COMMERCIAL.

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20231, 15 February 1934, Page 10

COMMERCIAL.

Quotations on Stock Exchange. CHRISTCHURCH. Sales on ’Changre. Comm. Bank of Aust.. 17s fid. K.Z. Refrier. CIOs paid), Ss 6d. N.Z. Breweries. 39s lid, 40s (2). Mount Lyell. 24s 9d. Central Shotover (9rl raid). Is. Charleston (ex rights). Is 7d. C. olden Sands, 3s 3d. King Solomon. 4s 6d. Nokomai Is sd. Sales Reported. N.Z. Govt. 4 p.c. Inscr., 1 940, £lO2. Auckland Gas (late sale 14th), 24s 3d. Number of Shares. 100 Comm. Bank of Aust. 100 N.Z. Refrig. (10s paid). 300 N.Z. Breweries. 100 Mount Lyell. 400 Central Shotover (9d paid). 300 Charleston (ex rights). 100 Golden Sands. 100 King Solomon. 250 Nokomai. £2OO N.Z. Govt. 4 p.c. Inscr., 1940. 300 Auckland Gas (late sale 14th). • Following are to-day's quotations:—

Unlisted Stocks. All transactions in stocks quoted in this section are subject to a different rate of brokerage from Listed Stocks and are not quoted on the Official List. Andersons. Ltd.

AUCKLAND BUSINESS. (Special to the “ Star.”) AUCKLAND, February 15. Business on the Stock Exchange is keeping up well and the market generally has a healthy tone. At this morning’s call New Zealand Insurances were quoted ex div. with buyers at 57s 3d. Buyers for Pukemiro Collieries raised their olTers to 21s 6d with holders firm at 22s 6d. Colonial Sugars continued to ease slightly and a sale was made 2s 6d lower at £62 17s 6d, after which buyers dropped back to £62 15s. The mining section was active. Waihis recovered with a sale at 30s 6d. King Solomons were in demand at 4s sd. There was again a good demand for Government Stocks. OTHER EXCHANGES. rer Pi ess Association. WELLINGTON. February 15. Sales on ’Change.—Timaru Breweries (contr.) 6s Id; Central Shotover, Is; LATE SALES YESTERDAY. Christchurch. Sales on ’Change.—so N.Z. Inscr. (ex niv.) £2 IBs 6d; 200 Christchurch Gas (2). £1 9s 6d; 200 N.Z. Breweries (2), £1 19s lOd; 400 Big River. lOd; 500 Gillespie’s Beach, 2s Id; 100 King Solomon, 4s sd; 500 Upper Shotover (9d paid). Is sd. Sales reported.—£soo Christchurch Drainage. 5i p.c., 1943, £lO4 10s; £3OO Christchurch Drainage, 5i p.c., 1965, £lO6 10s; 100 Comm. Bank of Aust.,’ 17s 6d; 15 Comm. Bank of Aust. (pref.), £9 3s; 35 E. S', and A. Bank, £5 17s; 25 National Bank N.Z., £4 4s; 100 National Insurance, ISs Sd; 800 N.Z. Refrig. (£1 paid) (3). ISs lOd; 200 N.Z. Refrig. (10s paid), Ss 4d; 300 Christchurch Gas (2). £1 9s 6d; 200 N.Z. Breweries (2), £1 19s lOd; 200 Dunlop Rubber, £1 OS 4d; 100 Mount Lyell, £1 4s lid. Auckland. Sales on ’Change.—Gisborne Sheep, 6i p.c., 1941, £92; E., S. and A. Bank £5 17s; Union Bank, £10; Consolidated Brick, 6s 9d; Farmers’ Trading, 4s Id; Big River, 10id; King Solomon, 4s sd; Waitahu. 5s 6d; Mount Lyell, £1 4s 6d. Unlisted. —Neon Lights, £2 7s 9d; Invest. Exec. Trust (B), £102; Invest. Exec. Trust (2nd B), £S9; Perpetual Forests, £2 Bs. Dunedin. Sales on 'Change.— Union Bank, £lO, £lO Is; Nevis Electric Is Id; King Solomon, 4s 6d. Sales Reported.—Comm. Bank of Aust., 17s sd; Gillespie’s Beach, 2s OJd; King Solomon, 4s 4 id. Late Sales. —King Solomon, 4s sd; Waihi, £1 10s 6d; Nevis Electric, Is Id ; Central Shotover, is; Waitahu, 5s 6d; Gillespie’s Beach, 2s Id. SALE OP FURNITURE. Messrs C. E. Jones, Ltd., auctioneers. 174, Manchester Street, report having held a successful sale of furniture and effects in their sale room yesterday. There was a very large attendance, and among the articles sold the following prices were realised:—Piano and stool £l3B, bedroom suite £l3, Singer sewing machine £9 17s 6d, couch and chair £5 17s 6d, buffet £4, six dining chairs £3 15s, dining tables £4 2s 6d. £2 17s 6d, two easy chairs £7 10s, carpets £ll, £9 10s, £6 15s, carpet and rug £9 15s, six rugs £6 10s, hall carpet £4 7s 6d, runner £3 15s, rugs £2 ss. £4, £3 ss, £3 10s. £3, sideboards £2 17s 6d, £3, £4. four chairs £3 4s, duchesses £3 12s 6d, £1 15s. bedsteads £2, £1 15s, iron safe £5 10s, six chairs £6 ISs, bicycle £1 15s, toilet chests £1 4s, £1 10s, two chairs £1 15s. secretaires £1 Ss, £i ss, couch £1 12s 6d. kitchen cupboard £2 ss, wardrobe £1 17s 6d. kauri chest £1 10s, wire couch £1 12s 6d. 6 POULTRY AND EGGS. G. H. JJ.HCltoiu, Limited, report very large yardings of poultry tor the week’s markets. For good quality hens, ducklings and ducks there was a good demand, but small white chicken did not meet with a ready sale, supplies of good hens and ducklings were not equal to the demand. The following prices per pair were realised:—Table chicken, light, 2s to 5s 6d; heavies, 5s 6d to 7s 6d; hens, light, 2s 6d to 3s 6d; heavies, 3s 6d to ss; ducks, old, 3s to 4s; ducklings, 4 S 6d to 6s 6d. Eggs—First grade hen eggs and duck Is 2d, second grade Is Id per doz.

