THE SHARE MARKET

Evening Star, Issue 19518, 28 March 1927, Page 1

THE SHARE MARKET

DUNEDIN STOCK EXCHANGE.

The market was fairly quiet thi.l morning. Buyers of Commercial Bank shares offered 30s, without a selling quote being received. Shipping shares came in for good inquiry, but the only selling quotation to be received was, in P. and 0. Deferred Stocks at £260. Howard Smiths were wanted at 30s 6d, while 46s and 21s were offex*cd for the ordinary and preference Issues respectively of Huddart-Parkcrs. In the' coalmining section the only quotations -*er6 from buyers of Westports and West-port-Stocktons (pref.), who offered 35s and Is respectively. A buyer of Perpetual Trustees offered 61s, but no selling quote was received. A buyer of Southland Frozen Meats at 30s found a seller n’t 335. Dominion Rubbers were on offer at 495. but no buyer was present. New Zealand Milk Products wore wanted at 20s. without any selling offer. The A and B issues of St. Bathans were offered at 12s dis. and 13s dis. respectively, but attracting a buyer. TJiero was little change in the War Rond section. ■ 'aliens as undox:— BANKING. Bank of New Zealand —Sel 60/3. Commercial Bank—Buy 30/. National Bank of New Zealand—Buy £7 2/6. ' . National Bank of Australasia (cont.). --Sol £9 12/6. INSURANCE. National Insurance Co.—Sel 74/9. New Zealand Insurance Co. • But 36/. „ _ , South British Insurance Co.—bel 55/9. Standard Insurance Co.—Buy 56/. ' SHIPPING. Howard Smith—Buy 30/6., Hiifldart-Parker (ord )-Buy, 46/. Huddiirt-Pnrker (pref.)—Buy *2l/. P, and 0. Deferred Slock—Buy £252, sel £260. ... ’• U.S.S. Co. (pref.)—Buy 20/2. COAL. Westport Coal Co.—Buy 35/. Westport-Stockton (pref.)—-Buy 1/. LOAN AND AGENCY., ; Dalgety and Co.—Buy £ls 6/. Goldsbrough, Mori—Sel 51/. National Mortgage—Buy 66/.'eel OS/. Perpetual Trustees—Buy 61/. • Trustees, Executors —Buy 58/. Wright, Stephenson (pref.)—Sel' 17/, MEAT PRESERVING. N.Z. Refrigerating (paid)—Buy 13/0. 1 4 N.Z. Refrigerating (cent.)—Buy 6/. Southland Frozen Mont (ord.) —Buy 30/, sel 33/. MISCELLANEOUS. Auckland Amusement Park, Ltd, (ord.) —Sol 15/. Auckland Amusement Park, Ltd, (pref.)—Sel 20/. Brown. Ewing (prof.)—Sol 20/9. Bruce Woollen Co.—Se! 17/. D.I.C. (pref.)—Buy 21/. Dominion Investments—Buy 20/. Dominion Rubber—Sc! 49/. Donaghy’s Rope and Twine—Buy 33/6Kaiapoi Woollen (pro).)—Buy 13/, sel 15/. Kauri Timber—Buy 27/, sel 28/. _ Milburu Lime and Cement—Scl 27/. Mosgiel Woollen Co.—Buy £6. National Electric—Scl 16/. N.Z. Express (ord.) —Scl 23/. N.Z. Guarantee Corporation—Scl 10/0. N.Z. Hardware (ord.)—Scl 51. N.Z. Malav Rubber (ord.) —Scl 40/. N.Z. Paper Milk—Sel 18/9. Smith and Smith (pref.)—Sol 13/. Whitcomhc and Tombs—Sel 71/. N.Z. Milk Products (debs.)—Buy 20/. BREWERIES. N.Z. Breweries—Buy 51/3. sel 52/3. N.Z. Breweries Debentures Sel 21/6 , , Ward and Co.—Buv 40/. MINING. Kawarau—Buy 3/, scl 3'o. - Nokomai Sluicing (cent.) —Sel 36/. Waihi—Buy 16/9, se! 17/ (odd par* cel). St. Bathans (A issue) —Se! 12/ dis. St. Bothanri (B issue)—Scl 13/ dis. Molyneux Electric—Sel 2*l/6. Upper Nevis—Buy 2/6 prom. Big Beach—Scl 6d dis. WAR BONDS. (Bonds quoted are £IOO Bonds.) 1930 4j- per cent. Bonds—Buy £97 5/. 1938 11,I 1 , per cent. Bonds—Buv £96, ■sol £9O 10/. 1933 5) per cent. S.S. Bonds—Buy £IOO 15/, scl £lOl 10/. 1939 4>, per cent. Inscribed—Sel £O6 10/. ]!)27 5 per cent. P.O. Bonds—Buy £9B 10/. 1927 5 per cent. P.O. Inscribed—Buy £93 10/.