STOCKS AND SHARES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18584, 17 December 1923, Page 7

STOCKS AND SHARES.

Little business was done on the Auckland sharamarket on Saturday. In., Governmen- securities War Loans, 1920, were asked for at £96 10s, with no response from holders. ; Soldiers' ! Bonds, 1933, were sought at . £100 10s, with no sellers quoting. For New Zealand Inscribed • Stock, IL\,~ „ buyers offered | £96 15s, sellers asking £97, while for the 1939 issue, buyers went to £96 17s 6d, bat there were no sales, holders quoting £97. Soldiers' Inscribed, 1933, were sought at £.100 10s. : In banks New Zealands (ex cliv.) were offered at Sis and New South Wales at £40 ss. Commercial, of Australia shares had buyers at 325, and sellers at 33s 6d. Nationals of New Zealand liad inquiry at £6 14s, and Australasias at £12 16s, with no sellers, In insurances New Zeal&nds were asked for at 28s 9cl, with sellers quoting 29s 3d. South British were available at 38s 9d, buyers 38s. Nationals at 77s had buyers at 745. In mining Waihis had inquiry aC 27s 9d, with holders asking 28s 3d. The fallowing sales took' place :— Auckland Gas, 25s 6d; Grand Junction, ss. , AUCKLAND STOCK EXCHANGE. CLOSING QUOTATIONS. Sellers. Buyers. BANKS— £ b d £ s d Australasia „. ~ — 12 16 0 Com. of Australia .. 1 13 6 1 12 0 National . . ~ — 614 0 New South Wales .. 40 5 0 — Now Zealand (ex div.) 211 0 — Union of Australia .. 15 0 0 Insurance— National .. .. 317 0 314 0 New Zealand . . . . 19 3 18 9 South British ~ 118 D 118 0 FINANCE! N.Z. apd River Plate 110 I'o 0 COAL— Hikurangi ...» 012 0 — w Ditto (pref.) . . _ 010 0 Taupiri ~ .*.l 0 0 0 18 -»•' Ditto (pref.) .. — ■ 14 0 Wajpa .. ,# .« 017 6 016 9 GAS— | Auckland . ■ *~,158 18R Ditto (con.) .. 03 5 034 SHIPPING— Devonport Steam ». 17 6 16 0 I Northern Steam ~ 014 3 013 6 TIMBER— Kauri Timber M 19 6 18 0 Lie*land-O'Brien .. — 1 18 0 National .. ~110 — Parker-Lamb .. 1 10 6 — Rotoiti *« »> — 12 0 WOOLLENKaiapoi .. k 4 l 1 0 — ! Ditto (con.) .. 010 6 — miscellaneous— Bycroit. Ltd, .. .. — 12 6 Dental and Med. Co. 116 — Dominion Picture* .. 0 16 6 — Donagby's; Rope . . — 1 14 0 Farmers' Co-op. Auo — 2 15 0 Ditto A (pref.) 0 19 0 — Ditto B (pref.) . 017 0 — Grey and Menziw .. — 0 10 0 H.M. Theatre .. — 9 10 0 Ditto (pref.) .. — 0 19 9 Merediths (Samoa) ... 0 C 0 — Milne and Choyce (deb. stock) ... 13 0 12 0 National Pictures .-.10 0 — N.Z. Breweries ~ 15 0 — N.Z. .. 017 6 — JS .Z. Home Builders — 0 12 6 N.Z. Milk Products.. 1 10 0 16 3 N.Z. Papor Mills .. — 12 0 N.Z. Refirig. (con.) .. 011 2 0 10 10 N.A. Farm. A (pref.) — 0 8 6 Ditto B (pre:.) .. — 0 5 0 Northern Boot . . •— 12 0 Takapuna Tram .. — lo 0 Thames TTieatre Co, —- 0 16 0 Wilsons N.Z. Cement 18 0 17 6 MINING— Moanatninri .. . . 0 2 0 0 1 6 Four iii Hand (con.. Is paid) . . . 01 3 008 New Waiotahi (oon.) 0 0 9 0 0 6 Waihi .. .. 188 179 Waihi Gad. Junction 0 5 1 0 5 0 N.Z. GOVT. BONDS— War Loan, 1930, 4» — 96 10 0 Soldiers' Bonds. '33, iii —• 100 10 0 INSCRIBED STOCK— War Loan. 1929, 5 .. 97 15 <0 — Ditto, 1938, 4} .. 97 0 0 96 15 0 Ditto. 1989, 41 ' .. 97 0 0 96 12 6 Ditto, 1927-41,51 . . —» 97 15 0 Soldiers' Loan, '33,5J — 10010 0 DEBENTURES— Auck. Gas. 1932, 5 ... 94 0 0 — Ditto. 1928. 6* . . 108 0 0 100 0 0 Borough of Devonport 102 10 0 — Booth-Mardonald .. 100 0 0 — Bycroft, Ltd. ... 100 0 0 — N.Z. Breweries. Ltd. 102 10 0 101 15 0 Milne and Choyce .. 101 0 0 — CALL AND DIVIDEND LIST. Calls— » Mt. Welcome, eighth, id « . uan. 10. Dividends— Sanford, Limited.— dir. for half-year ended Nov. 80. at rate of 7 p.c. P.*., ... . . Now. Bank cf New Zealand,—Div. for half-year, ended Sept. 30 .. Now. Mt. Lyell Mining and Railway Co., Ltd.— for year toding „ Sept. 80 .. ...... Now. Devonport Ferry—Half-yearly. 74 p.c. per annum ... .." . . ■ No ''« SOUTHERN EXCHANGES. [Bl TELEGRAPH.—PRES3 ASSOCIATION.] WELLINGTON. Saturday. The following are to-day's Stock Exchange sales :vr4l per cent. Inscribed Stock (1938). £97; Huadart-Parker (pref.), £1 On 7d. CHRISTCHURCH, Saturday. Sales of four parcels of Bank of Australasia shares at £12 10» were reported on the Canterbury Stock Exchange to-day. DUNEDIN, Saturday. The following sales were made on the Stock Exchange to-day:—Wilsons Cement, 28s; Mount Lyell. 22s 4d.