THE LATEST QUOTATIONS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 104, 4 May 1936, Page 4

THE LATEST QUOTATIONS.

4 FINANCE, COMMERCE AND MARKETS ON 'CHANGE. THE latest quotation , BANKS— Buyers. Selle WEEK OPENS FAIR. A-sia ...... - .. i-y: Commercial 10/S .. 1 * Commercial (pref.) . — .. 9/l( BANK OF NEW ZEALAND SELLING. XaUonal — .*! 3/li . .1 Nat. A'sia (cont.) ... — .. 7/11 rrl , . ,, . ; New South Wales .. 33/0/0 .. 34/1 lhere was a normal opening at this ! Now South Wales morning's call of ■ the Auckland Stock! _ (Syrt. ret,'.) 33/0/0 .. 33/K Exchange, with steady bidding at the I Xmv Zealand — .. ■>./- "week-end rates. I 1* Slurt (£1 paid) 1/S/O .. 1/11 Buyers came in more freely for Bank of i " iuu of Australia . .. V/li ZS'ew Zealand, and the shares were placed ''INSURANCE at £2 5/9 and £2 5/0, which compares ' vition-il _ 11 with the last sale at £2 7/ a fortnight Xew Zealand"!"!!.'! 3/0/0 " 3/1 ago. Commercials were easy between South British — 4/11 l l J/ll and £1 0/2. " insurances were dull, the only buyer, financial — being for Xew Zealands at £3 1/. _ Abraham Williams pf — .. 4/j In the coal section Xaupiiis were active. Dalgety — .. 0/K with a market for the ordinaries between . Investment ... 16/0 .. l? 17/G and 18/0, and buyers for the prefer- ■■■ — £11/ ill-Ill. AllCt. (iJj ... 1/7/0 .. — i n i- T> 1 T n • 1 +1 • 1'ariu. Auct. (£1) ... 13/0 .. — feellers of Peters Ice Cream raised their Farm. Auct. (A prof) 1/2/6 — limits 0d, to £1 8/6. Farm. Auct. (11 pref) 1/1/0 .". Government stocks were in keen de- . Goldsbrough, Mort. . 1/11/3 .. l/ll niand, but only one parcel was on offer, Mortg. Corp. (lo/> . lo/O .. 10 namely; of *'38-'41's, at £102 10/. Xat. Mortg. Agency A — .. 2/12 Owing to external noises from building f 1 -"- Guarantee Corp. — .. 5 operations the calling of unlisted shares b oai J T . au {, erc . a , nnle ?/,?. " 34/0 i r i j_-n ,1 „ii a. ak, r arm. Co-op. tl/b .. — was deferred till the noon call. . p arm> (g pref) *. 12 Weaker Tone in Banks. 'lraders' Finance .. — 12 .11 i , Irad. 1" malice (cout.) 3/3 .. 4 There was a noticeably weaker tone in Trad. Finance (pref.) 11A5 .. 1/0 tile banking section at noon. Buyers of | United Huild. (Auck.) 10/6 .. — Commercials dropped back to 19/S and . Wright;. Stephenson . 17/0 .. — holders reduced their limits to £1. Buyers A\ right Stephenson pf — .. 1/0 dropped out for all other issues, except rna . New South Wales. ■ . Insurances remained dull, with buyers of . alley " 10/0 .. 13, New Zealands Cd lower after a sale at a I,",® 1 "' 1 ' 0 M'/o •• ~ reduced figure. Itenowu (pt'ef.)"::"." . 2/S " ~3 Kauri limbers were available 6d below • Taupiri 17/0 .. is' the morning figure, and a buyer offered a 'Xaupiri (pref.) l/l/O — penny more. Westport 1/1/9 .. 