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New Zealand Herald, Volume 79, Issue 24423, 5 November 1942, Page 5

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AUCKLAND EXCHANGE GAS DEBENTURES ADVANCE While the general tone on the Auckland Stock Exchange continued to he very firm yesterday there were a few exceptions. Woolworths, both New Zealand and Sydney, in accord with a recent easier trend, sold at lower rates. Commercial Hanks firmed and with a sale at 15s touched their highest level for a year. The perpetual debentures of the Auckland Gas Company at £'BB showed a rise of £4. since October 8. CLOSING QUOTATIONS

YESTERDAY'S SALES RETURN OX INVESTMENT? In the following list of yesterday's sales yields allow for exchange and British income tax where necessary, and, in the case of loans, redemption and brokerage:— AUCKLAND EXCHANGE

Wellington —§N.Z. Drug, 80s; N.Z. Brewones, 33s yd; A.C.1., 47s 9d;, Macky, Logan, Christchurch.—Christchurch Gas, 22s 10dWoolworths (Syd.), 15s 4d; Woolworths /Xi -K- J's ~d "> Standard Insurance, 69s 6d (2); N.Z. Itefrig., 23s Gd, 23s 7d, 23s 9d; Kaiapoi (con.), 7s; G. J. Coles, 55s 8d; N.Z Drug, 80s. Dunedin.—Stock. 15/9/52-55, 3, £99 5«N.Z. Breweries (odd lot), 33s 9d; Westport.' 25fi 4d; Broken Hill Pty., 3Ss. 37s 9d. SSale after hours on Tuesday. tßased on interim dividend at rate per annum. 'lncludes bonus. \ LONDON EXCHANGE LONDON, Nov, .| On the London Stock Exchange quotations lor bank shares and other corporation debentures and stocks, with comparisons for October 20, are:—

MINING YIELDS Alexander (West Coast).—Report for October.- Battery department, 140 tons of ore crushed for SToz 13d\vt melted prold, and in cyanide department. 1."0 tons of sands treated for 4toz 13d\vt of bullion. The total estimated value was £lO4l. In addition, concentrates were saved amounting to 2VS tons, and valued at £f!o. Slab Hut (West Coast). —Week ending: October 31: ••rsnz; 10,300 yards; 101 hours.