N.Z. GOVT. STOCK Buye S elle £ d. £ d. 4 p.c. Tnscr., 1940 101 17 6 4 p.c. Tnscr., 1046 (ex interest) .. 101 0 103 0 0 4 p.c. Tnscr., 1949 102 2 6 4 p.c. Iriscr., 1955 101 10 0 4 p.c. Bonds, 1940 101 15 0 4 p.c. Bonds, 1946 (ex interest) .. 101 5 0 4 p.c. Bonds, 1949 102 6 4 p.c. Bonds, 1955 101 17 6 OTHER DEBENTURES Westport Borough, 5 p.c., 4-4-48 . . 101 0 0 Ch'ch Trains. 4* p.c.. 1-10-34 102 0 0 BANKS— Australasia .... 13 4 0 13 7 0 •Comm, of Aust. . . 0 17 (J 17 6 Comm. of Aust. (pref.) 9 2 6 3 0 Comm, of Sydney 17 0 0 IS 0 0 E. S. and A b 15 6 b 17 0 National of A’asia (£10 paid) .... 13 2 0 13 8 0 National of A’asia (£5 paid) 6 5 0 6 10 0 4 3 0 New South Wales 33 10 0 33 15 0 New Zealand .... 9 3 2 9 8 Union of Aust. .. 10 1 6 10 2 6 INS U R ANCE— 0 18 7 o 18 9 Standard (c.d.) 3 2 0 LOAN AND AGENCY— Dalgety and Co. . 30 5 0 10 9 0 Goldsbrough Mort 1 13 3 1 14 0 N.Z. Guarantee Corporation 0 3 7 0 3 9 N.Z. Loan and Merc, (ord stk.) 57 5 0 63 0 0 Permanent Invest. 9 5 0 United Building Society 0 19 7 SHIPPING — P. and O. def. stk. 1 1 0 1 5 0 Union (pref.) 1 6 0 FROZEN MEAT— Canterbury 9 15 0 10 2 6 Canterbury (prf.) Gear N.Z. Refrig. (£1 paid i N.Z. Refrig. 110s paid) North Canterbury Freezing WOOLLENS— Kaiapoi (17s pd.) 0 11 0 Kaiapoi (7s paid) Kaiapoi (pref.) . . Mosgiel 9 COAL— Grey Valley .... 0 10 6 Westport 0 i 4 6 15 1 Stockton (ord.) 0 Stockton (pref.) . 0 0 4 GAS— Auckland 1 4 2 3 Christchurch .... 1 9 5 1 9 6 Christchurch (10s paid) 0 13 7 0 13 9 Auckland (contr.) 0 18 0 0 18 3 BREWERIES— New Zealand .... 1 19 10 2 0 0 Staples 1 6 10 1 7 3 Timaru (7/6 pd.) 0 6 0 0 6 Tooths 3 10 4 6 •White Star 0 5 0 0 10 0 M1SCELLA NEOUSA’sian Paper and Pulp 1 15 0 Amalg. Wireless (contr.) 1 3 3 1 4 3 Anthony Hordern 0 lb 9 0 16 0 Australian Glass . 2 8 0 2 14 0 Beath and Co. . . 1 10 6 Beath and Co. (1/-