1/2, Interest was shown in the brewery section and also in industrials, but little business resulted. ' Auckland •••••• — .. 1/0/ Auckland (cont.) .... 19/0 .. 1/0, Peters Ice Cream. Gisborne — .. io, Through inadvertence the shares in shipping Peters Ice Cream were quoted on Satur- ,,. .. ... , 1<y „ ,,11.» w of £18/.. : .S£SESf'«Er\:: "i% :: | North. Steam, (cont.i 1/4 .. 2, SALES COMPLETED. ' fcfiPfiS \%% V. - ~ TIMBER— AT THE 10 A.M. CALL TO-DAY— Kauri Timber 1/2/4 .. 1/3/ Last sale. nal -£ /0 ;; £ s d £sd I'arker, Lamb — .. 2/ Cank of '-Jf.Z. ... 2 5 0 .. 2 7 0 : Rotolti.. — 7/ Bank of N.Z. . >2" 5 "C '.. 2 5 9 'laupo, 'iotara 0/9 .. — • Tootli'S 2 13 © .. 2 12 O Taringaniutu — .. 14/ Devon.--Steam .... ,11 .8 .. 1 1 3 WOOLLEN— G. J. Colos .... o lfx- o ... o 1.-5 o Wilsons Cement 2 3 0.. 2 3 0 Kaiapoi li/10 .. 10/ Talisman. Oil 3 .. 0 11 3 Oamaru 1/0/0 .. — wami ......... oiis.. 0120 /6 :: w AT THE 12.15 P.M. CALL TO-DAY-. 8REWER1ES _ Bank of N.Z. .. 2 o 6 .. - o 6 c. L. Innes 1/2/0 .. 1/5/ N.Z Insurance . ,.10.. o 1 6 I, om . Breweries .... l/2/O .. 1/3/ Staphs Brewery 1 14 3 .. 114 0 N.z. Breweries 2/12/0 .. .2/12/ Colonial Sugar . 41 lo 0 .. 41 li 6 T Stap i cs 1/13/0 .. 1/15/ —— Tooth's 2/12/3 .. 2/13/ Tiiuara — .. 15/ CALL AND DIVIDEND LIST. MISCELLANEOUS— I Anthony Ilordern .. 19/0 .. — DIVIDENDS. % Atist. Iron, Steel (prf) — .. 1/0/ Due. Berlei (N.Z.) — .. 3/3/ Union. Oil —Int., Cd Now British Tobacco — .. 2/0/ Bank of Adelaide —Int.. 4 p.c. p.a. May 6 Broken Hill I'ty. ... 3/0/0 .. 3/0/ Martha Mine—Final, 1/ May 8 Broken Hill Fty. Sharland—Inf., ord. and pf., 21 (cont.) 1/15/3 .. — p.c May 11 Bycroft, Ltd. ........ 2/3/0 .. — Macky, Logan—Final, 31 p.c. .. May 12 Claude Xeon (N.Z.) .. •— .. 2/2/ Bycroft—Final,* 3 p.c. May — Claude Neon (Syd.), Mosgiel Wool—Int., 4 p.c. ....... May 13 ; rights 1/3/0 .. — Daigety—Int., 2/6 "-.» • May lu ! Colonial Sugar .. ...41/10/0 ..41/17/ National Insurance —Int., 4d ... May lo Consol...Brick ....... 9/9 .. 0/1 Broken Hill P.—Ealf-yearly, 1/3 May 20 » Dental and Medical . — .. 12/i N.Z: Paper, Mills—r-Final, 4 p.c. .. May 20 I vDoiu. Fertiliser 1/5/3 .. 1/0/1 Bank of New South Wales— y D.I.C, (pref.) 1/3/0 .. 1/4/1 Qrly.. 5 p.c. p.a..;.. May .27 x>.i:C. (ord.) 15/0 .. — • N.Z. Newspapers—Final, 3 p.c. .. May 27 • Dcmaghy's R °Pe 2/11/6 .. — Donaghy's Rope-—Final, 1/3 .-... May — - jj uul op, p e rdriau ... 15/8 .. lo/l( Henry Jones — In \. 6d June 1 Farm. Trading \ 9/4 .. 9/i Broken Hill South—2/6 June 13, Farm. Trad. (B pref) 16/9 .. 17/i " — • Gear Meat — • • 1/1/' G.J.Coles.. 3/12/0 .. 3/13/' INTEREST RATES. Grey and Menzies .. 11/0 .. 12/1 Hume Pipe — .. 17/* Henry Jones 2/0/0 .. 