STOCKS AND SHARES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20930, 21 July 1931, Page 5

STOCKS AND SHARES.

THE AUCKLAND EXCHANGE. BUSINESS AT LOWER LEVELS. Trading covered a fairly wide range of miscellaneous investments on the Auckland Stock Exchange yesterday, when slightly easier value's predominated. Support for Government loans was sustained for all lines, but offers for tax-free per. cent, bonds and stock eased 5s to £9B 355. New Zealand Breweries debentures advanced 9d with a transaction at 225. Some improvement occurred in banks, but the movements were only slight and the group was devoid of business. New Zealand Insurance eased 5d with sale at 41s 4d, and South British were available 5d easier at 50s lOd. Buyers offered 50s 9d. Loan and Agency were quiet, New Zoaland and River Plates were done at 22s 9d, this being the first sale this year, and recorded a fall of 5s 3d on the level of tlie hist sale in Auckland. Firmer rates existed for Auckland Gas, which changed hands 3d better at 23s 6d without fully satisfying requirements. Devonport Ferries were marked down Is in a deal at 19s 6d. New Zealand Breweries wcie. also secured at easier rates, sales taking place at 33s ,3d and 33s 6d. Support for general investments remained weak. A buyer returned to the market for Colonial Sugars, for which an offer of £33 10s attracted a selling quotation of £34 10s. A rise of 6d was registered by Milne and Ghoyce debenture stock, which was released at 19s.

Activity in mining shares was centred in King Solomons,, which were traded freely on a lower basis ranging between 2a 9d and 2s lOd. At the close of last weok business was done at 3s Id. Firmer support was accorded Waihi Grand Junctions, for which sellers asked 2d more at 3s lid."

CLOSING QUOTATIONS. Buyers. Sellers t £ a. d. £ a. d. BANKS. Ana. of Commerce .. 0 11? 0 0 14 6 Australasia . . .. 'BI7 (i 910 0 Com. o£ Australia .. 0 13 11 014 2 Ditto (pref.) . 5 12 6 Eng., Soot, and Aus. . National of . N.Z. . . 4 2 6 4 8 0 Nat. of Australasia 917 6 New South Wales' . . 24 5 0 21 17 G New Zealand .... 2 7 10 D pref., 20s paid . 15 0 ™ „ Union of Australia . . 013 0 017 G INSURANCE. Aus. Provincial ~'036 National ... .. 0 12 10 0 13 0 New Zealand , .. 2 13 2 16 South British .. 2 10 9 2 10 10 Standard . • . . • LOAN , AND AGENCY.. Abraham & Williams' Dalgety and Co. ..6 5 0 615 0 Dominion Investment 017 0 Fanners' Co-op. Auc. ; (B pref.) .. .. Gol'dsbrough-Mort ~ 010 6 10 9 National Morts. . . ' N.Z. and River Plato 12 0 1 8 G' N.Z. Guar. Corp. (ord.) 0 5.3 Beliance Loan Mort. 0 17 0 Ditto (pref.) .. P 18 0 COAL. Grey Valley . . .. Pukemiro .. .. Benowa (ord.) . . Ditto (pref.) .. 0 3 3 Taupiri .. . . .. 106 11G Ditto (pref.) ..120 GAS. Auckland .. 1 3 G Ditto (con.) •V. 0 17 3 0 18 0 SHIPPING. Devonport Steam .. 019 0 110 Huddart-Parker , . 119 12 6 Northern Ditto (con.) ... P. and O. (def. etlc.) 16 0 -

TIMBER. Bartholomew ~ ~ 0 14 0 0 19 0 Kauri .... .. 0 S 0 National .. .. Parker-Lamb .. .. 0 11 0 WOOLLEN. Kaiapoi . ~ .. OG6 0-80 Wellington . . •. . Ditto (pref.) . . 410 0 >

