STOCKS AND SHARES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19953, 23 May 1928, Page 9

STOCKS AND SHARES.

AUCKLAND STOCK EXCHANGE. BUSINESS QUIET YESTERDAY. Business was comparatively slack on tho Auckland Stock Exchange yesterday. Buyers made slight advances in their offers for sevoral classes of Government securities, but the only business done was in Inscribed Stocks, , 1927-41, which changed hands at £99, an advance of £1 on tho price paid earlier in the month, lii debentures New Zealand Breweries were done at 23s 5d at the fiist and second calls, against 23s 6d last week. In banks Commercials of Australia had sale at the current price of 29s 3d and there was a subsequent transaction at 29s 4d. New Zealands were done at 6(b, a drop of threepence on the price paid on Monday. In insurance New Zealands changed hands at tho ruling rate oi 41s 9d - , o , . In miscellaneous Colonial Sugars, quoted at the first call at £6l 10s, were available at £bU 15s at the late call, but inquiries did not go beyond the level ol £6O. Holden's Motors appreciated a shilling on a recent sale to change hands at 30s 9d. Sanfords maintained the recent advance of sixpence by selling at 20s. Taranaki Oils, which changed hands at 10s 7d on Monday, wore done at as 10, rhe following sales took placer—lnscribed Stock, 1927-41, 5i per cent., £99; New Zealand Breweries, debentures, sd; Commercial Bank of Australia, 29s 3d, 29s 4d; Bank of New Zealand, bus; New Zealand Insurance, 41s 9d; Holden s Motors, 30s 9d; Sanford, Ltd., 20s; Taranaki Oilfields, 9s lOd. CLOSING QUOTATIONS.

CALL AND DIVIDEND LIST. Dividends— Due. Mt. Lyell—l» per shnro . .. June 18. SOUTHERN EXCHANGES. [BY TELEGRAPH. —FBEBB ASSOCIATION.] WELLINGTON, Tuesday. The following Stock Exchange sales were reported to-day:—New Zealand Breweries Bonds, 23s 6d; Bank of No\v Zealand, 60s 4d. CHRISTCHURCH, Tuesday, The following sales took place on the Stock Exchange to-day:—Bank of Adelaide, £9 lis 6d; Australian Bank of Commerce, 35s Id; Commercial Bank of Sydney, £27; Bank of New Zealand, 60s 3d; Goldsbrpugh Mort, 51s (three); Howard Smith, 28s sd; Tooths Brewery, 42s 3d; Electro. Zinc (pref.), 32s sd; Mali ilk ipawa, Is 6d; Commercial Bank of Australia, 29s 4d; British Tobacco, 43s 9d. DUNEDIN. Tuesday. The following sales took place on the Stock Exchange to-day:—New Zealand Paper Mills, 15s; New Zealand Insurance, 41s 9d; Smith and Smith (pref.), 17s 6d; National Insurance, 15s 6d (two) ; Westport-Stockton (ord.), 3s.