2/1/; Tlie return to the investor on his outlay, andPlummer .. ... 1/3/' based upon the latest dividends, works h-^y* ( »5®k <! R r Ji ont) _ ■ iM. out as follows on the latest sales. When McKendrlek Bros "prf 1/1/0 !! —'"' Govei-nment stocks are included, the M ac ky, Logan 1/0/0 .. l/l/( calculation provides for redemption at Milne and Cboyce maturity. When "payment! is made in (deb. stock) 16/0 .. 17/( sterling, exchange is added. In the case ' Morris, Hedstrom .. 1/5/3 .. l/6/< , of local body issues allowance is also made New Auck. Laundry . — • .. l/l/( for 20 per cent i&terest reduction: 1/0/5 " T/O/t ■ PEK CENT PER ANNUM. N.Z. Newspapers 2/2/0 .. 2/2/( • . - ■>"..• £ s, a. N.Z. Refrig. (cont.) . — .. 10/( Bank of New-Zealand -t Y !) North. Roller Mills.. 1/4/6 .. 1/5/1 •Tooth's ' 4 14 4 Palmer, Collins and Devonport Steam 4 14 0 Whitaker 1/4/6 .. — G.'J. Coles 3 8 3 Teter s Ice — .. 1/8/C Wilsons Cement 3 9 0 Itobinson Ice 10/6 .. 1/3/C y Sanford 2/11 .. ' Afi Sanford (pref.) 11/0 .; 15/0 exchange rates. gsK81/8 :: Thames Theatre .... «/6 .. — " : .V,i . Truth (N.Z.) (pref.) . — .. 1/3/0 • < NEW ZEALAND QUOTATIONS. " .2/3^9 Woolworth (N.Z.) .. 5/10/0 .. 5/19/0 Following are the latest rates for pur- Woolworth (Svd.) 2nd chases and sales of foreign exchange, I)re f — .. 1/6/0 quoted by the Bank of New S-outh Wales, w |j. Carpenter ... 2/1/0 .. — Auckland. They are subject to alteration without notice :— MINING— To £1 N.Z. On Demand. Alexander — .. Currency. T.T. Buying. Selling. Big River 2/1 .. 2/3 U.S.A., dollar .. 3.952 4.00J 3.0G1 Conscl Odd. — .. lo/O Canada, dollar . 3.90J 4.011 3-97i Gillespie s Beach ... I/O .. I/O Austria, sch. .. 20.77 — 20.70 Golconda Holdings . — •• Vg Belgium, belga . 23.341 — 23.352 Golden Crown %/l .. 8/G C.-Slovakia, cr. . 95.05 — 95.10 Golden Crown (cont.) I/O .. 8/3 Denmark, kroner 17.894. 18.164 - 17.904 Golden Dawn 3/1 .. 3/o France/franc.. 00.01 61.29 00.05 King Solomon 2/9.. 3/0 Germany, r.m..-. 9.801 — 0.S0G Maori Gully 0/10* .. — Holland, florin . 5.S00 0.010 5.S04 •• Java, florin .... .5.761 5.981 5.763 • "Mataki 1/H .. 1/11 Norway, kroner. 15.803 10.243 15.903 Mossy Creek I/O .. — Sweden, kroner. 15.489 15.844 l."t.4!i!i, Skippers 0/-4 0/04 Switzerland, fr.. 12.109 12.484 12.114 Talisman •••••• •' J 1 /? Noumea, franc . 58.04 03.09 58.70 Waihi Invest and Lxp ll/o .. 11/10 Papeete, franc . 58.79 63.09 58.85 Grand Junction 3/8 .. 4/0 Hongkong, d. to $ 20 25-64 18 51-64 20 23-04 Waipapa Beach — .. l/o India & Ceylon, Emperor 11/3 •• 12/3 d. to rupee .. 22 29-32 221-32 22 57-64 Kramat Tin 3/o/0 .. — i Japan, d. to yen 17 41-04 — 17.625 Mt. Lyell •• \L°,{P Shangka', dfto $ 18 41-64 17 5-64 18.625 Mt. Morgan M0 .. 