STOCKS AND SHARES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22391, 11 April 1936, Page 7

STOCKS AND SHARES

j H E AUCKLAND EXCHANGE MARKET CLOSES FOR EASTER jhe 6 na ' Exchange prior to the Easter vacation was held on Thursday morning. A moderate volume of business was transacted. •The chief interest centred in industrials, ■j ß which the bulk of the- dealing took o ]ace at improved levels. Steady support was forthcoming for government/loans, but no new supplies p-ere located. With the exception of New 2ealands banks were sought at un-,-hanged rates. Offers for New Zealands ff ere°lowered Is -Id to 455, but sellers remained firm. On the other hand the D mortgage issue was vainly sought Hd ijettcr at - ~s 9d. In the only business jji thb section Commercials showed no movement on sale at 20s. Roller Mills ami Wilsons Cements ■beaded the rises in the industrial issues, both gaining Is. Morris Hcdaitroms and Dominion Breweries advanced Cd. There was a sharp setback -to K.D.V- Boxes contributing which were released at 3s. On the unofficial |j s t Woolworths (Sydney) continued their upward movement with a gain of igs Business,on the Auckland Exchange 'urill be resumed on April 20. « CLOSING QUOTATIONS

SHORT LOANS AND BILLS LONDON DISCOUNT RATES . LONDON. April 8 Discount and short loan rates on the London market are unchanged, compared with those for last week, as follows: April 1 April 8 p.c. p.c. Day-to-day Joans . . . . % % Fine trade bills (3 mos.) 2to 2% 2to 2'/i Bank bills (3 months) . . 9-16 9-16 Bank bills (6 months) . . % % Treasury bills (2 months) % V 7 Treasury bills (3 months) '/a % MINING SHARES IN LONDON / (Received April 10. 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, April 9 On the mining market to-day the following quotations ruled: —Mount L.vell, 18s- (3d; Buloio, £6 lis 3d; New Guinea, 3s 3d. CALL AND DIVIDEND LIST Dividends— Due Aew Auckland Laundry, 6 p.c. . . Now Alt. Morgan—;nt., quarterly, 4!d a shnjfe . . . . . . To-day Woolworths (N.Z.)—int., pref.. p.c April 15 Woohvortns iSyd ) —final, GJ p.c. . _ and bonus, 5 p.c April 15 G. J. Coles—int.. quarterly. 2i PC. . . April 15 •Uoniimon Pictures—int., pref., 3 P.c.; prd., 2J p.c. . . . . April 30 Tiniaru Brewery—final. 3J p.c April E. S. and A. Bank - int., 2i p.c. May 1 &'Aur, Iron and Steel—pvef., lialf|j> year t<f May 1, 1932. 31 p.c. . . May 1 Bsnk of Adelaide—int.. 4 p.c. . . May 6 .Sharland and Co.—int.. ord. and RSL, Pref.. of p.p May 11 "\Voollen—int.. 4 p.o .. May 13 Mt. Morgan—new issue. 2s 6d a share .. ... .. April 15

