ON THE ’CHANGE

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 132, 25 August 1927, Page 2

ON THE ’CHANGE

WILSONS CEMENTS IMPROVE COALS FIRM Business on the ’Change is quiet, though there is still a healthy inquiry tor the better classes of securities. Timbers are steady, with buyers of Kauris withdrawn and sellers asking 25s 9d. Bartholomews are not quoted. In coals, HikurangiSfc continue to feature and the ordinary shares are reported at 3s 4d. Sellers of W aipas came on the market at the mid*day call at 15s 6d. Pukemiros are sought by steady buyers at £2. In the miscellaneous section Wilsons Cements have improved to see buyers in at 34s 6d and no sellers. Mining continues dejmessed and mostly idle. Alburnias fell to see two small parcels change hands at midday at 3s Id. SALES REGISTERED At yesterday afternoon’s call. —Reported: N.Z. Inscribed {Stock, 1929, 5 per cent., £9B 15s. At this morning’s 10 o’clock call. — Reported: Commercial Bank of Australia, £1 7s 10d; Sanford, Ltd. (ord.), £1 Is. At to-day’s mid-day call—On ’Change: Alburnia, 3s Id. Reported: Commercial Bank of Australia, £1 7s lOd; Plikurangi Coal (ord.), 3s 4d; Northern Steam (ord.), 14s 3d. MID-DAY QUOTATIONS Closing quotations at mid-day to-

SOUTHERN EXCHANGES

CHRISTCHURCH. —Reported: British Tobacco, 56s (2 parcels). On ’Change: N.Z. Guarantee Corporation, 9s 3d (odd lot); Gisborne Sheepfarmers’, per cent., 1931, debentures, £B7; Bank of New Zealand, 5Ss 3d (odd lot); National Bank of Australasia (£lO paid), £l7 Is; N.Z. Refrigerating <£l paid, ex div.), 13s 6d; British Tobacco, 55s 3d (3 parcels); Mercantile Finance Corporation (5s paid, cum div.), 2s 7d.

YESTERDAY’S SALES

Christchurch.—British Tobacco, r>6s (two); Hastings Borough, 6 per cent’ 1042 I £102; Christchurch Gas. 23s 2d. Dunedin. —Christchurch Gas, 23s Id' [ Westport-Stockton (prcf.), 2s Od.

day were: — Sellers Buyers. BANKS- £ s. d. £ s. cl. Bank of Australasia 14 12 6 Com. Bank of Aus. 1 s 1 7 8 Ditto (pref.) .. . . 7 0 0 Eng-., Scot., & Aus. 12 0 Nat. Bank of N.Z. 6 14 0 Bank of Australasia S 14 0 New South Wales . •14 17 4 4 10 0 New Zealand . . .. 2 IS K 6 Ditto (10s paid) . . 0 16 0 Ditto (20s paid) .. — 1 6 0 Union of Australia . — 14 13 0 INSURANCE— National 3 IS 0 — New' Zealand .. 2 n 6 South British .. .. 2 IS 6 2 IS 0 LOAN AND AGSNCT— Farmers’ Co-op. Auctioneering - 2 14 0 Ditto A (pref.) .. 0 IS 0 0 36 0 Ditto. B (pref.) .. 0 15 0 14 6 Newton King (prer.) 0 14 0 N.Z. and River Plate 1 s 6 1 N.Z. Guarantee Cor. 0 9 0 N.Z. Loan & Merc. Ditto (pref.) so 0 0 COAL. Renown (con.) .. .. 0 7 0 — Hikurangi 0 3 9 0 3 0 Ditto (pref.) ..... 0 7 9 0 10 Ditto A (pref.) .. 0 6 9 0 6 Pukemiro 0 Taupiri .. .. ,. .. 1 5 0 1 4 3 1 4 0 1 r> Waipa 0 15 ti 0 14 10 GAS — Auckland . 1 2 6 1 2 0 Ditto, (con.) 0 17 0 0 16 s Birkenhead &■ Northcote .. .. ,. .. . 0 17 0 SHIPPING— Devonnort Ste»m .. 1 4 6 — Huddart-Parker 2 7 6 Northern Steam 0 14 6 0 14 0 Ditto (con.) .. .. 0 6 6 F. and O. (def. stk.) 280 0 0 — TIMBER— Kauri Timber .. .. 1 5 9 — Deyland-O'Brien 1 19 0 1 14 6 National 0 15 0 —— Parker-Lamb .. .. 1 3 0 Taupo Totara .. ., 0 17 6 — WOOLLENKaiapol 0 10 6 — BREWERIES— C. L. tnnes (pref.) 1 0 0 N-Z. Breweries .. .. 2 3 u 1 J. Staples and Co.-v. — 1 IS 0 MISCELLANEOUS—* Auck. Amuse. Park 0 14 0 0 13 0 A. J. Entrican . . . . 0 19 0 British Tobacco 2 18 0 15 0 Checker Taxicab .. 0 19 0 Colonial Sugar 51 15 0 Dental and Medical 0 16 0 Dominion Pictures .. 1 0 0 Ditto (pref.) .. .. 1 0 0 Electro. Zinc (ord.) 1 12 Grey and Menzies (exdiv.) .. .. ,. .. 0 12 6 Hamilton Theatres 0 IS Hill and Plummer. . 1 2 6 1 3 9 H.M. Arcade (pref.) 1 0 0 Lewis R. Eady & Son, Ltd. <7 p.e. B pref) 1 1 0 Milne and Choyce .. 1 Ditto (pref.) .. .. Ditto <B pref.) .. 1 4 0 Ditto (deb. stock) 1 4 0 4 0 0 N.Z. Paper Mills .. 0 17 0 N.Z. Refrigerating 0 6 3 Phillipps and Impey Robinson Ice Cream Sanford, Ltd 1# 1 Ditto (pref.) .. .. Taranaki Oilfields .. 0 9 Thames Theatre .. 1 0 15 Tonson Garlick .. .. 0 12 0 Union Oil — Whittome Stevenson 2 5 Wilsons Cement .. 14 MINING— Alburnia 0 3 2 0 8 0 Moanataiari (pd.) - 0 2 Ditto (con.) .. Empire Reefs (con.) 0 0 8 Kawarau Komata Reefs Kuranui 0 0 6 Lucky Shot (2s pd.) 0 2 4 ft 1 Maorilapd (eon.) .. ft 1 5 Majestic paid) .. Ditto, (con.) 0 0 3i ft 0 1 — ft 19 0 Waihi Grand June., , 0 1 7 0 AustralianMt. Lyell 1 7 6 — DEBENTURES— Auckland Harbour Board, 4 p.c. 99 10 Ditto, 53 P-c 101 10 0 Ditto, 6 p.c. . . .. Auck. Power Board Borough of Devonport, 6 per cent. Ditto, 4 k p.c Bor. of Gisborne, 51 95 0 N.Z. Breweries .. .. 1 3 9 1 8 Glaxo .. .. ,, ,» .. — 88 10 0 GOVT. BONDS— Govt. War Loan. 1930, p.c 97 7 6 Ditto, 1958, 41s p.c. 96 15 ft Ditto, 1939, 4J, p.c. 96 10 0 Ditto, 1936, Tf's p.c. — 100 10 0 INSCRIBED STOCK-— War Loan. 1929, 5 — 98 10 0 Ditto, 193S, 4k p.c. 96 12 6 Ditto, 1939, 4k p.c. 96 0 ft _ Ditto, 1936, 5i p.c. 101 0 0 —