STOCKS AND SHARES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19550, 1 February 1927, Page 9

STOCKS AND SHARES.

AUCKLAND STOCK EXCHANGE WEEK COMMENCES QUIETLY. Business was quiet on the Auckland sharemarket yesterday. In Government securities there was inquiry for most classes, and sale was made of Soldiers' Bonds, 1933, 5? per cent., at £lOl ss. Therp was further demand at £lOl, but quotations of £lOl 10s were withdrawn at the third call The 1933 and 1936 per cent, issues of Inscribed Stock were wanted at £IOO 15s, an easing of 5s on last week's offers, but sellers did not quote. There was little variation, in the rates for banks. New Zealands were firmer, sellers quoting 59s 6d, an advance of 3d, and buyers offering 59s 3d, an increase of 6d. The D issue was steady at 12s 2d and Us Bd, and sale was made at lis 9d. Unions of Australia changed hands at £ls Is. In insurance Nationals were done at 745, and New Zealands at 37s 6d. South British opened with sellers asking 575, but the quotations eased to 56s 9d, buyers opening and closing at 565, a drop of 3d on Friday's rates. In gas Aucklands were steady at 23s lOd and 23s 8d for ordinary shares and 15s 3d and 14s 9d for contributing. In shipping quotations of Huddart'-Parkers at 47s 9d failed to attract offers. In miscellaneous demand for Colonial Sugars at £55 15s brought a late quotation of £57, or 10s more than the figure at which the best sale was made last week. For Farmers' Fertiliser sellers asked 86s, but no offers were made. Wilsons Cement were steady at 36s 3d and 355. The following sales took place:—Soldiers' Bonds, 1933, 5£ per cent., £lOl ss; Bank of New Zealand, D shares, lis 9d; Union Bank of Australia, £ls Is; National Insurance, 745; New Zealand Insurance, 37s 6d; Kawarau, 3s 9d.

WHEAT CROP PROSPECTS. YIELD IX OAM ARU DISTRICT. [BY TELEGRAPH. —OWN CORRESPONDENT. J EDIN, Monday. Reports from the Oamara district state that the yield of wheat will be diminished to a considerable extent as a result of the ravages of 4 'take all." Some of the crops have also been Battened out, but with modern farming appliances and fine, warm weather such as that recently experienced the loss on this account will not be considerable. In parts of the district the wheat crop will go -well over 40 bushels to the acre. In some cases --it. is estimated that thevield will be as high as 60 bushels. In spite of the toil by disease there is every reason to think that the average yield per acre will be well over SO bushel*, and the increased area under wheat will result in a heavier aggregate production than last year. Although the oat crops are bsc'ly affected with rust in some parts of the district the-yield is expected to. fee r.uj'U up .to - the- average;- Barley has. -Tst de-re,: so well and has -suffered & good deal from "take a!L" -■/v

