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Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 254, 27 October 1942, Page 5

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MARKET REOPENS FIRMLY

Following the holiday, the market reopened with firm quotations on the Auckland Stock Exchange to-day, but business was light. Bank of New Zealand shares were steady at £2, and other financial issues showed little change. A parcel of Kauri Timbers was quitted at £1 3/3. a rise of 1/3 on last month, and an odd lot of Auckland Gas perpetual debenture stock was placed at £S7 10/ compared with recent business at £84. With buyers at 6/9, the Gas Company's ordinary shares were at their best level since May. SALES COMPLETED At the 9.45 a.m. call to-day:—Bank ol New Zealand. £2; United Building (Auckland), £1; Kauri Timber, £1 3/3 (£1 2/); Auckland Gas (perp. deb.) (odd lot), £87 10/ (£B4). At the 11.45 a.m. call to-dayr—B.H.P., £1 19/9; War Loan, 1/8/51-54, 3 p.c.. £99 IZ/6. Last sale price in parentheses where changed.

LATEST QUOTATIONS Buyers Sellers Bank of Australasia 14/9 15/0 Eng., Scot., and Aust — 3,15,0 National Bank ol N.Z 2/4/9 .. — Bank of New South Wales .. 29/0/0 .. 30, 0/0 Bank of New Zealand 1/19/9 2/0.3 Union Bank of Australia — 7/11/0 National Insurance 1/0, 6 1/1/9 New Zealand Insurance ... 3,12/6 .. 3/14/0 South British Ins. (f.p.) 3,3.6 3,3/9 Standard Insurance 3, 7 6 — Dom. Invest. & Bkg. Assn. 1, 0 0 1/1/0 Farm. Co-op. Auct. (£5 pd.) 4/2 6 4 10.0 Goldsbrough Mort 1/6,0 1-8/0 Pukemlro Coal 17 0 Taupiri Coal (ord.) 1/3/6 — Auckland Gas (f.p.) 6 9 7 0 Auckland Gas rcon.) 2/9 3 0 Howard Smith 1/1/3 1/3,0 Leyland-O'Brien Timber .. 18,0 18,9 National Timber 8/3 10/0 Bruce Woollen (ord.) . . 1/4/9 1/6/0 Kaiapoi Woollen (con.) . . 6/10 . 7/4 Dominion Breweries (ord.) 1/8/0 1/9/0 New Zealand Breweries ... — 1 14/6 Broken Hill Proprietary 1/19/3 2/0/0 Colonial Sugar 52/10/0 Consolid. Brick and Pipo 7 '6 7 '8 Electrolytic Zinc 2'4 6 — ' Farmers' Trading 1/0/9 _ ?• poles _ 2/16/6 I.C.I. (A. and N.Z.) (pref.) 1/4,0 1 .'4/9 McKenzies 1/19/0 — Macky Logan (ex div.) . 1/3)0 '' i/ 4/6 Morris Hedstrom l 'O 'O N.Z. Drug (f.p.) 3/17/6 — N.Z. Farmers* Fertilizer .. 16/0 16/6 N.Z. Newspapers (f.p.) . . 1/13/6 — Northern Roller Mill (ord.) . 1/1/6 1/3/6 Reid N.Z. Rubber Mills 1/1'9 13 6 Taranakl Oil Fields _ ' 6 - 3 Wilsons Cement (f.p.) . . 17/4 17'10 Woolworths (N.Z.) (f.p.) 14/7 14 '. 10 Woolworths (Syd.) (f.p.j 15,9 15 '., 0 Arahura Mines .... , 6 „ j /10 0 Marttia Mines s ,3 8 9 Waihi Invests. & Exploration 3/3 -t'/n Mount Lyeli 1/7/6 1 g, g Mount Morgan (ord.) (f.p.) 7 9 ' Govt. Loans: Rural Bonds, 15/9/47. 4 p.c. 103/0/0 104 5 0 War Loans: 1/10/53 92/12'6 — V® W/5/0 " 99/17/6 Stock: 3 P C - 31/5/54*58' 4 »r '°° 5 0 / ® 8, 4 P C 107/10 0 108/0/0 Auck. Gas, perp. deb. stk. 86 15 0