TRADE AND FINANCE.

Auckland Star, Volume LIV, Issue 51, 1 March 1923, Page 6

TRADE AND FINANCE.

AUCKLAND SHAREMARKET. BUSINESS DONE. AT THE 3.15 P.M. CALL YESTERDAY— New Zealand Insurance sJ'«''n ■Wilsons Cement *}~',„ Bycroft, Ltd. £1. I/O AT THE 10 A.M. CALL TO-DAY— Waibl *V 9/° AT THE NOON CALL TO-DAY— Auckland Gas (new) (f }/«. 8 n Waihi £1/9/0 BANKS- Sellers. Buyers. Commercial — — e .,l,' n Commercial (pref.) ... — •• «•'-« National 6/K/0 .. — New South Wales ... — •• ?,'.'.-'% New Zealand -.17... .. -''j'" Union of Australia... 14,0,0 ... 13/l»/0 INSURANCE- ~„,. National ~ — - 2 {'£ / J£ New Zealand — « •>/ '/" South British ~ 1/17/9 .« — FINANCIAL- i.)»/b Dalgety and Co — ~ ./...'^ Goldsbrough Mort.... — ♦. -/*/» N.Z. and River Plate. 1/1/9 - 1/V» Loan and Mercantile. — .. **/»';• Loan and Merc, (pref.) — — •J/0/O COAL- , , m Hikurangl (ord.) .... 14/8 „- —- Tauplrl (pref.) l/o/« - 1/3 0 Westport ~ l/l.'/'J ~ 1/W0 _j A s—■ - , X ,_-_ Auckland (old) ~.,.* — « Vn/0 Auckland (new) ..... 1.'6/0 ». !/■*/■• Birkenhead 18." •• -_ 0/n Gisborne ..~~ — •- l -' u SHIPPING— . ,_____, ~..__ Devonport Ferry ..... 1/5/6 .. Vo/0 Huddart Parker (ord.) _/10/« m */*?_" Northern Steam (p.u.) 14/0 «i _W;_ Union Steam (pref.). — — IJ '° BIMBBR— _____ Bartholomew ..-....♦ l/0/u -« ~,-,, L.OB .-- ** , ,'' i Parker, I.arah ».....« 1/-V0 — !/<><" .WOOLLEN— Kaiapol (ord.) ....~. 1.5/0 „ — Kalapol (10/) 1-/0 « "/C (MISCELLANEOUS— Abraham, WUllams.. 410/0 „ -- A. J. Entrican, Ltd... 1/2/6 ►« ,m'r> Auckland Trams .... 1/3/0 .. */-V_J Auckland Trams (pref.) — •• ____S j Bycroft, Ltd 1/2/0 « I '°' x > j Farmers' Auc 4/0/0 -. — Farmers' Auc. A (pref.) — .. l_/« ' Farmers* Auc. B (pref.) — .. 16/0 I Gear Meat, Ltd — .. W ' Kempthorne, Prosser •— .• */_}/" Merediths, Ltd 12/0 10/0 ' Milne. Choyce (B pref) 1/4/3 .. 1/3/3 Milne, Choyce (ord.) 1/4/., .. 1/3,3 ,' Milne, Choyce (deb.). 1/3/9 ~ 1.3,3 i "Milne, Choyce (new). 1/3/0 ,« 1/-/0 Newton King (pref.). — .« 17/0 ; Newton King (ord.).. — « }___ N.Z. Express IC/G .« 13/B I N.Z. Home Builders.. 14/o *. 12/0 N.Z. Kefrig. (cont.).. 14/0 .. 14/0 N.A. Farmers 8/0 m — . N.A. Farmers (B pref) — «. 6/6 1 Northern Boot — t* ''-■'% Phillipps and Impey. — •• *_?/_! Sharland and Co — « 1/1/6 Maxwell and Co 1/5/0 « ~7_,„ Takapuna Trams .... IS/0 .. li/O Thames Theatre .... — .. Ijj'lJ Tonson Garlick ..... — ►. 12/3 Union Oil 1/10/6 - 1/0/0 Wilsons Cement .... I'3/S .. 1/3/0 Milk Products ....*« 1/S/G ~ — MINING STOCKS— Moanatalarl 4/2 ~ 3/0 Waihi 1/0/3 .. l/»0 Walhl Grind Junction 9/0 ►. 8/7 New Waiotaht 0/9. .. 0/7 Mount Lyell 1/5/0 ~ 1/4/9 DEBENTURES AND BONDS— Anck. Gas. 1928, 6* p.c. — „ 103/0/0 ' Anck. Harb. Bd., 0$ p.c. — .. 08/0/0 Auck. Harb. Bd., 6 p.c. — .. 104/0/0 Anck. Harb. Bd., 51 p.c. — .. 97/0/0 City Auck., 1940, oi p.c — .. 97/0/0 N.Z. War, 1930, 4* p.c. — .. 97/0/0 N.Z. War, 1938, 4i p.c 97/5/0 .. 97/0/0 N.Z. War, 1039, 4* p.c — .. 07/O/n N.Z. War, 1941, 4| p.c — ». 96/10/0 N.Z. War, 1027, 5 p.c. — .. 97/7/0 Sol. Loan, 1933, 0J p.c — — 101/0/0 N.Z. Ins., 1927, 5 p.c. — .. 97/7/0 N.Z. Ins., 1929,5 p.c. — .. 07/0/0 Sol. Loan, 1933, 5J p.c 101/0/0 .. 100/0/0 Gisborne Sheep — .. 100/0/u Macky, Logan •— .. 101/0/0 Milne and Choyce.... — .. 100/0/0 Byerofts, Ltd — .. 100/0/0 Farmers!-Union-Trading — »« 93/0/0 MARKET CHANGES.

