Markets and Money

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 16, 9 April 1927, Page 15

Markets and Money

A Review for Business Men

ON THE ’CHANGE MARKET QUIET MOANATAIARIS QUOTED A week-end spirit prevailed at this rooming's call on the Auckland Stock Exchange and little business was transacted. The market for most classes of stocks remains firm at late quotations. A strong tone still rules for Australian bank shares and New South Wales have registered a further advance with sellers asking £sl 15s and buyers offering £SO. Mining is weak and mostly idle. Moanataiaris came on the market ■ sain this morning, sellers asking 4s 6d for contributing stocks, buyers offering 3s 6d. SALES REGISTERED At yesterday afternoon’s call: Devon!'<>rt Steam. Cl 6s 6d: Northern Steam ' on.), 6s; Kawarau (2s 8d): Lucky Shot (con.>, ”s 3d; Waihi (17s 3d). At 'us morning's call Waiotahi (con.), lid. TO-DAY’S QUOTATIONS Hosing quotations at this morning’s call were as follow: TO-DAY’S QUOTATIONS Hosing quotations at this morning’s tan were as follow:

OTHER EXCHANGES WELLINGTON. —Sales reported (10 u.m.): Bank of New Zealand, to £2 IPs lid; Union Bank of Australia, £ls l_s bd. DIRECTORS’ DECISIONS CALLS AND DIVIDENDS Calls and Dividends have been declared as follow: — DIVIDENDS — , I>ue * Milne and Choyce—lnterim, S p.c. per acnum April 11 Hume Steel Ltd.—lo per cent. per annum on A and B pref April o 0 CALLS— , „ Caledonia Kuranui Moanataiari—2d per share .. •• April IS Mount Welcome —2d per share April -1 Kuranui — Id per share .. .. April-b

banks— Sellers. £ s. d. Buyers, s. d. °f Australasia 14 7 6 v™' Of A US t — of Aust. v . lr, eht») 1 11 0 — 1 12 0 O'® South Wales . 0 50 0 0 - N 'W Zealand .. .. 19 9 "TO® (new issue). T . (as paid> .. .. Lnion of Aust. 0 11 9 15 16 0 15 11 0 f^SmtANCE— Rational .. 13 6 3 12 0 ■ssajsr 1 —* 15 6 1 15 0 6 and agency— Abraham and Wil»ams (pref.) .. .. Farmers’ Auct. 4 5 0 — 0 IS 6 Aewton Kina (pref.) 0 15 0 v? * River Plate 1 , 0 \7 V Uar ' Co, P- ■ ni.. Lo ? n * Mere. i>itto (pref. > . . . . 0 10 6 93 81 n 0 0 COAI— if etherington (con ) A (pref.) :: t» 0 3 4 r 0 0 0 1 1 17 2 3 10 0 ma! Uo <P r 'f ) .. !! ...aipa .. . 1 1 1 6 'Wstport .. ;; *• gas— 1 16 0 1 14 9 Auckland . 1 1 1 n (eon.) .. .. & Nor,h - 0 0 14 15 9 0 — shipping— HMa* POrt Ferry .. >fe?s8a««> 0 5 1 1 0 0 6 0 12 6 0 9 0 Kauri . 2 0 3 — f^ r T^r b a-;-:; : . JPOOLLEN 1 0 3 16 0 0 — K aia poi in «o»Btel .. .. 'sllington (pref.) .. - « « 0 1 0 0 11 0

MISCELLANEOUS— Auck. Anius. Park 0 14 6 0 9 6 Ditto (pref.) 0 3 9 0 3 British Tobacco . . 12 6 Checker Taxicab Co Colonial Sugar .. .. 15 Dom. Pictures .. .. Donaghy’s Rope .. Electro. Zinc (ord.) 1 16 0 Ditto (pref.) .. .. 1 16 Grey and Menzies.. 0 10 Henry Jones Co-op. Hill and Plummer . 1 3 0 H.M. Arcade (pref.) 0 Kemptliorne Pros. . Lewis R. Eady (7 3 5 per cent. B pref) 1 1 0 Milne and Choyce . Ditto (pref.) .. .. Ditto <“B” pref.) Ditto (deb. stock) Northern Boot 6 Phillipps and Impey San df ord Ditto (pref.) .. .. 0 Takapuna Tram Taranaki Oil Fields 0 12 1 0 0 0 17 6 0 Wairakei 0 5 6 Wiseman (ord.) Wilsons Cement 1 15 6 MINING — Alburn ia 0 5 3 2 0 Ballarat (con.) .. .. Caledonia Kuranui Moanataiari (con.) 0 4 6 0 3 6 Empire Reefs (con.) 51 Golden Age (con.).. Kawarau 0 Kuranui 0 0 Lucky Shot (2s paid) 0 Ditto (con.) . . .. 2 6 Majestic 0 1 2 Ditto (con.) .. .. 0 1 0 Nonpareil (con.) .. Occidental Una 8 0 (con.) ° Ohinemuri 0 0 0 17 Waihi Junction .... 0 A ! TSTR A I.l AN— Mount Lyell .. . - - - 1 9 0 — DEBENTURES — Auckland Gas 1932, 92 99 0 0 0 0 5 per cent. . Ditto 192S. 61. H Auckland Harbour S5 Board, 4 p c Auckland Harbour Board, 6 p.c. Citv of Auck.. 1940, 5'i Bor. of Mt. Eden, bi 97 0 0 96 105 0 0 0 0 X.Z. Breweries .... Milne and Choyce Glaxo 96 87 0 10 o 0 government bonds — War Loan. 1930, 4i — 97 10 Ditto, 19SS. 41 .. z 96 5 0 Ditto. 1936. 51 .. INSCRIBED STOCK96 5 0 99 0 96 101 Ditto, 1936, 5i .. —