AUCKLAND SHAREMARKET.

Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 142, 18 June 1929, Page 4

AUCKLAND SHAREMARKET.

TRANSACTIONS ON 'CHANGE. FEW SALES BUT FIRM TONE. OUTSIDE LINES ASKED FOR. BREWERIES WANTED AT 74/6. Though actual sales have been scarce since the "Star" went to press yesterday, there has been a keen inquiry for stock and interest lias spread to many lines outside those usually sought aftei. Bank of Australasia, have been neglected for some time, but this morning a seller offered a parcel at £14 17/6. Kauri Timber has weakened after the spurt of a month ago, when sales were made at close to par. At the inoining call a buyer came forward offering 17/0. Outside lines that were also called for were Northern Boot Co., offered at par, and Phillipps and Impey. The latter company paid its last dividend at the rate of io per cen; and £2 was offered for the £1 shares. For Kuala Kampa Tin Mining paid up to 10/, 12/ was offered. These shares sold freely at higiier prices a few months back, but in the interim the tin market has suffered a marked decline. New Zealand Breweries continue exceedingly firm and £3 13/6 was offered, but the lowest seller asked £3 15/. At the Noon Call, Breweries showed further firmness at the noon call, buyers offering the record price of £3 14/6, but the lowest seller wanted £3 16/3. Buyers for Phillipps and Impey, Ltd., shares advanced their offers to £2 2/6. Wailii luinlng eased further, with sellers at 12/3. Farmers' Auctioneering have been regularly asked for of late and at the midday call £3 5/ was offered 'for the £5 shares. A sale of National Bank of Australasia contributing shares showed a drop of 4/3, but a dividend has been paid since the last transaction. Interest Rates. The return to the investor on his outlay, based upon the latest dividends and in the case of loans and debentures upon redemption at maturity, works out as follows for the latest sales: — PER CENT PER ANNUM. £ s. (1. N.Z. Ins. stock, 5J (103(5) 5 i> 7 Aust. Rank of Commerce .... 4 7 fi Stanford 7 11 Victoria Nyanza (>3O 0 Nat. Bank of Australasia, con. 5 4 4 South British Ins. Co ■'{ 15 0 Mr. L.vell 5 18 3 Whittome, Stevenson 7 8 0 Busrncss In The South. C'hristchurch Exchange appears to have started off the week with a particularly busy time yesterday. Of last week's business the "Lyttelton Times" says:— "The markets have been steadily active during the week, with a tendency for prices to ease a little in some groups. The brewery section has been the centre of fairly heavy dealing, and early in the week loan and agency issues had much attention. The local turnover for the past five trading days has been 144,464 shares, with £3500 in Government issues, and £1900 in other stock. "The following was the week's turnover (apart from vestibule business) for some of the more active investment stocks: — Australian Bank of Commerce, 300 shares; Bank of Australia, 80;' National Bank of Australasia, 122; Bank of New Zealand. 400; National Insurance, 500; Dalgety and Co., 12.3; Goldsbrough Mort, 1050; New Zealand Refrigerating, 700; New Zealand Breweries, 1820; Australian Iron and N'ed. 350; British Tobacco, 350; ,T2lcet:"<!ytio Zinc, 400; Henry Jones, 850."'' BUSINESS DONE.

CALL ANL) DIVIDEND LIST. Due. Farmers' Fertiliser, 8 p.c. Hill and Pluminer, -1 p.c., final .. Australian Class 0 i».c. i»rel 10 p.o. ordinal > . , , Farmers' Trading, 10 p.c. ord, and 7 p.c. pref Bank of New Zealand—Ord., 1/4 and 1 p.c. bonus; L) mortgage o > 7?; p.c. per annum " m - -- Itobinson Ice Cream, 10 p.c. June Mount Lyell—l/3 Interim ••Lint -1 Loan and Mercantile—-a p.c. on (int.), 31 p.c. oil second pref' (Int.), 3 p.c. on ord. (Int.). June ...» British Tobacco, 2:i on ords. (Int.). June -J New Zealand and River Plate (Int.), -li p.c ,luly 1 National' Mortgage (Int.), 3iJ p.c. . . July SOUTHERN EXCHANGES. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) WE LLIX GTOX, Monday. J. Staples and Co.. .C 2/8/7; ANard and Co Cl/13/0; Bank of Xew Zealand, .C 3/3/3. CIIKISTCHURCH, Monday. Australian Bank of Commerce. £1/10/7, £ l/l(i/8; Bank of Australasia (2), & 14/14/ ; National Insurance (2), 10/4; New Zealand Guarantee Corporation, 10/; Stockton Coal (ord.), 3/3; West port Coal £ 1/15/1 ; New Zealand Breweries, £ 3/12/0, .t!i/14/; Timaru Brewery (">/ paid) (2), 8/0; Beath and Co. (1/ paid), 8/7 ; British Tobacco, £2/9/1. £2/0/2; Howard Smith, £1/4/; New Zealand Breweries, £3/10/, £3/13/0; Mount Lyell, £2/2/. DUNEDIN, Monday. Australian Bank of Commerce, £1/16/5, £1/10/7; Kildare, 3/11.

