STOCKS AND SHARES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21879, 15 August 1934, Page 7

STOCKS AND SHARES

thelauckland exchange' SOUTH BRITISH EASE jimproved volume of business covered a wide range of investments on thei Auckland Stock Exchange yesterday.l A feature of dealing was a slackening in buying support for the high-grade insurances. In other classes of investment gains ofFset losses. Movements in Government loans continued !iu favour of holders and 1940 4 per cent stock advanced 10s on sale at £197 10s. Several other issues had firmer inquiry without attracting any quotation. In local body debenture Auckland Harbour Board, 1910, 5J per cents, Were taken at £lO4 ss, as against £lO4 12s 6d prior to the payment of the last half-year's interest. Banks were fairly steady. Reserve Banks hardened 3d in dealing at £6 ! (is 9d, and Australasias were secured 6d cheaper at iJll js. Other levels were on much the vimo basis. In two transactions South British Insurance Ueelined Is on the peak price reached last week, sales taking place at'B3s and 82s 9d. New Zealands were released 3d lower at 625, and remained unsupported at that price. Queenslands had sale again at absorbing all available supplies. Sales of Auckland Gas, both issues of which were Id firmer, was the only business in other classified sections. In the miscellaneous group. New Zealand Newspapers changed hands 3d better at 31s. Wilsons Cements, Consolidated Bricks, and Farmers Tradings, B preference, had acceptance at late rates, /' while the ordinary issue of Farmers' . Tradings was released at 6s, a fall of 2d. On the unofficial list Woolworths (Sydney) ordinary shares continued to ieact to their sharp advance, and were done down to 725, a further easing of Is 3d. CLOSING QUOTATIONS

