STOCKS AND SHARES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23621, 3 April 1940, Page 5

STOCKS AND SHARES

THE AUCKLAND EXCHANGE GOVERNMENT LOANS STRONG Share dealing livened up on the Auckland Stock Exchange yesterday, and the undertone in most sections was strong. A marked feature was the rise in offers for Government loans, buyers for some issues lifting their\limits by as much as 20s on the day. Those issues which sold showed advances of about -IDs on previous transfers a month ago. Hanks we're firm and New Zealand.? were lifted, and the. 1). Mortgage issue showed a marked rise since the end of last year. Australian industrials .showed further improvement. New Zealand issues which were prominent for their strejigth included Farmers' Trading, Hveroft, Wool worths (N.Z.) and. Consolidated Brick.

SILVER # MARKET STEADY LONDON, April 1 Silver is quoted to-day nt 20 7-1 Gd a standard ounce and 22 l-16d n fine ounce. These are unchanged from Friday.

CLOSING QUOTATIONS Buyers Sellers .C s d £ s d BANKS Com. of A list. 0 Id 7 0 16 8 Ditto (pref.) 9 12 6 10 o 6 E., S. and A. National of N.Z. 4 17 0 r, T (> o 9 New Son tli Wales Now Zealand 29 15 0 30 10 0 2 1 it o o 0 Ditto (D mort.) 1 7 0 : Union of Aust. S 1 0 8 5 0 INSURANCE National (7/- paid) 0 19 4 Now Zealand 0 South British 2 8 3 2 8 9 LOAN AND AGENCY Dalpctv 7 1 6 Doni. Invest. 0 17 0. Far. Auct. (,€5 pd.) a 15 O 4 o 6 Ditto U2 paid) i J 0 Ditlo (.CI paid) 0 9 0 Ditto (A pref.) 0 1!) 0 Ditto (R pref.) Gold.sbrouf,'h - Mort. 0 18 6 1 10 0 — Newton Kins (pf.) 0 9 0 0 10 0 N.Z. Guar. (3/ f.p.) — 0 4 ' 1 N.A. Far. (B pref.) — 0 8 0 Trad. Fin. (con.) 0 3 O o 3 6 Ditto (pref.) 0 16 9 Wright-Steph. (pf.) — 0 19 0 COAL Pukemiro 0 17 0 Renown (ord.) 0 !). 0 Ditto (pref.) O 2 7 0 3 2 Tanpiri (ord.) 0 10 6 — Ditto (pref.) 1 2 0 — West.-Stock. (ord.) — 0 3 0' Ditto (pref.) GAS 0 7 0 Auckland (paid) .. 0 17 0 Ditto (con.) 0 12 3 — SHIPPING Devon port Ferry . . 1 1 0 Howard Smith 1 5 0 — Hud.-Parker (ord.) — 3 o 6 North'n Steam . . o :? 7 0 3 11 Ditto (con.) 0 0 5 0 0 9 TIMBER Bartholomew 0 13 , 0 — Kauri 1 4 ' 0 1 4 6 Leyland-O'Bricn .. 0 12 0 — National . . 0 8 0 0 9 6 Taringamutu 0 13 0 — WOOL AND TEXTILE Bonds Hosiery . . 1. 4 0 Bruce 0 16 0 — Felt and Textiles 2 1 6 — Kaiapoi (17/- f.p.) Ditto (con.) 0 13 9 -— 0 4 (> 0 5 6 Oaniarn 0 17 G 1 0 0 Tattersficld 1 7 0 — BREWERIES Dominion (ord.) . . 1 12 9 1 13 6 Ditto (pref.) 1 14 0 1 16 0 Do. (new, f.p.) 1 11 9 1 13 0 lnnes (ord.) i. . 0 17 6 — New Zealand — 1 17 0 Tooth's 2 17 3 2 19 0 MISCELLANEOUS EntricanSims (pf.) — 0 16 6 Aust. Alloy Steel 0 6 0 0 7 0 Aust. Con. Indust. 2 0 0 o 1 6 Do. (con., 8/ pd.) Aust. Iron (pref.) — 1 5 0 1 11 0 — Berlei (N.Z.) British Tobacco . . 2 17 6 — 2 9 9 12 Broken Hill Pty. 2 12 6 2 9 Burns. Philp 2 17 — Bycroft, Ltd. 2 0 — Claude Neon (N.Z.) 1 0 0 56 — 6 Colonial Sucar 56 O 7 Consol. Brick 0 0 1 0 9 4 Dunlop-Perdriau. .. 1 1 3 1 2 0 Electro. Zinc 3 o 3 — 0 Ditto (pref.) . . 