STOCK EXCHANGE

Northern Advocate, 23 March 1934, Page 11

STOCK EXCHANGE

BUSINESS EASIER ■ ****** (Special to ‘‘Northern AUCKLAND, This Day^.-X 1 Business on tlio Auckland Stock change is scarcely as brisk as it was---** earlier in the week, though values,;; generally speaking, are well main-* taindd. Waihis. which had risen to the’ record of £1 17/ earlier in the week, have failed to maintain the--firiP : tent of the rise, and at this morning’s call a sale was recorded at £1 .15/6, after which buyers dropped back to do/. • In the banking section, New South Wales were a shade easier, with sellers at £.14, while New Zealands improved with a sale at £2 8/3. Farmers’ Auctioneering shares were in good request, with buyers at £2 17/6 for the ordinaries, £1 for the A”''' preferences, and lS’/9 for the B’s. Kauri Timbers were slightly easier, being available at the last sale price," 17/6. . ' Government stocks were in request, with buyers for all lines, but the only' offering was a parcel of 1955’s fit £lO3 10/. Noon Call. The following sales were recorded at the noon call: —Union Bank of Aus- ‘ tralia (2), £lO 3/; Wilsons Cement, £1" 5/10: Gillospie‘’s Beach, 2/3; Mataki, 1/S; Waihi, £1 15/ and £1 15/6; Rural Bonds (1947, 5 per cent),' £9B. ■' L