ON THE ’CHANGE

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 303, 14 March 1928, Page 12

ON THE ’CHANGE

MARKET STEADY PUKEMIRO IN DEMAND A healthy tone still exists on the market, although few sales have been transacted. Insurance stocks are in demand, sellers appearing only for Nationals. Goldsbrough, Mort, scrip is very firm, sales recorded at £2 9s 3d, leaving the market with buyers £ 2 Ss 9d, sellers £2 9s. New Zealand and River Plate are still sought after at 295; no sellers. Coal shares in most cases are well supported. Pukemiro are exceedingly firm, sales being recorded at 655, leaving buyers at 63s 6d, no sellers. Waipa .ire steady, with buyers 16s 9d, sellers 17s. The gas market is weak, Auckland being the only scrip supported. Mining is wenk. Waihis have also ea.sed a little, buyers quoting 9s 3d, sellers 10s. SALES REGISTERED At yesterday afternoon’s call: On '•’hanger Reported—Goldsbrough, Mort £2 9s 3d; Pukemiro Collieries, £3 ss; Auckland Gas, £1 2s; New Zealand Inscribed Stock, 1936, 5J per cent., £IOO 15s. At this morning’s 10 o’clock call: On ’Change: Reported—New Zealand Inscribed Stock, 1938, 4i per cent., £97 12s 6d. At the mid-day call: On ’Change: Waipa Coal, 17s. MID-DAY QUOTATIONS Closing quotations at mid-day today were: Sellers. Buyers. £ B. d. £ L d. BANKS—

