ON 'CHANGE

Auckland Star, Volume LXXVI, Issue 39, 15 February 1945, Page 3

ON 'CHANGE

BANK OF N.Z. EASIER

The easier trend in Bank of New Zealand ordinary shares this week was further accentuated on the Auckland Stock Exchange to-day when bids were lowered to £2 6/6 and sellers followed the movement to £2 7/3. Other banking Issues were firm, and offers for E.S. and A.'s were raised to £4 12/, in conformity with the lifting of the ceiling price in Sydney, recent bids here beir.g at £4 6/6. South British Insurances, iri sympathy with the firming in New Zealand Insurances late yestei-day, advanced to £3 19/. the highest figure for six months. Improved quotations for Hadfields Steel were confirmed with a sale 9d up at 11/3. There were more offerings in the Government section, including much-sought 4 per cents. SALES COMPLETED At the 3 p.m. call yesterday:— Last Sale N.Z. Insurance £4 10 0 £4 9 3 Northern Steam 10 7 10 7 Colonial Sugar 56 15 0 .. 56 15 0 Electro. Zinc (pref) 2 17 6 2 17 0 Mt. Lyell 1 8 9 .. 1 8 9 Mount Morgan 66 .. 86 Stock— 15/9/57-60, 31 4 p.c, .. 101 5 0 .. 101 5 0 At the 9.45 a.m. call to-day:— South British Insurance 3 19 0 3 18 3 N. Auck. Prmrs' (B pref) 17 0 .. 17 6 N.Z. Refrig. (cont) .... 13 4 13 3i Wilsons Cement 18 9 .. 18 9 Gillespie's Beach 3 .. 2 3 ,! i Wool Bonds, 1/2/48 104 .. 103 At the 11.45 a.m. call to-day:— Bank of A'asia 8 17 6 .. 8 17 6 Hadfields Steel 11 3 .. 10 6 Hume Pipe (Aust.) 106 .. 106 Stock— 15/9/52-55, 3 p.c 98 15 0 .. 98 15 0 15/5/53-56, 3 p.c 97 17 6 .. 97 15 0 LATEST QUOTATIONS Buyers Sellers< Bank of Australasia 8/16/6 .. 8/19/0 Com. Bank of Australia 17/4 .. 17/6 Com. Bank of Sydney 20/0/0 .. — E., S. and A. Bank 4/12/0 .. — National Bank of N.Z 2/12/0 .. — Bank of N.S.W — .. 34/0/0 Bank of N.Z 2/6/6 .. 2/7/3 Union Bank — 8/2/6 National Insurance 1/4/3 .. — N.Z. Insurance 4/9/6 4/11/0 South British Insurance 3/18/6 .. 3/19/6 Standard Insurance 3/19/6 .. — Newton King (pref) 1/3/0 ..- 1/3/6 N.Z. Guarantee 4/2 — Pukemiro Coal 18/3 .. — Renown Coal 10/3 .. 10/9 Renown (pref) 2/9 .. 3/1 Auckland Gas 7/6 7/9 P. and O. (deferred) 2/12/0 .. — Union Steam (pref) 1/11/0 .. — Bartholomew Timber 1/4/0 .. 1/6/3 National Timber 7/9 .. 8/3 Parker Lamb 3/9 ~ 4/0 Dominion Breweries (ord) 2/6/9 .. — N.Z. Breweries 2/3/6 .. — Aust. Consol. Industries — .. 2/17/6 Booth Macdonald (pref) 8/9 .. 9/3 British Tobacco 2/9/0 .. — Broken Hill Pty 2/3/9 .. 2/4/3 Burns, Philp 3/6/6 .. 3/7/0 Colonial Sugar ; 56/10/0 .. 57/5/0 Farmers' Trading 1/6/5 .. 1/6/9 G. J. Coles 3/8/9 .. 3/9/3 McKendrick (ord) 1/6/0 .. 1/8/0 McKenzies 3/2/0 .. 3/4/0 M.K. Manufacturers 7/2 .. — Morris Hedstrom 2/6/0 .. — N.Z. Drug 5/1/0 .. — N.Z. Farmers' Fertiliser 1/4/9 .. — N.Z. Newspapers 2/3/6 .. — Northern Roller 1/0/6 .. — Reid Rubber 1/8/4 .. 1/9/0 Robinson "Ice Cream 1/10/3 .. — Selfridges (A'sia) 1/6/6 .. — Silknit 1/5/0 .. 1/7/0 Wilsons Cement 18/8 .. — Woolworths (N.Z.) 1/2/3 .. 1/2/6 Woolworths (Syd.) 1/1/6 1/2/6 Woolworths Holdings — .. 1/9/6 Waihi Investments V..... 5/4 -/5 Emperor Mine 13/6 .. 14/6 ■Rawang — .. 8/0 Stock— 1/10/53, 2 1 / 2 p.c 94/17/6 .. 95/0/0 15/12/53-56, 3 p.c 97/10/0 .. 98/0/0 15/4/60-63, 3 p.c 96/12/6 .. 97/2/6 15/2/55-58, 3 p.c. (ex int) .. 96/10/0 .. — 15/5/49-52, 4 p.c 103/7/6 .. 104/0/0 15/6/52-55, 4 p.c 104/15/0 .. 105/0/0 Auck. Gas (perp), 3',i p.c. .. 86/5/0 .. 88/0/0 SOUTHERN EXCHANGES Christchurch, this day.—E., S. and A. Bank. £4 13/4; Bank of N.Z., £2 7/9, £2 7/7: Westport Coal. £1 9/6; G. J. Coles, £3 9/; Woolworths (Syd.), £1 1/6. Reported; N.Z. Breweries (late yesterday), £2 3/9; Wilsons Cement. 18/9. Unlisted, reported: E. Reece (pref), 5/6. Dunedln, this day.—Reported; P. and O. (def), £2 12/3: Donaghy's Rope, £3 8/; N.Z. Paper Mills, £2 0/4; Gillespie's Beach, 3d.