THE SHARE MARKET

Evening Star, Issue 19774, 26 January 1928, Page 1

THE SHARE MARKET

DUNEDIN STOCK EXCHANGE Although a sale was reported this mans* ing of Electrolytic Zinc ordinary share# at £1 11s 9d, there is little further movement of note to report. Banking Bad insurance shares were freely quoted, but without any marked change being evident in the prices. There were buyers for nearly all the shipping issues, the only seller being for Huddart, Parker perference share* at £1 Is 3d. P. and O. Deferred Stock (rights) were wanted at £25. Kaitangata Coals had a seller at 2s 6d discount, no buyer being disclosed. Only 5d divided buyers and sellers of Westport Coals, which were quoted at £1 11s 9d and £1 l£s respectively. Dalgety's were sought at £ls 13s, the best seller standing off at £l4. Auckland Amusement Park ordinary shares had a seller at 14s 6d, a price which' was not responded to by buyers. Dominion Rubbers stood at £2 7s (sellers). Breweries were quoted fairly freely, New Zealand debs, being on offer at £1 5s 3d, with a buyer at £1 2s 4d. Nokomai Sluicing had a seller willing to quit at £1 15s, but no buyer appeared. Both issues of • Electro* lytic Zincs had buyers, the preference at £1 12s and the deferred ordinaries at £1 11s 6d. The War Bonds section was quiet. Sales Reported.—Electrolytic Zinc (ord), £1 11s 9d. Quotations were as under:— Buyers, .SeUfirt,

£ a. d. e t, Ac BANKING— Bank of N.S. Wales... 47 10 0 Bank of N.Z 2 13 3 Bank of N.Z. (Long D.) 1 6 0 4 Commercial Bank X 9 Commercial Bank (new) 1 9 o E.S. and A. Bank ... 7 12 0 Natl. Bank of N.Z. ... 6 16 0 Natl. Bank of Aust..., 17 2 0 Natl. Bank of Aust, (cont.) 8 10 0 8 12 s Union Bank of Aust., Ltd. (cum div.) 14 12 6 INSURANCE— Natl. Insurance Co. ... 0 14 11 0 15 6 N.Z. Insurance Co. ... 2 0 6 2 1 6 South British Insur. Co. 218 0 Standard Insur. Co. ... 3 2 0 SHIPPING— Adelaide Sieam. Co. 1 5 0 Burns, Philp 1 19 0 Howard Smith 1 8 6 Huddart, Parker (ord.) 2 9 6 Huddart, Parker (pref.) 1 0 8 1 1 3 P. and 0. Def. Stock (rights) 25 0 0 U.S.S. Co. (pref.) 1 0 0 COAL— Kaitangata Coal 6 (dis.) 0 2 Westport Coal Co. ... 1 11 9 112 0 Westport-Stock. (ord.) 0 1 s Westport-Stock, (pref.) 0 2 6 LOAN AND AGENCY— Dalgety and Co. ... 13 13 0 14 0 4 Goldsbrough, Mort ... 2 7 0 $ National Mortgage ... 3 12 0 3 IS N.Z. Loan and Mer. (ord.) 92 10 0 Perpetual Trustees ... 3 1 0 Wright, Step. (ord.)... 1 0 0 1 2 a Wright, Step, (pref.) 0 15 0 MEAT PRESERVING— I Canterbury Meat Co. S 1 (ord.) ... 5 0 Gear Meat Co 118 % N.Z. Refrigerating Jtl.« (paid) _... 0 18 0 0 18 & N.Z. Refrigerating 8 to t (cont.) 0 8 6 0 Southland Frozen Meat 1 (ord.) — 1 11 0 MISCELLANEOUS— Auckland Amus. Park, Lid. (ord.) OWE British Tobacco 1 19 3 Bruce Wool. Co. (orcl.) 0 11 0 Colonial Sugar Go. ... 54 Q 0 Crystal Ice Co. ... 0 18 6 1 0 « D.I.C. (pref.) ... ... 1 0 6 Dominion Invest, 1 2 0 Dominion Rubber 8 7 Q Donaghy’s Rope and Twine 9 1 13 Eclipse Petrol (paid) 0 10 2 Kaiapoi Woollen (ord.) 0 8 6 Kaiapoi Wool. (pref.)... Q 14 3 Mil. Lime and Cement (ord.) 1 12 0 Mil. Lime and Cement (cont.), prem N.Z. Drug Co 0 8 s 5 9 6 N.Z. Milk Products (bonds) 1 2 0 N.Z. Paper Mills 0 17 3 ‘Otago Daily Times 1 3 11 0 0 Wilson's Port. Cement 1 17 3 1 18 BREWERIESN.Z. Breweries, Lid..,. 2 2 0 N.Z, Breweries Debs. 1 2 4 1 3 5 Staples's Brewery 2 0 0 MINING— Kawarau 0 0 5 Nokoraai Sluicing 1 15 0 Waibi ... 0 11 9 Waihi Grand Junction 0 1 3 Elect. Ziuc (pref.) 1 12 0 Elect. Zinc (def. ord.) 1 11 6 Mount Lycll 1 8 8 8 0 Mount, Isa 1 Molyncux Electric ... 0 6 0 Upper Nevis 1 5 6 Big Beach 0 17 0 WAR BONDS (Bonds quoted are £100 Bonds)— 1930 4j-p.c. Bonds 97 10 0 1938 4£ p.c. Bonds 96 15 0 1939 4i p.c. Bonds 96 15 0 1938 4i p.c. Inscribed 96 15 0 1939 4), p.c. Inscribed 98 15 0 1933 51 p.c. S.S. Insc. ... 101 6 0