10/O Singapore, (I to 5 35 31-64 34 15-64 35 15-32 I Placer Development . o/14/O .. — Rawang ' 0/2 .. 0/8 FOREIGN QUOTATIONS. GOVERNMENT BONDS— 15/11/38-41, 3? p.c. .. • — ..102/10/0 British Official Wireless. \ p ' c " (Received 12.30 p.m.) 4 pic! "I! 103/0/0 !! — RUGBY, May 2. . 13/6/52-55, 4 p.c 103/15/0 .. — Foreign exchanges on London to-day, compared with rates previously quoted :— INSCRIBED STOCK— Mav 2. May 1. Par. Mar., 39-43, 3i p.c. ..101/10/0 •• — Montreal, dol. . 4 95 4 0,1 4.860 Nov 31 p.c. ..102/10/0 ..104/10/0 New York, dol. 4.93 15-16 4.93J 4.800 m.!v " Hi no' '' 10-/10/0 " — Paris, franc .. 75 1-04 75 1-32 124.21 Moj, JJJ p.,c. .. 10-/10/0 .. Brussels, belga 29.22J 20.21 h 35 \ - 2 P ilw/o/o " Geneva, franc . 15.10A 15.203 25.22 f , 'r 1O3/0/0 " — Amsterdam, fl. 7.2'Si 7.2S1 12.107 f ® « " - Milan, lire ... 02.75 62.75 02.46 lo/b/a.-oo, 4 p.c lOo/lo/O .. — Berlin, r.m. .. 12.29 12.29 20.43 nrRENTURES Stockholm, kr. 19.30J 19.39i 18.159 DEBENTURES— Copenhagen, kr. 23.37J 23.371 18.159 Auck. Ilarb. Board, Oslo, kr. 10.001 19.90J .18,159 0/7/40 10o/0/0 .. 104/0/0 Vienna, sch. .. 20.50 20.50 34.585 Atiek. Harb. Board, Prague, kr. .. 119.50 119.50 164.25 0/7/42 103/0/0 .. — Helsingfors. mk. 227 227 129.2V Auck. Harb. Board, Madrid, pes. .. 36 7-32 36 7-32 25.221 9/7/43 103/0/0 .. — l.isbon, escu. . 108.125 10S.125 110 Auck. Harb. Board, Athens, dr. .. 521t 521 f 375 9/7/53 106/0/0 .. 100/0/0 Bucharest, lei . 670f 670f 813.6 Auial. Brick, 1/3/44, Rio, mil 4.25t 4.25t 5.9d 74 (Auck.) 100/0/0 .. 101/0/0 B. Ayres, dol. . 35 35 47.62U Amal. Brick, 31/3/44, M'video, dol. . 39f 30f old 71 98/0/0 .. 00/10/0 Bombay, rupee 18.875 18.125 18d Gis. tJheepfariners, Shanghai, dol. 14.50 14.50 • 31/8/41, 6} p.c. ... 08/0/0 .. — Honerkonir. dol. 15 13-16 In 13-16 • —

BANKS— Buyers. Sellers. Bank of A'sia — .. 12/2/0 Commercial ......... 1!)/S .. 1/0/0 Commercial (pref.) . — .. 9/10/0 ' English and Scottish — .. 0/3/0 National of N.Z — .. 3/10/0 Nat. A'sia (cont.) ... — .. 7/11/0 : New South Wales .. 33/0/0 .. 34/0/0 New South Wales ! (Syd. res.) 33/0/0 .. 33/13/0 | New Zealand — .. 2/3/9 | N.Z. L> Mort (£1 paid) 1/S/0 .. 1/10/0 j Union of Australia . — .. 0/17/0j | INSURANCE— National — .. 19/0 New Zealand 3/0/0 .. 3/1/0 South British —' .. 4/11/0 FINANCIAL — Abraham Williams pf — .. 4/3/0 faljjety _ .. 9/10/0 Dom. Investment ... 10/0 .. 17/9 Farui. Auc-t. (£3) ... 4/4/0 .. — Farm. Auct. (£2) ... 1/7/0 .. — i; Farm. Auct. (£1) ... 13/0 .. — Farm. Auct. (A pref) 1/2/0 .. — Farm. Auct. (11 pref) 1/1/0 .". — G.oidsbrougli, Jlort. . 1/11/3 .. 1/11/0 Mortjf. Corp. (10/) . 10/0 .. 10/S Nat. Mortg. Agency A — .. 2/12/0 N.Z. Guarantee Corp. — .. 3/0 Loan and Mercantile 28/0/0 .. 34/O/0 N. Ak. Farm. Co-op. 2/0 .. — N. Ak. Farm. (B pref) — .. 