ON 'CHANGE.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 249, 21 October 1933, Page 4

ON 'CHANGE.

BUSINESS IS FAIR. COLONIAL. SUGARS ADVANCE. BANK OF NEW ZEALAND EASIER. SELLERS AT £2 5/0. At this morning's call the easing movement in Bank of New Zealand shares continued. Sellers dropped their reserves to £2 5/9, but best buyers stopped at £2 5/6. National Insurance, with a sale at 18/5, touched a new high level, and Farmers' Auctioneering ordinary £5 shares, with a transaction at £2 16/, recorded the highest point in recent years. The firmest line on the market was Colonial Sugars, which reached a new high level, with buyers at £00 57 and holders asking £61 10/. In the mining section Waihis were steady, having buyers at £16/, with sellers asking fid more. A New Member. Prior to the commencement of the call the acting-chairman, Mr. John Frater, welcomed a new* member, Mr. A. G. Poison. SAL.ES completed. AT THE 3.15 P.M. CALL YESTERDAY— Last Sale. £ s. d. £ s. d. Bank of N.Z. .. 2 6 0.. 2 0 0 Westport Coal . 013 0 .. 013 2 N.Z. Newspapers 17 6.. 176 Mataki Gold .. 0 1 10 .. 0 2 1 Grand Junction . 0 4 0.. O 311 Mt. Lyell . 13 3.. 13b Stock, 1935-52, 3i 101 15 0 .. 101 l.» 0 Stock, 1949, 4.. 100 10 0 .. 100 10 0 AT THE 9.30 A.M. CALL TO-DAY— Union Bank ... 10 CO .. 10 7 0 Nat. Insurance . OIS 5 .. <> 18 4 Farmers' Auct. 216 0 .. - 1*- 6 Auckland Gas .. 1 3 6 .. 1 « 1 Dunlop Perdrian OIS 10 .. OIS 11 Gillespie's Beach 0 2 1.. 0 J Kildare 0 2 oi .. 0 2 o UNLISTED. Snowy River .. 0 0 4 .. 0 0 41 Perp. Forests .. 2 6b.. -Ob AFTER THE CAXX. Bank of N.Z. ... 2 5 6 .. 2 6 0 Bank of N.Z. ... 2 o 7J .. I o 6 N.Z. Paper Mills 18 3.. 1 & O South British . 014 0 .. 314 3 Westport Coal . 013 9 ... 013 9 INTEREST KATES. The return to the investor on his outlay, based upon the latest dividends, works out as follows on the latest sales. Where Government slocks are included the calculation provides for redemption at maturity. In the case of local body issues allowance is also made for 20 per cent interest reduction' —; PER CENT PER ANNUM. £ a. d. Bank of New Zealand ...... 4 10 0 Westport Coal 2 ,2 „ New Zealand Newspapers .. j w J Grand Junction o 0 Union Bank - ° » National Insurance 4-1 o .Auckland' Gas 4 1«5 Dunlop, ; Perdriau 4 o N.Z. Perpetual Forests 3 10 10 New Zealand Paper Mills .. 410 1 South British ;. •• • • 3 1- 0 SOUTHERN EXCHANGES. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Friday. Stock. 15/1/40. 4 per cent, £102 2/6, £102 5/; 15/6/55, 4 per cent, £101 </6; Bank of New South Wales, £34 7/6: Bank ..f New Zealand, £26/; Queensland Insurance, £2 19/9; National Mortgage A, £2 13/9; New Zealand Breweries, £1 17/; Staples' Brewery, £1 8/71 ; New Zealand Refrigerating (io/ paid), 9/4, 9/6; A\aitaliu, 6/2. ■ CHRISTCHURCH, Friday. Commercial Bank of Sydney, £17 19/ (5 parcels); E., S. and A. Bank, £5 14/; National Bank of Australasia . ( £10 paid), £13 12/; Bank of New Zealand, £2 6/ (2 parcels), £2 6/3, £2 6/1; National Insurance, l-S/5; Kaiapoi Woollen (pref.), 16/; New Zealand Breweries, £1 10/0; staples' Brewery, £1 S/0 (2 parcels): Tooth's Brewery. £22/; New Zealand Refrigerating (10/ paid), 9/5: Wilsons Cement,' £1 7/6; Blaokwater, £1 13/. DUNEDIN, this day. Sales Reported.—New Zealand Insurance, £2 14/4; Westport Coal, 13/9; Mosgiel Woollen, £9 7/6. Sales After CaU.—Waitahu, 6/6 (3 parcels). DUNEDIN, Friday., Stock, 15/2/46, 4 per cent, £101 10/ (2 parcels) ; New Cornish Point (Od paid), «ijd; Okarito, 10/5. CAIX AND DIVIDEND LIST DIVIDENDS. Due. North Co-op. Investment Trust — Half-yearly, 8 p.c. p.a N°w . South British —Final, 1/4 a share Oct. 26 .New Zealand Guarantee Corpora- " t ion—Final, pref., 7 p.c. p.a. (less 20 p.c.) : ord., 7ad a share: con., 3d a share Oct. 2o United Building—Final, 2J p.c. .. Oct. 27 K««naia Reefs —Interim, 3d a share Oct. 30 British Tobacco -pref.—Quarterly, • 61 p.c. p.a. Oct. 31 I).l.C.—Final, pref.,-5 p.c. p.a.; , ord., 21 p.c Oet. — Wailii Gold—lnterim, 1/ a share Nov. 1 Electro. Zinc —Pref. arrears to December 31. 1932. 8 p.c. p.a. Nov. 2 Sharland and Co.—Final, ord. and pref., 2} p.c. Nov. 9 Tattersfield, Ltd. —5 p.c. p.a. . .. Nov. 10 New Zealand Paper Mills —Interim,, 3 p.c Nov. 10 National Bank of Australasia— Interim, 5 p.c. p.a Nov. 29 Farmers' Trading A and B pref. shares—lntericn, 5 3-5 p.c. p.a. Nov. 30 Australian Glass—lnterim, pref., 4J p.c.; ord., 4 p.c Dec. 1 Imperial Chemicals—lnterim, Zi p.c. i Dec. 1 CALLS Golronda Mines—ld a share .... Nov. 1 Nevis Diesel —3d per share .... Nov. 10 BUSINESS IN THE SOUTH. (By Telegraph. —Special to " Star.") CHRISTCHURCH, this day. The "Christchurch Times" reports as ( , follows:— | Dealings have been in smaller compass | this week and prices generally are a little, easier. The most iharked advance was m! Colonial Sugars, for which buyers offered J £63. Totals compare as follows: This week, 30,611: last week, 36,583. An analysis! of business is as follows (with last week's; totals in parentheses) Banks 1798 (5317),; Insurance 400 (2.50), Loan and Agency 1220 (1570), Meat 1744 (4735), Woollen 225 (125), Coal 400 (ICO), Gas nil (300), Breweries' £500 (050). Miscellaneous 1324 (4433), Min-j ing 21,000 (19,100).