STOCKS AND SHARES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22647, 8 February 1937, Page 5

STOCKS AND SHARES

JHE AUCKLAND EXCHANGE market continues active An active tone was maintained in the investment market on the Auckland Stock Exchange at the close of the week on Saturday. Interest in browery shares remained keen and Dominion Breweries were lifted a further 6d ou gale to the record price of 455. Support in other sections' of the market was also firm. South .British Insurance moved up, changing hands at 965, a risa of 6d. Stronger levels ruled for Australian Glass, while Mortis Hedstrom showed a substantial rise on business transacted some months ago.

CLOSING QUOTATIONS

SYDNEY STOCK EXCHANGE SATURDAY'S BUSINESS SYDNEY, Feb. 6 Sales on the Sydney Stock Exchange 40-d:iv included: — £ 8 d Commercial Bank Aus. .. 0 11' "'Va British Tobacco .. • • 211 0 Dunlop-Perdriau .. •• 01' { 0 Morris Hedstrom .. .• 110 0 James Stedman .. •• 0 37 0 Commonwealth Bonds, —4 per cent, 1938, 4101 Us 3d; JJHI. £lOl 138 Od; 11)17. £loi> os; 11.50, £lO2 Ids; 1053, £101: ll)sf>, £101; 1057, £101; 105 D, £lOl Os 9d; 1001, *lOl 10M.

BRITISH TREASURY BILLS British Wireless ItUGBY, Feb. 5 The total amount applied for this wcok in tenders for £i*>s,ooo,ooo Treasury bills ivas £78,620,000. The average rato per cent for bills at threo Months was 10s 4.31 d, against 10a S.Old ft week ago.

CALL AND DIVIDEND LIST Plvldends Due Auckland Gas—final. 2V, P.c. .. To-morrow Insurance—-int., Is a share Feb, 10 N.Z. itefritr.—f» 1 /, p.c Feb. 17 Gillespie's Beach—ld a share ~ Feb. 24 Bank N.S.W.—quarterly, Os a share .. .. .. .. Feb. 23 fcat. Mort,—s p.c. and bonus, IK P.c. Feb. 25 Christchnrch Gas—int., 4 p.c. .. Mar. 1 E'der Smith—int., 0 p.c. p.a. .. Mar. 1 Electrolytic Zinc—ord. and pref. „ hit., (i p.c. ~ .. ~ Mar. 18 broken Hill South—quarterly, 3s *WL Bluire •• •• Mar - 21 Wellington Alluvials—con., second, •3d a .share Feb. 24 Com. Breweries—new, third, 2s W a share .. .« Feb. 27

