STOCKS AND SHARES

Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 145, 15 March 1939, Page 12

STOCKS AND SHARES

Wellington Market More Active IMPROVED TURNOVER The Wellington share market was more active vesterday, with a larger turnover than for some time. A stronger demand developed for Government loans, while banks were again wanted, prices showing minor fluctuations. Australian industrials met a good demand, some issues showing an advance. Woolworths Ltd. advanced on selling at 23/1, 23/3 and 23/11, though late quotations were on a lower scale, with buyers at 23/1 and sellers at 23/4. G.-.T. Coles also were firmer, changing hands at 39/7J. British Tobacco showed a further advance, selling at 50/10 ana 51/-. WELLINGTON EXCHANGE Yesterday’s Quotations The latest buying and selling quotations recorded yesterday on the Wellington Stock Exchange were as follows:—

Wall Street Turnover By Telegraph. Press Assn.-Copy right NEW YORK. March 13. The turnover on the New lurk Stock Exchange today totalled 050,000 stocks and shares.

N.Z. GOVT. LOANS Buyers. Sellers. £ s. d. £ s. d 3 p.c. Inscr. Stock. 0. 15/7/1939-41 — 97 5 ♦31 p.c. ditto. 15/3/ 99 99 1939-43 ‘Ditto, 15/9/1939-43 .. 99 10 0 17 17 6 6 ‘Ditto, 15/3/1941-43 .. 99 •Ditto, 15/9/1941-43 .. 99 10 0 — 10 0 — •Ditto, 15/5/1939-52 .. — 99 15 0 •Ditto. 15/11/1941-52 . 99 10 0 — •Ditto, 15/5/1941-52 .. 99 10 0 — Ditto. 15/1/1953-57 .. 91 0 4 p.c. ditto. 15/2/ 15 1943-46 98 ;i 0 98 0 Ditto, 15/4/1946-49 .. 99 0 0 —■ 31 p.c. Bonds, 15/1/ 1953-55 91 5 0 4 p.c. ditto, 15/2/ 1943-46 98 ;> 0 — •Tax free to first date, her 4 p.c. up. tional maturity three years before tinal date. LOCAL BODIES’ DEBENTURES. Auck. City, ti p.c.. 1/9/44-52 100 0 0 —— Ditto, 1/1/44-58 ... 100 0 0 — banks. Australasia . c9 10 0 Comrcl. Banking Co., Sydney 20 5 0 — National of N.Z 2 5 3 —- National of Australasia, £5 0 12 6 —— 0 New South Wales .. 29 15 0 30 10 New Zealand 1 18 7 1 19 0 Ditto, D. long term 1 6 0 —— 6 Union of Aust. — 8 6 FINANCIAL. Equitable Bdg. Co. .. 0 9 to — 8 Ditto, perp. deb. stk. — . 0 18 Goldsbrougli, Mort .. — 1 10 0 Newton King, pref. . —» 0 8 0 N.Z. Guarantee Corp. —— 0 4 4 Wgtn. Invest., T. & A. — 0 9 6 Wright, Stephenson . 1 0 0 Metropolitan Big., Weilington — C12 0 0 GAS. Wellington, ord —— 1 10 9 Ditto, pref —— 1 3 6 Timaru, paid — 0 14 6 IN SUB AN CE. New Zealand — 2 13 0 TRANSPORT. Union Steam, pref. .. 1 4 0 —— P. and O. defd. stock 1 7 3 — Kelburne Tram., ord. — 1 3 0 WOOLLEN Bond’s Hosiery Mills cl 0 9 — Kaiapoi — 0 12 1 Wellington, pref 5 0 0 3 Bruce — 0 COAL. W’estport — 1 1 0 TIMBER. Leyland-O'Brien .... 0 16 0 Kotoiti — 0 3 Ditto, pref 0 16 6 Taupo Totara, ord. .. 0 5 0 — BREWERIES. 3 N.Z. Breweries —— 1 18 Tooth and Co - 16 1 — MISCELLANEOUS British Tobacco, Aust. c2 10 10 11 0 Ditto, pref „ — 1 1 9 Broken Hill Pty 2 19 6 — Ditto, eontrib - 6 3 Burns, Philp and Co. 2 14 0 15 3 Colonial Sugar 48 15 0 49 6 Consol. Brick & Pipe —- 0 Dunlop Perdriau ... — cl Electrolytic Zinc, 8 p.e. part pref c2 Farmers’ Trading ... 11 0 — 0 19 0 Felt and Textiles ... cl 12 9 — General Industries .. c0 19 0 — G. J. Coles 3 19 3 —— Henry Jones Co-op. . 11 0 —— Howard Smith, ord. . cl 0 0 — I.C.I., Aust, and N.Z., pref 1 3 3 1 3 10 Macduffs, ord —— 0 10 Ditto, pref 0 8 0 McKenzie’s ... - 0 0 N.Z. Drug c3 tj 0 Taranaki Oil 0 8 6 0 9 0 Woolworths Ltd., ord. cl 3 1 1 a 4 Woolworths (N.Z.), ord. O 16 ?> 0 17 0 Ditto (Viet.), pref. Berlei (N.Z.) — 1 11 0 —— 3 5 0 Donagliy’s Kope .... 2 2 6 C. M. Banks, pref. .. •— 0 14 0 Dominion Rubber —— 1 2 0 Aust. Paper Manu., pref 1 6 0 — 6 Byerofts Ltd —— 1 19 ••Herald" and “Weekly Times” & 0 0 Radio 11936) — 1 0 0 It. G. Kain, ord. ... —— 0 15 0 Myers Emporium ... 1 16 0 — mining. Big River — 0 1 1 Grey River 0 18 0 — Maori Gully 0 0 7 — Martha — 0 12 Mossy Creek — 0 1 •» Australian Mining. 3 Broken Hill South .. — cl 10 OVERSEAS LISTINGS. Woolworths Holdings (South Africa) .. -7 c Cum dividend. -■ Unofficial List - Buyers. Sellers. £ b. d. £ s. a. Woolworths Properties, pref E. W. Mills Ltd 2 15 0 1 4 6 0 3 0 Corp, of Underwriters, 10/- paid Wellington Publishing — 0 4 7 10 9 0 Dominion Life Assura nee 0 Fluenzol Pty., Ltd. .. 1 0 Radio Corpn., pref. .. — 1 2 0 W. E. Woods Ltd. 0 13 BASE METALS MARKET — Prices Slightly Easier By Telegraph.—Press Assn.--Copyright. LONDON, March 13 ’I'lu. official London (middle) quotations compare with those previously cabled as follows Mai 10. Mar. 13. Per ton I’e ton. Cupper-- L s. d. £ s. d. Standard, spot ... 43 6 43 4 44 Ditto, forward ... 43 1 j {: 43 9 4} 48 0 0 to 49 5 ( 49 0 0 Wire bars 49 5 0 49 0 0 Load— Spot 14 18 1} 14 16 104 Forward 1° 3 11 15 1 10} Speller— Snot Ki 18 1 J 3 18 11 1} 3 1} 14 o Tin•Spot -Id f 215 17 6 Forward ‘-15 1 2 < 215 •j 0 Silver— Standard, an ounce 20gd 20 9-16(1. Fine, an ounce .... “-id 22 3lod. •rYmerican, 45.95 cents a lb.