STOCKS AND SHARES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19957, 28 May 1928, Page 7

STOCKS AND SHARES.

AUCKLAND STOCK EXCHANGE SLACK BUSINESS ON SATURDAY. Only a small volume of business was done oh the Auckland Stock Exchange at the single call on Saturday. Current offers for Government securities were renewed without drawing much response from holders, but War Loans, 1938, 4£ per cent., changed hands at the current price of £97 15s. No considerable change was made in banking quotations. The only transaction was in Unions, which were done at £l4 18s, an advance of sixpence on the price recently current. In miscellaneous Wilsons Cements had sale at 395, the recently current price, after touching 39s 2d at the preceding transaction. In mining Mount Lyells, which rose from 32s 9d to sell at 33s 4d on Friday, had inquiry at 33s 3d, but holders wanted 345. The following sales took place War Loan, 1938, per cent., £97 15s; Union Bank, £l4 18s; Wilsons Cement, 395. CLOSING QUOTATIONS.

CALL AND DIVIDEND LIST. Dividends— Due. Mt. Lyell—ls per share . . .. June 18. SOUTHERN EXCHANGES. [BY TELEGRAPH. —PRESS ASSOCIATION.] CHRISTCHURCH. Sunday. The following sales were made on the Stock Exchange yesterday :—Australian Bank of Commerce, 35s 8d (two parcels); Commercial Bank of Australia, 29s sd; English, Scottish and Australian Bank, £8 9s; National Bank of Australasia (£5 paid, cum div.), £9 3s 6d; National Bank of New Zealand, £7 4s 3d; Mahakipawa, Is 6d. DUNEDIN. Sunday. The following sales wero made on the Stock Exchange yesterday:—Mount Lyell, 33s 7d; Bank of New Zealand, 60s 3d; National Bank of Australasia (con.), £9 4s (two parcels). PRODUCE AT PUKEKOHE. [BY TELEGRAPH. —OWN CORRESPONDENT.] PUKEKOHE, Sunday. The Franklin Farmers' Auctioneering Company, Limited, Pukekohe, report that at the weekly sale at their mart, young piga showed an advance on prices realised at previous sales, weaners selling at 8s to lis, and slips at 16s. In poultry light hens brought Is 6d to 2s; heavier hens, 2s Sd to 2s 6d; pullets, 6s 6d; roosters, 8s 7d to 7a 6d: and duckß, 2s 2d to 2s Bd. 'ln vegetables, which were received in heavy entries, cabbagCß realised Is to Is 4d a dozen; cauliflowers, Is 9d to 2s 6d a dozen; lettuce, Is ft dozen; carrots. Is to Is 4d a dozen bundles and 3s a bag; celery, id a stick; beans, 4d per lb; marrowß, 2s to 48 a dozen; pumpkins, 8s per cwt; onions, 3s to 4s a sugar bag; swedes. Is 6d to 2s 3d a sugar bag; kumaras, 21d per lb; local potatoes, Is a sugar bag; and Southern potatoes. 8s 9d per cwt in sack lots. Rhubarb sold at 8s to 4b a dozen bundlos. In fruit, Winesap and Munro apples realised 6s to 7s a case: Dougherty apples.,6s 3d a case; lemons, 7» » case; and passion fruit, 3s a case.

