FINANCE & COMMERCE

Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 223, 17 June 1944, Page 8

FINANCE & COMMERCE

WELLINGTON EXCHANGE

Yesterday’s Quotations The l.atest buying and selling quotations recorded yesterday on the Wellington Stock Exchange were as follows:—

Dealings in stocks and shares recorded on New Zealand Stock Exchanges yesterday were as follows, the number ot shares in each lot being shown in the case or Wellington. WELLINGTON.

Inset. Stock, 2i per cent.. 15/6/47-49, £99 17/6; ditto, 3 per cent., (4), £99 7/6; ditto, 3} per cent., 10/9/W-60, £WI 15/-; ditto, 31 per cent., la/ff/oS-tw. £l<H. Wool Bonds, 1/2/48, £l/0/3; Bank of N.S.W. (2), £37/15/-: Hank of N-Z. (21, £2/4/9: Farmers’ Auet, A pref.. i-l/a/u. N.Z. Refrig., £1 paid, £l/8/9; WestportStockton Coal, pref., 6/6: Auckland Gas, 7/9; Levland O’Brien Timber, £l/4/-> Colonial Sugar, £57/10/-; Wilson’s Cement (2) £l/0/6: Woolworths (Syd.), £l/0/4> Emperor Mines, 13/6: Woolworths Holdings (South Africa), £l/10/-. CHRISTCHURCH. Bank of N.Z., £2/4/9; Dalgety and Co., £B/12/6; N.Z. Refrig.. £1 paid, £l/8/9, £l/8/14it Westport-Stockton Coal, 3/7, Leyland O’Brien Timber, £VV-, A“°l >'NZ) (2). £2/10/-; Booth Macdonald "pref.’ (2), 10/10: Broken Hill Pty. (3) £2/4/9: Assoc. Gold Dredges, 5/-, Maori Gold, s}d.; Ngahere Gold, ord.. </J. 8/-. DUNEDIN. Bank of Now Zealand. £2/4/o, £2/4/6; National Bank of New Zealand £-/10/ : Farmers’ Auctioneering, A P ref -. New Zealand Loan and MereantUe; pref, stock £llo*. New Zealand Refrigerating £1 paid, £l/0/-. Dividends Declared The Gear Meat Co., Ltd., has declared an interim dividend of 6d a share, pay able on June 23. Transfer books are “The'Arahura Gold Dredging Co. Ltd close June 20. Wellington Poultry Prices Prices ot live poultry in the Welling* ton msrket artJ quoted’by Townsend and Pnnl Ltd., as follows: — Whit» Leghorns—Hens, best, 4/6 to 6/each others, 3/6 to 4/6 each; cockerels, 1/6 to 1/9 lb., live weight- pullets, biM. 14/- to Ml/- each; others, b/- to W- eaiJ - Black Orpingtons: Hens, heavy, 8/- to l°/6 each; light, 5/- to 8/- each; cockerels lieavv, 1/9 to 2/- lb., live weight; IMit .1T to 2/- lb., Hvo weight. Rhode Wan’d* Reds: Cockerels, 1/10 to -13 lb., live weight. Duck s—lndian •Runner: Aoung. 7/- co 1(1/- each: old. 6/- to 7/- each lekinYoung. 9/- to 14/- each; old, 6/- to J/ each” ’Geese: 6/- to »/- each. * Turkeys. 1/6 to l/S lb., live weight. „ . Dressed poultry—Boilers, heavy ./■ to 8/- each; light, 4/- to 7/- each; chickens, 1/8 to 2/- lb.; ducks, 6/- to 8/- each, geese, 6/- to 9/- each; turkeys, 1/6 to 1/8 lb. World Gold Output woHd'rold’production 1 for IM3 indicates and the cessation of the industry, because of war operations, in others, lhe output for th< year is tentatively set down by the Union Corporation, Limited, T-ondoJ. at 29. it million ounces, compared with million ounces for 1912. and 40.81 million ounces for 1940, the record year.

