STOCKS AND SHARES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22429, 27 May 1936, Page 9

STOCKS AND SHARES

THE AUCKLAND EXCHANGE BRISK BUSINESS DONE Hrisk trading was again done on the Auckland Stock Kxchange yeste.rday when the inquiry generally showed an improvement. Offers tor Government loans fluctuated, hut the '\h per cents received hotter support. Business was confined to the 1940, 4 per cent, stock, which recovered after dealing at a lower rate. There was a scattered inquiry for banks. Commercials of Australia, preference, dropped Is in business at £'o Ss, and luiglish, Scottish and Australian were easier alter a sale od higher at £'6 3s 'i'd. In a transfer at lf>s Ud, Xew Zealands were 'id cheaper, while the D mortgage issue lost (id at 2!ls 6d. Holders of insmance shares mnd«»| slight- concessions. Jn loan and agency Traders' Finance, preference, were done at ISs (3d, a reduction of l's since last year. Auckland Gas were active, closing slightly cheaper at -5s lid. New Zealand Refrigerating (10s paid) also lost ground nnd Wil sous Cement were not wanted At 46s (3d after business (id cheaper at that price. A stronger demand for TjVoolworths (N.Z.) resulted in sales at £" 16s Gd and £'7 18s. a full gain of 5s Cd. Farmers' Fertilise! and Farmers' Trading also improved in dealing. Business in Australian issues was marked by a sharp rise in Australian Glass, which will benefit as a result of the new tnritf policy. Broken Hills nlso made an advance, but G. J. Coles nnd Electrolytic Zincs preference changed hands at slightly lower rates. CLOSING QUOTATIONS

SWAN BREWERY RICHER PROFIT AND DIVIDEND The accounts of\ the Swan Brewery ~°mpany, Limited, (Melbourne, for the y ea r ended March" 131, disclose a net 19 rr —110,150,-, an increase of A 0 on . the previous year's total, iter providing L'.'ilOO for preference "'idfinds at 0 per cent, the remaining Profit equals over 25 per cent on the Miliary capital arid Ordinary dividends -l"o been raided froin 18 per cent to <0 per cent

