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Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20454, 6 November 1934, Page 9

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No Call in Christchurch To-day. OTHER EXCHANGES. To-dav was a full holiday on the Christchurch Stock Exchange. Business in other centres is as follows: Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, This Day. Government 3i per cent stock, 1939-43, Wellington Gas (deb.), £lO4 10s. Rotoiti Timber, 3s 3d. Mosgiel Woollen, £ll 10s. Woolworths, Ltd.. Tos. DUNEDIN, This Day. Sales Reported— .. Bank of New Zealand, 49s (late yesterday). Nokomai, 3s 9d. After call— ~ , . , Bank of New Zealand, 49s (i*o). AUCKLAND, This Day. Mataki. 2s 7d. Grand Junction, 4s 4d. Goldsbrough Mort, 31s od. Wilson's Cement, 345. Bank of New Zealand, 495. National Bank, 71s 6d. Reserve Bank, £6 11s 9d. N.Z. Drug, 80s. Auckland Trotting, 61 pc., £1 (»•>_ Amalgamated Brick, 71 p.c., £loo.

TO-DAY IN AUCKLAND. (Special to the “ Star.") AtrcKLANP, This tt»yBusiness on the Exchangee has been well maintained over the last twentyfour hours, and a large number of sales have been put through. At this morning’s call the recent quietness in the banking “section was relieved by a sale r.f Nationals at 71s 6d, an advance of la fid in the laet three weeks. Subsequently thte market stood between *os and 735. Reserves were firm from £6 Us to £6 12s 3d. Auckland Gas shares were very firm with buyers at a new record price of 27b. and no sellers. In the mining division sharp advance was checked with sellers at 4s and no buyers. North Kalgoorlies made their first appearance on the list, being asked for at 235. In gilt-edged stocks. Government per cent wepe again neglected with no inquirv either way: but several of the Auckland City 4* per cent issues were quoted. Tilt IToon o*ll. There was not a great deal of life in the bidding at the noon call, but Reserve Bank **crip sold at a new record of £6 Us 9d. The previous sale this month was £6 Us 6d and buyers are unchanged at £6 Us. white holders are silent. Worksop holders -dropped to 3s lOd. YESTERDAY’S SALES. Auckland —Sal.R on 'mange: 4 p.c. Tnscr., 1949, £IOS 17. 6d: Commercial Rank of Australia. 16s; Rank of New South Wales, £3l 17s 6d;-South Britislw Insurance. £4 10s; Farmers' Auctioneering (B pref.), £1 Os 6d; Auckland Gas. £1 7s: New Zealand Breweries, £2 l Os: New Zealand Drug Co., £4. Goldfields Dredging. ll|d: Broken Hill Proprietary. £2 3 os. Unlisted: Auckland Meat. £1 8s 6d. Wellington—Sales reported: 4 p.c. Inscribed. 1940. £105: 4 p.c. Inscribed, 1946. £lO9 (late. Saturday)-: 4 PC. Inscribed. 1946, £109: 4 p.c. Inscribed* 1955. £ll3 10s (late Saturday); Bank of New South Wales. £32: Union Bank, £9 5s 6d (late Saturday); British Tobacco. £2 Is 9d (2), (late Saturday); Consolidated Brick. Us (late Saturday); Dunlop Perdriau Rubber. 19s 8a (late Saturday): N.Z. Guarantee. 5s sd. Dunedin—Sale reported: National Insurance, £1 Is 9d (late Saturday). Sydney Stock Exchange. SYDNEY. November 5. On the Stock Exchange the demand was strong in the retail trading group, while buyers of pastoral scrip found sellers hesitant. Gold shares and Commonwealth bonds were quiet. Afternoon sales—Bank of New South Wales, £32 17s 6d; Commercial Bank of Sydney, £l7 10s; Colonial Sugar, £76 17s 6d; Associated News, 25s 9d; Howard Smith, 16s 3d; Australian Gas ("A"), £8 Is; British Tobacco, 41s 9d; Tooths Brewery, 51s 9d; Tooheys Brewery, 295; Australian Glass, 56s 6d; Dunlop Perdriau Rubber. 19s 9d: Goldsbrough Mort, 31s 6d; Winchcombe, (.'arson, 29s 6d: Electrolytic Zinc, 25s 3d; Farmers, 25s 6d; David Jones, 41s: Anthony Hordern, 16s 9d; Standard Cement, 19s; Newcastle Gas (C), 14s; Drug Houses of Australia, 23s 7id; Australian Iron and Steel (pref.). 22s 9d; Broken Hill Proprietary. 50s 3d; North Broken Hill, 6d; Zinc Corporation. 34s 6d; Placer Development, £23 ss. Melbourne Exchange. MELBOURNE, November 5. Herald and Weekly Times, 56s 3d; British Tobacco, 425; Mount Lyell, 19s 2d; E. S. and A. Bank, £5 ss. CALL AND DIVIDEND LIST. DIVIDENDS. Due. Dominion Pictures, final, pref. shares, 3 p.c.; ord., 3J p.c. .. Nov. 7 Claude Neon (N.Z.), final, ord., 6 p.c Nov. 7 Sharland and Co., final, 2i p.c. Nov. S N.Z. Paper Mills, interim, 3 p.c. Nov. 9 Bycroft, interim, 11 d a share Nov. lb Nat. Bank A’asia. int’m, 2} p.c. Nov. 28 Aust Glass, interim, pref.. 4 i p.c.; ord., 5 p.c Dec. 1 Colonial Sugar, half-yearly, 20/- a share and bonus, 5/a shart Nov. 7 Broken Hill’ South. 1/6 per share, payable Melbourne .. Dec. 3 5 Natl. Insurance, final, 5d a share, making 9d for year .. Nov. — Burns. Philp, interim. 1/- a share N° v * Jjj Tatterafleld. Auckland, 6 p.c. . No\.ii> Broken H!ll Pty.. half-yearly. 1/- a share Nov.-l Dalgety and Co., final, 2i pc., making 5 p.c. for year .... Nov. -S Broken Hill South, 1/6 a share 15 Calls. Equitable Building. £1 a share; final payment of 5/- a share Dec. 1 PRICE OF GOLD. (Received November fi. noon.) , LONDON. November 5. Gold is quoted at 139 s 6Jd a fine £ s. d.

BRADFORD TOPS TRADE. (Received November 6. 2 pm.) LONDON, November 5. Bradford business is firm as a result of the German debts agreement Merinos Id dearer, cross-breds id to 4ti. There is a good volume of business.

other *old quotations this year have >een:— _ Per oz. s. d. October 26 140 3 October 25 ...... J «•: " October 11 (record) .... 143 ?. October 1 J 41 fi September 1 *41 5 August 1 1** I. .Tu!v 2 I s7 ‘i June 1 IS April 3 ” March 1 i*' i February 5 140 0 February 1 « January 2 12 1 0