STOCKS AND SHARES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23121, 20 August 1938, Page 11

STOCKS AND SHARES

THE AUCKLAND EXCHANGE MORE ACTIVITY IN MARKET A spurt .of investment dealing over a wide, range resulted in a greatly increased turnover on the Auckland Stock Exchange yesterday. Although the majority of shares showed declines, the tone o,f tho market at tho close was more active. Dealing in Government loans was unusually heavy, inscribed stock selling particularly freely. Tho general trend of business was toward lower levels. Banks also met with more active support. Most of the issues were fairly steady, but English, Scottish and Australians lost some ground, New Zealand insurance made a forward move. National Timbers wero stronger. Weakness was evident in breweries, where Now Zealands lost Is 3d in dealing on poor buying support. Eights to Dominions -suffered a further marked setback. Miscellaneous industrials were more active. Recent weakness in G. J. Coles was reflected in a sale Is 6d lower. Broken Hills eased slightly, but British Tobacco changed hands at an advance. Morts Dock sold for the first time ex dividend and bonus. Levels for Imperial Chemicals were weaker. Taranaki Oils again declined.

MOTOR BODY CONTRACT

A contract to supply £200,000 worth of motor-car bodies for tlio Australia 11 market of Standard Car Distributors has boon secured by T. «J. .Richards and Sons, Limited, Adelaide. The contract is for the supply of 2500 units.

