STOCKS AND SHARES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 20131, 17 December 1928, Page 9

STOCKS AND SHARES.

THE AUCKLAND EXCHANGE.

BRISK SATURDAY MARKET. Business was unusually brisk at the only call on the Auckland Stock Exchange on Saturday. Inscribed Stock, 1938, per cent., which sold ut £99 10s a fortnight ago, brought £99 7s 6d. In banks two salos of New Zcalands were mado at 61s 9d, an advance of 3d on the previous day's rates. Business was again done in Now Zealand Insurance at 45s 6d, and Auckland Gas again changed hands at the advanced rate of 23s Bd. In shipping Dcvonport Ferries were offered at 25s ex div., buyers 245. New Zealand Breweries shares were on tho market at 575, but buyers offered Is less. In miscellaneous Henry Jones Cooperative, which brought 38s 10£ d at tho beginning of October, sold at 37s 6d. For Sanfords 17s 6d -was again given, and more were sought at the price. The following sales took place:—lnscribed Stock, 1933, 4£ per cent., £99 7s 6d; Bank of New Zealand, 61s 9d (two s;\los); New Zoaland Insurance, 45s 6d; Auckland Gas, 23s 8d ; Henry Jones Co-operative, 37s 6d; Sanford, Ltd., 17s 6d.

CALL AND DIVIDEND LIST. Dividends— _ Du9, Devonport Ferry—lnterim, 1\ P-C. per annum •• •• T £" Mount Lyell-Div,. Is; bonus, f.d Deo, 19 Sanford, Ltd.-3l P-c. for half- 0Q yenr Y oV. Sul, ord! l f B )r Gd r 7 ." : Jan. 15 SHEEPSKINS MARKET. Dalgetv and Company, Limited, has received the following cablegram from its London bouse, dated December 14:— Sheepskins: . 5775 bales of sheepskins offered and 4196 bales sold. As compared with closing rates of last series good Merino combing 5 por conthigher; inferior Merino combing 2J per cent, higher; Merino clothing 7& per cent, higher; comeback and fine crossbred 5i to 7Jr per cent, highor; medium crossbred 5 pov fcont. higher. T>ow cvobr* bred neglected and mostly withdrawn. Lambs 5 per cent, higher fully. "The Now Zealand Lonn and Mercantile Afreney Company, Ltd., has recoived tho following advice by cablo under date London, December 13Sheepskins. Crossbred, fair demand at about 5 per cent, advance, but quantities were withdrawn. ■ CHICAGO WHEAT MARKET. Australian and N.Z, Press Association. (Received December 16, 5.5 p.m.) : , CHICAGO. Dec. 15. Wheat.—December, 1 dollar 16 cents per bushel; March, 1 dollar 18J cent.B; May, 1 dollar 21| cents. : - . - v )

PROPERTY SALE, Palethorpe nnd Parkes sold at miction on Friduy morning two properties at the corner of Newton Hand and Abbey _ Street. There i» a small cottage oil one section and a two-storeyed house on the other. The properties were offered logother. Bidding started at £7RO, and ran up rapidly to ,£1175, at which figure the lot was sold. Sections in the Morrow Estate, Ahnorth Road, Epsom, were also offered, but the bids failed to reach the reservo, and tho properties were withdrawn.