Buyers Snllers £ S 4 £ s d BANKS Australusia 12 12 0 13 0 0 Com. of Australia 0 10 3 0 19 7 Ditto d>rcf.) .. 0 1 0 — Ens- Scot. ; Vus - ti 4 0 G 7 0 National of . 8 1 0 3 3 0 New South "Wales 35 10 0 35 15 0 New Zealand 2 0 7 2 0 8 D Mort., 20s pd. 1 a 6 1 7 a "Union of Australia 10 s 6 10 10 0 INSURANCE Rational .. 0 IS 2 0 18 3 y e w Zealand 3 1 6 — Queensland — 3 1 0 South British 4 15 6 — Standard — 3 0 0 LOAN AND AGENCY Dalgety .. — 11 11 0 Dominion Investment — 0 17 0 farmers' Co-op. Auc. (.to paid; — 4 5 0 Ditto (£1 paid) 0 12 6 0 13 9 Ditto (A pref.) 1 2 0 — Ditto (B pref.) 1 1 0 — Goldsbroueh - Mort — 1. IS 6 Newton King (pi.) — 0 10 3 N.Z. & River Plato 0 IS 6 — N.Z. Loan & Mere. — 40 i 0 0 Is*.A. Farmers' Co op. 0 2 0 0 3 0 Ditto (A pref.) — 0 IS 6 Ditto (B pref.) 0 11 6 0 13 0 Traders' Finance 0 0 (paid) — 15 Ditto (con.) .. 0 4 0 0 1 9 Ditto (pref,.) .. — 1 0 0 •Wright-Stephenson 0 IS 0 1 o 0 COAL Grey Valley 0 s 0 0 9 6 Pukemiro .. 0 10 6 1 1 0 Renown (pref.) .. 0 2 7 — 0 Tanpiri .. .. . — 6 0 16 Ditto (pref.) .. 1 1 —— 0 Westport .. — 1 5 Westport • Stockton 0 1 S 0 o 1 GAS Auckland (paid) . — 1 3 10 Ditto (con.) .. — 0 17 3 SHIFTING Devonport Steam . — 1 1 0 Northern Steam (pd.) 0 4 0 0 5 3 Ditto (con.) 0 1 o 0 1 S Uniiin Steaiu (pf.) — 1 6 6 TIMBER Bartholomew .. — 0 19 0 Kauri .. •• 1 3 6 1 3 9 Rotoiti 0 4 6 — WOOL AND TEXTILE Mosgiel 9 14 0 — 6 Oatriaru .. —» 1 1 BREWERIES C. L. Innes 1 4 0 — Dominion Breweries 2 4 0 2 5 0 Ditto (pref.) .. 2 4 0 — N.Z. Breweries . * 2 17 0 o 17 0 J. Staples •• — G 2 1 0 Tooth's 2 16 o 17 3 Tui 1 15 a MISCELLANEOUS Amal. Wireless (con.) 1 10 0 2 1 6 Anthony Hordern . — 1 1 3 A. J. Entrican and 0 0 Sims (pref.) — 6 1 Australian Glass . 4 33 4 14 3 Aus. Iron and Slcel 4 (pref.) 1 7 1 7 7 Berlei (N.Z.) .. y 2 0 3 2 10 0 3 British ToDacco . 2 10 9 11 Broken Hill Pty. • 4 0 3 4 1 0 6 Ditto (con.) .. 3 7 0 3 8 Barns-Phitp 3 16 0 15 Ditto (South Seas) 1 12 0 1 0 Bycroft, Ltd. .. 2 0 0 — Claude Neon (N.Z.) 1 11 0 43 — 6 Colonial Sugar .. 42 15 0 2 Consolidated Brick 0 10 0 0 10 5 6 Dental and Medical — 0 0 12 Dominion Fertiliser 1 4 1 4 6 Dunlop • Perdriau 0 IS 0 0 IS 11 Electrolytic Zinc . 2 14 0 2 IS 17 U 0 Ditto (pref.) .. — 0 2 Farmers' Trading 1 3 1 4 0 Ditto (A pref.) 1 2 0 *~~ Ditto (B pre!.) 1 1 0 4 19 9 G. J. Coles 4 10 3 Grey and Menzics 0 11 3 — * Henry Jones Co-op. 2 6 0 " Hume Pipe (Aust.) 1 1 O 1 2 0 K.D.V. Boxes (conl) 0 4 6 0 5 6 Ditto (paid) .. 0 10 0 ~~~ Mc.Kendrick Bros. 0 3 6 3 'pref.) .. Macky Logan 1 2 6 1 1 Milno and Choyco 0 16 6 — 6 Ditto (deb. stk.) 0 15 9 O 16 Ditto (pref.) .. 1 0 6 — 6 0 U.K. Millinery .. — 2 12 Ditto (con., 10s pa.) — 0 2 0 Morris Hedstrom 1 0 1 10 0 Morts Dock 0 13 0 0 13 3 National Electrical — 6 0 15 6 New Auck. Laundry 0 18 — 6 6 9 N.Z. Fertiliser 0 10 6 1 <j 0 N.Z. Newspapers — 0 N Z. Refrig. (pd.) — 1 0 0 9 Ditto (con.) .. — 3 4 North. RollerMilling 1 1 1 3 0 Ditto (pref.) .. V 1 9 Palmer, Collins and 6 Whitaker 1 7 Peters Ice Cream 9 (N.Z.) — 0 3 0 Robinson Ice Cream 1 2 0 -~* 9 Sanford .. 0 4 3 4 Ditto (pref.) .. 0 18 6 0 17 0 Sharland (pref.) . — United Provisions 0 10 0 — Union Oil 1 6 6 — Wairakei 0 6 0 — Wilsons Cement .. — 1 18 3 'Woolworths (N.Z.) 7 1 0 7 4 6 Ditto (Syd., 1st pf.) 1 18 6 — Ditto (Syd., 2nd pf.) 1 0 6 — Ditto (Vic., pf.) 1 6 6 —" N.Z, GOVT. LOANS IBonris— 0 15/2/43-10, 4 .. 103 5 0 101 0 15/4/4G-49, 4 .. 103 5 0 104 0 0 15/6'o2-55, 4 .. 103 5 0 — ilortcf. Rural. 103 0 15/9/47. 5 .. 101 10 0 0 Stock— 101 0 Mar., 39-43, 3% 101 2 6 15 Nov., 38-52, 3Vi 10L 0 0 102 0 0 May, 30-52, 3Mi 101 5 0 104 — 0 15/2/43-46, 4 .. 103 5 0 0 15/4/46-49, 4 .. 103 5 0 101 0 0 15/6/52-55, 4 .. 103 10 0 —