Aust. Bank of Com. 1 14 6 Bank of Adelaide .. 9 10 6 Bank of Australasia 15 2 0 1 7 11 1 7 7 Ditto (pref.) .. .. 7 0 0 Con. Bank of Syd. 26 4 0 Ting 1 ., Scot and Aus. S 6 8 1 0 Nat. Bank of N.Z. 6 19 0 6 17 c Nat. Bank of Australasia 18 0 0 Ditto (con.) .. .. 9 0 0 47 12 6 47 10 0 New Zealand 19 3 2 19 0 Ditto (20s paid) .. 1 7 0 — Queensland Nat. Bank Union of Australia . 14 13 0 — INSURANCE— National 0 15 9 0 15 3 New Zealand .. .. 2 0 9 South British .. .. — 18 6 Standard — 3 2 6 LOAN AND AGENCY— Dalgety and Co. 14 0 0 13 15 0 Farriers' Co-op. Auc 3 5 0 Ditto (A pref.) .. 0 16 9 Ditto (B pref.) .. 0 15 6 < loldsbrough. Mort . 2 9 6 2 8 9 Nat. Mort. and A.gen 3 11 0 Newton King (pref) 0 12 6 0 10 6 N.Z. and River Plata 1 9 0 N.Z. Loan and Merc. 98 0 0 Ditto (pref.) .. .. — bl 0 0 COAL— Renown (con.) .. .. 0 14 6 0 12 0 Hikurangi 0 4 3 0 3 8 Ditto (pref.) .. .. 0 7 6 Ditto A (pref.) .. 0 6 9 0 6 3 Pukemiro 3 3 6 Taupiri .. 1 6 6 1 5 6 Ditto (pref.) .. .. IVaipa 0 17 0 0 16 9 GAS— Auckland 1 2 3 1 1 9 Ditto (con.) . . .. 0 16 8 — Birkenhead and Northcote 0 16 0 — SHIPPING— Devonport Steam . 1 5 6 1 4 6 1 lowjird Smith .. .. 1 9 0 \ ludclart-Parker 9 6 8 9 Northern Steam 0 15 0 7 4 P. and O. (Deferred 0 Union Steam (pref.) 1 0 3 0 19 10 TIMBER— Kauri Timber .. .. —. 1 0 6 Gey land-O'Brien 1 16 0 1 lb 0 National .. 0 12 6 — Parker-Lamb .. • • 0 19 0 —■ WOOLLEN— Kaiapol — 0 8 0 Mosgiel — 6 12 0 W ellington 6 3 6 — Ditto (pref.) — 6 2 0 BREWERIES— C. L. Innes (pref.) 1 0 0 N.Z. Breweries 3 6 2 3 J. Staples and Co. t 1 17 6 1 1/ 0 MISCELLANEOUS— Auck. Amuse. Park 0 11 0 A. J. Entrican (pref.) 0 19 0 Australian Glass .. 2 4 0 British Tobacco 1 19 10 1 19 7 Burns, Philp .. 2 S 9 By croft. Ltd 1 10 0 Checker Taxicab Co. 1 0 0 19 3 0 16 0 Donaghy’s Rope and Twine Co 1 13 0 Electrolytic Zinc (ord.) 1 10 6 Ditto (pref.) .. .. 1 13 0 1 11 9 Fullers’ Pictures 0 19 0 0 18 0 Gear Meat 1 IS 0 Grey and Menzies . 0 12 0 Hayward's Pictures 1 0 0 0 18 0 Henry Jones Co-op. 1 17 9 Hill and Plummer . 1 2 6 Hold-in’s Motors .. 1 12 0 1 10 6 II.M. Arcade Theatre (pref.) 1 0 0 N.Z. Drug 3 8 0 Lewis Eady. Ltd.. (pref.) 1 0 6 Milne and Choyce .. 1 4 0 Ditto (pref.) .. 1 4 0 Ditto (B pref.) .. 1 4 0 Ditto (deb. stock) 1 3 3 N.Z. Farmers* FerN.Z. Paper Mills 0 17 0 X.Z.* Refrig, (con.) . 0 7 7 0 7 4 Northern Boot .. .. 0 IS 0 Sanford, Ltd 0 19 0 Ditto (pref.) .. .. 1 0 9 1 0 0 1 0 9 Taranaki Oil Fields 0 10 0 9 9 Tonson Garlick 0 14 3 0 11 3 Union Oil — 2 0 0 Whittome Stevensons 2 7 6 2 5 6 Wilsons Cement 1 18 0 1 17 9 MINING— Alburnia 0 1 6 — Moanataiari (paid) . 0 0 0 1 9 Ditto (con.) .. .. 0 1 4 Umpire Reefs (con.) 0 0 1 Golden Age (pd.) .. 0 0 4 0 0 1 Kawarau 0 1 0 0 0 6 Ktiranui 0 1 0 Lucky Shot (2s pd.) 0 1 0 0 9 Maoriland (con.) .. 0 0 6 Nit. Welcome (con.) 0 0 6 New Waiotahl (4s paid) 0 1 0 0 10 Ditto (con.) .. .. 0 0 0 0 4 Occidental l. na (2s paid) 0 1 9 — Ditto (con.) .. .. 0 1 4 — Ohinemuri 6 9 0 6 8 Ditto (pref.) .. .. 0 9 6 Waihi 0 10 0 0 9 Waihi Grand June. 0 1 3 0 0 11 AUSTRALIAN— Mount Lyeli .. .. .. 1 10 3 1 9 6 DEBENTURES— Auckland Harbour Board, 6 p.c 103 10 0 Bor Devonport. 6 101 0 0 Bor. Nit. Eden, 51 . 103 0 0 100 0 0 Ditto, 6 p.c. 105 0 0 102 0 0 Bor. Ngaruawahia, 6 105 0 0 100 0 0 Bor. of Hamilton, 6 105 0 0 100 0 0 Hamilton Theatres 10b 0 0 X Z. Breweries 1 3 1 9 Glaxo — 90 0 0 GOVERNMENT BONDS— N.Z. Gov. War Loan 1938, 4} p.c 12 6 Ditto, 1939, 4 i .. 97 12 Ditto, 1236, 5J 101 0 0 — INSCRIBED STOCKN.Z. Gov.War Loan 1938. 4'j p.c. 98 0 0 10 0 Ditto, 1939. 4: p.c. 97 10 0 Ditto, 1930, 5i .. 99 0 0 Ditto. 1933. 5i p.c. L01 0 0 Ditto, 1336, o„ .. 100 15 9