STOCKS AND SHARES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22352, 25 February 1936, Page 5

STOCKS AND SHARES

AUCKLAND EXCHANGE WEEK OPENS QUIETLY f Operations for the week opened quietly on the Auckland Stock Exchange yesterday, the hesitant tone in some Australian issues being rather onoticeable. Government loans wore inactive, but there was a better inquiry {or several of the 4 per cent issues. Further recovery in Reserve Banks . aS a feature of the market. Offers roso jj V 2s and there was a sale at £6, •hich is 5s h'S lier tlian tlie l irice 51 „ W eek mil). New Zealands were a shade dearer in business at 47s lOd. ( notations for seine of the overseas lues including Commercials, Nationals f New Zealand and English, Scottish and Australian, were reduced, but bu vers were stationary. . The demand for insurances revived lightly Parcels of New Zealands were taken at the current rale. \fter a steady advance in recent months Dominion Breweries were unobtainable at par. against recent busiat 19s 6d. Xo dividends have vet been received by shareholders, but there ore hopes for the current year, which ends on March 31. Wilsons Cement made tip further leeway and buyers W ere unsatisfied at 43s after a transfer 3d higher at that price. However. rj..„rofts were weaker and buyers were not interested in a drop of Is 6(1 to 47s (jd'in holders''limits. In the loan and aeencv group offers for Dalgety's moved up 2s 6d to £9 10s, but quotations topped £lO. Goldsbrough Mort registered a small gain in dealing and Auckland Farmers' were dearer than three months, ago. Hill and Plununers also improved on business last year and higher prices we re paid for Devon port Ferry and Wairakeis. Sanfords and Consolidated Bricks gave way slightly. G. J. Coles, the only Australian issue dealt in among the miscellaneous group, added 9d in a transaction at 73s 6d. CLOSING QUOTATIONS Buyers Sellers £sd £ a d BANKS

