ON 'CHANGE

Auckland Star, Volume LXXV, Issue 182, 3 August 1944, Page 3

ON 'CHANGE

Share values were fairly steady on the Auckland Stock Exchange to-day, but demand was less eager than In recent week's. Recent firmness in quotations for McKenzies was confirmed with a transaction at £3 6/, the highest price for years ?£ cl o comparing with a low valuation of 12 2/3 last year. The closing of Fletcher Holdings' new issue was followed by activity in the old shares and in the new issue, which had initial business at £ 1 6/3. British Tobaccos were easier. Freer offerings of Government stock resulted In brisk trading in this section at firm SALES COMTLETED At ihc 3 p.m. call yesterday:— .. .. Last Sale N.Z. Insurance £4 12 0 £4 12 1 South British Insurance 4 3 6 '.' 4 3 0 N. Ak. Frmrs. (B pref.) 18 0 .. 38 0 R. a M ky ß L °£ an 116 3 .. 116 S Reid Rubber 1 10 0 .. X 10 0 Wilsons Cement 19 1 19 1 Woolworths (N.Z.) .... 119;; 119 Claude Neon <N.Z.) .... 1 8 6 .. 18 6 Stock— 15/9/47, 2\i p.c 99 7 6 .. 99 10 0 15/4/60-63, 3 p.c 98 2 6 .. 58 2 6 15/6/52-55, 4 p.c 106 2 6 .. 105 5 O At the 9.45 a.m. call to-flay:— Last Sale Nat. B. A'asia (COnt.) . £6 5 0.. £6 5 0 N.Z. Breweries 226 . 226 British Tobacco 296.. 2 10 0 M. and C. (deb.) 160.. 160 Woolworths Holdings . 1 10 6 .. 1 10 6 Stock— 15/4/60-63, 3 p.c 88 2 6 .. 98 2 6 At the 11.45 a.m. call to-day:— Last Sale Nat. B. A'asia (odd lot) £12 5 0 ..12 5 0 Fletcher Hides (new) (4) 1 6 3 .. — Fletcher Hides (old) (2) 16 6.. 166 McKenzies 3 6 0 .. 3 3 0 Stock— 15/1/56-59, 31 (ex int.) 100 10 0 .. 102 0 0 15/4/46-49, 4 p.c 102 10 0 .. 102 10 0 15/6/52-55, 4 p.c 100 2 6 .. 106 2 6 LATEST QUOTATIONS Buyers Sellers Bank of Australasia 9/9/0 .. S/12/0 Com. Bank ot Australia 18/5 .. 18/10 National Bank of N.Z — .. 2/15/6 Bank of N.S.W -..™. 37/10/0 .. 37/17/6 Bank of N.Z ._ 2/5/6 .. 2/6/0 National Insurance 1/5/0 .. 1/5/3 N.Z. Insurance — .. 4/12/9 South British Insurance .._.. 4/2/0 .. 4/2/9 Standard Insurance 4/2/0 .. — Dominion Investment 1/4/0 .. — Fanners' Co-op. (A pref.) .. 1/5/6 _ 1/5/9 N.Z. Guarantee 4/0 „ 4/4 National Mortgage A u 3/5/0 _ — Auckland Gas _ 7/10 M 8/2 Auckland Gas (cont.) . 3/1 _ — Huddart-Parker (ord.) _... 3/4/0 - — Northern Steam ~ 9/10 _ 10/6 National Timber _ 7/9 « 8/9 Taupo Totara (pref.) 11/0 .. 11/6 Felt and Textiles 2/16/6 _ — Timaru Wool 1/0/6 .. 1/1/6 Dominion Breweries (ord.) .. .2/5/9 .. 3/6/9 Innes Breweries (ord.) ...... 1/13/0 .. 1/17/0 N.Z. Breweries 2/2/3 .. 2/2/9 Aust. Consol. Industries 2/16/9 .. — Broken Hill Pty 2/4/9 .. 2/5/3 Bycroft .2/14/o*.. 2 17/0 Colonial Sugar — — .. 60/0/0 Dunlop Rubber 1/4/6 .. — Klectro. Zinc _ 2/17/0 .. 2/18/3 Farmers' Trading 1/6/9 .. —1 Fletcher Holdings (ord.) 1/6/5 .. 1/6/9 Fletcher Holdings (new) 1/6/2 .. 1/6/8 Fletcher Holdings (pref.) 1/8/6 .. 1/11/6 G. J.- Coles 3/6/9 .. 3/7/3 1.C.1., A. and N.Z. (pref.) 1/7/0 .. — MJK. Manufacturers 8/2 ..' — N.Z. Farmers' Fertiliser 1/4/0 .. 1/5/0 N.Z. Refrtg. (cont.) 13/7 .. 14/0 Northern Roller (ord.) 1/0/0 .. — Reid Rubber 1/9/9 .. 1/10/0 Wilsons Cement ~ 19/1 .. . 19/2 Woolworths (N.Z.) 1/1/6 .. 1/2/0 woolworths (Syd.) — .. 1/2/3 Woolworths (Syd.) (2nd pref.) 1/10/0 .. 1/12/6 Broken Hill South . 1/6/0 .. 1/8/6 Mt. Morgan (ord.) 7/8 .. 8/0 Stock — 15/6/47-49, 214 P.C 98/2/6 .. 98/7/6 15/12/53-58, 3 p.c 98/12/6 .. 98/15/0 15/1/53-57, 3>/ 2 P.O 101/15/0 ..102/10/0 15/5/49-52, 4 p.c 104/15/0 .. 105/5/0 A.H.8., 9/7/48, 44 p.c — -• 105/5/0 SOUTHERN EXCHANGES Wellington, this day.—Stock, 15/6/47-49, 2',i pc £93 5/: N.Z. Breweries, £2 2/6. Reported: Stock, 15/6/47-49. 2'i p.C, £98 5/. Christehurch, this day.—Bank of N.Z., £2 6/; N.Z. Farmers' Co-op., 1949, 4}4 P.c, £100 (2); NZ. Farmers' Co-op., 1950, 4Vi P-c, £100. Reported: National Savings Bonds, 21/6/48. £10/1; Bank of N.Z., £26/; Union Bank, £8 8/; D. J. Coles £3 7/3: N.Z. Breweries, £2 2/5; Alloy Steel (N.Z.), £2 10/; Broken Hill Pty., £2 5/. Dunedln, this day.—Reported (late yesterday): Stock, 1947-49, 2»/ 2 P.c, £98 5/; Union Bank, £8 8/; G. J. Coles, £3 7/3; Woolworths (N.Z.), £1 1/6. , ■ > I