Buyers Sellers .4.' s d £' s d BANKS Adelaide . • G 10 0 — Australasia . . . . — 12 0 0 Com. of Australia . . — 0 19 4 Eng., Scot, and Aus. 6 2 0 6 4 3 National of N.Z. . . — 3 13 0 National of Aus. . . — 15 12 0 New South Wales 32 10 0 33 5 0 New Zealand . . 2 5 6 2 6 0 Ditto. D Mort (20s paid) • • • • 19 6 Tnion of Australia . — 1 10 6 9 15 6 INSURANCE National ■ . - • 0 17 6 0 18 0 New Zealand . . 3 2 0 3 2 3 Queensland . . 2 ID 3 3 0 6 South British . . — 4 10 G LOAN AND AGENCY Abraham and Williams (pref.). . . — 4 4 0 Dalsety * * — 9 5 0 Dominion Invest. . . 1 16 0 2 0 0 Dora. In. and Bank. 0 16 6 0 17 6 Farmers' Co-op. Aticf. (£5 paid) . . 4 7 0 4 1ft 0 Ditto {£2 paid) . . ISO — Ditto (£1 paid) .. 0 13 3 — Ditto (A pref.) . . 12 6 — Ditto (E pref.) .. 116 — Gsldsbrough J!ort . . 1 12 0 1 12 9 Mort. Corp. (10s pd.) 0 10 4 — National Mort. (A) — 2 116 N?vrton Kins (pref.) 0 6 6 — N.Z. and River Plate — 0 17 0 N.Z. Guarantee Corp. 0 5 2 — N.Z. Loan and Mer. 29 0 0 33 0 0 Ditto (pref.) . . — 100 0 0 Nlh. Auck. Farm. Co-op. ■ • 0 2 6 — Ditto (B pref.) .. 0 10 6 0 13 6 Traders' Finance . . — 0 11 0 Ditto (con.) . . 0 3 6 0 4 0 Ditto (pref.) . . 0 17 9 0 19 0 United Perm. Build. (Auck.) 0 19 0 1 1 6 Vrright. Stephenson (pref) — 10 0 ' COAL Pttkerairo 13 9 _ Renown . . .. 0 10 5 0 11 0 Ditto (pref.) .. 0 2 10 0 2 11 Tnupiri .. .. — 0 17 6 Ditto (pref.) .. 110 — 0 11 0 1 5 GAS Auckland 1 5 11 16 0 Ditto (con.) 0 19 5 0 19 9 Gisborne . . — 0 10 6 SHIPPING ! D(:vonport Steam 116 1 2 3 115 0 3 15 6 Northern' Steamship — 0 6 9 Ditto (con.) . . — 0 1 9 P. and O Drf. Stk. 1 3 0 1 5 O TIMBER Kauri Timber — 1 4 C Leyland-O'Brien .. 12 6 National .. — 0 15 0 Parker-Lamb .. — 0 1 6 Rotoiti . . .. — 0 7 3 Taupo Totara .. 0 10 0 0 10 6 Ditto (pref.) .. — 1 0 0 Ditto (pref., 16s pd.) — 0 16 0 Taringamutu .. — 0 13 6 WOOL AND TEXTILE Oamaru — 12 0 Tattersfield 15 6 BREWERIES Carlton .. .. 2 15 0 C. L. Innes . . . . 12 6 Dominion ... .. 13 0 14 3 New Zealand ' .. 2 13 3 2 13 9 J. Staples .. .. 1 14 0 Tooth's .. 2113 2 12 G MISCELLANEOUS Anthony Hordc-rn . . 0 18 6 0 19 6 Australian Glass . . 4 10 9 4 11.0 Aust. Iroi: and Steel (pref.) .. .. _ 15 0 Berlei (N.Z.) 2 19 0 3 4 0 British Tobacco 2 16 2 2 0 Broken Hill Prop. 3 4 0 3 4 3 Ditto (con.) .. 1 19 0 _ Claude Neon (N.Z.) — 2 16 Ditto (Sydney) .. — 2 11 0 Colonial Sugar .. 40 15 0 41 17 6 Con. Brick and Pipe 0 9 11 0 10 1 Dental and Medical — 0 12 6 i Dom. Fertiliser (ex div.) .. 14 0 Donaghy's Hope .. 211 0 Dunlop Perdriau . . 0 17 9 0 17 11 Electrolytic Zinc . . 1 17 0 1 17 9 Ditto (pref.) .. 1 19 0 Farmers' Trading . . 0 9 5 1 19 9 0 9 6 Ditto (B prCf.) .. — 0 17 0 Gear Meat P. and F. — 10 6 G. J. Coles .. .. 3 18 9 3 19 0 Grey and Menziea 0 11 3 0 13 0 Holdens Motors (pf.) 12 9 1 3 6 Hume Pipe .. .. 0 18 6 0 19 0 Henry Jones Co-op. 2 0 6 2 1 6 Hill and Plummer. . 10 0 K.D.V. Boxes (con.) — 0 4 6 Lewis Eady (pref.) . — 0 19 0 McKendriek Bros. . . — 12 0 Macky, Logan/' . . — 10 0 Milne and Choyco „ (deb. stock) .. 0 IS 0 0 16 0 Mortu Dock ... . . — 0 10 5 \ «ew Auck. Laundry — 1 0 6 ] «.Z. Drug .. . . 3 17 0 {*■2. Farmers' Fer. 110 K.Z. Newspapers . . 2 3 6 2 4 0 &.Z. Refrip. .'J _ Northern Roller Mill. — 1 0 0 1 5 6 : Ditto (pref.) .. 12 6 Palmer, C'oliins and i D Whitaker ' .. 14 6 t meters Ice Cream (N.Z.) — 1 8 0 Kobiiison Ice Cream 1 1 6 1 3 6 Sfnford .. 0 2 9 0 3 1 Ditto (pref.) 0 11 0 onarland. . . 0 19 0 A Ditto (pref.)' — Tarauaki Oil Fields 0 t 81 ihRtt.es Theatre . . 0 5 6 1 3 0 F P C Union Oil and Soap 19 0 Wfaitiome, Stevenson 0 15 0 Wilsons N.Z. Cement 2 6 0 ( C 2 6 6 G Wool-Norths (N.Z.) . 7 18 0 7 19 0 o N.Z. GOVERNMENT LOANS h "08., 15/11/38-41. i 3 / t 100 10 0 __ h Unto, 15/1/37-40. 4 102 15 0 D}}"0, 15/2/43-46. 4 103 15 0 15/4/46-49. 4 104 0 0 — \ N — \ -Pit'io. 15/6/52-55. 4 106 0 0 Mar., 39-43. 3V, 102 0 0 A i'?' Xov -. 33-52, 3% 102 0 0 106 15 0 S T #»to. Sep.. 39-43,3Vi 102 0 0 liny, 39.52. 3% 102 0 0 ■""to, 15/11/38-41. 3% 100 10 0 18/1/37-40. -1 102 15 0 "ft!' 1 ®. 15/2/43-46, 4 103 17 6 i!!p 0 . 15/4/40/49. 4 104 5 0 Ult '°. 15/0/52-S5. 4 100 2 6 V \\ V A — \ 104 15 0 M 106 10 0 P , DEBENTURES A ick. Harbour Bd.. _ 9/7/53 ., . . - «f Auckland, 109 0 0 u, 41-45 .. . _ . Koskill. 30/9/65 104 10 0 Amali-a. Brick' (Alt.). 106 0 0 106 0 0 tl z »»•<•.- - 100 0 0 o.?, pW-Ilinptonj, 101 0 0 Gi»M . i?' 7y » • • 9810 0 li"/o ,®keepfarmers, 100 0 0 ol/S/41. oy a p.c.. . 99 0 0 — w