ON THE 'CHANGE

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 32, 30 April 1927, Page 7

ON THE 'CHANGE

DEMAND FOR BONDS AUCKLAND GAS 23/3 A brighter tone in the demand for gilt-edged securities continues to be the feature of the Stock Exchange. A rather brighter tone was registered on the Auckland market this morning and sales were reported in most sections. SALES REGISTERED At yesterday afternoon’s call: Farmers’ Auctioneering, A (pref.), 17s 9d; Hetherington Collieries (con.), 4s 6d; Lucky Shot (con.), 2s 4d; New’ Zealand War Loan, 1938, 4J per cent., £96 17s 6d. This morning’s business: Lucky Shot (con.), 2s 4d; Auckland Gas, £ 1 3s 3d; Farmers’ Auctioneering B (pref.), 16s 3d; Bank of Australasia, £l4 14s; Kauri Timber. £1 5s 6d; Kawarau, 3s Id; Waihi, 18s; Hikurangi A (pref.), 2s Id; ditto (pres.), 3s Id. TO-DAY’S QUOTATIONS Closing quotations at this morning’s call were:

DIRECTORS’ DECISIONS Calls and dividends have been declared —South British Insurance, interim Is Id per share, due now; Inion OiL interim, due May 2; Dalgety and Co., interim, 7s per share, due May 17. Calls.^ —Hauraki Mines, 6d per snare, due now. -

Sellers. Buyers. banks— £ s. d. £ d. Bank of Australasia 14 Com. of Aust .. .. Eng., Scot. & Aus. S Nat. Bk. N.Z., Ltd. New South Wales .. New Zealand .. .. 3 Union of Aust. .. 15 15 0 15 11 0 INSURANCE— National New Zealand .. . . 1 6 South British .. .. 2 14 6 13 6 LOAN and agency— Abraham and Williams (pref.) .. .. 4 0 0 Farmers' Auct Ditto A (pref.) .. 0 0 Ditto B (pref.) .. 0 16 6 Newton King (pref.) COAL,— 0 15 0 — Hikurangi A (pref.) 0 3 0 0 9 Ditto (pref.) 0 0 Fukemiro 0 Taupiri 2 Ditto (pref.) .. .. 1 2 6 Waipa GAS— 0 13 3 Auckland 1 3 5 Ditto (con.) . . . . 0 15 0 0 14 6 11 SHIPPING— Huddart-Parker 2 8 0 9 Ditto (pref.) .. . 1 0 0 Northern Steam .. 0 14 6 0 13 6 Ditto (con.) .. . . 0 6 10 0 6 5 P. & O. (def. stk. 260 0 Union Steam (pref.) 1 1 0 1 0 0 TIMBER— Bartholomew .. 1 0 0 Kauri 1 6 1 5 Leyland-O’Brien .. 1 19 0 National 0 14 6 Parker Lamb *. .. 1 3 0 — Taupo Totara WOOLLEN— 0 16 0 — Kaiapoi 0 10 6 — BREWERIES— C. L. Innes (pref). 1 0 0 N.Z. Breweries MISCELLANEOUS— 2 12 6 — Auckland Amuse 0 14 6 0 9 0 British Tobacco 13 6 2 12 6 By croft, Ltd 1 9 6 Checker Taxi .. .. 1 0 0 0 18 0 Ditto (con.) .. .. 0 7 0 0 6 3 Colonial Sugar 59 10 0 Dental and Sup. Co. 0 17 6 Dom. Pictures C 19 0 Dom. Rubber .. .. 2 8 0 Grey & Menzies 0 12 6 Hill and Plummer.. 1 3 6 H.M. Arcade (pref.) 1 0 0 Kempthorne, Pros. 3 4 6 Milne & Choyce 1 3 Ditto (pref.) .. .. 1 4 3 Ditto. B (pref.) .. 1 4 Ditto (deb. stk.) 1 4 6 1 4 3 N.Z. Farmers’ Fer. N.Z. Refrigerating 4 5 0 3 18 0 0 7 4 Northern Boot .. .. 0 17 6 Phillipps and Impey — 1 13 6 Sanford 1 2 6 Ditto (pref.) 1 2 6 1 Taranaki Oil 0 12 15 Thames Theatre .. 1 0 0 0 0 Tonson Garlick .. .. 0 16 6 Union Oil 2 3 0 2 Wiseman (ord.) 0 14 6 Wilson’s Cement .. 1 15 MINING— Alburnia 0 3 5 0 3 0 0 0 4 Ditto (con.) .. .. 5 4 Empire Reefs (con.) 0 5£ Golden Age (con.).. — 0 0 8 — Lucky Shot (2s pd.) 0 3 0 0 2 5 Ditto (con.) .. .. Maoriland (con.) .. — N. Waitotahi (4s pd.) Ditto (con.) .. .. 0 Occidental-Una (con.) u 18 Waihi G. Junction — 0 1 0 A USTRALIAN — Mt. Lyell DEBENTURES— 1 8 6 92 — Ditto 1928, Gi Auckland Harbour 85 0 0 Ditto, 1939 51 .. 97 0 103 100 Ditto, 6 p.c Thames Har. 1944 6 102 0 0 0 0 City of Auckland, 96 100 Auck Elec Power Bd. Bor. of Devonport, 6 100 0 0 Bor of Mt Eden. 6J 10 N.Z. Breweries .. .. Milne & Choyce .. Glaxo — 9C 87 10 0 GOVERNMENT BONDS — War Loan. 1930, 4£ — 97 12 6 Ditto, 1938, 41 .. 12 Ditto, 1939, 41 .. 96 0 Ditto, 1941, 41 .. Ditto, 1933, 5& — ! ' K1 BED STOCK — 10 War Loan, 1938, 4£ — 96 Ditto, 1939, 41 . . — T* — I 1 Ditto, 1936, 5i — U