ON 'CHANGE

Auckland Star, Volume LXXIV, Issue 35, 11 February 1943, Page 3

ON 'CHANGE

FINANCIAL ISSUES STRONG Financial issues were again prominent on the Auckland Stock Exchange to-day. After a sale 6d down, New Zealand insurances maintained the new high level £4, reached yesterday, and. South British were firm at £3 10/3. Bank of New South Wales, which last sold here at £30 for the £20 shares in November, had offers stepped up to-day to £31 5/ (ex dividend), with holders asking £32 10/. Other issues, including New Zealands. were steady on the basis of recent "ains Other sections of the market revealed few changes, and turnover was moderate. SALES COMPLETED At the 3 p.m. call yesterday:—Commercial Bank of Australia. 17/1; National Bank of Australasia (paid) £12; Bank of New Zealand. £2 2/ (£2 1/3) • 'Newton King (pref.), 17/; Kaiapoi Wool (oaid) £1 1/ (19/7); Dominion Breweries. £1 14/; "New Zealand Breweries, £1 17/6; Emperor. 14/.' At the 9.45 a.m. call to-day:—National Bank of Australasia (paid), £12; N.Z. Insurance, £3 19/6 (£4); South British Insurance. £3 10/3; Grey and Menzies, 14/; Woolworths (N.Z.), 16/1 (16/); Woolworths (Sydney), 17/10. At the 11.45 a.m call to-day:—Commercial Bank of Australia (pref. (ex div.), £10 2/6 (£10); N.Z. Insurance, £4 (£3 19/6); Woolworths (N.Z.). 16/1; Broken Hill South. £1 6/ (£1 8/). Unofficial: Pacific Forests, 5/ (.5/3). Last sale price in parentheses where changed.

SOUTHERN EXCHANGES Christchurch, this day.—N.Z. Guarantee Corp., 3/1; N.Z. Farmers' Co-op., 30/1/54, stock. £95. Dnnedin, this day.—Reported: Bank of N.S.W., £31 (2); McLeods, £24.

LATEST QUOTATIONS Buyers Sellers Commercial Bank Australia . 17/0 .. 17/2 Eng., Scot. & Australian .. 3/16/0 .. — National Bank of N.Z 2/9/6 .. 2/10/6 Bank New South Wales .. 31/5/0 .. 32/10/0 Bank New Zealand 2/1/9 .. 2/2/0 New Zealand .Insurance 3/19/6 .. 4/0/3 South British Insurance 3/10/3 .. 3/10/9 Newton King (pref.) 16/9 .. 17/3 N.Z. Guarantee 3/0 .. — United Build. (Auck.) 1/0/6 .. — Taupiri Coal (ord.) 1/4/3 .. — Westport-Stockton (ord.) .. — .. 2/11 Auckland Gas 6/3 .. 7/3 Howard Smith 1/4/0 .. 1/5/0 Union Steam (pref.) 1/9/6 .. — Kauri Timber 1/3/9 .. — Felt and Textiles 2/2/9 .. 2/6/0 Oamaru Woollen 1/3/3 .. 1/4/9 Dominion Breweries (ord.) .. 1/13/6 .. 1/14/6 Dominion Breweries (pref.) 1/14/0 .. — New Zealand Breweries 1/17/0 .. 1/18/0 Aust. Iron & Steel (pref.) . 1/9/3 .. 1/10/6 Aust. Paper Mftg. (pref.) .. 1/7/9 .. 1/8/9 Booth Macdonald (pref.) .. 8/0 .. *8/9 Broken Hill Proprietary 2/1/9 .. 2/2/6 Colonial Sugar 55/0/0 .♦ 56/0/0 Dunlop Rubber 1/2/3 .. 1/4/6 Electrolytic Zinc 2/11/9 .. 2/13/0 Electrolytic Zinc (pref.) 2/14/6 .. 2/16/6 Farmers' Trading 1/1/7 .. 1/2/0 Henry Jones 2/10/0 .. 2/12/0 Hume Pipe (Aust.) 12/6 .. — Macduffs (ord.) 8/0 .. 10/0 Morris Hedstrom 1/5/0 .. 1/7/6 Moturoa Oil 2/0 .. 3/6 N.Z. Drug 4/4/0 .. 4/7/6 N.Z. Forest Products (ord.) . 3/10 .. 4/3 N.Z. Newspapers 1/16/0 .. 2/2/0 Reid Rubber 1/6/6 .. 1/7/6 Sanford (ord.) 4/8 .. 4/11 Selfridges (A'asia) 19/9 .. — Wairakei 4/9 .. 5/6 Woolworths (N.Z.) .• 16/0 .. 16/1 Woolworths (Sydney) 17/8 .. 18/0 Consolidated Goldfields 8/3 .. 9/6 Martha Mines 9/6 .. 9/8 Broken Hill South 1/5/0 .. 1/7/6 Mount Lyell 1/9/3 .. 1/9/6 War Loans: 15/5/48, 2 Yz p.c 97/15?0 .. — 15/5/53-56, 3 p.c 99/2/6 .. 99/5/0 Inscribed Stock: * 15/9/57-60, 31 p.C 101/15/0 .. — 15/4/46-49, 4 p.c 104/0/0 .. 104/5/0 Auck. Gas (perp. deb.) 87/0/0 .. 89/0/0