ON 'CHANGE.

Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 126, 30 May 1934, Page 4

ON 'CHANGE.

BUSINESS IS STEftDY.

LATE ADVANCES HOLD

Business on the local Stock Exchange 'continues steady, and reccnt gains are firmly held. Increased confidence in the pastoral industry was shown this morning in a sale of Abraham Williams £t> preference shares at £4 10/. Buyers for Farmers Auctioneering ordinary £5 shares advanced their offers to £3 10/,_ while sellers laised their reserves to £4 7/6. In the mining section there was a good inquiry for a miscellaneous assortment, some offers being at purely speculative jirices. Waihis were wanted, but buyers had dropped their limits to £1 13/6. Alexanders were in demand at 15/, and 31ackwatcrs at £1 13/3. There were bidders for all issues of Government stocks, and several lines were •on offer, but with reserves well up. New Zealand Breweries Higher. | A rise of 1/3 in the value of New Zealand Breweries was made at the noon call, and more were wanted at £2 3/6,! •while holders moved up to £2 4/3. | Northern Steams gained Gd on late values, and buyers quoted 7/6, with sellers at 7/11. Sellers of His Majesty's Arcade ordinary shares came down to 19/6, but without ■bringing a response from buyers. • SALES COMPLETES. AT THE 3.15 P.M. CALL YESTERDAY— £sd £ 6 d Corn. Bank .... O 16 8 .. 016 8 Bank of N.Z. .. 211 6 .. 211 6 West.-Stockton. . 0 2 5.. 0 1 S Bell Kilgour .. 0 0 44 .. O Of.} Mahakipawa ... 0 O 7 .. 007 Golds., Mort. .. 113 9 .. 112 7 AT THE 10 A.M. CALL TO-DAY— South British . 4 0 3... 403 Abraham, Williams (pref.) . 410 O „ 4 0 0 West-Stockton . 0 2 5 .. 0 2 5 Farm. Fertiliser 100.. 100 N.Z. Newspapers 110 3 .. 110 S ■ Blaekwater .... 114 0 .. 312 6 King Solomon . 0 4 0 .. 0 4 1 Mataki 0 2 2}.. 022 Auck. Transport Board, 1049, 5i 105 0 0 .. — AT THE 12.1 D P.M. CALL TO-DAY — North. Steam. . 079 ~ 073 N.Z. Breweries . 235).. Bycroft 2 8 0 .. 2 S 0 Colonial Sugar . 65 » 0 .. 6o o 0 Komata Reefs . o 6 5> .. 0 b 0 Mahakipawa ... 0 0 8 .. 0 O 7 Stock, 1955, 4 .. 108 5 0 .. 10t> i 6 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 stocks are included the • calculation provides for redemption at maturity. In the case of body issues allowance is also made for 20 per cent interest reduction: — PER CENT PER ANNUM. , £ s. d. Commercial Bank 3 0 0 Bank of New Zealand ...... 317 S Goldsbrough, M0rt,,.,...... 3 11 0 South British . 366 Abraham and . Williams (pref.) ..... .v.. 6 9 0 Farmers' Fertiliser- 5 0 0 New Zealand Newspapers .. 3 6 0 Auckland Transport* Board, 1/10/49, 5i 3.16 6 Breweries ...: <>4 0 Bycroft- v. ; 4 3 4 Colonial - Sugar ............ 8 16 6 SOUTHERN EXCHANGES. "(By Telegraph.—Press Association.) .. . - WELLINGTON, Tuesday. Commercial Bank of Sydney, :£ 17 10/; Union Bank, £10 0/6; Wellington Gas, £2 (2 parcels).', CHRISTCHURCH, Tuesday. Stock, 15/1/40, 4 per cent, £ 100 15/ (3 parcels! : Commercial Bank of Australia. 16/7; Commercial Bank of Sydney-, £17 7/6;-National Bank of Australasia (£lO paid),j £13: Goldsbrough, Mort, £1" 13/9 (2 parcels); Guarantee Corporation, 4/7; Westport-Stockton, 2/4, 2/5;- Christchurcli Gas. £1 13/; Beatli and Co. (1/ paid), 8/2 ;' 'Dominion Builders, .4/11; Dominion Fertilisers, 17/5; Dxinlop, Perdriau, 18/7 (2 parcels).; Zinc (pref.), £1 13/10, £1 13/9 (2 parcels) ; New Zealand Paper Mills, £1 9/9; Brian Boru, 170, 1/7 (2 parcels): Glenroy (9d paid), 9dT3 parcels) ; Golden Point, 3?d (2 parcels) ; King Solomon, 3/10; Mahakipawa, 7d (2 parcels), 7Jd (3 parcels) ; Nevis Piesel. 4Jd ■(2 parcels) ; New Cornish Point (Od paid), 5Jd; Oxenbridge Shotover, 1/; Rawang Tin, 8/101; Waitahu, 5/; Skippers, 1/0} (3 parcels). Unofficial List.—"Sun" Newspapers (10/ paid), 4/. DUNEPIN, this day. Sales on 'Change.—Skippers, 1/1; Waitahu, 4/10. Reported Sale.—National Insurance, £1 0/7. , _____ CALL AND DIVIDEND LIST. DIVIDENDS. Due. National Bank of Australasia— Final, 2} p.c Now Bank of New South Wales—Quarterly, 5/ a share Now Farmers' Trading—Final, pref., 7 p.c. p.a. (less 20 p.c.) May 31 National Timber—2} p:c. May 31 Anthony Hordern—lnterim, 7J p.c., less statutory reduction, cum pref.. half-year ended August, 1932 May 31 Tooth's Brewery—lnterim, 4} p.c. May — Henry Jones—lnterim, 6d a share June 1 Dominion Fertiliser —3 p.c June — Wilsons Cement—Final, 6d a share June 6 Waihi Junction—4d a share .... June 8 Bank of New Zealand—Final, 5 p.c.; D pref., 33 p.c June 15 Broken Hill South—l/ 6 a share June 15 Goldsbrough, Mort —6 p.c June 27 Morris, Hedstrom—Final. 2 p.c. June 30 N.Z. Perpetual Forests—B p.c. .. June — Australian Glass—Final, pre"., 4$ p.c.; ord.. 5 p.c June —- National Mortgage—lnterim, 2} p.c., tax free June — New Zealand Breweries—Final, 33 p.c. July — CALLS. Reserve Bank N.Z.— £ 2 a share June 1 Northern Roller Milling Co.— Issue of 25.000 ord. shares, 1933, second 5/ a share June 8