STOCKS AND SHARES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20603, 30 June 1930, Page 5

STOCKS AND SHARES.

THE AUCKLAND EXCHANGE. BUSINESS VERY QUIET. Only lhrc'3 sales were recorded at the single call on tho Auckland Stock Exchange, on Saturday. Offers for several Government stocks eased, but 1933 per cent, War Bonds were tho only loans quoted by sellers, who advanced their price 5s to £99 15s. Movements were irregular in banks. Australians of Commerce, Commercials of Australia, and English, Scottish and Australians were sought at easier levels. Inquiry for New South Wales was firm at £3B ss, but New Zealands wero accorded less favourable support with offers Is lower at 575. In insurance Now Zealands changed hands unaltered at 475, which prico was offered for more. In loan and agency Dominion Investment and Bankings commanded higher bids and wero done nt the current-price of 20s. Goldsbrough-Morts wee in firmer demand at 29s 3d, without any supplies coming forward. Other sections of the market were quiet and movements wero of little importance. In mining buying strength increased for Waihis and tho shares were released at 14s 3d, an advance of 6d. The samo prico was offered for more, which were available at 14s sd.

CALL AND DIVIDEND LIST. Dividends— Duo. [''armors' Trading—ord., 10 p.C. p. a. Now. Goldsbrough. Mort and Co., Ltd.— final, 10 p.c. p.a. .. Now. •Loan and Mercantile—interim ord.. 2 p.c.; 5 p.c. pref., 2i p.c.; GJ p.c. prcf., 31 p.c. .. To-day. Morris-Hcdstrom—final, l p.c. .. To-day. British Tobacco—interim, 3 p.c. To-duy. iV.Z. and River Plato Land Mort case Co.. Ltd. -interim. 41 p.o July I. 11. M. Arcade Theatre—interim, pref., G ]>. c.; ord. 12i p.c. .. July 1. Sanfor.d, Limited, -ord., 2} p.o. p.a.; pref. 7 p.o. p.a. .. July & (Cat, Bank of New Zealand—final, 12 p.c. p.a. . .. .. July (;al!s— Kurnnui Gold Mining Co.—Jd a sharo .. .. .. .. Now. tteliunco Loan Co.—pref., 2a Gd a sharo July i. L'aranuki Oilfields—Cd a sharo . July 0. CHICAGO WHEAT MARKET. (Received Juno 2t), 5.5 p.m.) CHICAGO, Juno 23. Wheal.—July, cents; September, 94 3-8 cents; December, 1 dollar 1-8 cent OREPUKI SHALE FIELD. [j!V TEMJGIUI'U. OWN COIUIESPONDENT. ] DUNEDIN. Sunday. A company is being formed to acquiro the lights' of tho Orcpuki shalo field syndicate nnd to work tho deposits. The present bores prove 1,000,000 tons of shale. Tho old company's works wcro closed about 28 years ago, chiefly because of the withdrawn! of tho Government bounty and the comparative incflicioncy of the plant.

