ON ’CHANGE

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 119, 10 August 1927, Page 2

ON ’CHANGE

BUSINESS BRISK BANKS ACTIVE The tone of the market to-day is brighter and many sales are being made. The banking section is active, business being done in Commercial Bank ordinary,' Bank of New South Wales, Bank of New Zealand and Union Bank of Australia. Insurance shares are being freely dealt in at recent prices. Mining is dull, with the exception of Waihis, which are firm at 19s 9d. SALES REGISTERED At yesterday afternoon’s call: On ’Change: None. Reported: Commercial Bank of Australia (ord.), £1 8s 3d; National Bank of Australasia, £l7 2s 6d; Bank of New South Wales, £45; Union Bank of Australia, £ls; Hikurangi Coal (A pref.), 5s 3d; Auckland Gas (paid), £1 2s lOd; New Zealand Government War Loan, 1938, per cent., £96 15s. At this morning’s 10 o’clock call; On ’Change: Bank of New South Wales, £45; Union Bank of Australia, £ls: South British Insurance, £2 17s 3d; I-luddart-Parker, £2 Bs. Reported: New Zealand Breweries, £2 3s. At the mid-day call:—On ’Change: South British Insurance, £2 17s 3d. Reported: Bank of New South Wales, £45.

MID-DAY QUOTATIONS Closing: quotations at mid day today were: — Sellers. BANKS— £ s. d. £ s. d. Com. Bank of Aust. Nat. Bank of N.Z. 6 16 Nat. Bank of Aust. New South Wales .. 45 5 0 New Zealand .. 2 18 Ditto Mop. (10s pd) 0 16 Ditto Mo: - . (20s pd) Union of Australia 15 2 6 14 IT 6 INSURANCE— National New Zealand . . South British . . . . 2 17 9 2 17 3 LOAN AND AGENCY Farmers’ Co-op. Auct. 3 5 Ditto B (pref.) .. 0 15 Goldsbrough. Mort (rights) 0 9 Newton King (i>ref.) 0 14 0 N.Z. and River Plate 1 8 0 1 6 0 N.Z. Guarantee Cor. N.Z. Loan and Merc. Ditto (pref.) .. .. — 80 C 0 N. Auck. Farmers' Co-op. B (pref.) . . 0 5 6 COAL— Renown 0 7 0 0 6 Hikurangi 0 3 0 Ditto (pref.) . . . . o 7 Ditto. (A. pref.) . . 0 5 Pukemiro 3 2 Taupiri 1 5 Ditto (pref.) . . . . 1 4 0 Waipa Westport 1 14 0 1 13 3 GAS— Auckland Ditto (con.) .. .. Gisborne 0 11 0 SHIPPING— Devonport Steam .. 1 4 Huddart-Parker Ditto (pref.) .. .. 6 Northern Steam . . Ditto (con.) .. .. Union Steam (pref.) 1 0 3 TIMBER— Bartholomew 0 Kauri National 0 11 6 Parker-Lamb .. .. 1 2 6 BREWERIES— C. L. Innes (pref.) N.Z. Breweries .. .. 2 1 0 MISCELLANEOUS— Auck. Amus. Park 0 11 3 0 10 10 A. J. Entrican.. .. Bycroft, Ltd Checker Taxicab . . Colonial Sugar (Aust.) 53 0 0 Dental and Medical Dominion Pictures . . Ditto (pref.) .. .. Electrolytic Zinc (pref.) 1 12 Gear Meat Co. 1 15 Grey and Menzies . . 0 12 6 6 Hamilton Theatres . 0 18 9 Hill and Plummer.. 1 2 6 1 1 9 H.M. Arcade (pref.) 1 0 0 Milne and Choyce .. 1 4 0 Ditto (pref.) .. .. 1 4 0 Ditto (B pref.) . . 1 4 0 Ditto (deb. stock) 1 4 0 1 3 0 N.Z. Farmers’ Fert. 4 0 0 N.Z. Paper Mills . . 0 17 0 Phillipps and Impey 1 14 0 Robinson Ice Cream 1 1 0 Sanford (pref.) .. .. 1 1 6 Thames Theatre 1 0 0 0 15 0 Tonson Garlick .. . . 0 12 6 Union Oil, Soap and Candle 2 0 0 Whittome Stevenson 2 5 0 2 2 0 Wilsons Cement — 1 14 0 MINING— Alburnia 0 4 0 0 3 7 Caledonia - Kuranui Moanataiari (paid) 0 3 0 0 2 0 Empire Reefs (con.) 0 0 8 Golden Age (con.) . 0 0 Kawarau 0 1 Komata Reefs . . .. 0 0 Maoriland (con.) . . 0 1 Majestic 0 0 6 0 0 Mt. Welcome (paid) 0 2 0 New Waiotahi (4s Pd.) 0 0 Ditto (con.) 0 0 9 0 0 Nonpareil (con.) 0 0 Oc c i d en ta 1 - U na (con.) 0 0 85 9 Ohinemuri 0 4 Waihi 1 0 0 0 19 6 Waihi Grand. June. 0 1 7 0 1 5 AUSTRALIAN— Mount Lyell . . . . 1 8 3 DEBENTURES— Auckland Gas, 1032. 5 96 0 0 90 0 0 Ditto, 1928, 65 . . 101 0 0 99 0 0 Auckland Harbour Board, 4 p.c 85 0 0 Ditto, p.c 101 10 0 Ditto, 6 p.c 102 0 f Boro, of Devonport, 6 per cent 100 0 0 N.Z. Breweries, Ltd. 1 4 0 1 3 Glaxo — 88 10 0 GOVT. BONDS— Govt. War Loan, 1930 45 P-c 97 10 0 Ditto, 1938, 45 97 0 0 96 5 0 Ditto, 1933, 55 101 10 0 101 0 0 Ditto, 1936, 55 — — 101 0 0 INSCRIBED STOCK War Loan, 1929, 5 .. 98 5 0 Ditto, 1938, 45 96 15 0 Ditto, 1933, 55 101 2 6 —