STOCKS AND SHARES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19892, 10 March 1928, Page 9

STOCKS AND SHARES.

AUCKLAND STOCK EXCHANGE. THE WEEK'S TRANSACTIONS. A half-holiday was observed on the Auckland Stock Exchango yesterday owing to the visit of the Australian cricketers, and only tivo calls were made, The banking section again commanded attention. New South Wales, which have firmed steadily during the week, changed hands at £47 10s, an advance of 2s 6d on Thursday's price. New Zealands also recovered to soil at 59s 3d, the price paid earlier in the week, after selling at 59s on Thursday.™*ln insurance Now Zealands were done at 40s 9d at both calls, thus sustaining current values. South -British also changed hands at 58s 3d, the ruling rate. Offers for Standards were advanced Is to 635, but no holders were revealed. - The other markets were virtually lifeless, except that in coal Renowns had sale at the current price of 13s. Following is a summary of transactions since Friday of last week. In the second column is given the return, based on the lust dividend, from investment at the quoted price. In the case, of Government and other redeemable securities the return includes redemption. The first column giy.es the figures at which the latest sales were made during the week,:— ; _ .

CALL AND DIVIDEND LIST. Calls- > D«e. Tiki Talisman—6d per share ;, Mat. IS Dividends— Whittomc Stevenson—lnterim, 7} p.c. . . . . . • • • Mar. 26 Bank of Australasia—7s per share .. .. ••, .. Mar. 80 Milne and Choyce—lnterim, 8 p.o per Apl, 10 BUTTER UP IN SYDNEY. (Received March 9, 9.5 p.m.) 4 A. and N.Z. SYDNEY, March 9. The wholesale price of butter in Sydney has been increased by one halfpenny to Is 6£d per lb.

