STOCKS AND SHARES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23418, 7 August 1939, Page 5

STOCKS AND SHARES

(THE AUCKLAND EXCHANGE WEEK I-NDS QUIETLY ' There wns a very quiet close to tTie Treck on the Auckland Stock Exchange, only three transactions being completed on the official list at the single call 011 Saturday morning. " There was a strong and unsatisfied demand for C6vernment loans, very few supplies of which were quoted. Bank and. insurance shares were also sought but firmly iield. A good range of inquiry existed for New Zealand in}r dustrials, while support for Australian . issues appeared to be steadier. Sellers' ideas in both classes of investment „uere firm and margins in some cases tended 'to widen. /

BRITISH WAR LOAN - 7 - QUOTATION HIGHER British Wireless' LONDON, An?. 4 War loan, 31 per cent, is ciuotod at £92 Is 3d, compared with £9l 12s (5d yesterday. CALL AND DIVIDEND LIST • Dividends- Due . X.2. Insurance—final. 1? a *hare fo-niorrow - ■ noolworths (Syd.)—half-yearly, •-< ' 10.p.c. prof., op.c.{ 7 p.c. _ pref„ tV/ 2 n.c. . " .. •• Aug. 15 Farmers' Fertiliser—ord., (> p.c. p.a.;'pref., 5 1 /, p.c. p.ft. (to ( , ri May; :Jl)/ Aug. 15 , Morgan—pref., int., 8 p.c. ( w. Pa. . . • . . . • • • Aur. 15 Wellington Woollen —final, ord., " a l /, p.c. : prer.. 2% p.c. and < _ • bonus, 1 p.c. . ■ • • • Aug 10 Com. Bunk Aus.—final, pref., 2 ] „, P.c.; ord., '.V/, p.c. .. . • Aug. 17 j -trustees. Executors and Apcncy i ' T . • —filial, « p.c. p.a. .. .. Auk. J. 7<■ Sadio (UKJ(J), Ltd. —4s a shnro Aug. 25 ' dominion Investment —final, A, 'I B. C, 5 pre. p.a.; B. C (3rd c . issue). 'I p.c. p.a. .. .. Aug. 28 ®liverton Tramways—final, Is a \ v, sliare . .. . . . . Aug. {lO I N.S.AV.—int., quarterly, Os •r, a share (Australian currency) Aug. 31 1 ■k'nperor Mines—fourth, Gil a ( •• i share .. . . .. Aug.' {!! 1 ijolnma—sixth, Is a share ... Sept. 8 r tro. Zino—pref and ord., *>, A, fina '. n p.c Sept, IS U a 'oken Hill South—6d a 6hare Sept. 15

