STOCKS AND SHARES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17257, 5 September 1919, Page 5

STOCKS AND SHARES.

BUSINESS DONE YESTERDAY.

The sharemarket had a good tone again yesterday. Bank of New Zealand buyers offered £14 16s, a shilling in advance of the preceding day's figures, sellers holding for £15. Fully-paid issue was quoted at a £18 15s buyers, £19 sellers. In insur- r ances South British sellers rose to £9, n buyers offering £8 15s 6d. New Zealands I remained at the previous day's figures, j buyers 32s 6d, sellers 33s 9d. In finaiace, Loan and Mercantile sellers eased to £120, but no buyers quoted. In coals Taupiri c buyers offered 16s 3d, sellers asking 18s. » Auckland Gas sellers quoted 26s 3d, no l buyers offering. In shipping Huddart- B Parkers sold at 49s 3d, 49s 6d, and 48s 9d, with a reported sale at 49s 6d. P. and 0. (deferred stock) was quoted by sellers at £555. and buyers rose to £543. There was little variation in miscellaneous lines, \ Auckland Tramway buyers rising to 20s B 9d. A eale of Milne and Choyce at 26s 8d j was reported. There was a sale ofWWi- t sons Portland Cements at 16s Id. In m'-n- , ( ing lines Talisman Consolidateds found } buyers at Be lOd and 9s, and Waihi Grand } Junctions sold at 15s 3d. i . ( AUCKLAND STOCK EXCHANGE. ' Previous day's \ closing sales. £ s. d. < Huddart-Parker—2nd call, 48s 9d. i 49s 3d. 49s 6d; 3rd call (49s 8d) — ( Milne and Choyce— call (26s , 8d) — j Wilsons Cement— call. 16s Id .. 016 1 , Talisman Consolidatedlst call, 9s; ( 2nd call, 8s lOd 0 8 8 ' Waihi Grand Junction—2nd call, 15s 3d 0 15 6 Note.—Figures in parentheses denote reported sales. j CLOSING QUOTATIONS. i I „ Sellers. Buyers. < BANK 3— £ a. d. £ a. 4. * New Zealand . . IS 0 0 14 15 0 , ] Ditto (fully paid) 19 0 0 18 15 0 . INSURANCE— National .. .. _ 4 3 6 1 New Zealand .. 113 9 112 6 i South British . . ft k 0 0 815 6 ' Standard . ..326 8001 FINANCE— 1 Goldsbrough Mort. 2 6 3 — I N.Z. and River Plate 2 7 0 — N.Z. Loan and Mer. 120 0 0 — ' Ditto (pref.) '. . — 65 0 0 COAL— i Hikurangi . . . . 012 ~0 0 9 0 ' Northern (10s paid) 0 8 0 0 7 0 < Taupiri .. . . 018 0 016 3 • Waipa 0 16 0 — , Westport .. ..193 180' GAS— Auckland . . ..163 — Ditto (con.) .. 0 18 0 0 17 0 Gisborne . . . . 0 15 0 — SHIPPING—Devonport Steam ..198 — Huddart Parker . . — 2 9 6 Northern Steam .. — 016 9 Ditto (con.) — 0 7 9' P. and O. <def.) 555 0 0 543 0 0 Union Steam (pref.) 116 — TIMBER— I Kauri Timber (con.) 0 15 9 015 0 i Lcyland-O'Brien .. — 17 6' Parker-Lamb . . — 0 18 6 WOOLLEN— I Kaiapoi (pref.), ex ! div — 6 19 0 ' MISCELLANEOUS— Auckland Trams ..110 109' Ditto (pref.) . . — 0 17 10 Bycroft. Ltd. ..106 0 18 0 Farmers' Co-op. Auc. '— 5 8 0 Ditto (pref.) . . — 10 3 Hill and Piummer.. — 16 0 H.M. Arcade (pref.) 10 0 — Milne and Choyce. . — 16 3 Ditto (prof.) — 16 3 Ditto CB" pref.) — 16 3 Ditto (deb. stock) — 16 3 N.Z. Drue .. .. — 215 9 i N.Z. Refrigerating. . 4 11 0 4 9 6 N.A. Farmers (pref.) 10 6 — Northern Boot — 0 19 0 Parcr.ga Gumfields — 0 12 6 Phillips and Impey — 16 0 Shnr'.and and Co. . — 1 11 0 S. R. Maxwell. Co. 1 12 0 1 10 0 Takapuna Trams 0 13 6 0 10 0 Tonson-Garlick . . — 0 11 8 Union Oil .. 113 0 110 0 Wiseman (prof.) ..170 — Wilsons Cement . . 0 16 1 016 0 MINING— Hauraki Reefs ..002 0 0 11 Komata Reefs .. — 0 0 li Kuranui . . . . — 0 0 2 New Waitiia ..002 001 N.Z. Crown Mines. 0 0 10 — Old Hauraki . . . 0 0 45 0 0 31 Rising Sun . . ..015 013 Talisman Consol. ..089 083 > Waihi 280 273 Waihi Grand June. 0 15 6 0 15 0 Waiotahi . . ..004 001 DEBENTURES AND BONDS— Auckland Gas. 5 per cent. . . . . 96 0 0 — N.Z. Govt.. 1920. 4} per cent — 98 15 0 N.Z. Govt., 1925, 4i per cent — - 96 0 0 N.Z. War Loan, 1920. 4} per cent. . . 97 0 0 96 5 0 N.Z. War Lean. 1938. 44 per cent. . . 96 5 0 95 15 0 N.Z. War Loan. 1927. 5 per cont. .. — 98 10 0 N.Z. Inscribed Slock, 1938, 4J per cent. • — 95 15 0 CALL AND DIVIDEND LIST. Dividends— Du». Wj. hi G.M. Co. — Dividend (105 th), Is per share . . . . Now. I Kempthorne, Pressor's N.Z. Drug.lnterim div.. 34 p.c. Sept. 20. ' Calls—

Kuranui G.M. Co.Tenth call. Id per share Sept. 6.

SOUTHERN EXCHANGES. [BY TELEGRAPH. —PRESS ASSOCIATION.] ■ DTJNEDIN, Thursday. Sales: Huddart-Parker at 4&s 3d (eight pcr.>o-8), 493 6d (five parcels), 49s Sd i .-.ur parcels), and 50s (two parcels); New Zealand Coal and Oil at 4a lOd; Grand Junction at 15s; Paper Mills at 29s 3d. CHKISTCHUECH, Thursday. Reported Sales: New Zealand Government 4J per cent, bonds (1938) at £96 6s, Huddart-Pnrker (cum div.) at 48s 6d, New Zealand Refrigerating at 90s (two parcels), Crown Brewery at 31s, National Bank at £8 9s. LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Reed. 10 p.m.) LONDON, Sept. 4. The following are the latest quotations for the shares named: British Broken Hill, buyers 40s, sellers 42s 6d . Broken Hill Proprietary, buyers 455, sellers 46s 3d; P. and 0., £148.

A. and N.Z. LONDON, Sept. 2. Following were the closing rates on the Stock Exchange to-day :—-Broken Hills, buyers 43s 9d. sellers 455; North, buyers 50s. sellers 52s 8d; Hampden, buyers 163 3d. Bellers 18s 9d; Dalgety and Co., buyers £71; Goldsbrough Mort. Co., buyers £76 10s. '