CHRISTCHURCH STOCK EXCHANGE

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVI, Issue 21324, 19 April 1939, Page 14

CHRISTCHURCH STOCK EXCHANGE

YESTERDAY S QUOTATIONS By Telegraph —Press Association CHRISTCHURCH. April 18. The following quotations were ruling when the Exchange closed for the day:—

MINING NEWS The Mataki return for the five-day period ended April 14 was 220 z. The Kildare Consolidated washup for 10 weeks and two days was 460 z lldwt of gold. BELGIAN FINANCE BANK RATE R.-'ISED United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph -Copyright (Received April 18. 6.30 p.m.) BRUSSELS. April 17. The bank rate has been raised from 21 to 4 per cent. SALES OF WOOL GREASY MERINO MAKES 15Jd Onlted Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Conyrtcht (Received April 18. 9.55 p.m.) SYDNEY. April 18. At the wool sales to-day there was good general competition, a feature being the improved activity on the Japanese account. Greasy merino made 151-d. A total of 7814 bales were offered, and 6560 sold. Also 859 bales privately.

Buyers. Sellers £ s. d. £ s. d. N.Z. Govt. Debs.31 per cent. Inscr., 15'1 53-57 . . 91 in 0 4 per cent. Inscr., 1943-46 . . 98 3 4 — 1952-55 . . . 99 0 0 4 per cent. Bonds. 1943-46 .... 98 15 0 1952-55 .... 99 0 0 — Banks — Australasia . . . 0 0 9 Comm, of Aust. . 0 16 0 0 16 4 i pref.) . . . 9 0 0 9 15 0 E. S. and A. . . . 5 4 6 5 9 0 Nat. of A asia (£5> 6 12 0 National of N.Z. 2 6 3 9 7 3 New South Wales — 31 0 0 New Zealand . . . 1 17 8 1 18 1 Insurance— National — 0 rj South British (10/paid) 2 5 0 — Loan & Agency— Dalgety 6 6 0 7 5 0 Goldsbrough Mort. 1 8 0 1 9 6 N.Z. Guarantee Corporation . . — 0 4 0 N.Z.L. & Mer. ord. 22 0 0 30 0 0 United Building . — 1 1 0 Wright Stephenson 1 0 3 — Frozen Meat— N.Z. Refrigerating (£1 paid) . . . 0 14 9 0 15 6 (10/- paid) . . 0 6 6 Southland .... — 1 7 6 Woollens— Felt and Textiles . 1 10 6 1 12 6 Kaiapoi (7/- pd.) . 0 3 0 0 3 6 R.anawatu .... — 1 2 0 Coal— Westport . . . 1 1 0 Westport Stockton — 0 3 Hi (pref.) .... — 0 7 6 Grey Valley . , . 0 5 2 — Gas— Christchurch . . . 1 2 0 — Breweries— Ballins 0 9 9 0 11 0 New Zealand . . . 1 17 6 1 17 11 Tooths 9 14 6 2 15 6 Wards (in liqdn.) 0 0 4 — Miscellaneous— Anthony Hordern 0 15 0 Australian Glass . 1 12 0 1 13 9 British Tobacco . 2 9 11 9 10 Broken Hill Ppty. 2 19 9 3 0 3 Burns Philp . . . 2 15 5 — Colonial Sugar . . 48 5 0 50 0 0 Dom. Builders . . 1 3 6 1 5 6 Dunlop Rubber 1 1 0 1 2 0 Electrolytic Z 1 r ■ (pref.) .... 2 6 6 2 8 9 Evans Atlas Flour 1 0 6 — G. J. Coles .... 4 3 6 4 4 10 General Industries 3 4 6 3 8 6 Kauri Timber . . 1 3 6 Morris Hedstrom . 1 6 0 — 1 MacduffsLtd. (pf > — 0 7 0 McKenzies Ltd. 2 1 9 — McLeod Bros. . . 27 0 0 — N.Z.F. Co-op.— (4-S p.c. stock. 1955) — 84 0 0 N.Z. Newspapers . 1 9 0 — N.Z. Paper Milks . — 1 5 0 Taranaki Oil . . . — 0 9 0 United Provisions 0 7 2 0 7 11 Waldas Shoes . . — 0 14 0 Whit, and Tombs — 9 10 0 Wilson's Cement . 0 16 4 0 16 6 Woolworths, L t d. (ord.) 1 2 6 1 3 0 Woolworths (N.Z.) (ord.) 0 17 1 0 17 9 (pref.) .... — 1 17 6 W. R. Carpenter . 2 2 0 — Overseas Listings— Woolworths (Sth. Africa) .... 0 14 6 0 15 3 1 Aust. Mining— Broken Hill South 1 6 0 1 7 3 ! Mount Lyell . . . 1 7 0 1 7 3 Mount Morgan . . 0 10 1 0 10 6 North Broken Hill 2 3 0 2 6 0 Rawang Tin . . . 0 6 6 Mining— Arahura 1 8 6 1 [1 0 Austral (N.Z.) . . 1 3 9 1 5 o Big River .... 0 1 0 Gillespie’s Beach . 0 10 0 1 Grev River .... 0 .7 1 0 18 0 Maori Gully . . . 0 0 7 0 0 8 1 Nemona 0 0 6 Skippers 0 0 11 Waipapa Beach . . 0 0 10