THE SHARE MARKET

Evening Star, Issue 19763, 13 January 1928, Page 1

THE SHARE MARKET

DUNEDIN STOCK EXCHANGE. New Zeeland Drugs were turned over on ’Change this morning at £3 Bs. A seller quoted £1 9s 4d for the new issue of Commercial Banks, but no buyer appeared on the market. Only 9d divided buyers and sellers of New Zealand Insurances, the quotations being £2 Is and £2 Is 9d respectively. A sharp rise has token place in Huddart, Parkers. This morning a buyer offered £2 9s 3d for the ordinary issue, with a seller at £2 10s. Following the announoement of a dividend and a bonus, the New Zealand Refrigerating Company’s shares have improved; the dividend is 1« for the fully paids and 6d for the contributiugs. Mount Eyells have a finning tendency, a buyer offering £1 7s 2d this morning and a seller declaring himself willing to quit at £1 7s Bd. Upper Nevis shares are standing at about the same prices as formerly; apparently the public arc awaiting the result of the first wash-up. Sales on 'Change.-—New Zealand Drug, £3 Bs. Quotations were as under:

Buyers. Seller*. £ s. d. £ 8. d. BANKING — Bank of Australasia 14 10 0 Bunk of N.S. Wales 45 15 0 Bank of N.Z 2 19 0 2 19 6 Comuiorcial Bank 1 9 0 1 9 9 Cominer. Bank (now) 1 9 4 E.S. and A. Bank ... 7 14 0 Natnl. Bank cf Aust. 17 1 0 Union Bank of Aust. 14 12 0 INSURANCE— National Insur. Co. ... 0 15 9 N.Z. Insurance Co. ... 2 1 0 2 1 9 South Brit. Insur. Co. 2 17 0 2 18 6 SHIPPING— Hnddaxt, Barker (ord.) 2 9 3 2 10 0 Hud., Parker (prof.) ... 1 0 10 B. nnd 0. Deferred Stock (ex rights) ... 245 0 0 B. and 0. Deferred Stock (rights) 40 0 0 U.S.S. Co. (prof.) 1 0 0 1 0 1 COAL— Westport Coal Co. ... 1 11 6 Westport-Stock, (ord.) 0 1 9 Wcstport-Slock. (pref.) 0 3 6 LOAN AND AGENCY— Goldsbrmigh, Mort (odd parcel) 2 8 0 National Mortgage ... 3 15 0 Bcrpetual Trustees ... 3 1 0 Trustees, Executors ... 3 0 0 Wright, Stcph. (ord.) 1 0 0 1 2 0 Wright, Sleph. (pref.) 0 15 0 0 16 0 MEAT PRESERVING— N.Z. Refrigerating (paid, cum cliv.) 0 17 6 0 18 0 N.Z. Refrigerating (coni., cum div.) ... 0 8 S 0 8 9 MISCELLANEOUS— British Tobacco 2 0 0 Brown, Ewing (ord.) ... 1 1J 0 Bruce Wool, Co. (ord.) 0 11 0 Crystal Ice Co 0 18 0 D.I.C. (ord.), prom ... , 0 9 0 U.l.C. (prof.) 1 0 6 Dominion Rubber 2 2 0 2 7 0 Donaghy’s Rope and Twine ... ... ... 1 15 9 Eclipse Petrol (i«iid) ... 0 10 6 Kaiapoi Woollen (ord.) 0 8 6 Ka lapel Wool, (pref.) 0 13 6 0 14 9 Mil. Lime and Cement (ord.) 1 12 3 Mil. Lime and Cement (coni., prem 0 8 3 National. Electric 0 15 0 N.Z. Drug Co 3 8 0 N.Z. Express (ord.) ... 1 ’0 9 N.Z. Paper Mills ... 0 17 6 ‘Olugo Daily Times’ 3 11 0 3 16 0 Wilson’s Port. Gem. 1 18 5 BREWERIES— N.Z. Breweries, Lid. 2 4 6 N.Z. .-Breweries Debs. 1 3 0 MINING— Waihi 0 11 0 0 11 9 Woihi Grand Junction 0 1 6 Mount Lye 11 1 7 2 1 7 3 Upper Nevis 1 5 0 1 7 0 Big Beach 1 0 0 WAR BONDS (Bonds quoted arc £100 Bonds) — 1930 41 p.c. Bonds 97 15 0 3958 41 p.c. Bonds 96 15 0 1939 41 p.c. Bonds 96 15 0 1033 5i p.c. S.»S. Bonds 101 0 0 1938 4$ p.c. Tnscrilwd 97 5 0 1941 5i p.c. Inscrilrcd 93 5 0