3 1 3 Farmers' Tradinjr O 1!» — Ditto (A pref.) 3 1 0 — Ditto (B pref.) 1 0 0 0 — 0 Gear Meat. 0 14 0 15 General Indus. — 0 19 3 G. J. Coles 3 10 o 3 19 G Grey and Menzies 0 12 9 — Gordon and Gotch 2 3 0 — Hill and Plummer 1 0 6 0 •— 0 11.M. Theatre (pf.) — 6 19 Hume Pipe (Aust.) 0 17 — I.C.I, (pref.) 1 4 9 0 — 9 K.D.V. Boxes 0 7 0 8 Masonito Corp. 1 0 0 — Macdnffs (ord.) .. 0 S 0 0 15 Ditto (pref.) .. — 0 0 McKendrick (ord.) 0 10 — Ditto (pref.) 0 17 O —— M. and C. (ord.) . . O 15 :? — Ditto (deb. Stk.) 0 15 3 0 •— 6 M.K. Manufacturers 0 5 1 5 Morris Heistrom : — i 10 0 blurts Dork . • — i 0 0 Moluron Oil (5/ f.p.) — o •"» 0 Ditto (pref.) — 0 o "> o Nat. Electrical 0 16 0 10 0 New Ak. Laundry — 6 1 0 0 N.7.. Dmtr (C2 f.p.) 3 10 1 — 6 N.Z. Farm. Fort. — 1 N.Z. Newspap's . . — 1 7 9 9 X.Z. Prfricr. (paid) — 6 1 0 North Milling ("ord.) 0 IS 0 — 6 Peters Tee (N.Z.) — 1 8 Radio (103(5) — 0 15 0 0 0 T?oid N.Z. Rubber Sanford (pr^f.l 1 3 0 14 0 0 1 0 5 15 .9 Taranaki Oilfields 0 7 0 0 0 4 Taranaki Oil Dev. 0 3 ,9 0 4 TTnion Oil. .Soap . . 1 6 0 — Whittome-Stevenson •— 1 0 0 0 Wilsons Cement . . 0 10 o 1 Woolworths (N.Z.) 0 17 6 0 18 0 Ditto (nref.) 1 14 6 —• Ditto (Svd.) • • — 1 , 3 10 9 Dilto (Svd., 2n(P 1 7 0 1 0 Ditto (W. Aust.) — 6 4 7 6 Woolwortbs Props. 1 6 — OVERSEAS LISTINGS W'lhs Hldprs. (S.Af.) — 0 16 6 MINING Arffo 0 0 9 0 . 1 o 0 But River — 0 0 1 Blnckwater 1 5 0 —- 3 Clutlui 0 1 3 2 Con. Goklfiekls 0 13 0 0 1 * 0 Gillespie's Beach . 0 0 3 0 0 o 6 6 0 2Va Golden Crown — o Golden Dawn — 0 1 Ooidfields Dredfr. . — 4 0 0 Martha .. 0 8 0 S o Mulaki Junction .. — 0 0 8 New River — 0 0 10 N.Z. Crown Mines 0 1 4 0 o 6 Paddy's Point — 0 Waihi Invests. 0 7 0 7 4 Golden Sands — 0 1 4 Maori Gold — 0 0 10 Worksop — 0 1 - Australia and Flit- - 11 Broken Hill South 1 11 o 1 3 Emperor 0 111 (5 0 17 3 0 Lolomn lit 6 1 10 Mount Kasi Mount Lyoll 1 14 (1 0 1 6 15 9 6 Mt. Morpcan (ord.) 0 11 3 0 0 11 6 Ditto (pref.) .. 1 2 iT North Broken Hill 2 7 6 o 0 Rawansr (10/- f.p.) O 0 O 0 9 6 Wellington Alluvials 0 1 4 0 5 0 N.Z. GOVERNMENT LOANS Bonds — 06 5 0 15/1/53-57. ay, . — i-,/ii/:ts-n. QVc 100 15 0 — 15/2/13-40. t .. 102 0 0 — I.V/I/IG-IO, •( .. 103 5 O — 1 5/6/52-55, •! . . 103 5 0 —P Rural, 15/9/47, «li 101 10 0 102 10 0 Stock — i 5/1 /r,:t.57, UK, . 06 10 0 — 15/11/38-41, a^;i 100 15 0 101 10 0 15/3/40-ia, 4 .. 100 10 0 15/2/43-to, 4 . 102 O 0 102 15 0 1T./1/40-49, 4 .. 1 oa 15 o — 15/5/49-52, 4 .. 103 10 0 — 15/(1/52-05, 4 . 103 10 0 — . no/1 1/4S, 4 . . 103 5 0 (11/5/54-58, 4 103 10 0 — 15/9/11.-43, ay, . 100 10 0 — DEBENTURES

Ancle. Harbour Bd., ;i 04 10 0 0/7/57 — NorthrotP Borousrh, 103 10 0 100 0 0 1/8/07. , ■ Haitian Coiinly, 1/5/10 102 0 0 101 0 0 Tnknpuna Borounh, 01 0 0 1/2/3-1. ■ Abraham - William.'i 0 — 1)0 0 A mill Brick (Ak.), 100 0 0 i/a/ N. (i • — Dido (Wollinc.), 0 ;u/a/-i l. o .. no 0 — Aucklmul Gas, 0 0 103 10 0 20/12/'!0. r> . 102 Glsb. Shcopfarmora, 0 rn/s/.n. o l / 7 . Renown Collieries, OG 0 — 08 0 1/3/31. 0 . 0 —- "SVillinTiisoti Picture, 05 0 r./o/'io, 7v, — 0