STOCKS AND SHARES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23431, 22 August 1939, Page 5

STOCKS AND SHARES

JHE AUCKLAND EXCHANGE / MARKET REOPENS WEAKER ■ Share values followed a weaker trend when Hie market reopened on the Auckland Stock Kxcliatigv yesterday. .Although the decline wa< not marked, - most buyers, particularly of Australiaji .issues. lowered thou* limits. ' Offers Id/ Government loans wore inclined to ease, [n the banking group Nationals ol> New Zealand showed a stron'g rise in the first business for about three weeks, while New Zealand* were strongly sought. Insurances were about steady, hut there was a definite weakening in breweries. The decline in levels for Australian industrials affected practically every front-rank issue, but sellers were not willing to make any large concessions. - ■ A.C.1.. rights, sold for the first time. New Zealand scrip was a shade easier, but the decline was less marked.

. CLOSING QUOTATIONS Buyers V S (1 Sellers £ s d BANKS Australasia Com. of Aust/ Ditto (pref.) .. S. and A. Kotional of X.Z. . JCnt. A'asia 'paid) 2s>w South Wales Do. (Svct. Kesr.) \'ew Zealand Ditto (D MorU Queensland National Union of Aust. . it :t 0 Hi !> 0 •1 13 0 30 .-> 30 0 2 u 1 (i -1 1.-> 7 17 n 0 0 0 0 0 0 o 0 0 II 0 0 10 0 11 2 S 30 15 2 0 7 10 <> 0 0 0 3 G INSURANCE Kationnl (7s pd.) Xew Zealand South Hr.iti.--h (10s paid) . . ' Standard . ' O Hi 2 .12 O '"> 2 14 0 0 0 !» 2 13 2 3 3 3 LOAN AND AGENCY Dom. invest. Assn. Farm. Co-op. Auct. - U5 paid) Ditto it- paidj Ditfo ill paid) Ditto (B j'ref.) Goldsbrouph - Mort X.Z. liiiiir. Corp. (3s paid) X.Z. Loan A Merc. Is.A. Farm Co-op (B prof.) . .Traders' Fin. icon.), 7s 'id paid' Ditto (pref.) . . United Perm. Bldir. (Auckland) . Wripht-Stephensou (ord.) Ditto (prcf.) . . '0 10 1 7 0 3 20 0 0 -I 0 10 y 0 10 G 3 11 0 0 0 G 0 17 •i (i 1 0 O 11 0 It) 1 o 0 4 0 S 0 4 0 .17 1 0 1 1 0 It) 0 0 G 0 0 0 4 0 G 0 G (i COAL Grey Valley 1 . I'ukemiro . ' Eenowa (ord.). TJa paid (ex. dir.) . Ditto (pf.), 2s (id paid (ex div.) Taupiri (ord.) Ditto (pref.) .. ■\Vestport (10s pd.) Vest.-Stock, (ord.). 10s paid Ditto (pf.), 10s pd. 0 5 0 9 0 2 0 17 1 1 1 0 0 4 0 7 GAS 0 0 3 0 G 0 0 11 0 7 0 IS 0 10 0 18 1 4 1 1 0 4 0 S 0 0 0 0 0 0 o 4 Auckland' (paid) . Ditto (con.). 15s pd 0 15 3 0 15 0 11 G 0 SHIPPING 2sth. Steam (paid) L ,• lis paid / Union Steam' (pf.) 1 4 G 0 3 0 TIMBER Bartholomew Kauri Leyland - O'Brien National 0 13 1 2 0 7 0 11 1 4 0 17 0 G WOOL AND TEXTILE Bonds Hosiery Felt and Textile? Kaiapoi pd. Ditto (pf.). I7s pd. j\[an;i»atu Knitting Oamaru .... . . . Tattersfleld / / . . 0 3 0 1 2 1 14 0 o 0 15 1 7 .0. 15 1 10 0 G 0 0 G 3 0 BREWERIES Inttes lord.) Dominion (ord.) Ditto (pref.) .. New Zealand Tooth's . . ,/ Tui 1 13 1 1G 4 0 1 1 1 1M 1 10 1 17 2 17 2 o 0 0 0 0 0 0 •MISCELLANEOUS Alloys Steel (Aus.) Amal. Wireless (con.). I-Ss paid Entrican-.-iims (pf.)' Aust. Con. Irnlust. (ex ritrhts) Ditto (rights) . Aust. Gypsum Au-it. Pnper Mfrs. (pref.) . ... Berlei (X.Z.) ; '.. Bricks k Mortar British Tobacco . . Ditto (pref.) . . Broken Hill Pty. . Claude Xcon (X.Z.) Claude Xcon Intiust. Colonial Sugar . . Con. Brick . . . Dental A Medical Dominion Fert Donaphy's Hope . Dunlop - .Perdriau Electro. Zinc Ditto (pref.) . . Farmers' Tradlnir . Ditto (A pref.) Ditto (B pref.) Gear31 cat (10s pd.) Cj. J. Coles Grey and Menzies 0 4 0 2 IS 0 1 15 0 0 o 3 10 0 3 0 0 0 4 0 2 10 0 1 » ' 0 3 7 !) 4S 15 0 0 8 0 14 0 2 8 0 0 1!> 0 2 13 <i 2 17 n 0 17 10 1 0 0 0 18 0 3 IS G 0 7 0 10 0 8 1 5 0 5 1 11 3 8 0 18 1 1 1 40 15 0 8 0 12 1 0 2 10 2 18 0 18 1 0 0 12 3 10 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 (i o o 0 !> 0

