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INVESTMENT SHARES. Yesterday sales wore reported of Meat Export (rights) at 225. Cd., llitddurl-Parkor (ordinary) at 50s. 3d., Westport Coal at 30s. 6(1., and Leyliiad-O'Brien Timber at 28s. 9. The quotations ivcrc as follow:— Buyers. Sellers. i g. d. ■ £ «. d. Inscribed Stock, 1939 •- 35 7 6 Inscribed Stock, 1938 - 9510 0 Dank. Australasia. 124 0 0 National llauk - 612 0 Hauls N.S.W - 36 0 0 jlaim .V*.. (Hi ts. lid.) ... 15 0 0 — Lank N.Z, (£6 13s. 4d.)... 1815 6 19 0 0 Loan, Mercantile (prcf.) 65 0 0 Diver Plato 210 0 Ciiriatchnrch Gas 6 12 6 Well. Ran (£10) - 10 17 6 Well. Gas (pref.) 0 17 0 - National Insurance 311 0 4 11) N.'/i. Refrigerating (10s.) 17 0 17 9 Meat Export (525. (id.) ..,4 0 0 Meat Export (ox-rights!.. — 4 0 0 Meat Export (rights) ... I n 0 •- ■ .Huddart-Parkcr (ord.) ... 2 10 3 2 11 0 V.li.S. On. (jircf.) 1 0 11 Kuiapoi Woollen (ord.) .. 9 10 0 - kaiapoi Woollen (prcf.) .850 — Well. Woollen (ord.) 9 2 6 - Wcstport Coal '. 1 10 0 ~ Westport-Stockton (ord.) - 0 8 0 Westport r Stockton (pref.) - . 010 9 1 Levland-o'Brien, Timber 13 3 Colonial Sugar (Fiji) ... 2015 0 - D.I.C. (10s.) 013 0 -> D.1.0. (pref.) 1 1 II - N.Z. Urns 217 6 Paper Mills ...'. 1 IS 3 ■ — Wilson Ceinont 0 15 6. — Parenga Gumflcldu — 114 6 CUSTOMS REVENUE.. Customs revenue collected at. the- port of Wellington yesterday amounted to £2710 9s. sd. LEVER BUOTHERS ACQUIRE INTERESTS JUN NIGERIA. Australian-New Zealand Cable Association. London, January 26. Lever Brothers Ltd. are acquiring tho whole of the ordinary shares nf the Niner Compcny at £6 10s. per share. The transaction involves £8,125,C00. [The Nicer Company's interests in Nigeria arc represented by mines, lands, railways, and plantations. Lever Brothers,' Port Sunlight, have now the premier position in the soap trade of tho world. The fully paid-up capita! of the £100,000,000 authorised is £23,C08,0C0., It was formed in 1891 with ft capital- of £l;5M.00O. Its interests and ramifications are world-wide. It has a- factory in New Zealand at Pctone. Tho ordinary rale of dividend for 1918 was 171 Pir cent. Workers in the company's service are enabled to be pliareholders by special concessions made to assist them in taking up stool;.] OIUENI COMPANY'S NEW SHARE ISSUE. London, January 26. The Orient Steam Navigating Comnuny is issuing 69,492 deferred shares of £5 at par. . EXCHANGE' RATES. AMAZING SLUMP IN GERMAN MARK. ' (Rcc. January 27, 5.5 p.m.) London, January 26. Foreicn exchange on London is quoted: Paris, 44.50 francs to £t: Stockholm. 17.87 kroner: Christiania, 19.52 kronen Calcutta, 2M. to rupee; Montreal. 4 dollars lo £1; New York, 3.621 dollars. Thorn has- been an amazing slump '» the German mark, sales to-day 4ieing made at about 360 to £1.—A113.-N.Z. Cable Assu.
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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 105, 28 January 1920, Page 10
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