STOCKS AND SHARES

Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 129, 4 June 1927, Page 11

STOCKS AND SHARES

of the larger 101 l bodt Im<lUlry §* 80me S Club debeZ 1" CeDt Kac* initial ovtr thf e e w ha Z S \^ ft Ata (inn's i Zealand Guarantee Corporaand Loan^r rather S and Loan had buyers at £6 18s. WellincIn meat companies'interest has been again shown in Gears with buyers at 35s 6d, sellers firm for 365, and no sales a&tKofthelossha4^ TT^nn •siV Pping«,l?arket had 5& Per. cent. Union Steam iship preference buyers at £1, ex dividend. Sellers of P. and O. Deferreds were wanting £300. These shares made a rapid rise early in the week, from £288 to £291. Huddart-Parker orl dmanes were obtainable at '47s 9d, and buyers .of Howard Smith's are offering 30s, with no sellers. Brewery shaves have been dealt in with staples showing a rise on the week. Sellers of New Zealand Breweries yesterday were prepared to take 51s, but Staples were held for 425. Timber shares ha,ve elicited no.inquiry," but sellers of Leylands were quoting 36a and of Nationals at 14s. British Tobacco ordinaries had active inquiry. The preference shares in this company are in request at 20s 6d. Westport Coal shares were wanted at 34s 6d and for the West-port-fetocktou preference 2s 9d was offered. National Electric buyers were prepared to pay 14s 3d, with no sellers. New 1 Zealand Paper Mills could be had for 1/s 3d, ex dividend, and Shariand's ordinaries or preference were available at a guinea. Buyers of Farmers' Fertilisers were prepared to pay 81s for shares cum, dividend. D.I.C. preference were wanted at 20s 9d. Some attention has been paid to Waihis and Grand Junctions during the past week, as sales made of those shares will show. Inquiries for Mount Lyells and Electrolytic Zincs (preference) were made at 27s cum dividend and 33s respectively. Prices realised on 'change and reported during the past week were as follow:— Government Loans.—4% per cent. Stock (1938), £97, £96 17s 6d, £96 ss, £9G 15s, £96 17s 6d, £97; 5% per cent. Stock (1933), £101 2s 6d and (1936) £101 sa, £101 2s 6d, £101 ss; 5 per cent. Post Office Stock (1927), £99 5s and (1929) £98 7s 6d. Local Body Loans.—s% Auckland Harbour Board, £99. Company Debentures.—Glaxo, £89; Ift per cent. New Zealand Breweries Bonds 245, 23s lid. Banks.—Bank of New Zealand, 60s lOd, 61s, and "D" shares 255; National of Ne\f Zealand, £7 3s, £7 2s 6d; Bank of New;. South Wales, rights, £25 7s 6d; Commercial Bank of Sydney, £25; Union Bank, £15 10s; Bank of Australasia, £14 15s 6d;. Commercial of Australia, ordinary, 29s 3d; Bank of Adelaide, £9 15s, £9 13s. Insurance.—New Zealand, 395, 39s 6dj South British, 555, 55s 4d. Financial Companies.—Dalgety, £13 ss^ £13 7s, £13 6s; rights,. 58s, 55s 6d, 54a 6d, 58s, 555, 56s 6d, 575; 62g, and new, 50* paid, £5 12s 6d. Goldsborougb. Mortgage* 50s Cd New Zealand Guarantee Corporation, 9s Id, 9s, 9s Id, 8s lOd, 9s Id, 9s. Shipping.—P. and O. Deferred, £280* £288, £290, £291; Howard Smith, 29a lid, 30s; Devonport Ferries, 25s 6d, 25s 9d. Coal.—Westport, 35s 6d, 35s 9d; Westport Stockton preference, 3s, 3s Id. - Breweries.—Staples, 39s 6d, 40s; Ward's^ 40s;. Manning's, 19s. Gas—Auckland, 23s 4d, 23s 6d, 23s 7d; Christchurch, 245; Wellington, 26s lid. Meat.—Meat Export, 11b; Gear, 35s 9d; New Zealand Refrigerating (10s), 6s 7d; Southland, 31s 6d. Miscellaneous. —Kauri Timber, 24s 6d;', Colonial Sugar, £53; Victoria Nyanza Sugar, 53s 9d, 52s 3d; N.Z. Drug, 63s 6d; Wilson's Cement (cum div.), 35s 6d; Mil* burn Lime, 275; Henry Jones, 535, 53s 6d; British Tobacco, 53s 6d, 53s 4d, 53s sd; Kaiapoi Woollen (17s), 9s, 9s 3d, 10s Id, and (7s) 3s Bd. Metals. —Electrolytic Zinc, preference, 32s Bd, 32s 9d, 32s 6d, 32s 4d, 32s 7d; Waihi, 17s Id, 18s; Grand Junction, 9%d, lid. Is Id, lid, Is, Is Id; Kawarau,. 2s 6d, 2s Bd, 2s 9d.