'Australasia. 12 10 0 — Com. of Australia .. Ditto (pref.) 0 19 8 0 19 9 9 9 0 9 13 0 En I., Scot, and Aus. National of N.Z. .. — 6 6 5 0 3 18 3 19 3 Nat. Australasia . Ditto (con.) 15 7 7 12 6 0 New South Wales .. 34 15 0 85 0 0 New Zealand 2 7 8 2 8 0 D Mort., 20s pd. — 1 10 0 Ec-serve cf N.Z. 5 18 0 6 1 0 Union of Australia .. — 10 1 0 INSURANCE National — 0 19 9 Ne-,v Zealand , 3 3 3 * 3 3 6 Queensland 2 16 0 4 14 South British 4 13 6 0 loan and agency .Abraham and Williams (pref.) Dalgety • • • 4 0 9 10 0 0 10 2 6 Dom. I. and B. Assn. 0 16 6 — Farmers' Co-op. Auct. 3 17 ' (£5 paid) 0 — Ditto (£2 paid) .. 1 6 8 0 14 Ditto (£1 paid) .. 0 12 0 0 Ditto (A pref.) .. 1 2 0 1 3 0 Ditto (B pref.) .. 1 0 9 1 13 Goldsbrough-Mort '•. 1 12 6 0 Q Mortgage Corpn. Newton King: • • 0 4 7 0 4 0 8 0 18 35 0 100 0 y 0 N.Z. and. River Plate 0 16 0 6 N.Z. Loan and Merc. Ditto (pref.) 85 0 0 O 0 Nth. Auck, Farmers, Co-op. • • »• 0 2 3 ' Ditto (A pref.) .. 0 15 0 0 13 0 12 Ditto (B pref.) . . 0 11 6 0 0 fi Traders' Finance Corp. — Ditto (con.) 0 3 9 0 4 1 A u 6 Ditto (pref.) „ - - — 1 " COAL Grey Valley .. •• 0 9 0 0 14 1 3 0 9 Pukemiro .. • • Braown 1 1 0 9 6 9 0 10 0 0 9 Ditto (pref.) Taupiri • • • • 0 2 0 17 8 0 0 3 0 17 Ditto (pref.) 1 1 0 1 4 0 1 n Q o Westport . • • • ITeatport-Stocktoa •. 0 0 9 6 9 Ditto (pref.) ■— l) A GAS 'Auckland Ditto (con.) 1 5 0 13 9 6 1 5 11 0 19 0 Thames 0 7 0 SHIPPING 6 Devonport Steam 1 1 6 1 1 Haddfirt-Parker (pf.) 1 8 6 X a o 0 7 10 Northern Steam 0 7 1 Ditto (con.) ' 0 1 9 u a 6 P. and 0. (def. stk.) — 1 6 Union Steam (pf.) • • 1 6 2 TIMBER F Bartholomew ■ ?.. Kauri .. ' • • National .. 0 18 1 4 0 13 0 9 6 1 0 1 5 0 14 0 0 6 A Parker-Lamb . • — 0 3 u Eotoiti . • »• 0 6 0 Taupo Totara Timber 0 9 6 0 10 0 16 0 Ditto (pf., lfis pd.) 0 14 6 0 WOOL AND TEXTILE Eaiapoi - .. t. • • 0 14 0 — Ditto (con.) .. 0 5 3 0 6 0 19 0 Ditto (prcf.) / 0 17 0 0 Uosgiel .. .»• 10 0 0 1 1 Oamaru ., — 0 BREWERIES Dominion Breweries 1 0 0 1 .1 0 N.Z. Breweries 2 11 3 2 12 3 J. Staples 1 15 9 Tui .. 2 2 0 2 i 6 MISCELLANEOUS Intrican-Sims (pref.) — 0 17 6 Australian Glass ' .. — 4 7 3 0 10 Amt. Iron (pf.) •• — 1 6 2 2 3 0 1 10 British Tobacco .. 2 2 4 Broken Hill Pty. 3 0 3 9 Ditto (con.) — 9 Bycroft, Limited __ .. — 2 7 6 Claude Js'con (N.Z.) — 2 2 43 0 0 10 6 Colonial Sugar . • 42 17 6 0 Consolidated Brick . . 0 10 0 8 Dental and Medical 0 10 0 0 13 0 Doniighy's Rope .. 2 10 0 Dunlop-Perdriau •. 0 15 0 — Electro, Zinc ' •» 1 18 6 2 0 0 Ditto (pref.) •» Farmers' Trading .. 2 0 ft 0 8 0 19 6 0 8 3 Ditto (A pref.) .. 0 18 0 6 Gfur Meat .. ■— 1 1 3 0. J. Coles . . • • 3 13 0 3 14 0 Grey apd Menzies ,. 0 11 0 0 13 0 Hecry Jones Co-op. — 6 2 1 6 H.M. Theatre (pf.) 0 18 — 1 9 Hume Pipe .. — 0 18 K.D.V. Boxes .. — 1 1 0 Ditto (con.) •• — 0 9 0 llcftendrick 'Brosi (pre).) .. .. — 1 2 0 Ditto (T>ref.) .. 1 1 0 — Mscky Logan • • 0 18 6 0 19 9 Msson Stnithers •. 0 13 6 — Lewii Eady (pf.) 0 13 0 0 19 6 M:lno and Clioycc 0 1(5 G (deb. stock) 0 15 6 Morris Hedstrom 1 s 0 1 0 3 £sw Auck. Laundry 1 0 0 1 3 0 9 £.Z. Fertiliser .. 1 0 3 1 0 N-S5. Newspapers .. K Z. RijfriEcratinK .. 1 10 3 1 19 1 1 0 9 K.rt. Millins 1 5 3 1 7 0 Ditto (pref.) .. 1 1 3 1 3 0 Peters. Ice (N.Z.) ,. 1 7 0 1 10 0 (N.Z.? (pf.) 1 1 3 1 3 9 Bcbinson Ice Cream 1 2 0 1 4 0 Sanford . . . . 0 2 7 0 3 0 Taranaki Oilfields .. 0 0 5 — -C H I 0 5 0 — Oil, Soap' .. 1 11 0 '^airnk?i 0 6 e, — . Stevenson 0 It 0 — N.Z. C'eriient 2 3 0 2 4 0 AVooluortha (N.Z.) . . 5 8 6 5 12 0 Ditto (pref.) , .. i in 0 Ditto (Syd., 2nd pf.) — 1 6 0 N.Z. GOVT. LOANS Bonds. 15/1 37 -10, - \ 102 0 0 _ Ditto, 15/2 43-4C. ■! 102 5 0 __ Ditto, 4 102 0 0 101 0 0 Ditto, 15/(5/, 5-2-55, 1 103 0 0 104 0 0 Btk., }far., 39-43. 3'/ a 102 10 0 103 10 0 Ditto, Sep.. 3U-13. 3!i 102 10 0 .— Ditto, 15/1/37-40. 4 101 15 0 102 10 0 Ditto, 15/2/4:j-4r,, 4 102 0 0 103 0 0 Ditto, la'l '4i; 49, 4 102 10 0 103 10 0 Ditto. 15/6/52-55, 4 103 0 0 104 0 0 DEBENTURES of Auckland, J/J/44-47 ... .. 103 0 0 __ Sendevson T.B., .1/5.'44 ' .. "*t. Kden, 1/4 '49-54 102 15 0 103 0 0 '— Ditto, 1/4/57-02 .. _ 107 0 0 ..Ditto, 1/4/4(5-51 . . 104 0 0 105 10 0 Jew Lynn, 1/9/40 .. — 103 0 0 takapiuiii, 1/7/49 .. 103 10 0 «malgu. Brick [Auck.), 1/3/44. 7'A 103 10 0 104 0 0 Ditto (Well.), 1 % XMrican, 30/9/41, .C'/a "'aporne Sheep.,' 102 10 0 103 10 0 — 103 0 0 Jl/f'41, GV, 101 10 0 — Theatres, awrto, 6 /,. ... — 100 0 a