STOCKS AND SHARES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 22030, 9 February 1935, Page 9

STOCKS AND SHARES

JHE AUCKLAND EXCHANGE

REDUCTION IN TURNOVER

There was a reduced turnover on the Auckland Stock Exchange yesterday. Conditions were steady, the majority :D f sales being at current rates. A decline of 15s in ofiers for the J940 4 per cents was the principal feature of the market; for Government loans. On the other hand, inquiries for rural bonds were 10s higher at £lO4. The 1916 4 per cent bonds changed hands 7s Sd firmer at £lO6 17s 6d, ivhile the 1949 issue improved 5s to sell at £lO7 10s. A parcel of 1955 bonds jvas taken at the ruling levd, £lO9 10s. In banks Nationals of New Zealand were Is easier on sale at £3 lis, and •Reserve Banks were taken unchanged at £6 lis 6d. Offers for New Zealands opened slightly easier, but later recovered, and when holders reduced their quotations- to £os 9d u parcel was taken at this figure, an unchanged rate. Levels for New South Wales closed 2s 6d firmer, but offers for Commercials and English, Scottish and Australians ■were a shade easier. Buyers of insurance shards were not jrery active, and the only sale was in Standards, which were unaltered at 72s 6d. Uuddart-Parke;r3 rose 3d in a salt* at 37s ana Ijtter advanced again to sell at 3Ss. Sales at current rates were made in the preference issue of Renown Collieries, Farmers' Tradings and Broken Hill Proprietary. CLOSING QUOTATIONS

%/ MELBOURNE PRODUCE

BMF.LBOU.IINB, Feb. 8 Following are to-day's quotations on ipithe Melbourne produce market: pi Wheat, 2s Flour, £7 12s 6d. Aran, £4 15s. Pollard, £5. Oats, 2s 4d. English," 2s llid to 3s. Maize, 3s 6d to 3s 7d.. Onions, £B 10s to £8 | 12«, 6d. Potatoes, £8 15s <:o £9. CALL AND DIVIDEND LIST l),3e Insurance—int.. Is a «haro Feb. 13 b-D.V. Boxes— int.., 4 P-C- •• e " a nk N.S \V.—quarter!?, si» a share . •• ceb. 27 Mortgage—final. 2} p.c. Feb. 27 the;ro. Zinc—int., pref.. 8 p.c. p. a . Mar. 13 Biok;r. Hill South—int.. Is I'd a »hai« Mar. 15

