STOCKS AND SHARES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20867, 8 May 1931, Page 7

STOCKS AND SHARES.

THE AUCKLAND EXCHANGE. SLIGHTLY FIRMER TONE. 'A slightly firmer tone was recorded on the Auckland Stock Exchange yesterday, and interest was spread over a comparatively wide range of financial and miscellaneous securities. No Eales were recorded in the gilt-edged section, in which Boilers were hard to locate, and the market was very firm. In the banking group sales of Australasias, Nationals of New Zealand and Unions were recorded at current prices. The market for Unions moved np 2s to £7 2s during the day, without drawing (sellers below £7 7s 6d. In the insurance section sellers of New Zealands weakened 3d during the day without attracting n buying quotation. South British lost Is 3d on the market of three days before to change hands at 525.

j Auckland Gas shares met a firm domand with unchanged quotations. Devonport- Steams' had a further 6ale at par, buyers coming in again at 19s.' New Zealand Breweries held the previous day's quotations. i In the miscellaneous group buyers came fn for Colonial Sugars, cx div., at £32 15s, sellers asking £34 15s. Buyers of Kempthorne-Prosscrs moved up 6d to 53i without attracting a selling quotation. Wilsons Cements strengthened on the announcement of the usual dividend, buyers offering 39s 3d at tho close, compared with 37s 6d the previous afternoon. Mining W as quietly active. Waihi Grand Junctions gained Id to soil at 2s 4d. Mount Lyells had their first Auckland sale since the middle of April at a fall of 2s on the market at that time, but 6d above the price paid in Wellington the previous day.

CLOSING QUOTATIONS.

CHICAGO WHEAT MARKET. CHICAGO. May fi. Wheat: May, 84f cents a bushel; July, 63J cents; September, 63 centsj December, 66£ cents.