CLOSING QUOTATIONS Buyers Sellers < • /' .1' S (1 £ s d BANKS Comnwr. of/'Aus. 0 1(5 5 0 If! 0 Ditto .(pref.) .. » r> 0 — Enjr.. Scot. A Aus. 4 10 0 — > .Rational of N.Z. 2 0 n 2 7 G Nat. A'asia (paid) .13 0 0 — New South AVales — 31 5 0 New Zealand 1 If) 0 2 0 0 Do. (D mortff.) 1 0 0 — Queensland Nat./. Union of Australia 5 0 0 7 15 0 S 5 0 INSURANCE Rational 0 1(5 7 0 .17 0 New Zealand. 0 jo 3 2 12 G South British 0 0 0 2 3 9 LOAN AND AGENCY Dom. Invest. 0 1G 4 0 10 9 / - Farm. Co-op. Auc. (£3 paid) /. 3 17 0 4 7 0 Ditto (A"_> paid) — 1 10 0 Ditto (LM paid) — 0 1 1 G Ditto (A pref.) 0 10 • 0 1 0 G Ditto (B i>rcf.) — 0 19 G CJoldsbroueh-Mort 1 7 3 Nekton Kinjr (pf.) — 0 Sv 0 N.Z. A River Plato !' N.Z. Guar. Corp. 0 8 0 — 0 3 10 Nth. Auck. Farm. (B pref.) — 0 s ft - Trad. 'Fin. (paid) 0 12 0 0 It 0 Ditto (eon.) 0 4 1 0 I 7 Ditto (pref.) 0 10 0 0 17 0 IIP. Bldg. (Ak.) COAL 1 0 0 Grey Valley 0 5 0 0 7 0 Pukemiro 0 If! 0 O 17 0 Eenown, (ord.) .. 0 10 0 0 11 0 Ditto'(pref.) .. 0 2 (i 0 2 10 Tanpiri (ord.) j. • 0 IS 0 0 1!) 0 Ditto (pref.) .. 3 1 0 3 4 0 West port — 3 1 (! / "\Vest.-Stock. (ord.) O 1 0 0 4 0 Ditto (pref.) .. 0 s GAS 0 0 8 4 Auckland (pd.) 4 .. *0 15 9 0 1G 3 Ditto (con.) . .. — _ 0 11 3 SHIPPING ■ Devonport Ferry. . 1 O 0 .Howard Smith . . 1 0 0 Hud.-Parker (ord.) 2 1(3 0 — ■ Nth. Steam (pd.) — 0 3 0 TIMBER Bartholomew 0 13 0 • / Kauri .. . . ■'n LeyLind - O'Brien 1 2 3 1 2 0 — 0 1G 0 National 0 7 3 0 S 3 WOOL AND TEXTILE Felt and Textiles • 1 12 0 Kaiapoi (con.) 0 3 0 0 5 0 Ditto (pref.) . . — 0 15 0 Manawatu Knitting — 1 10 0 H Onmarii .. — 0 10 3 TaltersHeld — J 10 0 BREWERIES Dotninton (ortj,).. 1 13 0 1 35 0 (pref.); .. 1 10 0 3 IS G ' New Zealand 1 10 0 1 17 G Tooth's 2 10 0 — MISCELLANEOUS •Alloys Steel (Aus.) — *• 0 S 0 Amal. Wire, (cotf.) 2 IS 0 3 3 0 Entrican (pref.) .. — 0 10 (i Aus. C'onsol. Indus. 1 10 0 1 30 G .' Aus. Gypsum 1 2 (J — Aust. Iron (pref.) 1 30 0 1 12 0 Anst. Paper (pref.) 1 0 0 — Barnet Glass (pf.) 1 10 0 — Berlei (N.Z.) 3 0 0 — Bricks and Jfortar 0 4 0 0 5 0 British Tobacco.2 10 0 2 112 0 Broken Hill Pty. 3 8 •3 3 0 0 Bjcroft, Ltd. /. . 1 15 O 1 10 0 Vhtto (10s paid) — 1 0 0 . . £\w\t Neon (N.Z.) 0 17 3 0 IS 3 Claude Neon Indus./ —• 1 11 (! Colonial Sucar . . 41) 0 0 49 5 0 CodjoI. Brick 0 8 5 O S 0 Edments . <• 1 9 G — Dental A Medical —« 0 12 0 Donaghy's Rope.. 2 S 0 — Dnnlop r Perdriau 1 0 G 1 1 G • Electro. Zine .. 2 12 0 — Ditto (pref.) . . 2 17 0 2 IS 3 Farmers' Trading 0 IS 1 0 IS 5 Ditto (A pref.) ■: Ditto (B pref.) 0 10 0 — — 3 0 0 G. J. Coles 3 17 fl 4 0 0 Grey and Menzies 0 12 0 0 34 fl H.M. Theatre/(pf.) — 0 19 0 Hnme Pipe (Aus.) 0 1!) 0 — I.C.I, (pref.) 1 1 5 1 1 4 10 K.D.V. Boxes (con.) 0 4 0 — Lewis Eady (pf.) — 1 0 G Jfarduffs (ord.) ... 0 1 6 — McKenzies«. 2 1 0 2 4 0 Ifacky,. Lozan . . — 0 10 0 11. A C. (deb. stk.) 0 10 0 — Do. (pf.. 7, B) 1 2 0 1 3 0 U.K. Manufactnrers 0 4 : LO 0 5 0 Hnrris Hedstrom.. 1 7 3 — . Ditto (pref.) .. 3 4 3 0 3 ft 0 Jlorts Dork 0 15 9 Moturoa Oil — 0 4 0 National Elec. v . 0 13 0 — National Pictures 0 4 3 1 0 0 New Ak. Laundry — 0 N.Z. Drue 3 S — 0 N.Z. Fertilizer .. 0 IS 1 0 10 N.Z. Newspapers.. 1 12 6 1 13 0 N Z. Refriz. (pd.) — 0 is 0 Ditto (eon.) — 0 s 0 K.R. Milling (ord.) 0 in 0 1 0 6 Ditto (pref.) .. 3 1 3 — 0 Peters Ire (N.Z.).. — 1 n Radio (1 nn«) — 0 17 G iReid Rubber.. (153 paid) 1 3 0 — R. G. Kain (pref.) 0 5 0 . — 0 Robinsnn Ice ;. 1 0 0 1 3 Banford (ord.) 0 3 3 0 4 e Ditto (pref.) .. — O 15 ft Pharland (ord.) .. '■ — 0 15 0 Stand: Cement . 1 3 0 — Taranaki Oil 0 0 4 0 6 5 y "Wairakei 0 n 0 — 0 -Whittome. Stevenson — 1 1 Wilsons Cement . . 0 17 8 — Wonlwnrtbs (N.Z.) 0 17 0 0 17 1U Ditto, (pref.) .. 3 15 0 — 3 Ditto (Syd.) .. 1 1 0 1 4 Woolnorth= Prop. 1 4 0 — w. R. Carpenter 2 1 ft OVERSEAS LISTINGS WooKnrth« Hldsrs.. 0 15 0 I (S. Africa) 0 14 s . N.Z. GOVERNMENT LOANS "'•Bonds— ' io/7/nn-n, a . , 00 35 0 — 0 15/1/53.57, - 3V, — • 90 0 .3.1/38-11, V/. 98 0 0 — 35/2/13.05, 4 . . 00 0 0 — m l-Vi/lo-tn, .j .. 08 0 0 — Stock—■ 15/7/3!). J1, 3 . . 90 3 5 0 — 35/1/53.57,, 3V a 88 0 0 — i*./:i/3s-n, :p/ t 08 0 0 — 35/3/ in. 1:1. .1 .. 00 2 0 — 35/2/13-If!, .1 0!) O 0 — 35/4/10-19. 1 . . 08 '1 0 — 36/0/11.13. 3*'/j 00 5 0 — Sep., 3.O'/j 0!) 5 0 00 15 0 80/11/48.4 .. 00 10 0 100 0 0 /