Buyers. £ e. d. Sellers. £ s. d. 21 p.c.. 1/8/46 99 12 6 MM 24 p.c., 15/9/47 US 17 6 — ■ 2} p.c., 15/5/48 98 2 6 — 2J p.c., Ki/6/47-49 97 12 6 —— 2j p.c., 15/4/49-pl ..... — 06 10 0 3 p.c.. 15/7/1915 100 5 0 MM 3 p.c., 1.5/12/53-56 .... —— xOS 10 0 3 p.c., ]5/4/60-63 — 98 5 0 31 p.c., 15/1/56-59 .... —- 102 10 .0 3j p.c.. 15/1/53-57 .... —— 104 0 0 • 4 p.c.. £0/11/1948 103 0 0 — 4 p.c., 15/4/40-4!) — 102 12 6 4 p.c., 15/j/49-52 —— 104 5 0 4 p.c., 15/0/52-55 xVB 0 0 —— 4 p.c., 31/5/a4-58 ..... 100 10 0 4 p.c., 15/4/46-49 102 5 0 \ Bank A/asia 9 15 0 Com. Bk. Sydney .... 22 0 O —— Bank N.S.W —— Bank New Zealand ... x2 4 1 M Ditto. D Mort X’l 13 0 —- Union Hank — 8 12 C Nat. Bl:. A/asia, pd. .. 12 0 0 — Dalgetj 8 10 U — Geldsbrough Mort .... __ xl 12 6 Newton King, pref. .. W.F.C.A., pref 1 2 3 MM 0 9 6 MM Wn. Ii:v. T. & A. ... 0 7 9 .■M Wn. T. & Loan 3 IS 0 MM Wright. Stephenson, pref 15 0 N.Z. Invest. Mort. ... 0 10 6 MM Auckland Gas MM OSO Christchurch Gas 16 0 — Wgtn. Gas, ord 1 14 3 MM Ditto, pref 15 6 MM Feilding Gas 0 1 9 MM. National Ins 14 6 mm New Zealand Ins. MM 4 9 3 Gear Meat cl 5 6 17 0 N.Z Refrigerating, £1 1 8 3 M— Ditto. 10/0 13 6 MM. Wgtn. Meat Exp. .... 0 13 6 M—. Huddart, Parker 3 3 6 MM P. & 0 2 4 9 MM Union Steam, pref. ... 1 10 0 — Bonds Hosiery •. 4 lx Felt & Textiles 2 13 0 —• Manaw itu Knitting .. 2 1 0 MM Oaniaru Woollen 1 10 0 «—M Prestige, pref 16 6 •_■ Timaru Woollen 1 0 0 MM Wellington Woollen .. 9 7 6 M— Ditto, pref 9 10 0 —— Leyland O’Brien —— 14 3 National Timber — o s a Roto-iti Timber 0 7 11 0 8 8 Taupo-Totara MM 0 9 4 Ditto, pref. 0 10 fl MM Taringamutu CO 19 9 MM N.Z. Breweries x2 2 9 3 3 3 Tooth and Co 2 IS 3 MM Bailing Brew., 15/-. pd. 0 19 0 Tui Brewery — 117 a A.C.I x2 15 0 2 la 9 C. M. Banks, pref. ... 0 15 0 — British Tobacco —M x2 11 9 Broken Hill 2 4 5 —M Burns. Philp 3 13 MM Consol. Brick —— 0 10 s Dunlop Rubber 1 3 9 MM. Electro. Zine, ord. ... 2 17 0 MM Ditto, pref 2 18 0 —M Frozen Products 0 13 9 ■ 1. G. J. Coles 3 5 9 3 7 0 Griffin -i Sons, £1 .... 1 11 0 —— Ditto. 10/0 15 6 MM. J. J. Ni ven —— 110 Macduf s, ord 0 17 2 MM Ditto, pref — 16 6 McHenries X2 IS 9 MM Macky, Logan 1 14 0 MM Metters (N-.Z.) 0 17 6 MM N.Z. Forest Prod — 0 7 3 Ditto, pref — 0 11 0 National Electric 1 13 0 •MM N.Z. Drug 4 17 6 M— N.Z. Newspapers 2 2 0 N.Z. Paper Mills 2 0 0 Sharland, ord 1 10 6 M« Ditto, pref 1 10 9 Taranaki Oil Fields .. —— 0 3 0 Taranaki Develop 0 10 Wilson’s Cement — xl 0 9 Wm. Cable, pref 1 S 3 —— Woolvorths Ltd 1 0 2 lot Woolworth (N.Z.) .... CO 19 0 — Grev River —— fl 13 9 Broken Hill South ... — 19 0 North Broken Hill ... x2 15 0 3 0 0 Woplworths Hold (S Africa) 1 11 6 c, cum dividend. x, ex dividend. Sales In New Zealand

No. of Sale price. shares. £ s. <L £500 Inscr. Stock, 3 per cent., 15/12/53-56, ex int *96 10 0 4 9 0 . 250 Kaltangata Coal, ex div. . 1 13 0 100 S.Z. Breweries *2 3 0 inn * 2 3 0 50 Ditto 2 3 2 200 Broken Hill Pty 4. 2 4 74 100 Consol. Brick *0 10 4 200 Wilson’s Cement (2) 1 0 <t 200 Woolworths (Syd.) 10 4 ♦Late sale Thursday. AUCKLAND.