Last Sale. AT THE 3.15 P.M. CALL YESTERDAY N.Z. Insurance. Stock. .11, 1930. £101 5 0 . .£101 .10 0 Australian Bank of Commerce... 1 10 7J .. 1 17 o AT THE 10 A.M. CALL TO DAY Stanford, Ltd 0 IS 0 .. 0 17 0 \ letoria-Nyanza.. 2 0 0.. 2 0 4 AT THE 12.15 P.m. CALL TO-DAY National of Australasia (ctmt.) (9 11 9) .. 0 10 0 Couth British Ins. (3 6 3) .. .'{ <; ;j Mount Lycll (-23).. 1! 2 y WliittomeStevenson (2 7 0).. 2 0 0 BANKS— Buyers. Sellers. Australian Commerce 1/10/3 .. 1/10/9 Adelnide — .. ] ()/.-»/<> Commercial 1/10/0 .. 1/10/41 Commercial (cont.) ... — .. 1/0/0 Commercial (prof).... 7/8/0 .. — Commercial of Sydney — .. 27/7/0 English and Scottish. S/8/O .. 8/9/<» N.Z. National 7/1/(1 .. 7/3/0 National Aust. (cont.) 9/11/0 .. 9/12/(5 New South Wales 51/0/0 .. 51/10/0 New Zealand .'!/.'{/;! .. 3/3/0 N.Z. D Mortgage (£1 pd.) 1/8/10 .. — Union of Australia .. 15/1-1/0 .. 15/17/0 INSURANCE— National 10/0 .. 10/5 New Zealand 2/7/0 .. — Queensland — .. 3/5/0 South British 3/(5/0 •• 3/0/9 FINANCIAL— Abraham Wil. (pre/.) 4/8/0 .. — Farmers' Auctioneering' 3/5/0 •• 3/12/0 Farmers' Auc. (A prel'.) 17/0 .. — Goldsbrough, Mort ... 2/10/3 .. 2/10/0 National Mortgage ... 4/0/0 .. 4/10/0 Newton King (pref.).. 9/0 .. — N.Z. and Kiver I'late 1/11/9 .. 1/12/3 N.Z. Guarantee Corp. 9/4 .. — Loan and Mercantile 125/0/0 .. 130/0/0 Loan and Merc, (pref.) SO/0/0 .. — N.A. Farmers 2/9 .. — N.A. Farmers (B prel'.) 10/0 .. 13/0 Wright, Stephenson .. 1/4/0 .. — COAL— Grey Valley — .. 1/3/4 Hikurangi (pref.) 3/6 .. 7/0 Hikurangi (A pref.) .. _ — _ .. 5/0 Pukemiro 3/2/0 .. — Ken own 14/0 .. 10/0 Kenown (pref.) 2/11 .. 3/3 Taupiri l/5/O .. — 'itni ri (pref.) 1/3/0 .. — Waipa 11/3 .. 11/8 Vesiport — .• 1/10/0 Westport Stockton ... 3/2 .. — GAS— Auckland 1/4/4 .. 1/4/0 Auckland (cont.) 18/0 .. 18/3 Gisborne 11/3 .. 13/0 SHIPPING— Devonport Ferry — .. ,1/3/3 Howard Smith, Ltd... — .. 1/5/0 Huddart, Parker (lord.) 2/5/0 .. 2/5/9 Hiuldart. Parker (pref.) 1/0/3 .. — Northern Steam (p.u.) 14/3 ., — Northern Steam (cont.) — •• '/0 Union Steaxn (pref.).. 1/0/9 .. — TIMBER — Bartholomew WO .. J/J;/® Kauri Timber 1<A> •• 1/0'0 L O'B — •• l/l 1 ''" National 0/0 •• 8/0 Parker, Lamb — •• li/J WOOLLEN — Kaiapoi (orcl.) 13/10 .. 14/0 Ivaiapoi (cont.) 4/0 .. Kaiapoi (pref.) •• Wellington </"/0 •• — BREWERIES— C. L. Innes (pref.) J/ 0 /? •• N.Z. Breweries 3/14/0 .. 3/lo/3 MISCELLANEOUS — Adair Brothers 1/1/0 . • — Anthony Hordern 1/4/3 .. '%'Q Amusement Park — •• -'0 Amusement Park (pref.) — .. WO Australian Glass 2/10/9, .. -/II-/9 Aust. Iron, Steel (pref.) 1/1/0 • • 1/-/3 Bootli-MacDonald (ord.) 1/1 . ■ — Bootli-MacDonald (pref.) 3/9 .. — British Tobacco 2/9/0 .. -/9/0 Burns, Pliilp and Co. — .. -/■>/0 B.vcroft, Ltd 1A1/0 .. — _ Colonial Sugar 57/15/0 .. oa/o/0 I)onnn-.on Pictures ... 1/0/(5 .. — Dominion Pic. (pref.).. 1/0/0 .. — Ilonaghy's Hope 1/13/0 .. — Dunlop Kubber Co. ... — •• l/'/9