12/0 Traders' Finance .. — .. 12/0 Trad. Finance (cont.) 3/3 .. 4/0 Trad. Finance (prof.) ll/O .. 1/0/0 I United liuild. (Auck.j 19/0 .. — . Wright.. Stephenson . . 17/0 .. — | Wright Stephenson pf — .. 1/0/3 j COAL— Grey Valley . 10/0 .. 13/0 Pukemiro l/3/o .. — Itenown 9/9 .. — lteuown (pref.) .. 2/s .. 3/0 Taupiri 17/0 .. 1S/0 Taupiri (pref.) 1/1/0 .. — Westport 1/1/9 .. 1/2/9 GAS— I Auckland — .. 1/0/41 Auckland (cont.) .... 19/0 .. 1/0/0 Gisborne — .. 10/0 SHIPPING— Devonport/Steam. .. 1/1/0 .. — Northern- Steam. ... 0/8 .. 7/2 North. Steam, (cont.i 1/4 .. 2/0 • 1\ and O. (def. stock) 1/3/9 .. — Union Steam (pref.) 1/0/3 .. — TIMBER— Kauri Timber 1/2/4 .. 1/3/0 UO'B — . . 1/3/0 National 14/0 .. — Parker, Lamb — .. 2/0 Eotoiti — .. 7/3 Taupo, Totara ff/9 .. — Taringauiu tu — .. 14/0 WOOLLEN— Ivaiapoi 14/10 .. 1G/0 Oamaru 1/0/0 .. — Tatterstield 1/3/0 .. — Wellington — .. 0/4/0 ■ BREWERIES— C. L. Innes 1/2/0 .. 1/3/0 : Dom. Breweries .... 1/2/0 .. 1/3/0 < N.Z. Breweries 2/12/0 .. .2/12/0 . J. Staples 1/13/0 .. 1/13/0 Tooth's 2/12/3 .. 2/13/0 Tiiuam — .. 13/0

MISCELLANEOUS— Antliony Hordern .. 10/0 .. — Atist. Iron, Steel (prf) — .. 1/G/O Berlci (N.Z.) — .. 3/3/0 British Tobacco — .. '2/0/3 Broken Hill I'ty. ... 3/0/C .. 3/0/0 Broken Hill Try. (cout.) . .... 1/15/3 .. — Bycroft, Ltd. ........ 2/3/0 .. — Claude Neon (N.Z.) .. •— .. 2/2/0 Claude Neon (Syd.), : rights 1/3/0 .. — !, Colonial Sugar ..... 41/10/0 .. 41/17/6 Consol. . Brick 0/0 .. 0/11 '■Dental and Medical . — .. 12/(3 Fertiliser 1/5/3 .. 1/G/O ' D.I.C, (pref.) 1/3/6 ... 1/4/0 D.IJC: (ord.) 15/0 .. — ' . Donaghy's Rope .... 2/11/6 .. — ; Duniop, Ferdriau ... 15/S .. 15/10 Farm. Trading 0/4 .. 0/5 Farm. Trad. (B pref) 16/0 .. 17/3 Gear Meat — •• 1/1/0 (J. ,T. Coles 3/12/6 .. 3/13/6 Grey and Menzies .. 11/0 .. 12/3 Hume Pipe — .. 17/6 Henry Jones 2/0/0 .. 2/1/3 Hill and Plummer — ... 1/3/0 K.D.V. Boxes (cont.) — • 4/6 McKendrick Bros. .. — .. 1/2/0 McKendrick Bros prf 1/1/0 .. — Macky, Logan 1/0/0 .. 1/1/0 Milne and Cboyee (deb. stock) ...... 16/0 .. 17/0 Morris, Hedstrom .. 1/5/3 .. 1/6/0 New A-uck. Laundry . — .. 1/1/0 N.Z. Drug 3/16/0 .. — Farm. Fertiliser .... 1/0/5 .. 1/0/6 N.Z. Newspapers .... 2/2/0 .. 2/2/6 N.Z. liefrig. (cont.) . — .. 10/0 North. Roller Mills,. 1/4/6 .. 1/5/0 Palmer, Collins and Whltaker 1/4/6 .. — Teter's Ice — .. 1/8/6 Robinson Ice 10/6 .. 1/3/6 Sanford 2/11 .. 3/2 Sanford (pref.) 11/0 15/0j Sharland (pref;) .... — .. 1/1/01 Taranaki Oil 0/8 .. — Thames Theatre .... 5/6 .. — Truth (N.Z.) (pref.) . — .. 1/3/01 Wairakei — • • J/0 Wilsons Cemeiu .... 2/3/0 .. 2/3/0 "YVoolworth (N.Z.) .. 5/16/0 .. 5/10/0 Woolworth (Syd.) 2nd pref. — .. 1/6/0 W. R. Carpenter ... 2/1/G .. —