STOCKS AND SHARES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22401, 23 April 1936, Page 7

STOCKS AND SHARES

THE AUCKLAND EXCHANGE good volume of sales There was again a good number of transactions made in :he investment market on the Aucklar t! Stork Exchange yesterday Value:; fluctuated and business was mainly con lined to Government loans and industrials. The principal feature if the transfers in Government loans, for which there was a full inquiry, was the drop of .'{"is on the closing price before the holidays registered by the 19-19 4 per cent stock. The 1955, i per cent bonds wero os weaker. Banks were again quiet, and no sales were reported. Now Zealand Insurance shares were in demand at tidier levels, and two transfers were made Is 6cl dearer at Cls. A further rise of Gc. was made by Taupiri Coal in a sale at 17s. P. and (). deferred stock moved up 9d to 24s £d. New /Zealand Brewories again sold twice at the unchanged price of 525. Broken Hill Proprietary shares showed a decline of 2d :.n a transfer at IQs 4d. Colonial Sugars were taken unchanged at £'4l 15s. Keen demand was shown for Consolidated Brick, which opened with two sales 2d lower at. 9s ]Oil, but later advanced Id to 9s lid. Farmers' Trading again changed bauds at 9s od. ' Two parcels of New Zealand Drugs were taken 3d lower at 75s 6d. On the last sale in March, New Zealand Refrigerating, £1 paid, dropped back Sd to 19s 9d. Union Oil advanced 3d to !$s 9d. "Woolworths (N.Z.), preference, in a sale at 355, lost 3*. 6d on the last transfer in January, although falls have occurred since then in the South.

BRITISH WAR LOAN (Received April 22. 5.6 p.m.) British Wireless RUGBY, April War loan, 3J per cont, is quoted today at £lO7 16s 3d, compared with £lO7 10s on April .17.