CLOSING QUOTATIONS. Buyers. Sellers. £ s. <1. £ s. d. BANKS. Aus. of Commerce .. 1 3 0 1 4 S Australasia .. ., 12 12 0 Commorcial of Aus. . 1 1 0 1 1 6 Ditto (pref.) 6 10 0 . Eng., Scot. & Aus. C 19 0 G 4 0 National of N.Z. 5 10 0 G 5 0 National of Aus. 11 14 0 15 0 0 Ditto (con.) 7 1 0 7 5 0 New South Wales .. 36 5 0 38 15 0 New Zealand 2 17 0 2 18 3 D pref., 209 paid .. I G 0 Union of Australia .. — 12 0 0 INSURANCE. New Zealand 2 1 0 2 7 G Queensland 2 10 0 South British 2 19 0 3 0 0 LOAN AND AGENCY. Dominion Invest. 0 19 (i 1 0 9 Ditto (B shares) .. — 1 0 0 Farmers' Co-op. Auc. (A pref.) 0 17 0 _ Ditto (B pref.) .. 0 1G !.) G oldsbrough-Mort 1 9 3 1 9 e N.Z. & River Plato 1 9 0 N.Z. Guar. Corp. ., 0 7 9 N.Z. Loan and Merc. 90 0 0 Reliance Loan (pref.) — 1 0 0 COAL. Grey Valley .. 1 3 0 i e 0 Hikurangi 0 1 0 0 2 0 Ditto (pref.) 0 4 0 Pukemiro Collieries .. 3 4 0 3 S 0 Renown (ord.) 0 14 0 Dilto (nref.) 0 2 11 0 3 3 Ditto (pref. new) 0 2 G 0 3 10 Taupiri (pref.) 1 2 0 Westport 1 10 0 — .Westport-Stockton .. 0 1 3 0 2 3 GAS. Auckland 1 5 0 Ditto (con.). 0 IS 0 — Birkenhead .. __ 0 IS 0 SHIPPING. Devonport Steam 1 2 3 Huddart-Parker 1.17 0 — Ditto (pref.) 0 19 3 1 0 0 Northern Steam 0 14 :s 0 14 9 Ditto (con.) 0' 6 3 0 6 9 P. & 0. (def. stock) — 2 8 0 Union Steam (pref.) . 1 0 3 — TIMBER. Kauri Timber 0 13 G 0 15 0 Leyland-O'Brien — 1. 8 3 National 0 7 3 0 9 0 Parker-Lamb o 11 0 0 1G 0 BREWERIES. C. L. Innes 1 1 0 Ditto (pref.) 1 1 0 — N.Z. Breweries 2 10 9 2 11 G J. Staples 2 8 G MISCELLANEOUS. Australian Glas* 1 17 0 1 19 0 Australian Iron (pref.) — .1 0 0 Bootb-Macdonald (pr.) 0 4 0 0 5 0 British Q'obacco 1 18 0 1 19 0 Bycroft. Ltd 1 13 0 — Colonial Sugar 42 0 0 •12 15 0 Consolidated Brick .. 0 IS 0 Dominion Pictures .. 1 1 G Ditto (pref.) 1 1 c; — Electro Zinc (pref.) 1 4 9 1 5 9 Farmers' Trading Co. 0 S l 0 8 3 Fullers' Pictures — 0 14 0 Hayward's Pictures . — 0 14 0 Hill and Plummer .. 1 0 r, — H.Tif. Arcade (pref.) 1 0 0 — Kempthorne-Prnsser . — 3 6 0 Milne mid Choyeo (deb. stock) — 1 5 9 National Pictures — 0 13 G N.Z. Fertiliser 1 0 3 — Robinson Ico Cream 1 4 0 — Sanford, Ltd. — 0 17 0 Ditto (pref.) — 1 0 0 Tarunaki Oil .. 0 2 0 0 3 0 Thames Theatre 0 10 0 0 14 0 Union Oil — 1. 1G 0 Whittomo-Slevenson . — 1 19 0 Wilsons N.Z. Cement — 2 5 3 MINING. Alburnia _ 0 0 4 Kawarnu 0 0 o 0 0 G Luekv Shot (Is paid) — 0 1 0 0 14 3 0 14 5 Wailii Grand June. 0 1 5 — Mount Lyell .. 1 G 0 1 C 6 N.Z. GOVT . BONDS. War Loan. 1930, 41 .. 99 r» 0 _ Ditto, 1938, 4! .. 99 0 0 — Ditto. 1939, 4} 99 0 0 — Ditto, 1941. 4i 99 0 0 —. Ditto, 1933, 51 99 0 0 99 15 0 Ditto. 1936, 51 .. 99 0 0 — N.Z. INSCRIBED STOCK. "War Loan. 1933, 4! .. 93 15 0 — Ditto, 1939, 43 .. 99 0 0 — Ditto, 1927-41, 5} .. 95 0 0 — Ditto. 3933, 5J .. 99 0 0 — Ditto. 193G, 51 99 0 0 — DEBENTURES Auck. Har. Bd., 5i .. 95 0 0 93 0 0 Ditto, 51 .. — 100 0 0 Bor. Devonport. '27, 4} . — 93 10 0 Auck. Gas, 1935, G1 ..100 0 0 — Booth-Macdohald 70 0 0 ■— Gisborne Sheep. 80 0 0 — 0 Glaxo 90 0 0 92 0 N.Z. Breweries 1 1 G* _ Williamson's Films .. — 101 0 0