Buyers. Sellers. £ a d • £ * d 1 BANKS. Aus. of Commerce . . — 0 U 6 Australasia / • •. • • 8 17 6 9 2 6 Com. of Australia .. 0 14 1 0 14 5 Ditto (pref.) . . 5 12 0 Enff., Scot, and Aus. — 5 0 0 National of N.Z. — 5 2 6 Wat. of A'sii. (con.) — 5 5 0 New South Wales . . 24 15 0 26 0 0 New Zealand . . . . 2 11 0 2 11 9 D pref., 20s paid . . 16 0 1 7 6 Union of Australia . . 7 2 0 7 7 6 INSURANCE. National . . •. 0 13 1 _ New Zealand . . .. — 2 1 9 South British .. .. 2 11 0 2 13 0 Standard .. .. 2 5 0 2 10 0 LOAN AND AGENCY. Abraham <fe Williams — 4 0 0 Dalgety and Co. . . % — 7 0 0 Dominion Investment — 0 19 0 Farmers' Co-op. Auc. (B pref.) . . . . — 0 16 0 Newton King (pref.) — 0 9 6 N.Z. River PJate . . 11 0 — N.Z. Loan and Merc. — 3 7 0 N.A. Farmers" Co-op. (B rvef.)/ . . . . 0 3 0 0 6 0 Reliance Loan Mort. — 0 19 0 Ditto (pref.) . . — 0 19 0 COAL. Grey Valley .. .. — 0 19 0 Pukemiro . . .. — 1 17 6 Renown (ord.) .. —m Ditto (pref.) .. — 0 13 0 0 3 0 Taupiri ... .. .. 11 0 1 4 0 Ditto (pref.) .. 11 0 — Waipa . . ,. . . 0 6 0 — Westport-Stockton .. — 0 3 0 GAS. Auckland 1 . . . . 12 10 1 3 0 Ditto (con.) . . 0 16 9 0 17 0 Thames — 0 7 6 SHIPPING. Devonport Steam . . 0 10 0 1 1 6 Northern StBam • . 0 10 0 0 12 0 Ditto (con.) . . — 0 6 0 Union Steam (pref.) 0 19 6 — / TIMBER. Bartholomew .. .. — 0 19 0 Kauri OS 6 0 9 3 National — 0 9 0 Parker-Lapib . .. — 0 11 0 WOOLLEN. •Kaiapoi 0 S 6 BREWERIES. New Zealand .. .1 15 0 1 16 0 Timaru (paid) .. 0 11 3 — Ditto (58 paid) . . 0 5' 11 0 6 4 MISCELLANEOUS. Blenhoim Oil l 10 0 British Tobacco .. — 1 9 9 Burns-Philp .... — 1 15 0 Bycroft 15 G Colonial Sugar (ex div.) 32 15 0 34 15 0 Dominion Pictures . . 0 15 0 1 1 0 Farmers' Trading Co. 0 G 10 0 7 0 Ditto (A pref.) .. 0 13 3 0 15 6 Ditto (B prei) .. 0 0 0 — Gear Meat . . . . — 1 10 6 Hill and Plummer .. 0 15 0 0 19 0 H.M. Theatro (pf.) 0 18 O — Kempthorne-Prosser . 2 13 0 — Milne and Choyce . . 0 1!) 6 — Ditto (deb. stock) . — I 0 0 Moturoa Oil . . . . 0 2 0 0 4 0 N.Z. Farmers' Fert. — 0 13 •9 N.Z. Refrig. (con.) — 0 3 2 Robinson Ice Cream 1 0 0 1 3 0 Sanford — 0 8 0 Ditto (pref.) . . — 0 18 6 Taranaki Oil . .. — 0 1 3 Thames Theatre . . — 0 15 0 Truth (N.Z.), (pref.) — 0 16 6 Union Oil . . ..13 ti Wairakei 0 6 0 Wilsons Cement . . 1 19 3 2 0 0 MINING. Moanatainri ... . . 0 1 0 0 1 3 Ditto (3s 2d paid) — 0 0 9 Ditto (Is 6d paid) 0 0 3 0 0 fi Kawarau i . . .. — 0 0 7 ■King Solcmon . .. 0 2 5 0 3 1 Mnhakipawa . . . . 0 0 7 0 0 10 Wnihi 0 15 3 0 15 G Waihi Grand June. . . 0 2 3 0 2 5 Mount Lycll . . .. 0 17 9 0 18 3 TINFIEI.DS. Kuala Kampar . . — 0 6 6 N.Z. GOVT. BONDS. ■War Lean, 103S. 4J . . OS 10 0 Ditto, 1030, 42 . . 08 10 0 — Ditto, 1011, .1} . . 98 10 0 — Ditto, 1033, oi, tax. 97 15 0 — Ditto, JO?,3, 5 ! , tax. 90 5 0 — Ditto, 1936. 51. tax. 99 0 0 — N.Z. INSCRIBED STOCK. War Loaii, 1938, 4J . . 98 10 0 93 17 6 Ditto, 1939, -lj . . 98 10 0 — Ditto, '27-11, 54, tux. 96 10 0 — Ditto, 1933, 5}, tax. 97 15 0 — Ditto, 1933, 51, tax. 99 5 0 99 10 0 Ditto, 1036. 5i. tax. 09 0 0 — Ditto, 1932, 5i. tax. 98 0 0 — DEBENTURES. Ak. Ear. Bd., '-*0, 5} 07 0 n — Ditto, 1911, 6 . . 101 0 0 — Franklin E. P. B., 1965, 51 . . — 05 10 0 Alt. Eos. Bd., '35, 55 97 0 0 98 10 0 I! Hamilton, 1917, 4! — 88 0 0 B. Mt. Eden, 1063, 5? 97 0 0 — Mt.. Hoski 11, 1950, f>j — 99 0 0 Tamnki V/., 1950. 5} 94 0 0 96 0 0 Auckland r,as, '32, 5 ''6 0 0 — Ditto. 1035. 6} . . 100 O 0 — N.Z. Breweries . . 11 0 CALL AND DIVIDEND LIST. Dividends— Due Wnihi—final. Is a share To-day. Bank of Adelaide—final, 3 p.c. Mav 13 Queensland Xat. Bank— ciuarterly. 11 p.c May 14 Bycroft—final, lid a share Mav 14 Nat. Insurance—interim. ld a share May 15 Taupiri Coal—final. 5 p.c. Mav 18 Farmers' Trading •■final. 31 p.c. on A und B pref. .. Mav 20 N.Z Paper NT ills—final. 4 p.c May 26 Br.nk of N.S W.—Quarterly, 9s a share Mav 28 Wilsons Cement—final, 71 p.c. f une 10 Bank of New Zealand— final, preference issue, 33 p.c, , and ord., Is 4d a share and bonus of 1 per cent. . •June 20 Nat Bank of 'Asia—final, i I p.o. — Dalgety—interim, 3 p.c. .. — Donaghy's Ropo—final. Is 3d a share — Australian Glass-final. 41 p.c. pref.. and 3 p.c. ord. —