CLOSING QUOTATIONS* Sellers, Buyers. BANKS-. £ B." d. ■ £ 8. d. Australasia ... 14 3 0 Com. of Australia (ex rights) 1 12 0 — Ditto (rights) 0 S 9 English, Scottish and Australian . . . . 8 5 / National of N.Z. », 7. 3 0 . ,— Nat. of A'asia 18 6 0 Ditto (con.) « , « 9 3 0 Now South Wales .« . '46 17 6 New Zealand . * 2 19 6 2 19 3 Ditto (now issue) 0 12 a 0 11 8 Union of Australia — 15 0 0 "Western Australian ,. — 2 14 0 INSURANCE— National < 3 35 0 3 13 6 New Zealand ,, 1 17 9 1 17 3 South British ., 2 16 9 2 16 0 LOAN AND AGENCY- — Farmers' Co-op. Auc. A (pref.) .. 0 18 0 Ditto, B (pref.) .. 0 17 3 0 16 9 Goldsbrough, Morfc .. 2 11 0 2 10 3 N.Z, and River Plate —. 1 3 9 N.Z. Guar. Corp. ., 0 10 9 0 10 0 N.Z. Loan and Merc, . 94 0 0 92 0 0 Ditto (pref.) 82 0 0 78 0 0 COALHetherington (con.) M 0 G 6 Hikurangi (pref.). . 0 3 0 — Pukemiro »« 3 1 0 2 17 0 Taupiri „ Waipa f — 1 1 6 0 16 Q 0 14: 6 Westport ], ** — 1 14: 9 GAS— Auckland m* Ditto (con.) & 1 3 10 1 !) 8 0 15 3 0 14 9 SHIPPING— Devonport Steam 1 G 0 I 4 6 Huddart-Parker A 2 7 9 Ditto (pref.) »'n — 1 0 C Northern Steam ». 0 13 (5 0 13 3 Ditto (con.) 0 a ft 0 6 0 P.. and Q, (def. atk.) 260 0 0 243 0 0 TIMBER— Bartholomew . « ,. 1 3 0 1 .1 6 Kauri Timber 1 8 0 1 1 0 Lej'land-O'B'rien ». 2 2 0 1 19 0 National .. ■. < 0 15 6 0 14 3 Parker-Lamb 1 5 0 1 1 6 Taupo Totara Timber I 0 0 — WOOLLEN— Kaiapoi .« ■.« 0 11 0 _ Ditto (con.) ** — ©'■ 2 0 BREWERIES— C. L. JInnes (pref.) 1 0 3 — J. Staples and Coy. 2 0 0 — Crown 0 17 6 0 15 0 MISCELLANEOUS— Bycroft. Ltd. 1 11 0 1 9 6 Colonial Sugar (Aus.) 57 0 0 55 15 0 .Dental and Medical . 0 18 0 0 15 0 Dominion Pictures .. — 1 0 0 Ditto (pref.) . * — 1 0 0 Henry Jones Co-op. .. 2 10 0 2 8 6 Hill and Plurumer .. — 1 0 0 H.M. Theatre (pref.) — 1 0 0 Milne and Choyee .. —r 1 4 6 Ditto (B pref.) — 1 4 6 Ditto (pref.) — 9 1 4 6 Ditto Deb. Stock 1 4 1 4 3 Newton King, Ltd., (cum. pref.) 0 16 0 — N.Z. Fertiliser 4 G 0 — Northern Boot . * 0 18 0 — Phillipps and Irupey . — 1 13 0 Sanford,. Ltd. .. 1 3 0 — Taranaki Oil • « 0 10 6 .—. Thsrnes Theatro Union Oil .. «.-• Wilsons Cement iv — 0 12 G — 3 2 0 9 I 16 1 15 0 MINING— Albiirnia . * 0 3 11 0 3 6 Ballarat (con.) . 0 0 8 0 0 3 Moanataiari (paid.) . 0 4 9 0 4 1 Ditto (con.) .. 0 4 6 0 4 1 Golden Age (paid) .. 0 1 0 a 0 3i Ditto (con.) 0 0 31 0 0 2 Ivawarau .. . s 0 3 10 0 3 8 Komata Reefs .. , . 0 0 3 — 3 Lucky Shot (con.) 0 1 4 0 1 Majestic .. .. 0 1 fi — 0 Maorilnnd (con.) 0 2 0 0 1 New Waiotahi (4s pd.) 0 1 0 1 1 Ditto (con.) a 0 1 0 Occidental Una G 0 9 0 0 8 Ohinomuri », 0 5 10 0 5 3 Hisincr Sum . * 0 1 0 — Waihi . , .. . * 0 17 3 0 ifi 6 Waihi Grand June. . 0 2 0 0 1 3 Mount Lyell 1 8 G 1 8 0 N.Z. GOVT. BONDS— War Loan. 1930. 4i .. 98 0 0 — Ditto. 1939, 41 .. 97 0 0 96 10 0 Ditto. 1939, 4} Soldiers' Loan, '33, 5J _ % 7 6 .— 101. 0 0 Ditto. 193G, 51 — 101 0 0 N.Z. INSCRIBED STOCK— War Loan. 1929, 5 .. — 97 10 0 Ditto. 1938. ih .. 97 0 0 96 10 0 Ditto. 1939, 4| Soldiers' Loan, '33. 5i — 96 0 0 — 100 15 0 Ditto. 1936. .. — 100 15 0 DEBENTURES— Auck. Har. Bd., 4 « — 84 10 0 Ditto. 5i . . .. — 95 10 0 Ditto, , . > 100 0 0 98 0 0 Ditto. 6 — 102 10 0 City of Auck.. 1940, 5j — 90 0 0 Anck, Elec. Power Bd. —. 98 0 0 Auck. Hospital Bd. — 9S 0 0 Bor. of Mt. Eden, 6j . — 105 0 0 N..Z Breweries, .. 16 8 1 4 0 Milne and Choyee . — 0 0 Glaxo — 8S 0 0 CALL AND DIVIDEND LIST. " Calls— Due. Auckland Gas (con.)—2s per share Now. Dividends— Union Bank of Australia—Interim, 7s 6d . New.