ON THE 'CHANGE

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 3, 25 March 1927, Page 2

ON THE 'CHANGE

TARANAKI OILS HARDER MOANATAIARI (CON.) ACTIVE A distinctly brighter tone was registered on the Auckland , Stock Exchange this morning. Several classes of investments were active and a number of sales were recorded. Gilt-edged securities were in better demand, though no sales were recorded. Bank shares were idle, but one parcel of Union Bank changed hands yesterday afternoon at £ls 15s. Taranaki Oils are active and continue to harden. One sale was registered at 11s and sellers now quote 13s 9d, with buyers offering 12s 4d. Mining shares continue to arouse interest and several parcels are changing hands. Most interest centres round Moanataiari, advice recording favourable progress at the mine being received on the ’Change almost daily. Several parcels of Moanataiari (con.) were contracted for at from 5s 2d to 5s fid. Quotations closed at mid-day with sellers asking 5s 6d. SALES REGISTERED V At yesterday afternoon’s call: Moanataiari (con.), 5s 2d, 5s 3d and 5s 6d; Electro. .Zinc (ord.), £1 15s 9d; Union Bank, £ls ss. At 10 o'clock call this morning: Taranaki Oils, 11s. At the midday call National Insurance, £3 13s Od; New Waiotahi (con.), Is; Lucky Shot (con.), 2s 6d, 2s 7d; Moanataiari (pd.), 5s sd; Henry Jones, £2 11s 6d; Kauri Timber, £1 6s 6d. MID-DAY QUOTATIONS. Closing quotations at the mid-day call to-day were as follow: BANKS-

Australasia . 14 13 6 Eng - ., Scot. & Aust 8 13 6 8 11 0 National of N.Z. . . 7 0 7 1 0 New South Wales . 49 12 6 49 6 New Zealand . . 3 0 0 19 9 Ditto (new issue) 5s paid 0 12 3 0 12 0 Ditto (paid) . . . . 1 3 Union of Aust. 15 6 0 15 4 0 INSURANCE— National 1 14 6 New Zealand .. .. 1 16 9 1 16 6 South British .. 1 16 0 2 15 3 LOAN AND AGENCY.Abraham & Williams (pref.) 4 10 0 Farmers’ Auct. 4 0 0 Ditto, A pref.) .. 0 IS 6 Ditto, B (pref.) .. 0 17 3 Goldsbor. Mort . . . 10 6 Newton King (pref) 0 16 0 N.Z. & River Plate 1 7 0 N.Z. Guar. Corp. . . 0 10 6 N.Z. Loan & Mer. 10 0 Ditto (pref.) .. . 8b 0 0 81 0 0 N. Auck. Farmers B (pref.) 0 9 6 —. COAL— Hetherington (con.) 0 7 0 0 4 6 Hikurangi (pref) . . 0 3 0 Pukemiro 2 17 0 Taupiri 1 1 Ditto (pref.) .. .. 1 3 0 Waipa, ex div .. . . 0 15 0 0 13 6 GAS— Auckland 1 3 2 1 3 0 Ditto (con.) . . . . 0 14 10 0 14 9 Birkenhead & North 0 18 0 — Gisborne 0 11 0 — SHIPPING— Devonport Steam . . 1 5 3 Huddart-Parker 2 6 9 2 6 0 Ditto (pref.) 1 1 0 1 0 0 Northern Steam 0 13 0 P. & O. (def. stk.) .. 240 0 0 Union Steam (pref.) — 0 19 9 TIMBER— Bartholomew .. 1 2 6 — Kauri 1 7 0 1 6 3 Ley land-O'Brien 0 3 National u 15 0 Parker-Lamb 1 4 0 — Taupo Totara .. .. 1 0 0 — BREWERIES— C. L. Innes (pref.) 1 0 0 — MISCELLANEOUS— Auck. Amus. Park 0 16 0 — Ditto (pref.) 1 1 0 — British Tobacco 2 12 0 Burns, Philp . . 2 0 0 Dental and Med. . . 0 17 6 Dominion Pictures 1 4 0 1 0 0 ' Ditto (pref.) .. .. 1 0 0 Electro. Zinc (ord.) 1 16 0 1 15 6 Ditto (pref.) 1 16 6 Grey & Menzies .. 0 12 6 Henry Jones .. 2 12 6 2 11 0 H.M. Arcade Theatre (pref.) 1 0 0 Kemp. Prosper’s . . 3 8 0 — Lewis R. Eady (7 p.c. B pref.) 1 1 0 — Milne & Choyce .. 1 4 9 Ditto (pref.) 1 4 9 Ditto (“B” pref.) 1 4 9 Ditto (deb. at.) .. 1 5 0 1 4 3 N.Z. Farmers’ Fer. 4 1 0 3 16 0 N.Z. Refrig 0 12 6 Northern Boot 0 17 6 Phillipps and Impey 1 13 0 Sanford, Ltd 1 2 6 1 1 3 Taranaki Oil . . .. 0 13 9 0 12 4 Thames Theatre .. 1 0 0 0 15 6 Wiseman (ord.) 0 8 6 Wilsons Cement 1 16 0 — MINING— Alburnia 0 3 5 0 3 3 Ballarat (con.) .. .. 0 0 6 Moanataiari (paid) 0 6 0 0 5 Ditto (con.) .. .. 0 b b 0 5 4 Golden Age (paid).. 0 1 0 0 0 7 Ditto (con.) .. .. 0 0 5 A Kawarau 0 3 5 0 3 3 Komata Reefs . . .. 0 0 3 Kuranui 0 0 S Lucky Shot (2s pd.) 0 3 0 0 2 9 Ditto (con.) . . . . 0 2 8 0 2 6 Majestic 0 J 1 New Waiotahi 0 1 0 1 2 Ditto (con.) 0 1 1 0 0 lli Nonpareil 0 0 1 Occidental Una 2s t ,a 0 0 8 0 0 6i Ohinemuri 0 b 0 Rising Sun 0 1 0 Waihi 0 17 6 0 16 9 Waihi Junction .. .. 0 1 6 0 1 3 AUSTRALIAN— Mt. Lyell 1 9 3 1 8 3 DEBENTUE.ES— Auckland Gas, 192S, 6J 100 10 0 Auckland Harbour Board, 4 85 Ditto, 5J 98 Ditto, 6 102 0 0 City of Auckland, 1929, 4 96 0 0 95 10 Borough of Mount Eden, 6£ 105 0 0 N.Z. Govt., 1930, 4} N.Z. Breweries 1 4 6 Milne and Choyce — 96 Glaxo — 87 10 0 GOVERNMENT BONDSWar Loan, 1938, 4.’; 96 15 0 96 Ditto, 1927, 5 ... . Ditto, 1933, .. — 100 lb 0 Ditto, 1936, 6£ .. — 100 15 0 INSCRIBED STOCK War Loan, 1927, 5 Ditto, 1929, 5 .. Ditto, 1933, 5i 101 0 Ditto, 1936, 5£ . . 100 15 0