Waihi—Sales £1/9/0, down 3d. Auckland Gas (new)— Sales £l/5/S, up 3d. SOUTHERN EXCHANGES. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) DUNEDIN, this day. Sales on 'Change: Westport Coal, £1/15/3; Wilsons Portland Cement, £1/3/3. Reported sale: D.I.C. (pref.), £1/0/6; National Mortgage, £3/17/6. CHRISTCHURCH, this day.Reported sales: National Bank, £6 7/0 (two parcels); Chrlstchurch Gas, £7 19/ (two j parcels); Goldsbrough Mort., £2/5/0; Ward Brewery, £1/15/0. Sales on 'Change: 5. p.c. Bonds, 1983, r.01; Union Bank Australai, £13/18/6; New Zealand Refrigerating (£1 paid), £1/7/6. LONDON BUTTER PRICES. Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., are In receipt of the following cable from their London offlce, under date of 27th inst.:— "Butter prices since our Inst wire are 2/ lower, l Market very quiet owing to recent heavy buying." INCREASED PRICE FOR BACON, At the last meeting of directors of the Bay of Plenty Bacon and Cold Storage Company, it was reported that as the whole of last season's stock hud been disposed of at prices a Uttle better than had been expected, the directors felt justified in increasing the advances on pork by id per lb., the payment to be retrospective to September 30, 1922. RISING SUN. The mine manager reports:—"During the week we have had the two pumps operating together. With the two pumps going. practically full bore the water was lowered a further twenty feet, making a .total of sixty feet below the collar of the shaft. According to calculations we are at present handling from 360 to 370 gallons per minute. The motor is doing good work «nd we are now getting 100 h.p. out of it without over-heating." WAIHI STOCK SALE. (By Telegraph —Own Correspondent.) WAIHI, Wednesday. The Waikato Farmers' Auctioneering Co. conducted a stock sale at Waihi Municipal Saleyards yesterday, about 300 head of mixed stock coming under the hammer. Dairy stock was in keen demand, but store ■tecrs and cows claimed little attention. Dairy heifers (18 months) brought from £3 R/ to £5 10/; dairy cows £5 to £11 10/; store steers £3 to £5 10/; store cows £1 5/ to £2 5/; bulls £2 to £5.