Buyers Sellers £ B , d £ 8 d BANKS Australasia 11 5 0 11 10 0 1 Com. of Australia .. 0 15 10 0 16 Ditto (pref.) 9 12 6 Cora, of Sydney .. If. 9 0 17 0 0 Eng., Scot, mid < Axis. 5 0 0 National of N.Z. 3 16 o / Nat. of Australasia 12 4 0 Ditto (con.) 5 18 g New South "Wales .. 30 0 0 SO 10 0 New Zealand 2 6 6 2 6 8 D pref., 20e paid _ 1 14 3 Reserve Bank of N.Z. 6 6 6 6 7 0 Union of Australia . . — 9 14 C INSURANCE Aus. Provincial 0 10 0 0 10 6 National 0 19 6 0 19 11 New Zealand 3 2 0 Queensland 3 9 6 South British 4 2 6 4 3 0 /Standard 3 5 0 3 6 6 LOAN AND AGENCY Dominion Investment 0 18 0 Farmers' Co-op. Auc. (.£5 paid) .. 3 13 0 3 17 0 Ditto (A pref.) .. 1 0 6 _ Ditto (B pref.) .. 1 0 0 1 0 G / Goldsbrough-Mort 1 9 3 1 10 0 Nat. Mori. Agency (B) 1 12 0 N.Z. and River Plate , 0 19 0 N.Z. Guarantee Corp. 0 4 4 N.Z. Loan and Merc. 53 0 0 56 ~0 0 Ditto (pref.) 75 0 0 / N.A. Farmers' Co-op. 0 1 0 Ditto (B pref.) 0 5 0 0 6 0 Traders' Finance Corp. (con.) 0 2 7 0 3 3 United Per. Bide. (Ak.) 0 19 0 "Wrisht-Stephenso:a . . — 0 18 6 Ditto (pref.) 0 19 0 — COAL Pukemiro 1 5 3 Renown .. 7 0 2 9 0 4 6 Ditto (pref.) 0 1 0 0 1 9 Ditto (pref., new) 0. 1 3 0 1 7 Taupiri .. 0 13 0 0 14 3 Ditto (pref.) 1 3 3 — Westport 0 18 9 0 19 3 "West port-Stock ton . . 0 3 3 0 3 6 Ditto (pref.) 0 4 10 0 5 4 , GAS , Auckland 1 5 0 1 5 2 Ditto (con.) 0 18 4 0 18 9 Birkenhead <fc Northcote (7 p.c., pref.) 0 15 0 1 2 0 Thames ... 0 5 0 0 10 O "Wellington — 2 0 0 SHIPPING Devonport Steam .. 1 2 0 _ Howard Smith 0 14 6 — Northern Steam. .. 0 6 3 0 6 4 Ditto (con.) 0 1 1 0 1 G P. and 0. (def. stk.) 0 18 9 1 1 6 TIMBER Bartholomew .1 0 12 9 0 17 6 Kauri .. 0 17 4 0 17 9 Leyland-O'Brien .. — 1 3 0 National 0 8 3 0 10 0 Parker-Lamb ' — 0 3 6 Taupo Totara Timber 0 6 3 0 7 6 Ditto (pref.) 0 11 0 — WOOLLEN _ Kaiapoi 0 11 3 — Ditto (con.) 0 3 2 — BREWERIES C. L. Innes (pref.) 0 11 0 — New Zealand 2 3 6 2 4 6 MISCELLANEOUS Australian Iron (pi.) 1 1 6 — British Tobacco 1 16 9 1 17 9 Bycroft, Limited .. <2 8 0 2 11 0 j Colonial Sugar 64 12 6 65 10 0 / Consolidated Brick .. 0 8 0 0 8 (i Dominion Fertiliser . . 0 IS 0 — Dominion Pictures .. 0 14 0 1 0 c ■ Dunlop-Perdriau 0 18 3 0 19 c Electrolytic Zinc 1. 5 6 • 1 7 0 Farmers' Trading Co. 0 5 10 0 6 2 Ditto (B pref.) 0 13 6 0 14 3 Gear Meat 1 4 6 — Grey and Menzic3 .. 0 4 3 0 7 0 Ditto (pref.l 0 6 0 — H.M. Theatre' (pref.) 0 13 6 1 1 0 Lewis Eady (pref.) . . 0 7 0 —■ Milburn Lime ' 1 12 0 — . Milne and Choyco .. 0 19 6 — / Ditto (pref.) 1 2 0 Ditto (deb. stock) 0 18 6 — Moturoa Oil 0 1 0 0 3 6 National Electric .. 0 7 0 — New Zealand Drug . . 3 10 9 — N.Z. Farmers' Fert. 1 0 0 1 0 6 N.Z. Newspapers 1 10 9 1 11 3 • N.Z. Paper Mills 1 11 3 — N.Z. Refrig. (con.) 0 8 0 — 0 Northern Roller Mill. 1 10 0 1 15 Robinson Ice Cream 0 17 0 0 18 0 San ford — 0 2 6 Ditto (pref.) — 0 10 0 Sh&rland . . .. 1 5 0 — Ditto (pref.) / .. 1 5 6 — Sun News 0 3 11 0 4 3 0 1'aranaki Oil .. 0 1 6 0 2 Wairakei — 0 4 r> 6 Whittoir.e-Stevenson 0 12 0 0 15 Wilsons Cement 1 9 10 1 10 1 "Woolworths (N.Z.) .. 7 0 0 ■— (! Ditto (pref.) 2 0 0 2 2 Ditto (Syd.,2nd pf.) — 0 1 8 0 Ditto (10 p.c., pf.) 1 19 ' N.Z. GOVT. LOANS Bonds. 15/11/41. 3 3 A 104 0 0 — Ditto. 15/1/40. 4 .. 107 0 0 — Ditto. 15/2/40, 4 . • 108 0 0 — 1 Ditto, 35/4/49, 4 . ■ 108 10 0 <— Ditto. 15/0/55. 4 ■ • 109 0 0 — Stock. 15/3/38-43. 3Vi 108 5 0 « — Ditto. 15/5/38-52. 3% 108 5 0 — t Ditto. 15/3/39,-43, 3'A 108 5 0 — Ditto. 15/5/39-52. 3% 108 7 6 Ditto. 15/11/41. /3% 104 0 0 108 0 Ditto. 15/1/40 4 .. 107 5 0 0 Ditto. 15/2/AC. 4 . . 108 0 0 — Ditto, 15/4/49, 4 . . 108 10 0 ~~ Ditto, 15'0/55, 4 • • 109 0 0 DEBENTURES Akld. Har. B.. 10/7/40, 0 1 Si/ 103 10 -— 0 "Waitem.it a. 1/4/61, ti — 111 0 Amal Brick (Akld.), 100 0 0 / 1/3/14. 7'i .. ~~ Ditto (Wellington), 31/3/44, 7'/ a 101 0 0 103 0 0 Akld. Gas, 1/7/42, 6 104 10 0 Ditto. 1/5/35, 6/3 • • 102 10 0 " Booth-Macdonald. 72 0 n ,1/6/37, GV'a .. — Gishorne Sheepfarrners, ' f 31/8/41, f.% ' 98 0 0 102 0 0 Glaxo, 1/8/45, fi'/a . . 91 0 0 - Hikurangi Coal, 31(3/48, 7 . . 45 0 0 55 0 0 Williamson Picture*, 92 0 o % 5/6/33-49, 7Vi • — v/' right-Stophenson, P/S, 5 93 10 0 - BRITISH WAR loan 1 British Wireless RUGBY, August 13 j War loan. 3i ner cent, is quoted toj day at £104 10s, same as on August iu.