANGES

United Press Association—Bv SOectrlc Telegraph -Or yrlght (Received February 24, 9.50 p.m.) SYDNEY, February 24. There was an easier trend in values in Industrial shares which dominated the Exchange trading to-day. The volume of business was much below normal for this time of the year. Broken Hill and gold shares were comparatively neglected.

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Special to “ The Timaru Herald." CHRISTCHURCH, February 21. The following quotations were ruling when the Stock Exchang e closed for the day:— Buyers. Sellers £ s. d. £ s d N.Z. Govt. Debs.— 33 per cent., Inscr., 1941 — 99 10 0 4 per cent., Inscr., 1943-46 .... 98 15 0 — 4 per cent. Bonds, 1943-46 .... 98 15 0 — Banks— Australasia .... 9 6 6 9 15 10 Comm, of Aust. . 0 15 9 0 16 0 Comm, of Sydney 20 5 0 21 0 0 E. S. and A. . . . 5 5 6 5 6 6 National of A'sia (£5) . . . 6 12 0 6 18 0 National of N.Z. . 2 4 0 2 5 6 New South Wales . — 30 0 0 New Zealand . . . 1 18 9 1 19 3 Union — 8 b 0 Insurance— National 0 15 10 0 16 0 South British (10/pd.) — 2 5 0 Standard ..... 2 17 6 — Loan and AgencyDalgety — 7 10 0 Goldsbrough Mort 1 7 6 — N.Z. Guar. Corpn. — 0 4 6 Shipping— Union (pref.) . . . 1 4 0 — Frozen Meat— Canterbury .... — 6 2 6 (pref.) 0 13 0 — Gear — 0 17 1 N.Z. Refrig. (£1 pd.) 0 7 0 0 7 7 Woollens — Kaiapoi (17/- pd.) 0 12 0 0 12 9 (pref.) .... 0 15 0 — Manawatu .... — 1 1 9 Coal— Westport-Stockton — 0 4 3 Westport-Stockton — 0 4 2 Gas— Christchurch . . . — 1 3 0 Breweries— Dominion .... 1 10 0 — New Zealand . . . 1 18 8 1 19 0 Tooheys 1 12 0 — Tooths 2 15 9 2 16 6 Miscellaneous— Alloy Steel (Aust.) — 0 8 6 Anthony Hordern — 0 15 2 Australian Glass . — 5 15 0 Beath and Co. . . . 0 16 0 0 17 3 British Tobacco . 2 9 9 2 10 0 (pref.) .... 1 11 6 1 12 0 Broken Hill Propty 2 17 9 2 18 0 (Cont.) .... — 2 5 6 Colonial Sugar . . 48 10 0 49 5 0 Dom. Fertiliser . . 1 2 3 1 4 0 Donaghy’s .... 2 3 0 2 5 0 Electrolytic Zinc (pref.) .... — 2 11 0 G. J. Coles .... 3 18 6 3 18 9 General Industries 3 18 3 — Howard Smith . . 0 19 7 —— Hume Pipe (Aust.) 0 19 9- —— I.C.I. Aust, and N.Z. (pf.) . . . 1 3 1 —. Mason Struthers . 1 13 6 14 0 Moturoa Oil . . . — 0 5 0 Macduffs, Ltd. . . 0 7 3 0 8 3 McKenzies, Ltd. . — 2 5 0 N.Z. Drug Co. . . . 3 4 9 — N. Z.F. Co-op. (contr.) .... — 3 2 6 Taranaki Oil . . . — 0 8 11 Woolworths, Ltd. (ord.) 1 2 6 1 2 9 (pref.) .... 1 2 8 2 3 9 (N.Z.) ord. . . — 0 7 1 Overseas Listings— W’worths (South Africa 0 15 2 0 15 4 Africa 0 15 0 0 15 4 Aust. Mining— Broken Hill South 1 6 0 1 8 0 Mount Lyell . . . 6 0 1 6 10 Mount Morgan . . — 1 11 3 (pref.) — 1 0 9 North Broken Hill —- 2 17 0 Rawang Tin . . . — 0 8 0 Mining— Austral. (N.Z.) . . — 1 4 0 Barrytown .... — 1 0 0 Big River — 0 1 0 Gillespie’s Beach . 0 0 7 0 0 10 Golden Sands . . . 0 1 0 Grey River .... 0 17 6 0 17 9 Maori Gully .... 0 0 7 0 0 8 Kanieri 1 16 6 New River .... 0 0 7 Skippers . . . 0 0 1 Worksop .... — 0 0 10

Sales: £ s. cl. Commercial Bank, Sydney.. 20 0 6 Howard Smith (New Zealand delivery) .. 0 If 9 Colonial Sugar 47 2 6 G. J. Coles 3 P 6 Carlton Brewery 3 4 0 Kandos 18 0 Morris Hedstrom 1 6 0 Henry Jones .. 2 8 9 Sydney Ferries .. 0 5 8 Mort’s Dock 0 14 9 Carpenter 2 3 0 Sargents 1 8 0 Adams 0 15 9 Cash Orders 0 15 9 Woolworth 1 2 0 Broken Hill Propty 2 15 6 Ditto (New) 0 14 5 Norths 2 3 9 Rawang' 0 6 10 Larut 0 5 6 Electrolytic Zinc (pref.) .. 2 9 0 Melbourne Exchange Sales: £ s. d. G. J. Coles 3 14 fi Mt. Morgan 0 11 1 Electrolytic Zinc (pref.) .. 2 9 0 Imperial Chemicals (pref.) 1 2 3 Bank New South Wales .. 29 7 6