Electrolytic Zinc il/15/6 ■ .. 1/16/6 Electro. Zinc (pref.)... — .. 1/17/6 Formers' Trading .... 8/9 .. O/o Gear Meat, Ltd 2/2/6 .. — Grey and Menxies 10/0 .. — Hayward's Pictures.. — .. l/O/OI Henry Jones, Ltd. ... — .. 1/14/'JJ Theatre Arcade {pref.) 1/1/0 .. — Kemptliorne, Prosser.. — .. 3/10/G Lewis Eady, Ltd 1/1/0 .. — Lewis Eady (pref.) ... — .. 1/0/0 Milne, Clioyce, Ltd... 1/6/G .. — Milne, Clioyce (pref.).. 1/0/6 .. — Milne, Clioyce {del).).. 1/0/4 .. 1/6/0 N.Z. Farmers' Fertiliser 1/0/6 .. 1/1/0 N.Z. Paper Mills 10/0 .. 1/0/3 N.Z. Refrigerating ... 15/0 .. — N.Z. Hefrig. (eont.) .. 7/3 .. — Northern Boot — .. 10/0 Phillipps and Inipey 2/2/6 .. 2/10/0 Robinson lee Cream.. 1/3/0 .. 1/6/0 Sanford, Ltd 18/3 .. 18/1) Sanford. Ltd. (pref.).. 1/0/0 .. — Nharland and Co 1/0/0 .. — Kliarland and Co. (pref.) 1/0/0 .. — S. It. Maxwell and Co. 5/o .. — Turanaki Oil Fields.. — .. u/0 Thames Theatre 10/0 .. — Tonson Garliek -—- .. 7/'(i Whit tome, nrevenson.. 2/6/6 .. 2/8/0 Wilsons Cement 2/1/0 .. 2/2/0 MINING— Albumin 1/0 .. 1/G Lucky Shot (pd.) 1/4 .. 3/0 Lucky Shot, icojit.).... — .. I/O Moanataiari (5/ pd.) .. — .. 1/1 Moanataiari (eont.) ... 0/1 .. 0/6 Occidental Una (2/ pd.) 0/."> .. 0/8 Ohinemuri Mines 7/0 .. 8/6 Waihi 11/10 .. 12/.'! Waihi Grand Junction, 0/8 .. 0/0 Mount Lyell 2/2/0 .. 2/2/0 Kuala Kampar Tin... 12/0 .. — DEBENTURES— Auck. Gas, 10.12. 5 p.c. 03/0/0 .. — A nek. Gas. 103r>, 64 p.c. 103/0/0 .. — Auck. Harh. Hd„ 5] p.c. 00/0/0 .. — Auck. Hurl). Bd., 5} i>.c. 100/0/0 .. 102/0/0 Auck. Harh. lid., 6 p.c. 102/10/0 .. — Auck. City. 1010, 5} p.c. 00/0/0 .. — Auck. City, 10116 00/0/0 .. — Auck. City, lO-J!!, ."i p-c. 101/0/0 .. — Auck. Hosp. Bd., 5* p.c. 100/0/0 .. 101/0/0 ])(!Vonp'rt Loan. 6 p.c. 102/10/0 .. Gishorne Sheep Fanners — 08/0/0 Mt. Eden Loan, 6 p.c. 104/0/0 .. ~~ N.Z. Breweries 1/4/3 .. l/o/t> WAR LOANS — Loan, 1038, 4* p.c. ... — •• 100/3/0 Loan, 1041, 4$ p.c. ... 00/10/0 .. — Loan, 1033. ."4 p.c " — Soldiers. 1033, .">4 p.c. 101/0/0 .. —- Loan, 1036, 3J p.c 101/5/0 .. INSCRIBED LOANS — • Loan, 1038, 4J p.c. ... — •• Loan, 1030, 4! p.c. ... - Loan, 1041, 51 p.c. ... OO/o/O .. 100/0/0 Loan, Yooo, r»l p.c 1 " im/io/o Soldiers, 10J«, p.c. 10y<>/0 ..101/10/0 Loan, 1030, p.c 101/o/U ♦.