Sellers. Buyers. BANKS— £ s. d. £ s. d. Australian of Com. 1 16 3 1 15 6 Adelaide _ 0 6 0 Coin, of Australia . 1 9 8 1 9 3 Ditto (cou.) — 0 13 0 Ditto (prof.) .— 7 0 0 Eng., Scot., and 8 9 6 8 8 0 National of N.Z. . . 7 5 0 7 4 0 Nat. of Australasia , — 18 o 6 Ditto (con.). — 9 2 0 New South Wdlee . . 48 15 0 48 2 6 New Zealand • 3 0 6 3 0 0 D pref., 15b paid , ,— 1 1 6 D pref., 20s paid . 1 7 6 1 6 6 Union of Australia . 14 18 6 14 17 6 INSURANCE— Nati&nal ■ . 0 15 6 0 15 3 New Zealand . — 2 1 9 South British 3 2 0 3 0 0 LOAN AND AGENCY— Abraham and Williams (pref.) Fanners' Co-op. Auc. — 4 0 0 8 5 0 — 0 Ditto (A pref.) . . — 0 16 Ditto (Bf pref.) . . — 0 14 i; Goldsbrough, Mort . . — o 11 9 Newton King (pref.) 0 12 6 — 6 N.Z. and River Plate 1 12 0 1 9 N.Z. Guarantee (ord.) — 0 8 4 N.Z. Loan and Merc. 108 0 0 104 0 0 Ditto (pref.) .. — 82 0 0 COAL— Hikurangi 0 4 10 0 4 3 Ditto- (pref.) — 0 8 0 Ditto (A pref.) .. — 0 7 4 Pukemiro — 3 4 0 Renown (ord.) 0 14 3 — 0 Taupiri — 1 6 Ditto (pref.) . . — 1 3 0 Waipa . . .. 0 14 6 ■— Westport ] 10 3 1 9 9 Westport Stockton . . 0 3 4 0 3 0 GAS— Auckland .. .. 1 3 9 1 3 5 Ditto (con.) 0 17 3 0 17 0 Birkenhead • • .. 0 16 0 —. Thames • • e s 0 10 0 — SHIPPING— Devonport Steam . . 1 5 6 1 4 3 Howard Smith — I 8 6 Huddurt-Parker — 2 6 0 Northern Steam . . 0 15 0 0 14 6 Ditto (con.) 0 7 6 0 7 0 P. and O. (def. stk.) — 035 0 0 TIMBER— Kauri Timber 1 1 0 — Leyland-O'Brien . t 1 15 0 — National - . .. 0 12 0 — WOOLLEN— Kaiapoi ■ • . « — 0 9 0 Ditto (con.) v a —- 0 2 3 Ditto (pref.) • « 0 16 0 — 0 Mosuiel .. .. — 6 15 Wellington - • . . 6 5 6 6 2 fl Ditto (pref.) — 6 5 0 MISCELLANEOUS— Auck. Amus. Park . 0 8 6 — A. J. Entrican (pref.) 0 18 6 — British Tobacco o 3 6 n 2 3 Bycroft, Ltd. — 1 10 0 Checker TaSicab Co. . 0 16 0 7 ;.-i Ditto (con.) .. 0 6 0 —. Colonial Sugar (Au3.) 61 0 0 — Dominion Pictures . . — 0 8 Ditto (pref.) — 0 6 Dunlop Rubber . . 1 5 9 — Eleotro. Zinc (pref.) Fullers' Pictures . . .— 12 0 — 0 0 Grey and "Menzies . . Hay ward's Pictures . 0 12 0 — — 0 0 Hill and Plummer . — o s H.M. Theatre (pref.) . Holden'a Motors — 0. 0 — 10 3 Kempthorne Prosser a 10 f? 9 0 Lewis Eady (pref.) , 0 19 6 — Milne and Choyce — 4 0 Ditto (pref.) . k — 4 0 Ditto (B pref.) .. — 4 0 Ditto (deb. stock) . — 3 9 Morris Hedstrom .. l 1 9 0 3 N.Z. Fertiliser 4 12 0 — N.Z. Refrigerating , — 0 17 10 Ditto (con.) 0 8 7 0 8 4 Sanford, Ltd. . 1 0 6 0 19 9 Ditto (pref.) ■, a — 1 0 3 Taranaki Oilfields 0 9 6 0 7 6 Tonson Garlick 0 13 0 0 11 9 Union Oil — 2 1 0 Whittome. Stevenson — 2 5 6 Wilsons N.Z. Cement 1 19 3 1 IS 9 MINING— Moanataiari (paid) . . 0 2 ft 0 1 5 Ditto (con.) . * 0 1 0 — Golden Age (paid) • 0 0 4 0 0 1 Kawarau 0 0 8 0 0 3 New Waiotahi (con.) 0 0 61 — Occid. Una (2s pd.) o 1 3 — Ditto (con.) 0 0 8 — Waihi 0 11 6 0 11 A Waihi Gnd. Junction 0 1 6 0 1 2 Mount Lyell 1 14 0 . 1 13 3 N.Z. GOVT. BONDSWar Loan, 1930, 41 „■ . 97 15 ft Ditto, 1938. 41 . . — 97 12 6 Ditto, 1939. 4i- .. — 97 12 6 ' Ditto, 1941. 41 .. — 97 ft 0 Ditto, 1933, 51 .. 101 0 0 100 ft 0 Ditto. 1936, 5i , . — 100 0 0 N.Z. INSCRIBED STOCK— War Loan. 1929, 6 .. 98 0 0 Ditto, 1938, 44 . . .— 97 12 6 Ditto, 1939, 41 . . — 97 12 6 Ditto, 1927-41. 5i . . 99 0 0 08 0 0 Ditto, 1933, 51 . . 100 15 0 100 5 0 Ditto, 1936, Et ' 100 15 0 100 5 0 DEBENTURES— Anck. Gas, 1935, 61 , 103 0 0 101 10 0 Auck. Har. Bd., 6 . 105 0 0 103 0 0 City Auck., 1940, 5i 95 0 0 Auck. Fire Board, 6 — 100 0 0 Eor. of Devonport, 6 — 100 0 0 Bor. Mt. Eden, 5J- . — 100 0 0 Ditto. 6 —. 101 0 0 Bor. of Hamilton, 6 — 100 0 0 Hamilton Theatres, 7 101 0 0 Ditto. 8 101 0 0 N.Z. Breweries, Ltd. . 1 3 5 1 3 0 Glaxo . . 4 — 90 0 0