(IDs paid) 0 12 c 0 11 0 I.CM. (r»ref.) — 1 •1 7 K.D.V. Boxes (con.), 10s paid 0 ■1 0 .— Lewis Eady (pf.) — 1 0 0 llacdufTs ;ord.) 0 1 & — Ditti (pref.) .. 0 0 ■ Wacky, Logan .. — 0 10 0 Milne and Choyce (deb. slock, 0 10 0 — 31.K. .Manufacturers (5s paid 1 0 4 11 0 5 0 Morris Hedstrom . 1 7 0 1 7 !) Morts Dick 0 15 4 0 15 10 Moturoa Oil (5s pd.) 0 l .(> National ftlcrtrical 0 13 0 — „ Rational Pictures . Mk Aiirk.' Laundry 0 I 3 — — 1 0 0 X./C. Drutr (£-J pd.) 3 a 0 — A.Z. Farm, Fert. 0 17 0 0 17 0 K.Z. Kefritr. (pd.) — 0 17 0 . Ditto (con.). 10s pd. — 0 8 0 •r>.R. Mill, font.) . — I i) 3 Ditto (pref.) . . 1 1 0 — Otajro Dailv Times 1 17 0 Peters Ice (X.Z.) . 1 0 0 Radio (11)30). 1i)s pd. 0 12 9 0 15 0 Heid (X.z.) II ubber Mills (i.*,s pd.) 1 3 0 — Robinson Ice '> .. 1 <1 0 Sanforrl (ord.), t,, 7s 'id paid 0 3 0 0 ■i 0 Ditt.i (pref.) 0 15 c, Standard Cement . 1 3 0 Taranaki Oil Fields 0 r, 3 0 0 0 " 3\"jrakei (."is pd.) u 5 (1 — WhilNime-Slovenson I 1 0 Wilsons Cement (10s paid) . . 0 17 3 Woolworths (X.Z.), 5* paid 0 17 11 0 18 0 Do. (Syd.). 5s pd. I ,1 3 1 0 0 Woohvortlis Props. I 1 1 1 •"> 3 OVERSEAS LISTINGS V.'onlworths Holds. (S. Africa) 0 1 1 " 1) It 11 N.Z. GOVERNMENT LOANS Bonds— ' I.V'T/.'iit-l 1. {\ .. ! 17 II 0 — I V ] I ':i.s-1 | !)8 (1 — 15/1'Hi-lit, 1 !)S 10 0 Mori. ( orp.. I /i)/55-t;o, i\y. . 01 0 0 * Stork— 1-V7/30-11, 3 .. 1)7 0 0 — 1*1 i uy 3 . — 02 0 0 1-i/t i/.'ss-n. ay. Its 0 — IO-I:L i 1)0 0 1(1(1 0 0 1 I,•(-((!. 1 . . — IIS 10 () l-V 1 /1«;- Hi, I .. . — 100 0 U 15 -V ll)..V_\ 1 .. Pil 0 0 — I". t — UH (1 0 I .. — !)7 0 0 i) :i"j . !)!) 10 0 — Sep. :i!i-t:t, .'i'i !f!) It 0 it!) 17 (i COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA Bonds— , !•". 11i. rt'i .. btork— — 111. 0 0 i.",/i-J/.V_»-r»l, 3% — 1 a 0 0 DEBENTURES Auck. Harb. Bd.. . fl/7/40 . 09 0 0 —- Auck. Klcc. P.B., „ 10/0/50 . 7 . . 1)}) 10 0 _ Hanraki Plains, 1)1 0 0 07 0 0 - JIoiini. Kdi*n, 1/1/5-1-5U 101 10 0 ytaliuhu, 1/10T>7 — 00 0 0 1 Ditto. 1/1U/.1J 08 10 0 — Jjaalan. 1/5/.U) .. — ()[) 0 0 » aitcniata. 111 /3/5(i — 100 0 0 » bantam. l/lt/ 15-10 —• !)!) 0 0 Abra ha in - Williams — 8'J 0 0 "ni.il. Hriek (Auck.), " I/:•/•! 1. U .. 100 0 0 — Ditto (Welling.). 31/3/1 1/ u .. 11!) 15 0 • fjikura nvri Coal . 00 0 0 1 Jteiioun Collieries L>2 0 0 . .Williamson Pictures, 5/U/JO, 7>i .. —> 03 0 0