Latest Sale. . Return. BANKS— £ a. d. £ 3. d. Australasia . . .. 15 2 0 4 12 8 Commercial . . .. 1 7 10 5 7 9 Nalioityl of N.Z, fi 18 6 5 0 0 NeW South Wales . • 47 10 0 4 4 2 New Zealand .- 2 19 3 4 16 9 Union *. 14, 14 0 5 2 0 INSURANCES - . '' A * '4 IB National '»* »♦ 0 15 7 3 New Zealand .. 2 0 9 4 8 4 South British 2 18 3 3 1.7 3 loan and agency Farmers' Co-op. Auo. — ' 0 14 9 8 2 8 B pref. .. COAL— , / i Renown >« «• 0 13 0 — GAS-— i * t it >i Auckland m ■ * .1 2 8 9 SHIPPING— 6 1 2 Devonport Ports * • 1 4 9 2 ' 1 4 35 ' New Zealand k« v 2 2 0 3 4 Staples • .«: »• 1 17 3 5 7 MISCELLANEOUS— British Tobacco . . Fullers' Pictureu .i 1 19 11 6 0 3 0 18 6 9 14 7 Taranaki Oil 0 10 0 — Tonson Garlick .. 0 11 9 — 8 Wilsons Cement .1 17 10 5 5 N.Z. GOVT. LOANS- . War Loan. IMS. 4i . . 97 15 0 4 15 10 Inscribed Stk.. 193S, 41 97 10 0 4 IB !) Ditto, 1936, 51 101 0 0 5 6 11 The following sales took place yestcrdav:—Bank of New South Wales, £47 10s; Bank of New Zealand 59s 3d; New Zealand Insurance, 40s 9d: South British Insurance, 58s 3d; Renown Collieries, los. CLOSING QUOTATIONSSellers. Buyers. BANKS— £ 8. d. £ 8 d. Bank 'of Australasia 15 2 6 — 6 Com. of Australia .. 1 8 0 1 7 Commercial of Sydney 26 2 0 — Eng., Scot, and Aus. 8 3 0 — 6 Nat. of New Zealand 6 19 0 6 17 New South ,Wales ,. , — 3 47 5 0. New Zealand !* r..5 19 2 19 0 ■ Union of Australia 14 15 6 14 13 a INSURANCE—' 0 15 National ••■a rr 0 15 9 3 New : Zealand tua 2 1 0 2' 0 9 South British . i.v 2 18 6 2 18 0 Standard — 3 3 0 LOAN AND AGENCY- — GoldsbrouKh. Mort , 2 10 0 — 0 Newton Kinp (pref.) 0 12 6 0 10 N.Z. River Plato .. . —T { 1 . 9 0 N.Z. Loan and Merc. — 98 0 0 Ditto (pref.) .:a , 81 t> * • -it0 COAL— Hikurangi . v . bc. 0 4 1 o a 10 Ditto (pref.) s.-a Ditto (A pref.) r. j .— 9 0 V b 0 6 0 6 3 Pukemiro ., wii — 3 3 6 Renown (con.) wa 0 14 6 0 12 6 Taupiri ' .t va |1 6 6 1 6 9 Ditto (pref.) .-a -— 6 1 3 0 Waipa ••■a ssi 0 17 "T 1 GAS— Auckland • v«i, 1 2 3 1 2 0 'Ditto (con.) 0 16 8 0 0 16 2 Birkenhead 1- r.-o* bw - 0 16 SHIPPING— Devonport Steam st. 1 5 6 1 4 6 Howard Smith 1 9 3 1 8 8 Huddart-Parker . . 2 9 9 2 8 3 Northern Steamship ; 0 15 4 ' 0 15 0 Ditto (con.) . .. 0 7 4 : 0 6 10 P. and 0. (def. stk.) 240 0 0 0 19 10 Union Steam (pref.) 1 0 6 TIMBER— :.r. 'i ■. ■; Kauri Timber f. . —•- 1 0 6 Leyland-O'Brien r.--.i 0 12 6 1 14 6 National . .j isra — WOOLLEN— Kaiapoi r.-a era s — 0 8 0 Mosgiel .-a r-b -— 6 12 0 Wellington .-a .v 6 2 6 — BREWERIES— C. L. Innes (pref.) 1 0 0 >— N.Z. Breweries Ji Staples and Co, 2 3 0 2 2 0 1 17 3 — MISCELLANEOUS— 0 Auck. Amuse. Park 0 11 — A. J. Entrican (pref.): 0 19 0 — Australian Glass British Tobacco 2 4 3 — 6 2 0 3 1 19 Burns. Philp and Co. 2 a 0 2,, 1 1 10 0 Bycroft, Ltd. ,. — 0 Checker Taxicab . 1 0 3 0 19 3 Ditto (con.) 0 10 0 Dental and Medical . 0 16 0 — Dominion Pictures .. , ■— 1 0 0 ■Ditto (pref.) . ... — > 10 0 Donaghy's Rope . . — 1 13 0 Electro. Zinc (pref.) ' 1 12 9 — Fullers' Pictures ;. 0 19 0 0 18 0 Gear Meat J 18 0 — Grey and Menzies .. (5 12 0 0 J8 0 Hayward's Piotures . 1 0 0 Henry Jones —<•' 1 16 fi Hill and Plummer Holden'n Motors — 1 2 6 1 11 3 H.M. Theatre (pref.) — #t: o 0 Kempthorno Prosser 3 9 0 • 8 7 0 Lewis Eady (pref.) 1 0 6 . 1 *4 0 and Choyce .. — Ditto (riref.) ■ i— 1 4 0 Ditto (B pref.) •— p 14 0 Ditto (deb. stk.) .. N.Z. Farmers' Fert. '■ ■ \i-.~ 1 3 8 4 in 0 4 0 0 N.7I. Paper Mills .. N.Z. Refriir. (con.) 0 V) 0 — 0 7 6 0 7 4 Robinson Tee Cream . 9 1 2 6 Sjniford, Ltd, 0 19 —j j Ditto (pref.) 1 0 9 — Sharland and Co. .. : i v i 0 0 10 1 Taranaki Oil 0 10 6 Tonson Garlick 0 15 0 0 11 (5 Union Oil 2 2 fi i $ <0 0 Wnirakei. LM. 0 10 r. 8 Whittome, Stevenson 2 7 fi 2 5 Wiseman (ord.) 0 7 0 1 17 6 Wilsons Cement 1, 18 0 MINING— o T Alburnia. . .• " 6 — Moanataiari (pd.) 0 2 0 0 1 9 Ditto (con.) 0 1 4 — 1 Golden Age (pd.) 0 0 4 0 0 0 Kawaran 0 i 0 0 fi Tmcky Snot (2s pd.) •— 0 0 9 Maoriland (con.) 0 0 G —" Mt. Welcome (con.) 0 0 6 — Waiotahi (4s pd.) .. 0 1 1 0 0 10 Ditto (con.) 0 0 fi 0 II Occ. Una (2s pd.) 0 1 9 o i 0 Ditto (con.) 0 I 4 — Oliinemuri . .■ 0 7 0 0 6 6 Waihi •• 0 10 8 0 9 7 Waihi Gnd. June. .. 0 1 3 0 0 11 Mount' Lyell .. 1 11 0 1 10 0 N.Z. GOVT. BONDS— War Loan. 1938. 41 .. — 97 10 0 Ditto, 1939, 41 .. — 97 10 0 Ditto, 1941, 41 .. — 97 0 0 N.Z. INSCRIBED STOCK— • War Loan. 1938. 41 .. 98 0 0 97 5 0 Ditto. 1939, 41 .. 98 0 0 97 10 0 Ditto, 1933, 51 .. 101 0 0 — Ditto. 1930. 51 ..101 0 0 — Ditto, 1930. 6i .. 99 0 0 — DEBENTURES— Auckj Har. Brd.'. 6 .. 98 T 103 10 0 City of Auck., '40. 51 Bor. of Devonport, 6 0 96 0 0 '• — 101 0 0 Bor. of Mt. Eden, 5} 103 , 0 0 — 0 Ditto, 6 .. ..108 0 0 102 0 ■Ror. of Hamilton, 6 105 ft. 0 101 0 0 Bor, Nerarvawahia, 6 107» 0 0 100 0 0 Hamilton Theatres .. 105 0 0 — 9 N.Z. Breweries, Ltd. I 3 3 1 2