CLOSING QUOTATIONS. Sellers Buye rs. BANKS— £ 8. d. £ 8. d. Com. of A ustralia .. \ 10 9 1 10 5 Ditto (prel.) . . — 7 7 0 National of N.Z. . . 7 fi 6 7 2 6 Wat. of Aub. (con.) 9 8 0 9 <) 0 New South Wales . 50 0 0 New Zealand 3 1 9 3 I 6 D pref., 20s paid. — 1 7 6 Union of Australia . — 15 10 U s'SURANCE— Australian Provincial 0 10 0 0 6 0 National 0 Hi (i 0 16 0 New Zealand a o 3 2 5 3 South British 3 5 0 3 4 0 LOAN AND AGENCY _ Abraham and Williams 4 2 0 — Farm. Co-op. Auc. 3 '2 e — Ditto (A pref.) . . — 0 17 3 Ditto (B pref.) . . — 0 16 10 Mort . 2 13 0 2 12 0 Newton King (pref.) — 0 7 9 N.Z. and River Plato — 1 12 6 N.Z. Loan and Merc. — 115 0 0 Ditto (pref.) — 80 0 0 N.A. Farm.' (B pr.) 0 10 0 0 1 0 COAL— llikurangi 0 c 0 — Ditto (prof.) .. 0 11 5 — Ditto (A pref.) .. 0 9 6 ■ — Puketuiro • • .. — 3 5 6 Iicnown (ord.) .. 0 16 0 0 14 G Ditto (pref.) .. 0 2 10 0 2 6 Taupiri Ditto (pref.) 1 6 0 1 5 0 — 1 3 0 Waipa . • . . 0 13 6 — Westport Stockton . . 0 3 'J — 0 Ditto (pref.) — 0 4 IAS- ( Auckland . . »* 1 3 9 1 3 7 Ditto (con.) .. 0 17 6 0 17 4 HIPPING— Devonport Steam (ex div.) 1 G 0 1 4 0 lluddart-Parker 2 'J 0 2 8 3 Ditto (pref.) . . — 1 0 6 Northern Steamship . Ditto (con.) 0 13 0 (i 6 9 0 13 2 P. and O. (def. stk.) — 2 15 0 Union Steam (pref.) 1 1 3 1 0 8 TIMBER— Bartholomew .. — 0 18 0 Kauri Timber , . 0 19 6 — Leyland-O'Brien »• — 1 11 0 National 0 10 6 — WOOLLEN— Kaiapoi .« . • — 0 13 0 3 7 10 Ditto (con.) .. —- Ditto (pref.) .. — 0 14 9 Wellington (pref.) ». — 0 . 7 5 BREWERIES— C. L. Inneu .. — 0 19 6 Ditto (pref.) .• — 0 0 19 9 0 V.Z, Breweries . 2 17 2 1G J. Staples and Co. . — 2 0 9 MISCELLANEOUS— Auck. Amun. Park , O 5 G 0 4 9 A. J. Bntrican .. .0 17 6 2 6 G Australian Glass . . •— 0 rJritisI) Tobacco ,. 2 5 2 4 9 Bycroft, Limited — 1 12 0 Checker Taxi (20» pd.) 0 10 0 —r Dominion Pictures . — 1 1 0 Ditto (pref.) Donaghy's Rope .. — 1 1 0 — 1 12 0 Electro. Zinc (ord.) — 1 14 6 Ditto (pref.) .. 1 17 0 1 16 0 Farmera' Trading Co. 0 17 6 0 7 9 Ditto (A pref). .. 0 15 6 Ditto (B pref.) .. Fullers' Pictures .. — 0 10 G 0 — 1 0 Grey and" Menries . , — 0 10 3 Hamilton-Theatres .. TTayward's Pictures . 0 19 0 — 3 — 1 0 Henry Jones Co-op.., - i 16 0 1 J7 0 6 Hill and Plummer . 1 2 TT.M. Theatre* (pref.) 1 1 0 Kompthorne-Prosaer . 3 12 0 Lewis Eady, Ltd. (pr.) 0 19 3 — Milne and Choyce .. . — 1 6 0 0 0 9 Ditto (pref.) .. —■ 1 6 1 0 1 . 6 Ditto (B pref.) ' .. Ditto (deb. atk.) 1 6 6 N.Z. Express 0 19 0 0 19 0 N 55. Fertiliser — V.Z. Refrig. (con.) 0 9 7 — Snnford. Ltd. 0 IS 0 0 17 6 I 0 Taranaki Oilfields .. Thames Theatre .. 0 5 r, ■ 0 5 0 15 0 0 10 Tonson Garlick .» Union Oil . . . • 0 8 6 2 0 0 Wnirakei. Ltd. .. O 13 r. ■— Whittomo-Stevenion . 2 5 0 MINING- ./ Alburnia. 0 2 0 '— N. Waiotaln (4s pd.) 0 :1 0 — Ditto (con.) r . Ohinemuri WniJii .. Waibi Gnd. Junction 0 () O 9 0 14 4 0 7 0 8 0 14 0 0 — 0 0 0 0 .13 1 18 8 Kuala Katripar 0 14 .8 Mount Lyell 1 19 3 9 N.Z. GOVT. BONDS- - Wnr Loan. 1930. 4i . 100 0 0 '— Ditto, 193R, 4i . . 100 0 0 no o 99 0 101 5 0 0 0 Ditto, 1039, 4i .. Ditto, 1941, 4'i .. 100 0 0 • Ditto,. 19-16, 6* .. •— N.Z. INSCR, STOCK— 0 0 War Loan. 1938, 4i . .Ditto, 1939, A\ .. 99 1 6 0 99 5 99 5 Ditto, 1933, 5| .. 101 5 101 1 o Ditto. 1936, 51 r. — nKBENTURES — 93 0 103 0 102 0 0 0 0 Auckland Gas, 1932, 5 Ditto, 1935. 6} . . '"ck. Far. Board, (i — 0 Auck. IIos. Bd., 5i Bor. Devonport, 4i . Ditto. 6 ... Bor, Mt, Eden. 53 Ditto. C 101 0 T c 1, '"0 <1!, 91 0 0 10! A 101 *0 102 f J) I a 89 <0 N 7j. Brewories Glaxo — )o