Sellers. Buyers, BANKS — £ 8. d. £ s. d. Australian Coin. . . 1 15 0 1 14 14 14 0 0 0 Australasia • 2 Ditto (new issue) . 0 Commercial of Aus. 1 10 1 0 9 13 0 2 0 0 0 6 0 ■o Ditto (con.) — Ditto (pref.) 8 10 0 7 Eng., Scot, mid Aus, National of N.Z. . 8 7 7 5 0 7 18 2 National of Aus. . . — 0 1 Ditto (con.) . . 9 5 9 1 New South Wales . 48 10 0 48 2 6 9 New Zealand . . a o 3 2 19 D Pref. (15s pd.) — 1 1 6 D Pref. (20s pd.) 1 7 6 1 6 6 Union of Australia 15 0 0 14 10 6 INSURANCE— 15 1 National i. 0 16 0 0 3 New Zealand 2 2 0 2 <5 South British 3 1 9 3 0 0 LOAN AND AGENCY— Abraham and Williams 0 0 (pref.) — 4 Farmers' Co-op. Anc. 3 5 0 0 16 3 Ditto (A pref.) . . — Ditto (B pref.) . . — 9 0 14 7 Goldsbrough Mort . 2 11 2 10 9 Newton King (pref.) 0 12 6 i — N.Z. and River Plate — 9 6 N.Z. Guaranteo (ord.) — 0 8 0 3 N.Z. Loan and Merc. 109 0 0 103 0 Ditto (prof.) — 82 0 0 COAL— Hiktirangi 0 5 0 0 4 3 Ditto (pref.) — 0 8 7 3 Ditto (A pxef.) .. 0 9 0 0 fi Pukemiro 3 6 0 3 3 0 Renown (ord.) 0 14 6 — Tauplri . . .i — 1 6 0 Ditto (pref.) — 1 3 0 Waipa 0 14 6 — West port .1 10 6 1 9 6 Westport-Stock ton 0 3 3 0 3 0 GASAuckland . . . . 1 3 9 1 3 6 Ditto (con.) — 0 16 9 Birkenhead .. 0 16 0 — Thames 0 10 0 — SHIPPING— Devonport Steam. .. 1 5 6 1 3 f, Howard Smith — 1 8 a Huddart-Parker 2 7 0 2 6 0 Northern Steam. . . 0 15 9 — Ditto (con.) 0 7. 9 0 7 0 P. & O. (def.) ex div. — 235 0 0 Union Steam (pref.) — 1 0 4 TIMBER— Kauri Timber .. 1 2 0 1 1 0 Leyland-O'Brien .. 1 15 0 — National .. .. 0 12 0 Parker-Lamb .. 0 19 0 — WOOLLEN— Kaiapoi . . .. 0 10 0 0 8 9 Ditto (con.) .. — 0 2 0 Mosgiel . . .. — H 15 0 Wellington (pref.) . , — 6 5 0 BREWERIES— C. L. Innes (pref.) . 1 0 0 N.Z. Breweries 2 4 6 — MISCELLANEOUS— Auck. Amuse. Park 0 8 9 — Entrican (pref.) 0 18 b — Australian Glass . . — 2 3 6 British Tobacco . . 2 3 9 2 3 0 Burns, I'hilp — 2 0 6 Bycroft, Ltd. — 1 10 0 Checker Taxicab . . 0 16 0 — Ditto (con.) 0 6 0 — Col. Sugar (Aus.) . 60 15 0 CO 0 0 Den. and Med. (ex div.; 1 0 16 0 .— Dominion Pictures — 1 0 r, Ditto Uref.) . . Dunlop Rubber 1 6 0 1 0 6 Electro. Zinc (ord.) 1 11 3 — Ditto (pref.) 1 13 0 1 12 3 Fullers' Pictures 1 1 0 1 0 0 Gear Meat 1 19 6 Crcy and Menzics . . 0 12 0 — Hayward's Pictures — 1 0 0 Henry Jones 1 17 9 Hill and Plummer . . 1 2 6 H.M. Theatre (pref.) 1 0 0 Holden's Motors . . ] 11 3 1 10 3 Kempthorne, Prosser 3 9 0 Lewis Eady (pref.) 0 19 9 Milne and Choyce . . 1 4 0 Ditto (pref.) '— 1 4 0 Ditto (B pref.) . . 1 4 0 Ditto (deb. stk.) . 1 a 9 Morris Hedstrom .. 1 1 8 1 0 3 N.Z. Fertiliser . . 4 1(5 0 4 10 0 N.Z. Refrig. 0 17 10 (con.) ., 0 8 6 0 8 i Northern Boot 0 18 0 Perdrtau Rubber . . 1 13 3 Sanford ... .. 1 0 6 0 19 9 Ditto (pref.) . * 1 0 9 1 0 3 Taranaki Oilfields .. 0 10 0 0 9 9 Tonson Oarlick 0 13 6 0 11 6 Union Oil 2 1 0 Whittome, Stevenson 2 5 6 Wiseman (ord.) 0 6 R Wilsons N.Z. Cehicnt 1 19 6 1 18 9 MINING— Moanataian (paid) . 0 2 0 0 1 5 Ditto (con.) 0 1 0 Colden Age (paid) 0 0 4 Kawarau . . . . 0 0 8 0 0 3 New Waiotahi (4s pd.) 0 1 1 0 0 6 Ditto (con.) 0 0 6'i Occidental (2s pd.) . 0 1 3 Ditto (con.) 0 0 9 Ohinerriuri 0 7 0 0 6 6 Waihi 0 11 6 0 11 4 Waihi Giid. Junction 0 1 6 0 1 2 Mount Lyell 1 13 0 1 12 8 N.Z. GOVT. BONDS- . War Loan, 1930, 41 . 97 15 0 Ditto, 1938, 41 — 97 12 6 Ditto. 1939, 4i 97 12 6 Ditto, 1941, 41 Ditto. 1933, 5i — 97 0 0 — 100 0 (l Ditto, 1936. 5} — 100 5 0 N.Z. INSCRIBED STOCRWar Loan. 1929, 5 . . 98 0 0 Ditto. 1938, 4J 98 0 0 97 12 6 Ditto. 1939, 4J . . Ditto, 1927-41, 5i . — 97 12 fi 99 0 O 98 12 6 Ditto. 1933. 51 100 12 6 100 2 6 Ditto, 1936, 51 — 100 10 0 DEBENTURES— Auck. Gas. 1935, 0} 102 17 6 102 0 0 Auck. Hnr. Bd., 5i 97 0 0 95 0 0 Ditto, ti 103 0 0 103 0 0 City Auck., 1940, oi — 95 0 0 Auck. Elec. P.B. . — 98 0 0 Auck. Fire Bd., C . 100 0 0 Bor. Devonport, 0 . — 100 0 0 Bor. Mount Eden, 5} — lno 0 0 Bor. Hamilton. (5 . . Hamilton Theatres, 7 — 100 0 0 101 0 0 N.Z. Breweries 1 3 6 1 a 4 Glaxo . . . — 90 0 0