Commercial INVERCARGILL STOCK EXCHANGE

Southland Times, Issue 24831, 25 August 1942, Page 6

Commercial INVERCARGILL STOCK EXCHANGE

There were buyers on the Invercargill Stock Exchange yesterday for Dominion Breweries at £l/6/-, Dunedins at 18/- and New Zealands at £l/11/6. Quotations:— Government Debentures. —4 p.c. Stock 1946-49, b £lO4/10/-; 4 p.c. Stock 1952, b £lO5/10/-; 4 p.c. Stock 1952-55, b £lO6 5/-; 314 p.c. Stock 1953-57, b £102; 3*4 p.c. Stock 1957-60, b £lOl/10/-; War Loan 1953, b £9l/5/-. Banks.—E. S. and A. Bank; b £3/6/-; National of Australasia, b £lO/15/-; National of New Zealand, b £2/0/6; New South Wales, b £2B; New Zealand Long "D” issue, b £l/10/-. Breweries.—Dominion Brewery, b £l/6/-; Dunedin Brewery Company, b 18/-; New Zealand Breweries, b £l/11/6. CoalKaitangata, b £l/11/-; Westport Coal, b £l/4/9. Insurance.—National, b 19/6. Loan and Agency.—National Mortgage, s £2; Perpetual Trustees, b £2/10/-; Trustees’ Executors (Dunedin), b £4/2/-. Meat Companies New Zealand Refrigerating (£1 paid), b £l/1/6; (10/- paid), b 9/5; South Otago Freezing Company, b £5 2/6. Shipping.—Union Steam Ship Company (pref.), b £l/6/9. Woollen Mills.—Bond’s Hosiery, b £l/6/-; Bruce, b £l/4/-; Kaiapoi (ord.), b £1; Mosgiel, b £11; Oamaru, b £l/2/3. Miscellaneous. —Australian Consolidated Industries, b £2/6/-; D.I.C. (pref.), b £l/4/6; Dominion Fertilizer, b 17/6; Donaghy’s Rope and Twine, s £2/10/-; McDuffs Ltd., b 5/-; McLeod Bros’ Soap, s £26; Milburn Lime and Cement, s £l/16/3; New Zealand Drug, b £3/13/6; New Zealand Guarantee Corporation, s 3/-; Southland Ice Cream, s £1 3/3; Wilson’s (N.Z.) Cement, b 17/-; Woolworths Ltd., b 15/6; Woolworths (N.Z.), b 14/3. Mining.—Broken Hill South, b £l/0/6; North Broken Hill, b £l/16/-; Electrolytic Zinc (pref.), b £2/4/-; Mount Lyell, b £1 5/-; Mount Morgan, b 7/6; Nokomai, b 4d. Sale Reported.—l 949-52, 4 p.c. Stock, £lO5 12/6. NORTHERN EXCHANGES AUCKLAND.— SaIes: War Loan 1953 £9l 10/-; Teako County 1945 £lO3/10/-; Bank of Australasia £B/11/6; Commercial Bank of Sydney £l7; Bank of New South Wales £2B 15/-; Bank of New Zealand £l/19/6 (2); South British £3/0/6; Dominion Investment 19/5; Farmers’ Auctioneering (B pref.) £1 2/-; Taupiri £l/3/6; Leyland O'Brien 17/6; Dominion Breweries £l/7/-; A.C.I. £2/6/9; Broken Hill Proprietary £l/17/-, £l/17/3; Bycroft £2/6/- (2); Wilson’s Cement 17/5; 1.C.1. £l/4/-; Woolworths (Sydney) 15/7, Woolworths Holdings 18/3; Reid Rubber £1 1/-; Auckland Gas (perp, deb.) £7B. CHRISTCHURCH.— SaIes on ’Change: Goldsbrough, Mort £l/5/6; New Zealand Breweries £l/13/3. Sales reported: Commercial Bank of Australia (pref.) £9/15/-; National Bank of Australasia (£5 paid) £5 10/-; Westport Coal £l/4/10%; New Zealand Breweries (late sale Friday) £l/13/3; Woolworths (South Africa, late sales Friday) 18/3, 18/4; Placer Development £2/3/-; New Zealand Fanners’ Co-operative (A pref.) £l/17/6. DUNEDIN.—SaIe reported: New Zealand Refrigerating (cont.) 9/6. WELLINGTON SaIes: Late Friday, Liberty Bonds 18/-; New Zealand Insurance £3/9/6; Woolworths Limited 15/6; Woolworths Holdings 18/3. Monday, 4 p.c. Inscribed Stock 1946 £lOO/2/6; 4 p.c. Inscribed Stock 1955 £lO7. COLOMBO TEA SALES J. Rattray and Son, Ltd.,, have received the following report of the tea auction held in Colombo:— Heavy supplies were offered with quality showing continued improvement. Common teas declined %d to %d per lb; medium and fine types were firm and slightly dearer. MEAT PRODUCTION The official figures of killings for the present season at the Dominion's freezing works from October 1 till August 1, as issued by the New Zealand Meat Producers’ Board, show that lamb killings to that date total 11,061,953 carcasses, this being a decrease of 158,433 carcasses compared with the killings to August .2 last season. Wether mutton killings are 757,039 carcasses, and ewe mutton killings 1,961,528 carcasses, compared with 615,727 and 1,563,262 carcasses respectively last season. Frozen beef production was 628,107 quarters compared with 692,495 quarters last season. Porker killings total 196,139 carcasses, a decrease of 23,432 and baconers total 217,996 carcasses, a decrease of 64,995. MINING RETURNS (P.A.) DUNEDIN, August 24. The Gillespie's Beach Company reports a return of 48oz for 140 hours and Okarito a return of 19oz for 63 hours. Associated Gold Dredges (N.Z.) Ltd. had a return for the week ended August 22 of 1770 z.