paid) 0 7 10 0 8 1 British Tobacco . 1 17 2 1 17 9 Broken Hill Pty. . 2 4 1 2 4 6 Colonial Sugar . . 62 7 6 63 5 0 Domin. Fertiliser. 0 16 3 0 17 3 Dunlop Rubber . . 1 0 2 1 0 3 Electrolytic Zinc (ord.) 1 7 10 1 8 0 Electrolytic Zinc (pref. cum div.) 1 15 0 1 15 9 Henry Jones Co-op. 1 12 7 1 13 3 Howard Smith 0 15 4 0 Hume Pipe (Aust.) 0 13 3 Kauri Timber 0 17 0 0 Milburn Dime 0 Moturoa Oil .... 1 Mount Lyell .... 1 4 9 N.Z. Drug Co. . . 3 16 0 N.Z.F. Co-op (1st Pref.) 1 10 0 N.Z.F. Co-op. (A pref.) 0 5 0 N.Z.F. Co-op. (4J p.c. stock. 1940) 0 0 N.Z.F. Co-op. (41 p.c. stock. 1945) 77 10 0 N.Z. Paper Mills 1 9 0 N.Z. Newspapers . 1 10 0 1 11 IVhitcombe and Tombs 3 Wilson’s Cement . MINING— Alexander 0 17 Alexander (13/6 paid) 0 15 Bell Hill 0 Bell Hooper (Is paid) 0 0 Bell lvilgour .... 0 0 Bendigo Goldlights (9d paid) .... 0 0 6 Big River 0 Rlaekwater 1 14 Brian Boru Central Shotover (9d paid) .... Charleston (ex rights) 0 Consolidated .... Freshford 0 0 Gillespie s Beach Golden Dawn .... Golden Point 0 0 Golden Sands .... King Solomon 0 3 Lawson’s Flat . . 0 Maerewhenua Mahakipawa .... 0 0 Mining House Con. 0 Mount Morgan . . 3 16 9 Nevis Diesel Elec. New Cornish Point (Is paid) 0 1 New Cornish Point (6d paid) .... 0 Nokomai 0 1 Okarito 1 10 3 1 Wailii Grand Junen 4 10 0 Upper Shotover (9d paid) .... 0 1 3 0 1 6

Q 0 Deep Dead, Ltd. (Is paid) 0 1 6 Hatter’s. Flat (Is 0 Industries, Ltd. (12s 6 d pa id) Invest. Exec. Trust 0 7 6 101 0 M ' ill ■: 1 1 1 Nel«on U Creek (Is paid) . New Gabriel’s 0 0 10 Gully (Is 6d pd.) N.Z. Mining: Invest. Fa i.' Kubuer tlus 0 0 7 0 0 11 Skippers, Ltd. (9d J paid) Smith Wyllie .... .0 Snowy River .... Sun Newspapers . . 0 4 0 Temuka Flour .... Tru-Color P’ilms 0 16 0 (12s paid) .... 0 14 W ere’s Investment Trust -Wurks'-p extended 0 4 4 0 4 9 (9d paid) ...... 0 0 9 0 0 10*