BREWERIES. C. L. Innes (pref.) 110 New Zealand . . .. 1 13 0 1 11 0 Tooth's .... .. 0 17 0 0 17 6 Timaru (5s paid) . . ". 0 6 6 MISCELLANEOUS. Australian Glass .. British Tobacco .. .•—> 15 6 Bycroft , i . . Colonial Sucar . . 33 10 0 '34 10 0 Electro Zinc (pref.) 010 6 Farmers" Trading Co. 0 5 6. 0 6 3 Ditto (A pref.) 0 14 G 0 16 0 Ditto (B pref.) ..0 9 0 Hill and Plumraer 0 16 0 H.M. Theatre (pref.) 018 0 , Kempthorne-Prosser 2 11 0 Lewis Endy, Ltd. (pf.) 0 10 0 Milne and Choyce 0 18 0 Moturoa Oil .. ~.026 o 5 .0 National Pictures ..050 N.Z. Farmers' Fert. . 0 13 0 N.Z. Ilefrig, (con.) .. 0 '2 11 0 s 3 Robinson Ice Cream Sanford (pref.) . . Tnranaki Oil 0 1 3 Thames Theatre .. 010 0 014 0 Union Oil .. .. 1 6 0

Wairakei 0 7 6 "Wilsons Ccmertt . . 115 3 "VVoolworth (N.Z.), (pf.) 13 6 15 0

MINING. Blackwater , .0 2 3 0 3 6 Moanataiari .. .. 0 13 Ditto (3s 2d paid) 0 0 4 Ditto (Is (id paid) 0 0 >5 Con. Goldfields . - 0 0 6 0 010 Kawarau . . .. 0 0 7 King Solomon .. 0 2 9 0 2 10 Komata Reefs ..0010 —- Mahnkipawa . . .. 0 0 fij 0 0 SJ Ditto (pref.) ~ 0 0 8 Waihi .... .. 015 7 015 9 Waihi Grand June. ~ 0 3 8 0 3 11 Mount Lyell ... 017 6 018 3 . TINFIELDS. Kuala Kiunpar - . 0 4 0 0 6 6 N.Z. COVT. BONDS. War Loan, 1933, 4£ .. 98 15 0 Ditto, 1939. A\ >. 98 15 0 Ditto. 1941. 4i . . 98 15 0 Ditto. 1933, 5-1. tax. 97 15 0 99 10 0 Ditto, 1933, 51, tax. 99 0 0 Ditto. 1936, 54, tax. 99 0 0 N.Z. INSCRIBED STOCK. War Loan. 1938. 4J . . 98 15 0 Ditto. 1939, 41 . . 98 15 0 Ditto, 1937, si, tax, 96 10 0 . Ditto, '27-41. 51, tax 97 0 0 Ditto, )933, 51, tux. 97 15 0 99 0 0 Ditto, 1933, 51, tax. 99 0 0 Ditto, 1936, 61. tax. 99 0 0 Ditto, 1932, 51, tax. 98 0 0

DEBENTURES. Ak. H;ir. Bd, '.lO, 6J 97 0 0 Ditto, 1041, 6 . . 101 0 U 105 0 0 City of Auck,, '65, 5} i Ditto, 1044, 51 . . 97 0 0 Ak. E.P.8., '45, 51 97 0 0 ' / Hamilton, 1947, t\ . . 80 0 0 110 0 0 Mt. Eden, 1961, 55 99 10 0 102 0 0 Takapunu, 1944. 5J . Whangiuci B„ 1941, C 100 0 0 Auckland Gas, '32, 5 97 0 0 Ditto, 1935, (>i . . 101 0 0 G inborn© Sheep farmers N.Z, Breweries . . 113 12 8 N.Z. Farmers' Co-op., Canty., 1940, 6J 1 .. 52 10 0 Williamson's Films . .

CALL AND DIVIDEND LIST. Dividends— Due Auckland Gas—interim a p.o. p.a July 29 Union Bank of Australia—final, 2 p.c., making 7 p.c. for year July 31 British Tobacco—quarterly pref., GJ p.c. p.n. , . July 81 Christchurch Gas—interim, 4 p.c Aug. 4 New Zealand Insurance—final, 1.8 a share . . . Aug. fi Com. Bank Aus.— final, inef., 4 p.c. _ p a., ordinary, 5 p.c,, making 11.1 P-c. for the year Aug. H TRADE OF FRANCE. HEAVY FALL IN EXPORTS. (Received Jul- 20, 7.45 p.m.) PARIS, July 20, The French trade returns for the six months ended June 30 show that the value of imports was £185,608,000,. compared with £214,640,000 in the first half of last •year.. The' value of exports was £129,872,000, compared witli £181,008,000 last year.