AUCKLAND SHAREMARKET.

Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 65, 18 March 1930, Page 4

AUCKLAND SHAREMARKET.

TRANSACTIONS ON 'CHANGE.

MODERATE BUSINESS,

BANKS A SHADE FIRMER.

A fair amount of business was completed yesterday after the nooh call, with little alteration in. values. A sale of Farmers' Fertilisers at £1 was 9d lower than the previous transaction. At this, morning's call the only sale recorded was of Commercial Banks at £1 2/2. The position in regard to banks, however, indicates a slight firming, applying to most issues. Buyers of Australian Commerce offered £1 5/6, against £1 4/10 yesterday, and there are still buyers of Commercials at £1 2/2. Australasia's are up 1/, with buyers at £12 5/. English and Scottish, at buyers £6 6/,' and New Zealand Natioanls, £5 18/, each show 1/ advance, is ew Zealands, on the other hand, are a shade weaker, with buyers at £2 16/6. Unions are up 6d. The firming movement appears to have embraced other Australian securities. Buyers of Australian Glass have advanced 9d to £2 2/3; Burns' Philp 6d, to £1 16/6; Mount Lyells lid, to £1 13/3; and Electrolytic Zinc (ord.), 4d to £1 5/i,and prefs 1/, to £1 6/9. The Noon Call. At the noon call three fresh sales were recorded, on the. basis of the morning quotations. Mount Lyells showing at £1 13/6. an advance of 1/ on the last transaction. Breweries are in demand, and there were buyers in this section for Innes and Co., New Zealands, Staples and Co., and Monteiths. 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. War Loan, 5J (1933) f 16* 7 Pukerniro Coal 10 i Auckland Gas 6 IT s Auckland Gas (con.) 7 i <> Farmers' Fertiliser .' 8 0 o British Tobacco 5 12 11 National Bank of N.Z. . . 0 17 4 ' Mount Lyell 11 IS « Electrolytic Zinc (orci.) ..9 8 3 BUSINESS DONE. Last Sale. AT THE 3.15 P.M. CALL YESTERDAY War Loan, 1933, ir, 5 ,- p ' c ' V, £ " 2 8 •• £00 2 6 Pukoimro Coal .. 3 9 6.. 3 9 0 Auckland Gas ... 137.. 138 Auck. Gas (cont.) 017 0 .! 017 O 1< armors' Fertiliser 10 0.. 109 British Tobacco.. 2 2 6.. 2 2 0 AT THE 10 A.IVI. CALL TO-DAY— Commercial Bank of Australia ... 12 2.. '120 AT THE 12.16 P.M. CALL TO-DAY National Bank of New Zealand .. 519 3 .. 519 6 Mount Lyell 113 6 .. 112 ti Electro. Zinc (ord.) 10 6.. 1 5 'J BANKS— Buyers. Sellers. Australian Commerce 1/3/6 .. 1/6/3 Australasia 12/3/0 .. Commercial 1/2/0 .. 1/2/4 Commercial (3/ pd.).. 0/6 .. — Commercial (pre/.) ... 6/7/0 .. English' and Scottish. 6/6/0 .. —

N.Z.. National 5/18/0 .. 6/1/0 National Australasia.. 14/17/0 .. — National Aust. (cont.) ' 7/3/6 ~ — New South Wales.... 30/10/0 .. 40/5/0 New Zealand 2/16/6 .. 2/17/0 Union of Australia .. 11/17/0 .. 12/0/0 INSURANCE— Australian Provincial — .. 7/0 National 14/0 .. 13/0 New Zealand 2/3/9 .. 2/4/0 Queensland — .. 2/11/0 South British 3/0/6 .. 3/1/0 FINANCIAL— Dalgety and Co 11/3/0 .. 11/10/0 Dominion Investment and Banking Assn. — .. 1/0/6 Farmers' Auctioneering 3/10/0 .. 4/1/0 Farmers' Aue. (B pref.) IG/0 .. 17/.'•Goldsbrougli, Mort ... .1/11/6 .. 1/12/ti Newton King ipref.).. 11/0 .. 12/0 N.Z. and River Plate — .. 1/10/0 N.Z. Guarantee Corp. — .. 0/0 North Auck. Farmers' 2/4 .. 3/0 N.A. Farmers' (B pref.) 7/6 .. 10/6 COAL— Grey Valley 1/6/6 .. 1/7/6 Hikurangi Coal 1/6 .. 2/« Hikurangi (pref.) .... 4/0 .. — Hikurangi (A pref.).. 3/0 .. 6/0 Pukeiniro 3/7/6 .. — Renown 14/6 .. 15/0 Renown (pref.) 3/0 .. 3/2 Renown (new issue).. — .. 3/0 Taupirl 1/5/0 .. 1/7/9 l'aupiri (pref.) * .1/3/0 .. — Waipa — .. 14/6 Westport 1/9/6 .. 1/11/0 Westport Stockton .. — .. 2/3 GAS— Auckland 1/3/3 .. 1/3/81 Auckland (cont.) 16/10 .. 17/0 Birkenhead — .. 13/0 Whangarei — .. 17/6 SHIPPING— Devon port Ferry 1/2/0 .. 1/4/0 Howard Smith. Ltd... 1676 .. 18/0 Hiuldart Parker (ord.) 1/14/0 .. • — Northern Steam (p.u., 13/6 .. 15/0 Northern Steam (cont.) 6/2 .. 6/11 tlnion Steam (pref.).. 1/0/0 .. — TIMBER— Bartholomew 1/1/6 .. — Kauri Timber 13/6 .. 15/0 National .. 8/0 .. 9/3 Parker, Lamb ;. — .. 18/0 BREWERIES— •C. L. Innes and C 0... 1/1/0 .. — C. L. Innes (pref.).... 1/1/6 .. — N.Z. Breweries 4/2/0 .. 4/4/0 Monteitli 18/9 — Staples 2/7/3 .. 2/9/0 MISCELLANEOUS— Australian Glass 2/2/3 .. —

