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Star (Christchurch), Volume LXIV, Issue 940, 9 December 1933, Page 9

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Quotations on the Stock Exchange. CHRISTCHURCH. Sales on ’Change. Goklsbrough Mort, 335, 33s 2d, 33s 3d. British Tobacco (cum div.), 37s 4d (2). Dominion Fertiliser, 18s 2d, 18s, 17s lid. Charleston Sluicing:. Is 9d. New Cornish Point (Is paid), lid (2). Maerewhenua (Is paid), lOd (2). Waitahu, ss, 5s 2d. N.Z. Refrigerating (10s paid), 9s Sd. Number of Shares. 300 Goldsbrough Mort. 200 British Tobacco (cum div.). 300 Dominion Fertiliser. 200 Charleston Slui»?ing. 750 New Cornish Point. 100 Maerewhenua. 150 Waitahu. 100 N.Z. Refrigerating. Following are to-day's quotations: Buyers. Sellers.

Unlisted Stocks. All transactions in stocks quoted in this section are subject to a different

• OTHER EXCHANGES. Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, December 9. Sales.—South British, 77s 3d; Huddart Parker (pref.). 255. AUCKLAND, December 9. Sales.—King Solomon, 3s 2d; Grand Junction, 4s *4d; Commercial Bank. 17s fid; Farmers’ Auctioneering (B pref.), 19s 6d: Bank of New Zealand. 48s 3d; .South British Insurance, 77a 3d. DUNEDIN. December 9. Sales on ’Change.—Waitahu, 4a lid; Nokomal, 2s 6d. AUCKLAND BUSINESS. (Special to the “Star.”) AUCKLAND. December 9. There has been a strong finish to the week on the Stock Exchange and & good list of sales was completed at the last calls. In the banking section Commercials were conspicuous and continued firmness brought a sale this morning at 17s 6d, with more wanted at that figure. New Zealaridg were quoted ex div with buyers at 47s 3d. An offer of 12s 6d was received for Wright. Stephenson ordinary shares and 16s 6d was again available for preference. Auckland Gas were firm and In* request at 23s 9d. Colonial Sugars hardened and buyers moved up to £6l 10a, with holders asking £1 more. Fertiliser shares attracted attention, and 73s was available for New Zealand Drugs, 17s 8d for Farmers’ Fertilisers and 17s 9d for Dominion Fertilisers. GOLD. United Press Assn.—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. (Received December 9, 11.30 a.m.) LONDON, December 8. The price of gold is £6 6s 9d per fine ounce. GOLDEN DAWN GOLD XZXBS, LTD. For the twelve working days ended December 2, 268 tons of Golden Dawn ore were treated for £604, exclusive of premium and exchange. In addition, 85 tons of outside ore were treated. LONDON PRODUCE MARKETS. The Bank of New Zealand has received the following advice from its London office as at the close of business this week:— Frozen Meat.—The market for wether mutton is becoming firmer owing to Nmall supplies only being available. The market for ewes is firm, with an upward tendency. The market for lambs is expected to decline as high prices are checking the demand. Trade generally is brighter, with a better demand. Quotations are:—Wethers: Light, 4£d to 5Jd per lb; heavy. 3id to 4d. Ewes: 23d to 4d. Lambs: 2's, Sd to SJd; Bs. 8d to 8&d. SALE or CASHKBRZ PROPERTY. Messrs C. E. Jones, Ltd., auctioneers and estate agents, 17 4, Manchester Street, report having sold by auction the property situated Bowenvale Avenue, Cashmere, comprising bungalow of 5 rooms, replete with every possible modern convenience, also two glasshouses, together with 1 acre of land, to a client. 6 GOLDFIELDS DREDGING CO. Per Press Association. DUNEDIN, December 8. The Goldfields Dredging Co., Ltd., reports a return for the fortnight ended December 8 of 58oz for 253 hours’ dredging. KING SOLOMON DEEP LEAD. Per Press Association. INVERCARGILL, December 8. The wash-up at the King Solomon mine for the week totalled 1290 z 16dwt.