9 CLOSING QUOTATIONS Buyers Sellers £ a d £ s d BANKS Commercial of Aus. .. 1 0 0 1 0 5 Ditto (pref.) — 9 10 0 Eng., Scot, and Aus. 6 4 6 — New South Wales .. 33 0 0 — Ditto (Syd. reg.) .. 33 5 0 34 5 0 New Zealand . • 2 5 0 2 6 6 D Mortg., 203 "paid 1 7 9 — Reserve of N.Z. 6 10 0 C 12 0 Union of Australia . . 9 13 0 10 0 0 INSURANCE National , 0 19 0 — Keiv Zealand . . • • 3 0 9 — Queensland .. .. 2 16 0 — South British 4 10 0 4 12 0 Standard 3 2 6 — LOAN AND AGENCY Dominion Investment 0 16 6 0 17 9 Farmers' Co-op. Auc. (£5 paid! 4 2 0 4 10 0 Ditto (£2>paid) 1 7 0 — Ditto (£1 paid) .. 0 13 0 — l)itto (A pref.) .. 1 2 6 — Ditto (B pref.) .. 1 1 6 — Goldsbrough-Mort .. 1 11 6 1 12 0 Hort. Cor. ,(103 pd.) 0 10 0 — Nat. Mortgj (A) 2 10 0 2 11 fi Newton King (pref.) 0 5 0 — N.Z. Guarantee Corp. 0 5 3 0 5 10 N.Z. Loan and Merc 28 0 0 84 0 0 X*itil. AucK. Farmers' ' Co-op. C 2 6 0 3 0 Ditto (A. pref.) .. C 14 6 — JJitto (B pref.) . . C 11 0 0 13 6 Traders' Finance Cor. — 0 12 0 Ditto (con.) (i 3 6 0 4 6 Ditto (pref.) (i 17 0 1 0 0 United Perm. Building (Auck.) 1 0 0 — Wright - Stephenson (l 17 6 . — Ditto (pref.) 1 0 3 COAL Grey Valley - 0 12 6 Pukemiro .. 1 3 0 — Jienown .. . • 0 9 9 — Ditto (pref.) C 2 8 0 3 0 Taupiri (i 16 9 0 17 6 Ditto (pref.) 1 1 0 — Westport-Stockton .. (1 0 11 0 1 3 GAS Auckland :i 6 0 1 6 6 Ditto (con.) 1) 18 9 — Gisborne — 0 10 6 SHIPPING Devonport Steam .. 1 1 0 — Northern Steam. 0 6 8 0 7 2 Ditto (con.) — 0 2 3 £■- and 0. (def. stock) i a 9 1 5 3 TIMBER Kauri l 3 10 1 4 0 Leyland-O'Brien 1 2 6 1 4 6 National .. .. 0 13 6 0 14 6 Parker-Lamb .. — 0 2 0 Potoiti ' -. 0 6 0 0 7 3 Taupo Totara 0 9 3 0 9 6 Taringamutu. — 0 14 0 WOOL AND TEXTILE Kaiapoi 0 14 6 0 15 3 Ditto (con.) 0 5 6 0 6 6 Ditto (pref.) . • — 0 18 0 Wosgiel .. 9 10 0 10 0 0 Tattersfield 1 5 6 — BREWERIES C. L. Innes 1 2 0 1 3 3 Dominion 1 1 0 1 3 0 2s'ew Zealand 2 11 9 2 12 3 J. StapleB 1 13 9 — MISCELLANEOUS Australian Glass .. 4 3 6 — Aus. iron (pref J .. — 1 7 0 Berlei (N.Z,) .. .. 2 15 0 3 2 0 British Tobacco 1 19 6 2 0 3 Broken Hill Pty. 2 19 3 2 19 6 Ditto (con.) 1 15 9 1 16 0 Bycroft, Limited 2 2 6 2 8 0 Claude Neon- (N.Z.) 2 1 3 2 4 0 Colonial Sugar 41 10 0 42 0 0 Consolidated Brick . . 0 9 10 0 10 0 Dennis Lascelles 0 15 0 — Dental and Medical 0 13 0 Supply — Dominion Fertiliser.. 1 4 6 1 5 6 Donaghy's Rope 2 10 0 — 3 Dunlop-Perdriau Farmers' Trading Co. 0 14 11 0 15 0 9 5 0 9 6 ■ Ditto (B pref.) . • 0 16 3 0 17 0 G. J. Coles 3 10 0 — Grey and Menzies .. 0 11 0 0 12 0 Henry Jones . . .. 1 19 6 2 1 3 Hill and Plummer .. 0 19 0 1 5 0 K.D.V. Boxes (con.) 0 3 6 0 3 9 ■Mason Struthers 0 14 3 — •McXendrick Bros. .. — 1 2 0 Ditto (prefJ 1 1 0 — 0 Macky Logan . . 1 0 0 1 2 Milne and Choyce 0 17 0 (deb. stock) 0 16 0 Morris Hedatrom . • 1 5 7 1 5 9 N.Z. Drus; . . 3 15 fi 3 16 0 N.Z. Fertiliser 1 0 0 I 0 9 N.Z. Newspapers 2 2 3 2 2 6 N.Z. Refrigerating . . 0 19 4 1 0 0 Ditto (con.) 0 9 5 0 10 0 Northern Roller Mill. 1 4 0 1 0 6 Ditto (pref.) 1 1 6 — Palmer, Collins and Whitaker 1 4 6 — Peters Ice (N.Z.) . . 1 8 6 Robinson Ice Cream 1 4 3 Sanford ,, 0 2 3 0 3 0 Ditto (pref.) 0 10 6 — 3 Sharland (pref.) . . — 1 1 'laranaki Oil Fields 0 0 6 — XhameB Theatre 0 5 6 — Union Oil 1 9 0 — Wuirakei / — 0 7 0 Wilsons N.Z. Cement 2 2 3 2 4 0 Woohvorths (N.Z.) . . 5 12 6 6 0 0 Ditto (pref.) 1 14 6 — Ditto (Syd., 1st pf.) 1 18 0 1 19 6 / N.Z. GOVT. LOANS Bonds, 15/11/38-41, 3% Ditto. 15/1/37-10, 4 _ 102 10 0 101 17 6 — Ditto, 15/2/43-46, 4 102 15 0 — Ditto. 15/4 MG-10, 4 102 0 0 102 15 0 Ditto. 15/6/52-55. 4 103 5 0 — Stock. Mar., 39-43. 3% HK) fi 0 — Ditto, Nov., 3.S-52, 3'/ a 102 10 0 — Ditto, Sep.. 39-43, 3% 100 5 0 — Ditto, 15/1/37-40. 4 101 17 G — Ditto. 15/2/43-46, 4 102 15 0 — Ditto. 15MM6-49. 4 102 0 0 — 0 Ditto. 15 • R/, : 52-55. 4 — 104 0 Ditto. 41-43, 3% . • — 103 0 0 DEBENTURES Auck. Harbour Board, 9/7/41 :ioi 10 0 — Ditto. 9/7/44 :i04 o 0 — Auck. Hospital Board, 0 1/6/19 — 105 10 Waiuku. 2/12/62 — 107 0 0 Amal. Brick (Auck.). 100 10 1/3/44, 7'/ a 9S 0 0 0 Ditto (Wellington), 100 0 0 Bl/3'44. 7Vi 96 0 0 Gisb'ne Rheepfarmcrs, 31 '8/41, GVa 9S 0 0