THE SHARE MARKET

Evening Star, Issue 19856, 3 May 1928, Page 1

THE SHARE MARKET

DUNEDIN STOCK EXCHANGE. There was a sale reported in Commercial Banks at £1 8s 3d. There to a buying quotation of Australian Banka of Commerce ut £1 13s 9d. All banking shares were firm, and buyers predominated. Now Zealand Insurances were wanted at £2 Os 9d, with the best seller asking £2 Is 6d. There were buyers for P. and 0. Deferred Stock at £250 without any soiling quotation*. Buyers of preference Refrigerating shores wero offering 16s lOd, but sellers were not disposed to quit under 17s 3d. DJ.O. profs, were wanted at £1 Os 3d, ex dividend. N.Z. Drug shares had buyers at £3 8a without sellers. Buyers of Wilson’s Cements improved their offer to £1 18s 6d without drawing any selling quotations. Upper Nevis shares weakened, sellers asking ifa 6d without buyers. Sale Reported.—Commercial Bant, £1 % 3d. Quotations as under:— Buyer*. SeHa*. £ a. <L £ a, 4.

BANKING— Australian Bank of Commerce 113 * mm Bank of Australasia (ex div.) 14 * 8 Bank of Australasia (rights) 2 19 0 _ Bank of N.S.W — 48 5 0 Bank of New Zealand 219 9 3 0 3 Bank of N.Z. (Long “D") 16 4 Commercial Bank 18 5 National Bank of New Zealand 7 3 0 National Bank of Australasia 18 0 0 National Bank of Avstralasia (cont.) Union Bans of Aus9 0 0 — tralia, Ltd. 16 14 3 15 16 9 INSURANCE— National Insur. Co. ... 0 15 8 0 15 11 N.Z. Insurance Co. 2 0 9 2 1 6 South Brit. Insur. Co. 2 18 6 Standard Insur. Co. ... 3 2 0 — SHIPPINGHuddart, Parker (ord.) 2 7 6 Huddart, Parker (pref.) — 1 1 2 ?. and 0. Def. Stock 250 0 0 — U.S.S. Co. (pref.) ... 1 0 2 — COALWestport Coal Co. ... Westport . Stockton 19 9 1 30 8 (ord.) 0 2 7 0 2 9 Westport • Stockton (pref.) 0 3 9 0 4 6 LOAN AND AGENCYGoldsbrough, Movt ... 2 9 9 2 10 9 National Mortgage ... 3 13 6 — N.Z. Loan and Mercantilc ford.) 100 0 0 — Perpetual Trustees ... Wright, Steph. (orcl.) 3 2 8 — 12 6 1 5 0 MEAT PRESERVING— N.Z. Refrig, (paid) ... 0 16 10 0 17 3 N.Z. Refrig. (cont.) ... 0 7 10 0 8 0 South. Frozen Meat (ord.) 1 11 8 _ MISCELLANEOUS— British Tobacco 2 0 0 — Bruce Woollen Co. (ord.) ... 0-3.' 9 D.I.C. (pref., ex div.) 10 3 •— Dominion Investments 1 3 0 — Douaghy’s Eopo and Twine ... 1 14 0 — Dunedin Stock Exchange Prop — 3 9 0 Eclipse Petrol (paid) 0 9 0 0 10 3 Kauri Timber — 1 5 0 ■ Milburn Lime and Cement (ord.) — 1 13 0 Milburn Lime and Cement (new) 0 9 9i — Mosgicl Woollen Co. ... 6 15 0 — N.Z. Drug Co. ... ... 3 8,0 — N.Z. Express (ord.) ... 1 0 6 1 -1 8 N.Z. Guar. Corp. N.Z. Milk Products 0 8 4 (Bonds) 12 6 1 3 9 N.Z. Paper Mills — 0 16 6 ‘ Otago Daily Times ’ — 3 19 0 Smith and Smith (pref.) — 0 18 0 Wilson’s Portland Cement 1 IS 6 — BREWERIESN.Z. Breweries, Ltd. 2 5 0 2 6 6 MININGKawarau 0 0 6 0 0 8 Nokomai Sluicing ... — 1 12 0 Waihi 0 12 3 0 13 0 i Electrolytic Zinc 1 (P rc G) 1 11 6 — 1 ■ Electrolytic Zinc 1 (def. ord.) 1 10 6 — Mount Lycll I 12 5 — | Mount Isa — 1 12 6 | North Broken Hill ... 4 6 0 — i Upper Nevis — 0 17 6 I Big Beach ! WAR BONDS (Bonds — 0 10 0 quoted are £100 t Bonds)— 1930 4-i p.c. Bonds ... — 98 10 0 1958 4£ p.c. Bonds ... 97 15 0 — 1939 41 p.c. Bonds ... 97 15 0 — 1953 51 p.c. S.S. Bonds 100 2 6 1938 41 p.c Ins. 97 12 6 98 0 0 1939 41 p.c. Ins, 97 12 6 — « 1929 5 p.c. P.C. Ins. 98 10 0 1930 5* p.c. Bonds 93 0 0 1956 51 p.c. Bonds ... 100 2 6