CHRISTCHURCH STOCK EXCHANGE

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVIII, Issue 21555, 18 January 1940, Page 11

CHRISTCHURCH STOCK EXCHANGE

AUSTRALIAN STOCK EXCHANGES United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright (Received January 17, 10.50 p.m.) SYDNEY, January 17. The Stock Exchange opened quietly to-day but livened up at the afternoon call, when Mt. Lyell shares were in demand and recorded a substantial

STUD RAM SALE A ROMNEY SELLS 380GNS By Telegraph—Press Association MASTERTON, January 17 Although bidding on the whole was slow, the sale of stud Southdown and Romneys to-day was a good one for class animals as evidenced by the 380gns, claimed to be the highest price paid in an auction ring in New Zealand for a stud Romney ram. received by the estate of the late Quentin Donald, the purchaser being Mr J. C. Best, of Hawera. Another high figure for a Romney was 220gns paid by Mr A. T. Hunter, of Wanganui, for a ram offered on account of Sir William Perry. who also received 200gns for another ram, the purchaser being Mr A. Grant, Waimate. The highest price for a Southdown was lOOgns, the vendor being Sir William Perry and the buyer Mr C. E. Vile, of Bulls. ,

YESTERDAY’S QUOTATIONS Special to Vie " Tlmaru Herald " CHRISTCHURCH. January 17 The tollowing quotations were ruling tor the morning call on the Stock Exchange:— Buyers. Sellers £ s. d. £ s. d N.Z. Govt. Debs.3 per cent. Inscr., 15.7 39-41 . . 98 10 0 — 4 per cent Inscr., 15 2/43-46 . . 101 5 0 — 15 5 49-52 . . 100 0 0 — 4 per cent. Bonds, 1943-46 .... 101 5 0 — Company Debs.— N.Z. Refrig. 41 p.c.. 1940-45 .... 100 0 0 — Banks— Australasia . . . 8 13 6 9 0 6 Comm, of Aust. . — 0 16 3 Comm, of Sydney 20 0 0 21 0 0 National of N.Z. . z 0 2 2 9 New South Wales — 31 0 9 New Zealand . . 2 0 8 9 1 3 Union 8 3 0 8 5 6 Insurance— National .... 0 18 5 — New Zealand . . 0 — Standard .... 2 19 3 — Loan & Agency— Dalgety — 7 9 6 Goldsbrough Mort. 1 11 0 1 11 4 N.Z. Guarantee Corpn — 0 3 11 United Building . 1 0 5 — Wright, Steph’s’n — 0 19 0 Shipping— P. & O 1 5 6 — Frozen Meat— Canterbury (pf.) . fj 0 0 __ N.Z. Refrigerating (£1 pd.) .... 1 0 0 1 1 0 (10/- pd.) . . . 0 9 4 0 9 9 Woollens— Bonds 1 2 0 — Bruce 0 15 9 0 17 0 Felt and Textiles . 2 2 0 — Kaiapoi (17/- pd.i 0 13 0 — (7/- pd.) . . . 0 4 9 6 3 3 (prefj . . . . — 0 17 0 Mosgiel 9 15 0 — Coal— Westport . . . . — 1 4 0 Westport Stockton 0 3 7 0 4 (1 (Pref.) . . . . 0 8 3 0 9 6 Gas— Christchurch . . . 1 6 3 — Breweries— Ballins (15/- pd.) 0 10 6 0 11 3 Dominion . . . . 1 11 — New Zealand . . 1 17 9 Wards (in liqdn.) . — 0 1 4 Miscellaneous— Alloy Steel (Aust.) 0 6 10 0 8 6 Anthony Hordern 0 16 1 — Beath and Co. . . 0 14 6 0 16 9 British Tobacco 2 14 1 15 0 Dom. Fertilisers . 1 6 6 — Dunlop Rubber . . 1 1 7 1 1 11 Electrolytic Zinc (ord.) . . . . 3 7 3 3 8 0 (prefj . . . . 3 8 6 3 10 0 Farmers Trading 0 16 10 0 17 6 G. J. Coles . . . 4 4 0 — Moturoa Oil . . 0 4 0 0 4 6 N.Z.F. Co-op.— <4A p.c. Stk. ’55) 88 0 0 — N.Z. Newspapers . 1 6 9 1 9 0 Standard Cement — 1 4 9 Taranaki Oil . . (1 5 0 — United Provisions 0 9 7 0 9 9 Wilcox Mofflin 0 7 8 — Wilson’s Cement . 0 19 0 — (ord.) .... 1 5 5 1 6 0 Woolworths. L t d. (N.Z.) ord. . . 0 16 6 (N.Z.) pref. . . 1 17 0 — W. R. Carpenter . 2 6 6 — Overseas ListingsWool worths (South Africa) .... 0 15 3 0 15 9 Aust. Mining— Broken Hill South 1 13 9 1 14 0 Mount Lyell . . . 1 12 7 1 13 0 Mount Morgan . . — 0 9 9 Mount Isa — 0 7 Rawang Tin . . . — 0 11 6 Emperor 0 15 10 0 17 0 Mining— Addisons Flat . . 0 1 () — Barrvtown .... 1 6 0 1 10 6 Big River .... 0 0 7 — Gillespie’s Beach . — 0 1 0 Golden Sands . . 0 0 10 0 1 3 Grey River .... 0 17 9 0 18 0 Maori Gully . . . 0 0 9 0 0 11 Martha 0 8 6 — Mossy Creek . . . 0 0 11 Ngahere 1 9 4 1 10 0 (def.) .... 1 1 6 — Waihi 0 7 3 0 8 6

rise. Sales:— £ s. d. Goldsbrough Mort 1 7 6 Rawang Tin 0 9 4 Tooheys 1 9 101 Howard Smith 1 4 0 Broken Hill Ppty 2 10 3 Henry Jones 2 19 0 Emperor 0 14 6 Morts Docks 0 18 3 Bank of New South Wales 27 3 0 Colonial Sugar 49 12 6 Melbourne Exchange £ s. d. G. J. Coles 3 16 6 National Bank (£5 paid) .. 6 19 6 Mount Morgan 0 8 7 New Broken Hill 1 1 0 British Tobacco .. .. .. .. 2 10 0 Carlton 3 8 9