ON ’CHANGE

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 124, 16 August 1927, Page 2

ON ’CHANGE

KAUR! TIMBERS FIRMER MINING BRIGHTER A brighter tone is recorded in several sections on the ’Change. Mining shows signs of increased activity. Alburnias have improved, while sales of Waiotahi (con.) continue to be put through at elghtpence. Banks are firm, and in steady demand. Auckland Amusement Park shares have improved slightly, to see buyers at 11s 6d. Coals continue strong in tone, with firm buyers for most shares. Kauri Timbers drew buyers at £1 4s 6d this morning. Other* timber shares also command attention on a market with a firming tendency. SALES REGISTERED At yesterday afternoon’s call: On 'Change—New Waiotahi (con.), Sd: N.Z. Insurance, £2. Reported: Union Bank, £ls. At this morning’s 10 o’clock call: On ’Change—Commercial Bank of Australia, £1 Bs. Reported: British Tobacco, £2 12s 6d. At the mid-day call: On ’Change— Auckland Gas, £1 2s 6d. Reported: Occidental-Una, 8d; Waihi, 19s Sd; N.Z. War Loan, 4£ per cent., 1930, £97 15s. MID-DAY QUOTATIONS Closing quotations at to-day’s midday call were: Sellers. Buyers. BANKS— £ s. d. £ s. d.

Ditto, 1927-41, 51 Ditto, 1933, 51 p.c. 101 0 0 SOUTHERN EXCHANGES

YESTERDAY’S SALES Press Association. Wellington.—New Zealand Breweries, 10 per cent, bonds, 23s 8d; HuddartParker (ord.), 48s; Westport Coal, 33s 71d; Taranaki Oil, 9a 6d; Wilsons Cement, 34s 7id. Christchurch. —Hamilton Borough, 41 per cent., 1947, £BS; Westport Coal, 33s 6d; Wellington Gas, 27s 9d; Goldsbrough, Mort, rights, 8s lid; Huddart-Parker, 47s 6d; British Tobacco, 52s 3d. Dunedin.—New Zealand Breweries, 43s Bank of New Zealand. 58s 6d. TO-DAY’S EXCHANGES Christchurch.—Sales reported: New Zealand Government 51 per cent. Inscribed stock, 1935, £lOl 2s 6d. On the ’Change: New Zealand Guarantee Corporation, 9s 2d.

WALCHEREN DUE.— Due at Auckland to-night or early to-morrow morning from Montreal, the Dutch steamer Walcheren will later berth at Prince’s \\ harf to unload the local portion of her cargo, under the auspices of the Mew Zealand Shipping Company. The Walcheren will afterwards proceed to Wellington, Lyttelton, Dunedin and Austraya to complete discharge.