£ d. £ p. d. N.Z. GOVT STOCK31 p.c. Inscr., 193843 too 0 4 p.c. Inscr., 1940 102 0 4 p.c. Inscr.. 1949 too 10 0 4 p.c. Bonds, 194 0 102 5 4 p.c. Bonds, 1949 100 15 0 4 p.c. Bonds, 1955 102 0 0 OTHER DEBENTURESLyttelton Harbour, 101 0 0 101 10 ■Wellington, 5i p.c.. 1-5-40 101 0 0 101 Ashburton Electric 5J p.c., 1-2-35 .. 100 10 0 101 10 Sluggish River 51 p.c., 1-7-44 101 Glaxo. 6J p.c.. 1945 90 N.Z. Refrigerating 61 p.c., 1935 . . 101 0 Westport-Stockton Coal 61 p.c*., 1933 65 0 0 90 Booth Macdonald 6 J p.c., 1937 .. 45 0 0 50 0 BANKS — Australasia .... 12 6 0 17 8 Comm, of Aust. (pref.) 8 16 0 Comm, of Sydney 17 0 E., S. and A 5 10 6 5 Natl. of Aasia (£10 paid) .... 13 (cum div.) 4 0 New South Wales 32 2 6 32 10 New Zealand (ex div.) 2 6 9 New Zealand < “D'* Mort., ex div.) . 1 11 6 Union of Aust. .. A.P.A 0 11 6 National 0 19 0 0 19 Standard 1 LOAN & AGENCY— DaJgety and Co. . 9 15 0 10 8 6 Goldsbroujjh Mort 1 13 1 o N.Z. Guarantee Corpn. 0 8 3 N.Z. Loan and Merc. (ord. stk.) 5 S 10 0 60 15 United Building Society 0 17 SHIPPING— 1 11 Stock 1 0 0 1 FROZEN MEAT— Canterbury (cum div.) 10 10 6 Canterbury (pref., N.Z. Refrig. (£1 0 N.Z. Refrig. (10s paid) WOOLLENS— Kaiapoi (17s pd.) 0 7 10 0 Kaiapoi (7s paid) 0 Kaiapoi (pref.) . . Mosgiol Wellington (ord.) 5 6 Bruce (pref.) .... COAL— Grey Valley .... Westport Stockton (pref.) . Kaitangata (£1 paid) 5 GAS— Auckland 1 1 paid) 0 13 6 0 BREWERIES— Carlton 2 2 10 Monteiths 0 1 16 1 Timaru 0 7 6 0 10 Timaru (7s 6d pd.) 0 5 4 MISCELLANEOUSAmalg. Wireless (contr.) 1 Anthony Hordern 0 13 4 0 13 Australian Glass . 7 4 Beath and Co. 1 8 6 1 10 Beath and Co. (Is paid) 0 6 3 0 0 (cum div.) 1 17 3 1 17 5 British Tobacco 1 6 3 Broken Hill Prty. Burns, Philp 2 0 17 10 0 Donaghy Rope 2 5 0 2 Dunlop Rubber 0 Electrolytic Zinc 6 Electrolytic Zinc (pref.) 1 11 6 1 13 Mount Lyell (cum div) 1 N.Z. Drug Co. 3 13 6 N.Z. Farmers* Coop. (4 i p.c. Stk., 1940) 67 0 0 76 Sharland and Co. . 1 5 MINING— Addison’s Flat (Is paid) 0 2 6 0 3 1 Alexander (13s 6d paid) 0 15 0 0 16 6 Aotearoa (ex div) 0 0 0 1 Bell Hill 0 1 6 0 2 6 Bell Hooper (9d paid) 0 10i Bell Hooper (Is paid) 0 0 11 1 Bell Kilgour 0 Hi Bendigo Goldlights 4 0 51 Big River 0 0 lli Charleston Sluicing 0 1 8 0 1 104 0 17 6 Freshford 0 0 2 0 24 Gillespie s Beach . 0 1 10 0 2 0 1 1 Golden Point .... 2* 0 0 3 Mount Morgan 17 (t 3 Kildare 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 44 0 6 4 Mahakipavva .... 0 L 0 14 Mahakipawa (pf.) 0 0 1 (6d paid) .... 0 0 3 0 0 Nevis Diesel Elec. 1 t-4 New Cornish Point (Is paid) 0 0 11 0 0 14 New Cornish Point (6d paid) 0 0 6 0 0 61 Nokomai . . a 0 1 74 0 paid) 0 0 94 0 0 Okarito 0 9 3 0 Oxenbridge Shotover (9d paid) . Waihi 1 6 0 5 Waihi G. Junction 0 3 0 4 Wetherstone’s 0 3 1

rate of brokerage from the listed stocks and are not quoted on the official list. Andersons. Ltd. 0 15 8 0 19 5 6 Claude Neon Lights Claude Neon Lights (pref.) Coulls. Somerville, Wilkie 12 6 0 15 9 Glenroy Gold <6d paid) 0 0 6J 0 0 7 Goldfields Dredging (Is paid > 0 0 9 0 0 10 Industries, Ltd. (12s fid paid) 0 5 6 0 12 0 Invest. Exec. Trust •• B ”■ debs (1st issue) 99 0 0 99 17 6 Invest. Exec. Trust *• B " debs. (2nd issue 87 0 0 99 0 0 Invest. Exec. Trust (pref.) Peters, Ltd. (£1 pd) N.Z. Wool packs . . 16 0 0 15 0 0 19 6 N.Z. Underwriting (5s paid) 0 0 6 Moonlight Nelson Creek (Is paid) . 0 0 11 New Gabriel’s Gully (6d paid) 0 0 3* 0 0 9J 0 0 1 1 N.Z. Perp. Forests 2 10 0 3 0 E. Reece. Ltd. (pf.) 0 Para Rubber (15s paid) 0 11 0 0 16 0 Procera Breed (10s paid) 0 13 6 0 19 0 Sandhills Gold (6d paid) 0 0 7 4 Simplex Milling 0 0 li 0 2 4 Smith. Wylie .... Snowy River .... 0 11 0 0 0 34 Sun Newspapers . . 0 3 7 0 3 11 Tru-Colour Films (£1 paid) Tru-Colour Films (12s paid) Tru-Colour Films (6s paid) Were's Investment 2 0 0 15 0 0 15 0 0 4 3 0 4 7 Worksop Extended (4 id paid ) .... 0 0 4 0 0 6 Sale—400 Glenroy Gold, 6Jd.