CLOSING QUOTATIONS Buyers Sellers £ s d £ s d BANKS Australasia • — 10 17 6 Com. of Aust. . . 0 16 6 0 10 0 Ditto (prof.) . . 9 U 6 0 9 0 Com. of Sydney .. — 21 0 0 E.. S. and A. . 5 0 0 — ■National of N.Z. . 2 12 3 o 12 9 National of A'nsia (paid) — 13 18 0 New South Wales 3i r» 0 Ditto (Syd. Reg.) 31 5 0 31 12 6 New Zealand . . 2 2 9 o 3 0 Ditto. D Mort. (20s paid) . . — 1 10 0 Union of Aust .. — 8 12 0 INSURANCE National . . - — 0 17 6 New Zealand 2 16 n o 17 3 South British 2 6 3 o G S LOAN AND AGENCY Dominion Invest. & Bank. Assn. . . 0 17 9 0 18 9 Farm. Co-op. Auct. (£5 paid) 4 5 0 4 15 0 Ditto (£2 paid) — 1 14 0 Ditto (,C1 paid) — 0 16 0 'Ditto (A pref.) 1 1 0 1 2 6 Ditto (B pref.) 1 0 3 1 0 6 Producers and Gen. 14 6 Finance (pref.) . 0 13 0 0 Newton King (pf.) 0 9 O 0 10 3 N.Z. River Plate 0 11 0 — N.Z. Guar. Corp. — 0 4 6 N.A. Farm. Co-op. 0 (A pref.) — 16 0 Ditto (B pref.) Traders' Finance — 0 10 0 (con.) 0 4 6 0 5 0 Ditto (pref.) .. 0 17 COAL 6 1 0 0 Grey Valley — 0 14 0 Pukemiro . — 0 18 9 Renown (ord.) .. -— 0 10 0 Ditto (pref.) . . 0 2 6 0 2 11 Taupiri (pref.) .. 1 1 0 — Westport - Stockton 0 4 0 (ord.) 3 4 8 9 Ditto (pref.) GAS ■ 0 7 Auckland (paid) . 1 0 3 1 0 11 Ditto (con.) 0 14 0 0 15 0 SHIPPING Devonport Ferry . Northern Steamsnip 1 0 3 0 — 11 (paid) — 3 P. & 0. (def. stk.) 1 3 6 — Union Steam (pf.) — 1 6 6 TIMBER Kauri 1 2 0 0 — 0 National .... 0 8 2 9 Rotoiti 0 3 0 0 4 0 Tanpo Totara (ord.) — 0 6 0 Ditto (nref.) .. — 0 18 9 Taringamutu — 0 13 0 WOOL AND TEXTILE Kaiapoi (paid) ,. 0 10 0 o 10 <» (5 Ditto (con.) —- 0 4 Ditto (pref.) — 0 16 6 BREWERIES C. L. Innes (ord.) 1 3 0 1 0 0 Dominion (ord.) . •— 1 13 9 Ditto (rights) .. 0 4 9 0 5 0 New Zealand Tooth'S — 10 o 2 0 2 14 o 15 3 MISCELLANEOUS Alloys Steel (Aust.) 0 7 0 0 7 5 Anthony Hordern — 0 17 0 Entrican and Sims 0 16 0 (pref.) — Aust. Glass — 4 14 6 Aust. Iron & Steel 3 0 8 6 (pref.) - Berlei (N.Z.) 1 7 3 1 1 3 3 0 British Tobacco .. 2 9 0 2 9 9 Ditto (pref.) .. 1 10 9 1 12 0 0 6 Broken IIill Pty. > •2 18 9 2 19 1 Ditto (con.) 2 0 0 2 Burns-Phil'p — 6 2 12 3 6 0 Claude Neon (N.Z.) 1 4 1 7 10 Colonial Sugar .. 47 10 0 4S Con. Brick & Pipe ■ 0 7 4 ~ Dunlop - Perdriau Elec. Zinc 1 1 2 2 ■7 0 1 2 3 6 19 3 0 3 11 Ditto (pref.) .. Farmers'3 radintr 2 5 0 19 0 9 2 0 Ditto (B pref.) 1 0 3 0 14 Gear Meat 0 14 0 8 0 G. J. Coles 3 18 6 3 19 Grey and Menzies 0 13 9 ' ' I.C.l. A*st. & N.Z. (pref.) 1 1 3 1 1 6 Henry Jones v 2 S 9 n Hill and Plummer —— 1 1 u H.M. Arc. Theatre (ord.) .. • - K.D.V. Boxes (con.) 0 3 3 1 0 0 4 0 17 0 IS 0 6 6 0 Lewis Eady (pf.) — Macduffs . . McKendrick Bros. „ (ord.) ... McKenzies Macky, Logan .. 1 ~2 0 1 3 1 0 6 3 0 0 6 Milne and Choyce (deb. stock) 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 16 9 9 6 6 M.K. Manufacturers 0 7 3 8 12 Morts Dock — Moturoa Oil 0 5 0 0 19 14 8 New Anck. Laundry N.Z. Farm. Fert N.Z. Newspapers . N.Z. Refrig: (con.) 0 19 1 13 3 0 1 0 1 Q ' 0 0 4 — North. Roller Mill1 1 0 — (pref) • • • Palmer, Collins & o 0 0 Whitaker •• —- 0 6 Peters Ice (N.Z.) ■ Radio (1936) • ■ 1 3 0 1.2 0 17 6 Reid 'N.Z.) Rubber Mills Robinson Ice 1 , 3 1 4 0 0 9 1 1 0 0 0 5 4 1 5 0 6 6 6 Sanford (ord.) .. 0 3 Ditto (pref.) .. Taranaki Oil 0 12 0 0 12 3 Union Oil . 1 1 0 6 0 1 0 1 9 0 18 0 19 0 6 Wairakei 6 6 Whittome-Stevenson — 9 G 0 6 0 Wilsons Cement 0 17 Woolworths (N.Z.) 0 19 Ditto (pref.) • 1 0 6 1 9 Ditto (Syd.) . • Ditto (Syd., 2nd 0 pref.) • 1 7 OVERSEAS LISTINGS Woolworths Holdings 0 15 4 (S. Africa) U lo 1 N.Z. GOVT. LOANS Bonds— 96 5 101 10 101 10 0 0 0 15/7/39-41, 3 .. 15/4/46-49, 4 . . 15/6/52-55, 4 • • Mort. Rural — 101 17 10/0/47, 4 6 Block— 0 0 0 15/7/39-41, 3 . . 15/1 /r,3-57, 3Va • 15/2/43-46, 4 . • 15/4/46-49,4 .. 96 5 100 0 101 10 95 100 101 0 12 0 0 6 15/6/52-55, 4 .. 101 10 0 — — 15/0/41-43, 3% • Mar., 30-43, 3% Nov., 38-52, 3/a 100 12 10<» 2 100 17 6 6 6 100 101 10 <2 0 6 Nov., <11-52 101 0 0 DEBENTURES Auck. Harb. Bd., 9/7/60 105 10 0 Citv of Auckland, 1/1/39 '• — 101 0 0 •Franklin K.P.B., 1/0/110, 3/e ■ • — 101 0 0 Waiteniata E.-P.B., 95 : 10 0 1/11/00, 3% .. 1 Auck. T'port Bd., 1/4/44-48 Devonport, 1/8/63101 0 0 102 105 0 0 0 0 Mount Albert, 1/7/4-1 .. Ditto, 1/7/15 .. 103 0 0 — 103 5 0 Mount Eden, 105 10 0 New" 1 A'nn,' 1/9/63 — 104 0 0 Vaitoino Cty. (Pakeuia Riding). 1/2/49, 5'/ 2 — 101 10 0 n«;arei, .1/9/57, 105 10 0 Aniai. Brick tAuck.), 1/3/41,. 6 98 0 0 100 0 0 Ditto (Welling.), 97 0 31/3/41, 6 .. 0 Gisb. Sheepfarmers, 31/8/11, 0V r ■ ■ Abraham - Williams 101 0 0 102 0 n l (perp. deb. stk.) — U 1