Buyers Sellers £ 8 d £ s d BANKS Com. of Australia . . Ditto ipref.) Eng.. Scot & Aust. National of Is.Z. . • Nat. of Aust. (cont.) New South W ales New Zealand ■ ■ 0 19 5 19 11 0 1 9 6 0 10 6 0 0 0 3 14 6 7 34 11 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 2 7 Ditto (D. Mort,. fl 9 6 paid) • • Reserve Bank .. TJnion of Australia .. 1 7 6 2 6 10 10 0 0 0 INSURANCE National .. New Zealand 0 18 2 19 i 6 8 1 0 'Queensland ;S. British, ex div. .. 2 16 4 S 0 0 4 10 0 LOAN AND AGENCY Dominion Investment 0 16 6 0 17 9 'Farmers' Co-op. Auc. (£5 paid) 4 3 0 4 10 0 Ditto (£2 paid) .. 1 7 0 — Ditto (£1 paid) .. 0 13 0 — Ditto (A pref.) .. 1 2 6 Ditto (B pref.) .. 1 1 6 0 — Goldsbrouch Mort .. 1 11 1 12 0 Mort. Corp. (10s pd.) 0 10 0 0 11 Xat. Mort. Agency (A) 2 10 0 6 Newton Kinc (pf.)..' N.Z. Guarantee Corp. 0 5 0 5 0 3 0 7 0 N Z. Loan and Merc. 28 0 0 35 0 0 Nth. Auck. Farm. Co-op. 0 2 6 — Ditto (A pref.) .. 0 14 0 12 Trad. Finance Corp. — 0 0 Ditto (cont.) 0 3 6 0 4 6 0 Ditto (pref.) 0 17 0 1 0 bright, Stephenson (pf.) — 1 0 3 COAL Grey Valley — 0 12 6 Kaitangata t . . Piikemiro Collieries 1 2 0 — 1 2 6 1 4 0 Renown Collieries . . 0 9 9 — Ditto (pref.) 0 2 8 0 2 11 Taupiri 0 15 6 ' U lb a Ditto (pref.) 1 1 0 — Westport — 1 2 3 IVTestport-Stockton .. 0 1 0 0 1 2 GAS Auckland 1 6 0 1 6 3 Ditto (contg.) 0 19 0 0 19 6 Gisborne — 0 10 6 , SHIPPING Deronport Steam . . 1 1 0 — Northern Steam 0 6 6 0 7 2 Ditto (contrib.) . . — 0 2 3 P. and 0. Def. Stock 1 3 0 — TIMBER Kauri .///.. Nitlonal 1 3 11 1 4 6 0 13 6 0 14 6 Parker-Lamb — 0 0 0 Hoxsnxi .. • • 0 6 0 7 3 Taiipo Totara 0 9 0 0 9 6 Taringamut^ 0 9 6 0 14 0 WOOL AND TEXTILE Eaiapoi 0 14 3 — Ditto (cont.) 0 5 .6 0 — Ditto (pref.) .. — 18 0 Mosgiel 9 10 0 10 5 0 Oamaru .. 1 0 61 2 6 Tattersfield 1 5 9 — Wellington 5 12 6 6 0 0 BREWERIES C. L. Innes 1 2 0 1 3 3 Dominion / - • New Zealand 1 1 0 — 9 2 12 0 2 12 J, Staples 1 13 0 — 0 Timaru .. 0 14 3 0 15 / MISCELLANEOUS Anthony Hordern .. 0 19 0 1 0 0 Australian Glass 4 1 0 4 3 0 Au8. Iron and Steel (pf.) — 1 5 9 Berlei (N.Z.) British Tobacco 2 15 0 ' 3 1 3 1 19 6 2 0 0 Broken Hill Propty. 2 19 4' 2 19 9 Ditto (cont.. 10s pd.) 1 15 6 — Bycroft. Ltd. 2 3 0 2 8 0 Consolidated Brick. . 0 9 6 0 10 0 Dental and Medical . — 0 12 6 Dominion Fertiliser . — 1 5 3 Donaghy's Hope 2 10 0 — Dunlop Perdriau — 0 14 6 Electro. Zinc (pref.) 1 19 6 o 1 G Farmers' Trading Co. 0 9 3 0 9 5 Ditto (B' pref.) .. 0 16 0 0 17 0 Grey and Menzies .. 0 11 0 0 13 0 K.D.V. Boxes (cont.) 0 2 6 0 5 0 McKendrick ,Bros. .. — 1 2 0 llaciky Lopran 0 19 9 — Milne and Choyce (deb. stock) 0 16 0 0 17 0 Morris Hedstrom 1 5 0 1 5 6 N.Z. Farmers' Fert. 1 0 0 1 0 6 N.Z. Newspapers N.Z. Paper 'Mills .. 1 18 1 8 6 0 2 0 0 N.Z. Refrigerating: .. 0 19 6 1 0 6 Ditto (cont.) 0 9 4 0 9 9 N.R. Milling 1 4 6 1 6 9 Palmer. Collins and Whitak«r 1 4 6 — Bobinson Ice Cream — 1 4 6 Sanford 0 2 3 0 3 3 Ditto (pref.) 0 10 6 — Shnrland (pref.) 1 1 0 Taranaki Oil Fields . 0 0 6 — Thames Theatre 0 5 6 — TTninn Oil. Soap . . 1 9 6 Wpirakei 0 7 0 Wilsons N.Z. <>ment 2 0 3 2 2 0 .Woolworths (N.Z.) . . 5 5 0 — Ditto (pref.) — 1 17 6 N.Z. GOVT. LOANS Bonds. 15/1/37 40. 4 101 15 0 Ditto, 15/2743-46, 4 102 15 0 — Ditto, 15//4/46-49, 4 _ Ditto 15/0/52-55. 1 104 0 0 103 10 0 Stock, Mar.. 39-43 3V, 100 10 0 Ditto, Nov.. 38-52. VA 101 10 0 Ditto, Sep., 30-43. 3% 100 10 0 Ditto, May', 39-52. 3'A 10! 10 0 Ditto,, 15/1'37-40. 4 Ditto. 15/2/43-40. 4 101 15 0 102 5 0 102 15 0 103 10 0 Ditto, 15/4'46-49. 4 104 0 0 Ditto, 15/6/52-55, 4 103 10 0 101 0 0