THE SHARE MARKET

Evening Star, Issue 19795, 20 February 1928, Page 1

THE SHARE MARKET

DUNEDIN STOCK EXCHANGE. There were no sales recorded at the meet* ing of the Stock Exchange this morning, and quotations leiiiiinod practically the same as lasi week. Bank of New Zealands were asked t'ui at £2 18s 6d, but there was no seller uud a £2 19s. National Insurances have improved slightly, and buyers are now offering 15s 6d, this being 6d below the selling quotation Shipping and coals were unchanged. Goldsbrough, Moris, and National Mortgages were noth in demand, the former at £2 8s and the latter at £3 Us. A teller of Auckland Amusement Parks quoted 13s 6u. For Mount Eyells £1 IDs was offered, and for Upper Nevis shares the buying price was £1 Os 6d; a seller for tho latter, however, asked £1 ss. There were buyers for nearly all the issues of Government debentures Qnol a lions as under:

s Sellers. £ s. d. £ t. i BANKING— Bank of Australasia. 11 12 0 Bank of N’.S.W. 43 5 0 Bank of New Zen la ml 2 13 6 o 19 0 Bank of New Zealand, (Long U) 1 5 0 1 6 9 Commercial Bank 1 7 5 1 7 10 Commercial Bank (Mew) U 7 5p National Bank N.Z. 6 18 b 7 0 0 Union Bk Australia 11 14 0 14 16 0 Union Bank Australasia (New) 11 7 0 14 15 0 INSURANCE— National Jnsur. Co. 0 15 6 0 16 0 New Zealand Ins. Co. 2 0 6 — South Brit.. Ins. Co. 2 17 9 ... Standard Insur. Co. ... 2 0 — SHIPPING— Huddaii, Parker (ord.) — 2 11 0 (cum div.) Iluiidart, Parker (pref.) 1 ( 10 _ COALKaitangata Coal (dis ) 0 5 0 — Westport Coal Co. ... 1 11 9 Westpnrt-Slockton (pref.) — 0 3 6 LOAN AND AGENCY— Dalgcty and Co. 15 16 0 13 18 0 Goldsbrough, Jlort ... 2 8 0 2 8 6 National Mortgage .. 5 11 0 N'.Z. Loan and Mer. (°>'d.) 94 0 0 — Perpetual Trustees ... 3 1 0 — Wright, Stcpli. (ord.) 1 0 0 — Wright, Stepli. (pref.) 0 lb 0 — HEAT PRESERVING— Gear Meat. Co 1 17 0 1 18 6 N.Z. Kcfrig (rnnl) 0 7 6 0 7 10 South. Frozen Moat (ord.) 1 11 6 — MISCELLANEOUS— Auckland Amusement Park, 1.1,1 (ord.) — 0 13 6 Bruce Woollen Co. 0 11 0 Crystal ieo Co, U 19 U — D.I.C. (jiref.) 1 0 9 — 1 loniinion 1 n vest incut 1 2 0 Dominion Rubber — 2 u 1 Donaghv'.-, Rope and Twine 1 15 9 — Kainpoi Woollen lord.) 0 8 3 — Milburn Lime and Lenient lord.) 1 12 5 1 15 0 National Electric — 0 11 6 N.Z. Drug Co 3 8 0 3 9 6 N.Z. Milk Products (bonds) 1 2 0 — N.Z. Paper Mills ... — 0 17 0 N.Z. Buga, Milk ... 1 i 0 'Otago Daily Times’ 3 15 0 — Smith, Smith (pref) 0 17 9 Wilson’s Cement 1 17 6 1 18 0 BREWERIES— N.Zr Breweries. Ld. 2 1 6 N.Z. Brew. Debs. ... 1 2 9 1 3 3 Ward and Co 1 11 0 — MINING— Kawarau 0 0 6 0 0 10 Waihi 0 10 2 Mount I.yell 1 10 0 — Mount Isa 1 6 0 Molymnx Electric (! 12 0 — Upper Nevis 1 0 6 1 5 0 WAR BONDS (Bonds mioiod arc £100 Bonds) — 1950 4£ p.c. Bonds 97 10 0 — 1938 4i p.c Bonds... 97 2 6 — J939 4.5 p.e. Bo min ... 97 2 6 — .1958 4i p.c. Ins. 96 15 0 — 1953 hi p.c. S.S Inscribed 101 2 8 1929 5 p.c. P.O. Ins. 98 (1 0 1955 hi p.c. In-. — 101 5 0