Bank of Aust 14 16 0 Com. Bank of Aust. 1 8 1 7 6 Ditto (pref.) . . . . 7 0 0 Nat. Bank of N.Z. 6 16 0 6 14 0 Nat. Bank of A u st. 16 17 6 New South "Wales . 45 5 0 New Zealand . . 2 18 6 17 6 Ditto (10s paid). . 0 17 0 0 16 0 Ditto (20s paid) . 1 6 9 1 6 0 Union of Australia . lb 0 0 14 18 6 INSURANCE— National 3 16 0 New Zealand .. . . —- 1 19 6 South British .. .. 2 18 0 2 17 3 LOAN AND AGENCY— Farmers’ Co-op. Auct. 3 5 a 2 13 0 Ditto A (pref.) 0 IX 0 0 16 0 Ditto B (pref.) 0 lb 4 0 14 6 Goldsbrough, Mort . 2 4 0 Ditto (rights) 0 8 7 Newton King (pref.) 0 14 0 N.Z. and River Plato 1 8 0 1 6 0 N.Z. Guarantee Cor. 0 9 0 N.Z. Loan & Merc. — 91 10 0 Ditto (pref.) .. .. — 80 0 0 COAL— Renown (con.) .. .. 0 6 9 0 5 9 Hikurangi 0 3 0 0 2 0 Ditto (pref.) .. .. 0 7 3 0 6 Ditto A (pref.) . 0 6 3 0 b 0 Pukemiro 0 0 Taupiri 1 5 0 Ditto (pref.) . . . . 1 4 0 1 3 6 Waipa — 0 14 11 GAS— Auckland 1 2 10 1 «> 4 Ditto (con.) .. .. 0 17 3 0 16 9 Birkenhead & Northcote 0 17 0 — SHIPPING— Devonport Steam . . 1 4 9 Hud dart-Parker 2 8 0 Ditto (pref.) .. .. 1 1 1 0 9 Northern Steam 0 14 6 0 13 9 Ditto (con.) .. . . 0 6 10 0 6 6 Union Steam (pr«f.) 1 0 3 — TIMBER— Kauri Timber .. . . 1 5 3 1 4 6 Leyland-O’Brien 1 14 0 National 0 14 6 0 11 9 Parker-Lamb .. .. 12 6 — BREWERIES— C. L. Innes (pr«f.) 1 0 0 N.Z. Breweries .. .. 2 3 6 2 1 0 MISCELLANEOUS— Auck. Amuse. Park 0 13 0 0 12 6 A. J. Entrican & Co 0 19 0 British Tobacco 2 12 0 1 10 0 Checker Taxicab .. u 19 0 Colonial Sugar (Aus) 52 10 0 Dental and Medical 0 16 0 Dominion Pictures .. 1 0 0 Ditto (pref.) .. .. 1 0 0 Electro. Zinc (pref.) 1 12 6 Gear Meat 15 Grey and Menzies .. 0 12 6 0 9 6 Hamilton Theatres . 0 18 51 Hill and Plummer.. 1 2 6 1 H.M. Arcade (pref.) 1 0 0 Kempthorne, Prosser 3 5 0 Milne and Choyce . . 4 Ditto (pref.) .. .. 4 Ditto (B pref.) .. Ditto (deb. stk.) .. 1 N Z. Farmers’ Fert. 4 0 0 N.Z. Paper Mills . . 0 17 0 N.Z. Refrig. (con.) — Phillipps and Impsy — 1 14 Robinson Ice Cream —■ Sanford, Ltd Ditto (pref.) .. .. 1 — Taranaki < hi . . . . Thames Theatre .. 1 0 15 Tonson Garlick .. .. 0 Union Oil Whittome Stevenson 2 5 0 Wilsons Cement 1 MINING— 0 3 8 0 3 4 Moanataiari (pd.) .. 0 2 10 0 2 0 Ditto (con.) .. .. 0 1 Empire Reefs (con.) 0 0 8 Ivawarau 0 1 Komata Reefs . . . . 0 0 3 Lucky Shot (2s pd.) 0 1 Ditto (con.) .. .. 0 1 8 0 Maoriland (con.) 0 1 5 Majestic 0 0 6 New Waiotahi (4s paid) 0 0 9 Ditto (con.) .. .. 0 0 9 8 Occidental-Una (con.) 0 0 8 0 0 6 0 19 6 0 19 0 Waihi Grand June. 0 1 6 0 1 4 AUSTRALIAN— Mount I.yell .. 1 s 3 — DEBENTURES— Auckland Gas, 1332, 5 95 0 0 90 0 0 Ditto, 15)28, 64 101 0 0 99 0 C Auckland Harbour 85 0 Ditto, 55 P-c 101 10 0 100 0 0 Ditto. 6 p.c. 102 0 Bor. of Devonport, 6 per aent .. . . N.Z. Breweries, Ltd. 1 Glaxo — 88 10 0 GOVT. BONDS — Govt. War Loan, 1930 97 10 0 Ditto, 1933, p.c. — 100 ib 0 Ditto, 1936, D1 p.c. — 100 lo 0 INSCRIBED STOCK. War Loan. 1929, 5 93 5 0 98 5 0 Ditto, 1938. 41 p.c. 96 lb. 0 —