ON THE ’CHANGE

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 8, 31 March 1927, Page 2

ON THE ’CHANGE

MINING STOCKS QUIET FEW SALES AT CALLS Business was quiet and the market generally dull on the Auckland Stock Exchange this morning. Few sales were transacted at the calls, the majority of the recorded sales being reported. \ Mining stocks are quiet, with some of the shares which have been most active of late weaker. Miscellaneous stocks are mostly idle, but a fairly, strong tone is registered for gilt-edged securities. P. and O. (def. stock) have hardened several points during the last day or so. SALES REGISTERED Yesterday afternoon: Union Bank, .£ls 7s; South British Insurance, £2 15s 6d: Kawarau, 3s 2d; Taranaki Oils, 11s 3d. At the 10 o’clock call this morning: Lucky Shot (con.), 2s 6d; Nonpareil (con.), 4d; Auckland Harbour Board (6 per cent, deb.), £lO3. At mid-day to-day: Zeehan Consolidated, 6d; Standard Insurance, £2 16s; Lucky Shot (con.), 2s 7d; 5i per cent. Insc. Stock, 1933, £lOl. * MID-DAY QUOTATIONS Closing quotations at mid-day today were as follow: Sellers. Buyers.

DIRECTORS' DECISIONS CALLS AND DIVIDENDS Calls and Dividends have been declared as follow: — DIVIDENDS— Due. Bank of Australasia—7s 6d per share April l Bartholomew Land and Timber—lnterim, 4 p.c April 1 Milne and Choyce—lnterim, 8 p.c. per annum April 11 CALLS— Caledonia Kuranui Sloanataiari—2d per share .. .. April IS TALLOW VALUES Dalgety and Company. Limited, report having received the following cablegram from their London house dated March 30: Tallow sales: 1,190 casks offered and 78 per cent. sold. Mutton was neglected, but for other descriptions prices are unchanged to 6d higher.

BANKS— Australasia 14 13 6 Eng-. Scot, and Aust. S 13 0 8 11 6 Nat* of N.Z 7 4 0 New South Wales.. 49 12 6 49 5 0 N.Z 3 0 0 2 19 9 Ditto 5s paid . . .. 0 12 3 Union of Aust INSURANCE— “ 15 7 0 National 3 14 0 New Zealand . . . . 1 17 0 1 16 4 South British .. . . 2 lb 9 2 lb 0 LOAN AND AGENCY— Abraham and Williams (pref.) 4 10 0 Dalgety and Co. .. lb 12 6 Farmers’ Auct. 3 18 0 Ditto A (pref.) . . 0 18 6 Ditto B (pref.) 0 17 3 Goldsbor. Mort .. . . 2 10 0 — Newton King (pref.) 0 16 0 — N.Z. & River Plate 1 7 0 N.Z. Guar. Corp 0 10 6 N.Z. Loan and Merc. 95 0 0 93 0 0 Ditto (pref.) .. .. 8b 0 0 81 0 0 COAL— Hetherington (con.) 0 6 0 0 4 6 Hikurangi A (pref.) 0 1 0 Pukemiro 2 17 0 Taupiri 1 2 0 Ditto (pref.) 1 3 0 "W estport GAS— 1 16 0 1 14 9 Auckland . . 1 3 2 1 30 Ditto (con.) .. .. 0 14 10 0 14 6 Birken. and North. 0 18 0 Gisborne SHIPPING— 0 11 0 Devonport Steam . . — 1 5 ?, Huddart-Parker 2 6 0 Ditto (pref.) 1 0 0 Northern Steam 0 13 3 0 12 3 Ditto (con.) . . . . 0 6 6 P. and O. (def. stock) 251 C 0 Union Steam (pref.) 1 0 9 0 19 9 TIMBER— Bartholomew 1 2 6 Kauri 1 6 4 1 6 ft Leyland-O’Brien 2 0 3 National 0 14 6 I ‘arker Lamb . . . . 1 3 0 — Taupo Totara .. WOOLLEN— 1 0 0 Kaiapoi 0 10 6 — •A ellington 0 9 0 — BREWERIES— C. L. Innes (pref.) l 0 0 _ M ISCELLANEOUS— A uek. Amus. Park „ 15 0 Ditto (pref.) .. .. 0 6 i ;urns, Philp, and Co. 4 0 1 Colonial Sugar 0 0 : (oniinion Pictures . 1 4 1 0 0 Ditto (pref.) . . . . 1 0 0 Electro. Zinc (ord) 1 16 ft Ditto (pref.) .. . . i 16 Grey and Menzies. . I1.M. Arcade Theatre !) 12 6 (pref.) .. . .. .. Lewis R. Eady (T — 1 0 0 p.c. B pref.) . . Milne & Choyce 1 2 0 1 4 Ditto (pref.) -Ditto (“B” pref.) 1 4 0 1 4 Ditto (deb. stock) 1 f 4 Robin son's Ice Cream 4 ft 1 0 0 Anthony Hordern . . 1 6 ft 1 4 9 N.Z. Farmers’ Fer. 3 17 6 Northern Boot 17 Phiilipps and Impe.v 1 3 Sanford, Ltd 1 1 6 Takapuna Trams . . ft 2 0 0 1 0 Taranaki Oils . . . . 0 12 ft 0 11 0 Thames Theatre 1 0 0 0 15 6 Tonson Garlick 0 11 0 Union Oil 3 0 2 1 0 Wiseman (ord.) 0 8 6 Wilson’s Cement . MINING— 1 16 0 1 15 0 Alburnia 0 3 8 0 3 o Ballarat (con.) .. .. 0 0 6 Moanataiari (paid). . 0 4 6 Ditto (con.) .. .. 0 5 2 0 4 6 Empire Reefs (con.) 0 0 6 Golden Age (paid).. 0 1 0 0 0 7 Ditto (con.) .. .. 0 0 5i 0 0 3 Kawarau 1) 3 4 0 3 1 Kuranui 0 0 6 Lucky Shot (2s pd.) 0 3 0 0 2 9 Ditto (con.) .. .. 0 2 8 0 6 Majestic New Waiotahi (4s 0 1 1 — pd.) 0 1 0 Ditto (con.) .. .. 0* 1 1 0 0 11 New Zeehan 0 1 0 0 0 6 Nonpareil (con.) 0 0 6 0 0 3 Occident. Una (con.) 0 0 9 0 0 6 Ohinemuri 0 5 0 Rising Sun 0 1 0 Waihi 0 17 6 0 16 6 Waihi Junction 0 1 6 0 1 4 AUSTRALIAN — Mount Lyell .. .. 1 9 0 1 8 6 DEBENTURES— Auckland Gas, 1932, 92 0 0 Auckland Gas, 1928, 61 P.c Auckland Harbour - 99 0 0 Board, 4 p.c City of Auckland, — 85 0 0 1933, 45 P.c 94 0 0 92 0 0 Bor. of Mt. Eden, 65 105 0 0 N.Z- Breweries 1 4 2 1 3 Milne and Choyce 96 0 Glaxo 87 10 0 GOVERNMENT BONDS— War Loan, 1930, 97 10 0 Ditto. 1938. 41.. .. — 96 0 0 Ditto, 1939, 4 £ .. 96 0 0 Ditto, 1927, 5 99 10 0 98 10 0 Ditto, 1933, 5£ .. 100 15 0 Ditto, 1936. 5i .. INSCRIBED STOCK100 15 War Loan. 1927, 5.. 99 10 0 98 10 o Ditto, 1929, 5 . . 98 5 0 Ditto, 1933, oh . . 101 0 0 100 15 0 Ditto. 1936. 5} .. — 100 15 0