ON ’CHANGE

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 114, 4 August 1927, Page 2

ON ’CHANGE

A QUIET MARKET BANK OF N.Z. ACTIVE A quiet tone prevails on the ’Change in most stocks. Bank of New Zealand shares are steady and selling freely at 58s 6d. Colonial Sugar shares are firm, with buyers £52 10s: no sellers. The Bond market is quiet, and few sales have been recorded. SALES REGISTERED At yesterday afternoon's call: On ’Change.—Milne and Choyce (deb. stock), £1 3s 6d. Reported: Huddart Parker, £ 2 Ss. At this morning’s 10 o’clock call: On ’Change.—Bank of New Zealand, £2 18s 6d, Goldsbrough, Mort (rights), 8s 9d. At the mid-day call: On ’Change.—None. Reported: Bank of New South Wales, £44 17s Cd; Bank of New Zealand, £2 18s 6d: Auckland Gas (pel.), £1 3s: Auckland Gas (con.), 17s 3d-MID-DAY QUOTATIONS Closing quotations at mid-day today were: Sellers Buyers

STOCK SALE WAIKATO PRICES New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Ltd., had an average yarding of beef of first Quality at Frankton on Tuesday, and it sold at last week’s rates. Few store cattle were penned. Sheep were in shorter supply, with no alteration in values. Quotations. —Prime fat heifers, £7 10s to £9 2s; lighter, £5- 19s to £6 Ss; fat cows, £6 2s 6d to £7 2s; plain fat cows, £4 14s to £5 11s: fleshy cows, £3 15s to £4 7s; heavy fat ewes, £1 10s; fat and forward hoggets, £1 Os 3d to £1 2s. A small yarding of fat pigs sold at late rates. The entry of store and weaner pigs was well above the average, and as a result prices were a little easier. Heavy baconers made £3 2s to £3 11s; heavy porkers, £2 8s to £2 16s; porkers, £2 to £2 ss; stores, £1 12s to £1 ISs; slips, £1 3s to £1 9s; weaners, 14s to £1 2s; sows close to profit, £5 to £6 10s.

BANKS — £ s. d. £ s. d. Comm. Bank of Aus. 1 9 6 Ditto, (pref.) 7 0 0 — National Bank N.Z. 6 16 l) Nat. Bank of Aus. 17 0 New South Wales 4 b 6 44 12 6 New Zealand . . . . IS 18 Ditto mortg. (.10s paid) 0 17 0 0 16 0 Ditto mortg - . (20s paid) — 1 o 6 INSURANCE— National n 16 6 New Zealand . . 1 10 i 18 0 South British .. . . 2 17 3 2 16 9 LOAM ANp AGENCTFarmers’ Co-op. Auc B (pref.) 0 15 6 Goldsbrough, Mort 0 Ditto (rights) .. 0 0 0 8 Newton King (pref) 0 14 0 N.Z. and River Plate 1 8 0 l 6 0 Loan and Merc. . . 91 10 0 Ditto (pref.) . . . . 84 0 0 N. Auck. Farmers’ Co-op B (pref.) — 0 6 COAL— Renown (con.) .. .. 0 6 0 0 6 0 Ditto (pref.) .... 0 6 0 0 6 4 Ditto A (pref.) .. 0 5 6 0 5 0 Pukemiro 3 6 0 0 Taupiri . . 1 5 0 1 4 9 Ditto (pref.) 1 4 6 1 3 6 Westport 1 13> 0 GAS— Auckland 1 2 1 0 Ditto (con.) .. .. 0 17 5 0 17 2 SHIPPING— Devonport Steam .. 1 5 0 — SHIPPING— Northern Steam 0 14 6 Ditto (con.) . . . . 0 6 10 0 6 6 P. and O. (def. stk) 2S5 0 0 275 0 0 Union Steam (pref.) 1 0 3 — TIMBER— Bartholomew 1 0 0 Kauri 1 4 0 National 0 Parker-Lamb 1 -S' 6 WOOLLEN— Wellington (pref.) . — 6 7 0 BREWERIES— C. L. Innes (pref.) 1 0 0 N.Z. Breweries — 2 1 0 M 1 SC ELLA N EO U 8— Auck. Amuse. Park 0 11 0 0 10 3 A. .1. En trican 0 10 0 British Tobacco 2 13 0 By croft, Ltd 1 0 6 Checker Taxicab . . 0 IS 6 Ditto (con.) 0 6 Colonial Sugar . . . . 10 0 Dental and Medical 0 16 0 Dominion Pictures .. .1 0 0 Ditto (pref.) .. .. 1 0 0 Electro. Zinc (ord.) 1 12 6 Gear Meat Co 1 15 6 Grey and Menzies.. 0 12 6 0 9 6 Hamilton Theatres 0 18 9 Hill and Plummer 1 6 1 1 9 H M Arcade (nref.) 1 0 0 Milne and Choyce 1 4 Ditto (pref.) . . . . 1 4 Ditto (B pref.) . . 1 4 3 Ditto (deb. stck.) 1 4 1 3 3 N.Z. Farmers’ Fert. 4 0 0 N.Z Paper Mills . . 0 17 0 Phiilipps and impey 1 14 0 Robinson Ice Cream 1 4 0 1 1 0 Sanford, Ltd 1 1 0 Ditto (pref.) . . . . 1 1 6 Taranaki Oil Fields 0 8 6 0 7 0 Thames Theatre . . 1 0 0 0 15 0 Tonson Garlick 0 12 6 Union Oil. Soap and Candle 2 0 0 Whittome Stevenson 2 2 0 Wilsons Cement .. 1 14 6 1 14 0 MINING — Alburnia 0 4 ft 0 3 10 Moanataiari (paid) . 0 3 0 0 8 Ditto, (con.) . . . . 0 1 9 Empire Reefs (con.) 0 0 8 Golden Age (con.) .. 0 0 Kawarau 0 1 0 0 0 10 Lucky Shot (2s pd.) 0 0 0 1 4 Ditto (con.) . . . . 0 J 10 0 1 Maoriland (con.).. 0 1 Majestic 0 0* 6 Mt. Welcome (paid) 0 2 0 New Waiotahi (4s. -paid) ft 0 10 Ditto (con.) . . . . 0 7 N.Z. Crown 0 0 1 Occ- i d en tal - U u n a (con.) 0 0 SJ Waihi 0 10 ft 10 3 Wa ihi G ra n cl J u ne. 0 1 6 0 1 i> AUSTRALIAN— Mount Lyell 1 8 3 1 7 8 DEBENTURES — Auck. Gas, 1032, 5 06 0 0 90 0 0 Ditto, 1028, 6.1 p.c. 101 0 0 Auck Harbour Ba. 4 85 0 0 Ditto, 52 p.c 101 10 0 Ditto, 6 per cent. 102 0 0 City Auck., 1037. 5£ 06 0 Bor. of Gisborne . . 06 0 0 N.Z. Breweries .... 1 3 5 Glaxo 88 10 0 GOVERNMENT BONDS— War Loan, 19Sfl, 4fc 97 10 0 Ditto, 1038, 4i p.c. 96 17 6 Ditto, 1933, 5£ p.c. 100 J 5 0 Ditto, 1036, 51 p.c. — 100 15 0 INSCRIBED STOCK War Loan, 1020, 5 p.c OS 5 0 Ditto, 1938, 4h .... 96 17 6 — Ditto, 1927-41. 51 .. OS 10 0 Ditto, 1933, 51, 101 0 Ditto, 1936, 51 p.c. 100 10 0 —