Buyers Sellers s d Id Com. Bank Aus. 0 14 11 o 15 2 Ditto (C. pref.) 10 0 0 10 i> 0 E., S. and A. Bk. ;j 12 0 .Nat. Bank X.Z. 2 5 0 2 0 3 Bank X.S.W. •29 15 0 30 15 0 New Zealand Inscc. 3 13 0 3 13 9 South British Ins. 3 3 3 3 4 O Standard Ins. :j 8 1) 3 11 G Dalgety 7 0 0 — l'.C.A. (tl paid) 0 Hi 9 0 15 0 Goldsbrough Mort . t 7 0 1 8 G N.A.I-'. <B prof.) 0 11 9 0 12 3 United P.B. (Akd.) 0 19 3 L 0 3 Kenown Coal (ord.) 0 8 0 0 9 6 Ditto (pref.) 0 3 0 0 3 3 West.-Stktn. (ord.) 0 2 7 0 2 11 Ditto (jiref.) u 8 0 0 9 3 Auck. Gas (10/-) 0 G 9 0 7 0 Ditto (con.) 0 2 11 0 3 2 Kauri Timber L 2 0 Ley land - O'Brien Taupo Tot. (lo/-) 0 18 2 0 19 0 (, 11 0 0 15 3 Bruce Wool (ord.) 1 5 0 L G 0 Felt and Textiles .1 18 0 o 0 0 Kaiapoi (con.) 0 G 11 0 7 3 Manawatu Knitting 1 9 (j Doni. Brew, (ord.) 1 8 0 1 9 0 Tooths 2 11 0 2 12 9 Aus. Con. Indus. ■j 7 3 2 8 0 British Tobacco .. 2 2 0 2 5 0 Broken Hill Pty. I 17 9 1 18 G Bycroft (ex div.) . 2 5 3 Colonial Sugar . . 50 0 0 51 15 0 Con. Brick 0 7 8 0 8 0 Farmers' Trading . 1 1 3 .1 1 9 Grey and Menzies 0 13 0 0 1 1 0 Henry Jones Co-op. o 8 0 o 11 0 Hill and Plummer 1 6 0 1 11 0 I.C.I. (C pref.) . 1 4 0 1 5 3 K.D.V. Boxes (10/) 0 9 0 0 10 0 Macky, Logan 1 3 9 1 4 3 M.K. Mfrs. (5/-) . . 0 5 8 0 0 0 Mallcys, Ltd. 0 10 G 0 IS 6 New Akd. Laundry 0 13 9 0 16 0 X.Z. Drug (£•_') .. 3 19 6 4 o 0 X.Z. Forest (ord.) . 0 3 » 0 1 4 9 X.Z. Rcfrig. (paid) 1 3 0 4 0 I'elers Ice (X.Z.) 0 11 0 0 12 0 Radio (193G) 0 1 1 0 0 12 0 Reid Rubber 1 0 0 1 4 0 3 Sariford (ord.) 0 4 6 0 5 Ditto (pref.) 0 IS 3 0 19 G Selfridges (A'asia) 0 17 0 0 19 6 0 Taranaki Oil Fields 0 5 G 0 3 Wilsons Cement . . 0 17 8 0 IS o Woohvorths (X.Z.) 0 14 8 0 11 10 Ditto (Syd.) 0 15 4 0 15 9 W'ths lldgs. (S.Af.) 0 18 3 0 19 3 f'lutha 0 1 o 0 1 10 Consolidated Gold. . 0 6 9 0 7 G Martha 0 8 4 0 8 3 10 Waihi Invests. ft 3 0 0 9 Emperor 0 10 6 0 1 11 0 Mount Lyell 1 8 0 8 G Jit. Morgan (ord.) 0 7 10 0 8 G Xorth Broken Hill o 4 0 o s 0 6 Suplhide Corpn. 0 5 0 0 7 War Loan— 1/8/51-54, 3 . 90 5 0 100 0 0 L.L.. 15/0/52-55 3 99 0 0 99 10 0 Stork— 15/2/43- If), 4 .. inn 10 0 101 0 0 31/5/51-58. 4 . . 107 10 0 100 0 0 Auck. Gas (perp.) 87 0 0 90 0 0

Sale Price Rise or field Ak. Gas (Perp. £ 8 d Fail £ s d deb.), 3%. . 88 0 0 +30/ 3 18 8 8 Com. Bank.. 0 15 0 + ld 4 10 Fmrs' Auct. (£3 paid; 0 14 0 J 5 14 3 United Bldf*. 0 19 6 5 12 9 Kaiapoi (con.) 0 7 0 *6 0 0 Tooth's Brew. 2 12 0 +11 4 12 3 Macky, Logan (-'). . 1 4 0 +6d 6 5 0 M.K. Manfact. W'ths (X.Z.) 0 0 5 14 10 8 +4d -2d 5 4 1 o 10 fcj Ditto (Sid.) 0 15 6 -3d +3 4 0

Oct. 20 Nov. 4 Bank Australasia £ s d £ s d 5 17 6 6 0 0 E., S. and A. Bank . o 10 0 Union Bank . 4 19 6 4 IS 6 Bank X.S.W. . IS 10 0 IS 10 0 Nat. Bank N.Z. .. 1 9 0 1 11 0 Bank N.Z 1 10 0 6 1 9 8 0 British Tobacco .. 1 1 0 Goldsbrouffh-Mort .. 0 17 8 0 17 6 Dalgety 4 o 6 6 P. and 0. (def.) 1 14 0 1 15 6 Loan and Merc, (deb.) 71 0 0 71 10 0 Ditto (ord.) . 19 10 0 19 10 0