Bootli-Macdonald- (pref.) — ■ 5/9 British. Tobacco 2/2/0 .. 2/2/0 Burns, Philp and Co. 1/16/3* .. 1/17/6 Bycroft. Ltd —■" .. 1/14/6 Colonial Sugar 43/10/0 .. 44/5/0 Dominion Pictures .. l/O/O .. — Dominion Pic. (pref.) 1/0/0 .. — F/lectrolytic Zinc 1/5/3 .. 1/6/0 Electro. Zinc (pref.).. 1/6/6 .. — Farmers' Trading .... 8/6 .. 9/0 Farmers' Trad. (A pref.) 14/0 .. 17/6 Gear Meat, Ltd — .. 1/18/6 Hayward's Pictures. < — .. 15/0 Henry .Tones. Ltd. ... 1/10/3 .. 1/11/0 Theatre Arcade (pref.) 1/0/6 .. — JOmptliorne. Prosser. — .. 3/11/6 Milne. Choree (deb.).. 1/7/0 .. — Morris Hedstrom (oref.) 18/0 .. — N.Z. Farmers' Fertiliser 19/6 .. N.Z. Paner Mills .... — •• 1/0/3 N.Z. Ttefrisreratinjr ... 11/0 .. — N.Z. Refrijr. (cont.) .. »/0 .. 5/7 Stanford. T.td — •• I;'^ Ranford. Ltd. nref.).. — 1/0/0 Rharland pud Co. Cpref.) 1/0/0 .. — Tarana!-' Oil Fields.. — •• 4/6 Union Oil — n •• 2/0/0 WhHtome, Stevenson. 1/19/0 .. 2/O/b Cep in nt ..... 1/18 A? .. 1/19/b Wellington Meat Export 6/0 .. — MINING— Albnrnia — •• (J/5 Knwarrn 0/3 .. OA? Lucky Shot Cod. - ) — • • 2/0 Lnekr Phot Ccont.t.... — •• I'o Moanataiari (•"/ pdA .. 1/9 .. 2/3 Moanataiari CAlpd.).. — .. 1/^ Moannta'ar' IAI pd.).. 1/2 .. 1/ -' Oin'nemuri Mines — •• Mines (pref.) — •• 2/6 w.iHii 13/6 .. 13/S Junction 1 1/3 .1/4 MA"nt T,™-! 1/13/0 .. 1/14/0 DEBENTURES — A lick. Cnc. 103". 61 n.e. 100/0/0 .. 103/0/0 Auck. TT A n.c. — .. 0?-0/0 Allele. TT/rc,, I!WT, s» n.c. — .. 00/0/0 AmoV T-TT? 1041.6 I.e. 101/0/0 .. — ; t tvt. 1045. 5i 0" 'in/o .. — Booth-Maedonald. 70/0/0 .. — ?Jiif»<*rrT },rtr ni« s rs — .. ■ '' ni'miitm F. 8.. mSfl. 6 — .. 109/n/O Tt'iiiifimson's FilT"s. 7* — .. 109/0/0 Coal, 10 p.c. 100/0/0 .. 103/0/0 WAR LQ3NS— T.onn 1 0" 5 O. 41 n.c. 98/10/0 ... — T.oan' 103S; J* n.C. ... 07/0/0 .. 98/fl/O ■ Loan' 1 030. <Up.c. ... 07/0/0 .. 08/0/0 T!o"n' 1041. 4* re. ... 07/0/0 .. — Soldier. 10?9. S* p.c. .. — Loan. 1036. 51 "<\ ... 00/0/0 .. — IfOSCfUOEO LOANS— Loan, 1938, 4} p.c. ... 97/0/0 .. 08/0/0 Loan! 1030. 4* p.c. ... 97/0/0 .. / — Loan, 1927-41, 5} p.c. 96/0/0 Loan, 193 C, 5J p.c. ... 99/0/0 .. —

CALL AND DIVIDEND LIST. . DIVIDENDS. Due. Huddart-Parker, final, ord. 5 p.c., pref, 3 p.c Now Duniop Perdriau, interim, cum pref. 5 p.c., ord. 3 p.c Mar. 28 British Tobacco, ord shares, 3 p.c., interim Mar. 31 Hume Pipe, interim, at 8 p.c. p.a. Mar. 31 C. L. Innes, interim, pref., 4 p.c. Mar. 31 Pukerniro, interim, 2/ a share .. Mar. 31 Bank of Australasia, final, 1 p.c. . April 4 Howard Smith, interim, cum pref., 6 p.c. p.a April 5 Kempthorne Prosser, final, 5J p.c. April 8 Milne and Choyce, interim, ord., pref., and debenture stock, 8 p.c. p.a April 10 New. Zealand Breweries, interim, of 7J p.c. April 14