Buyers Sellers £ 8 c. £ a d BANKS Australasia 11 7 1) 11 15 0 Com. of Aus. (ex div.V 0 16 ;! 0 16 6 Ditto (pi.), ex div. 9 15 ■:> 10 1 0 'Eng., Scot, and Aus. 5 0 i) 5 2 0 National of X.Z. : . . — 3 12 0 Nat. of Australasia .. 13 0 i) 13 5 0 Diito (con.) . . — 6 10 0 Jssw South Wales .. 31 10 0 31 17 6 Kevr Zealand . • 2 10 !il 2 10 9 D Mort., 20s pjiid 1 11 ;> 1 12 0 Reserve Bank of N,Z. 6 11 0 6 12 0 Union of Australia .. — 9 0 0 ' INSUfLANCE Rational 1 2 i» — 6 Ne'vr Zealand . • 3 9 II S 9 Queensland . • ♦ • — 3 1 6 South British — 4 17 0 .Standard 3 12 0 3 14 0 LOAN AND AGENCY Abraham-Williams (pf.) — ' 4 10 0 Dominion Investment 0 161 1) 0 16 11 Farmers' Co-op. Auc. 3 10 0 (£5 paid) . . .. 3 3 0 Ditto (£2 paid) .. — 1 5 0 Ditto (£1 paid) .. 0 5 0 — Ditto (A pref.) 1 1 — Ditto (B pref.) 1 0 i> — . .. — 1) 1 9 6 N.Z. and River Pl.ite 0 u 0 19 0 _y.Z. Guarantee Cor]?. 0 5 10 0 6 0 "Jv".Z. Loan and Mere43 0 0 49 0 0 Ditto (pref.) ' -K.A. Farmers' Co-op. 99 0 1) 105 0 0 0 8 (B pref.) . » Traders' Finance Corp. 0 4 !> 0 0 3 (con.) ■ • . — 0 Ditto (pref.) — 0 1 0 6 United Per. Bldg. (Alt.) 0 19 1 2 0 Wright-Stephenson (pf. 1 — 1 0 6 COAL .Pukemiro , 1 6 3 1 7 6 ' Een'ov-n 0 7 0 0 10 0 Ditto (pref.) 0 2 L 0 2 0 18 6 Taupiri - • '> • • —■ 0 3 Ditto (pref.) ' .. 1 3 1 5 0 "WMtport .. •• ■ Westpcrt-Stccktoii .. _. 1 2 0 3 6 0 E>itto (preif.) r~ 0 5 0 ' • GAS Auckland -. .. 1 7 0 ■— Ditto (con.) 0 19 6 — Birkenhead and X'cote 0 16 ..j - (J' p.c., pref.) 0 1 1 0 16 0 Whangarei — 0 SHIPPING Deronport Steam .. 1 3 0 1 5 0 Huddart-Parker 1 17 6 1 10 Ditto (pre!) — 6 Korthem Steam:, .. — 0 7 0 Ditto (con.)/ ■ • 0 1 E 0 1 9 P. and 0. (def. stk.) 1 .1 6 — •Union Steam (pref.) — 1 8 0 TIMBER. Bartholomew .. •• 0 14 6 0 19 Kauri -. • 0 19 0 6 National ... •• 0 13 6 — Parker-Lamb / — 0 3 6 Tiringamutu ... • - Taupo Total a Timber 0 4 0 5 6 0 ' 0 5 6 Ditto (pref.) 0 19 0 r— f WOOLLEN Kaiapoi _ 0 15 9 BRJEWERIEiJ Dominion 0 15 9 3 - 0 17 0 New Zealand ' •» 2 11 2 12 2 10 3 .. • • — 3 MISCELLANEOUS Australian. Glass .. 3 5 0 Australian Iron (pf.) — i) 1 3 9 British Tobacco 1 18 1 19 0 Broken Hill Pty. 2 12 ;$ 2 13 3 Byeroft, Limited .. 2 10 0 2 12 0 -Claude JCeon (N.!Z.) — 0 2 14 0 •Ditto (Sydney) .. 2 5 2 11 0 Colonial Sugar .. 41 0 ■0 41 15 0 Consolidated Brick .. — 0 10 0 Dental and Medical 0 10 0 — Dunlop-Perdriau — 0 0 19 6 Electrolytic Zinc 1 1 1 2 1 14 0 7 0 Ditto (pref.) Farmers' Trading Co. 1 13 0 7 i? 5 9 6 Ditto (ord., 2s* pd.) — 1) 0 1 6 Ditto . (B pref.) .. 0 14 — ft i - Gear Meat — I) 1 3 u Grey and Manzien .. 0 6 "Hill and Plummer .. 0 16 1) H.M, Theatre (proU 0 19 1) 0 13 K.D.V. Boxes U<te> — •11 0 Ditto (rights) , .. 0 0 0 1 6 0 Milne and Choyca .. —• 1) 1 0 Ditto (pref., 6 p.c.) 1 2 0 19 0 19 0 19 Ditto (deb. stock) — <1 0 Morris Heastrom 0 IS 0 K.Z. Farmers' Fart. 0 18 i:i 6 K.Z. Newspapers 1 15 0 1 15 0 10 1 7 K.Z. Paper Mill's, -• — b n Jf.Z. R-efrifr. (con.) 0 9 c U Q 'Northern Roller- (®f;) — o /» Peters Ice Cream'(N.Z.) 1 5 ■IS 1 9 b Phillipps and Impfcy 2 11 i;i 0 1 3 0 3 Robinson Ice Cream 1 2 b Snnford 0 2 t-i Ditto (pref.) — * 0 12 1 10 0 5 6 0 o Sharland (pref.), •• — Sun Xev.-s .. 0 4 a A - 'Tnranaki Oil 0 3 (i 0 1 0 Thames Theatre — Union Oil, Soap 1 9 o ~ 1 12 6 Wairakei .. , 0 4 a \ — Whitcombe-Tombi*,. .. — 0 4 10 0 "^hit'tome-Stevenson 0 9 — Wilsons Cement1 13 c 1 13 9 ' Woolworths (X.Z.) .. — (i 10 5 0 Ditto (pref.) 2 0 1 10 Ditto (Syd., 2nd pf.) — 6 N.Z. GOVT. , LOAMS Bonds, 15/1/40 4 ..102 0 0 103 10 0 ' . Ditto, 15/2/40, 4 .. 106 15 <i 107 0 0 Ditto, 15/4/49, 4 . . 107 5 (i — Ditto, 15/6/55, 4 • • 100 5 (i 110 0 0 Rural. 15/8/47. 5 ..104 0 0 — 0 Stock 15/3/38-43. 2% — 107 0 Ditto, 15/5/38-52, 3Va 106 17 (1 107 5 0 ' Ditto, 15/5/39-52, aV a 106 10 (1 . — Ditto, 15/11/41, &V* 101 10 0 — 0 Ditto, 15/1/40, 4 .. 101 15 0 103 0 Ditto, 15 '2/46, 4 . . 106 15 .0 — Ditto, 15/4 49, 4 107 5 (1 — 0 Ditto, 15/6/55. 4 . . 5 (1 109 15 DEBENTURES i.rns!. Brick (Akld.). 103 0 c M1/3/44. TA . . ' . - 100 0 (1 Ditto (Wellington), r -i=7 31/3/44, 1% ' . . __ 102 0 0 Gifborne SheepfarmeflS, 81/6/41, fi'.-j . . .. I 1 (1 DO 0 —- Williamson Pictuire.. 92 0 0 5/6/33 49, T/ a —