ON THE ’CHANGE

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 332, 18 April 1928, Page 12

ON THE ’CHANGE

BYCROFTS AT 31/-

WILSONS CEMENT FIRM The market has a healthy tone and considerable business is being transacted- . .. Banks are attracting much attention and prices are well maintained. Prices for insurance shares are holding well, although the volume of business in this section has been small. Coal shares still maintain good values, Pukemiro are exceedingly firm with, buyers 62s 6d, no sellers quotBycroft shares have to-day sold at 31s, leaving buyers 30s 9d, sellers 325. Wilsons Cement scrip is selling freely at 38s, leaving the market unchanged. Mining is weak. Waihi remains steady with buyers 10s Sd, sellers 11s. SALES REGISTERED At yesterday afternoon’s call.—On •Change: Bank of Australasia (fractions), 9s. Reported: Commercial Bank of Australia (ord.), £1 8s 6d: Bank of New Zealand, £3; Colonial Sugar (Australia), £SB 15s; Wilsons ( N.Z.) Portland Cement, £1 18s; Waihi Gold Mining Company, 11s; New Zealand Inscribed Stock, 1933, 5£ per cent., £IOO 2s 6d. .. At this morning’s 10 o clock call. On 'Change: Bycroft, Ltd., £1 11s; Whittome, Stevenson, £2 5s 6d; Wilsons (N.Z.) Portland Cement, £1 l»s. At the mid-day call. —On 'Change: Bank of New Zealand, £3; Wilsons (N.Z.), Portland Cement, £1 3 8s; Waihi Gold Mining Co., 10s 10d. Reported: Union Bank of Australia, £l4 14s 6d; Taupiri Coal, £1 6s 6d; New Zealand Breweries, £2 6s; New Zealand Refrigerating, 16s 6d; Ohmemuri Gold and Silver Mines, 7s. MID-DAY QUOTATIONS Closing quotations at mid-day to-day

•were; — Sellers. Buyers. BANKS — £ s. d. £ Aus. Bank of Com1 14 3 1 13 6 Bank of Adelaide .. Bank of Australasia 15 Ditto (fractions) Ditto (pref.) .. .. Commercial Bank of 16 0 33ng., Scot, and Aus. 8 9 Nat. Bank of N.Z. Nat. Bank of Aus7 17 IS 8 IS New South Wales . 48 2 6 New Zealand 3 0 3 2 Ditto mortg. (20s 1 6 9 1 6 0 Union of Australia 14 15 INSURANCE — Aus. Provincial .. 0 8 0 0 15 10 New Zealand •• 1 6 South British .. .. 3 0 0 DOAN AND AGENCY — Dalgety and Co. •• Farmers’ Co-op. _ 14 2 6 Auc 3 5 0 Ditto (A pref.) .. 0 16 6 0 Ditto (B pref.) .. 0 15 Coldsbrouerh, Mort .. 9' Newton King (pref.) — 0 N.Z. & River Plate — 1 9 N.Z. Loan and Merc. 100 0 Ditto (pref.) .. — COAL— Hikurangi .. .. .. .. 0 4 2 0 3 S Ditto (pref.) .. . - 0 8 3 7 Ditto A (pref.) .. 0 6 9 0 6 Pukemlro .. .. .. Taupiri .. .. •• 1 7 0 1 6 3 Ditto (pref.) .. .. "Waipa 0 15 0 Westport-Stockton . 4 Ditto (pref.) .. 0 4 0 0 GAS— Auckland .. .a 1 2 6 1 1 10 Ditto (con.) .. 0 16 6 0 15 9 Birkenhead •• •• .. 0 16 0 — SHIPPING— Devonport Steam •. 1 5 6 Howard Smith . . . . 1 7 6 1 3 Huddart-Farker 2 S 0 7 3 Northern Steamship 0 15 3 0 15 0 Ditto (con.) .. .. 0 7 b 0 7 0 B. & O. (d*f. stk.) TIMBER— 24S 0 0 Bartholomew .. .. 1 1 0 — Kauri Leyland-O’Brien 1 15 6 National Parker-Lajnb .. .. BREWERIE S— C. L. Innes and Co. 0 19 0 Ltd (pref.) .. 1 0 0 N.Z. Breweries, Ltd. 7 0 J. Staples and Co. MISCELLANEOUS — 1 17 (pref.) 0 19 0 Australian Glass .. 3 British Tobacco •• 2 0 6 Burns, Philp .. .. 2 3 0 Bycroft, Ltd 1 12 0 Checker Taxicab .. 17 Ditto (con.) .. .. Colonial Sugar 0 7 (Aus.) 59 0 0 58 10 Donagliy’s Rope .. Electrolytic Zinc. 1 11 9 Ditto (pref.) .. .. 1 Fullers’ Pictures 1 Grey and Menzies 0 12 0 Hayward’s Pictures 1 0 3 0 19 6 Henry Jones Co-op. 1 18 3 1 17 Hill and Plummer H.M. Arcade The- — 1 6 atre (pref.) .. .. 1 0 Holden’s Motors .. 1 9 6 1 Kempthorne Prosser Lewis Eady, Ltd. (7 3 9 6 7 p.c. B pref.).. .. 1 Milne and Choyce. 1 4 Ditto (pref.) .. .. 1 4 0 Ditto (B pref.) .. 1 Ditto (deb. stock) N.Z. Farmers’ Fer- — 1 6 0 tiliser Co IS 0 N.Z. Refrigerating . 0 17 0 0 16 0 Ditto (con.) .. .. Northern Boot 0 IS 0 Sanford, Ltd 1 0 3 Ditto ipref.) 1 1 0 Sharland and Co... 1 0 9 — Taranaki Oil .. MINING— 0 9 0 0 1 4 — Moanataiari (pd.) 0 0 0 i 0 Empire Reefs (con.) Golden Age (paid). 0 0 Kuranui 0 9 Lucky Shot (2s pd.) New Waiotahi (4s — 0 0 6 paid) 0 1 0 0 0 8 Ditto (con.) . . C Occidental Una (2s I 0 6£ 0 0 b paid) 0 1 9 Ditto (con.) 0 1 Ohinemuri (ord.) .. 0 7 1 0 7 0 Waihi 0 11 0 0 108 tion 0 1 5 0 1 3 AUS TR ALIA X— Mount Lyell .. . • DEBENTURES— 1 12 9 — Auckland Gas, 1932, 5 Auckland Harbour — 91 10 0 Board, 5$ 95 0 ft Ditto, 6 103 10 0 Bor. of Devonport, 6 10 ft 0 0 Bor. of Mt. Eden, 53 102 0 0 10j 0 0 Ditto, 6 p.c 1 > Bor. of Hamilton, 6 100 0 0 N.Z. Breweries .. Hamilton Theatres 7 1 3 ]0 per cent 101 0 0 Ditto, S per cent. 102 0 0 Glaxo Wright. Stephenson — 90 0 0 6 per cent 87 0 0 — GOVERNMENT BONDS— War Loan, 1930. 4£ . 98 5 0 97 0 Ditto. 1939, 4£ .. 97 Ditto. 15*3!), (}, Ditto. 1D36, 51 .. — 100 0 0 INSCRIBED STOCKWar Loan. 193S, Dttto, 1939, 4J .. Ditto, 1927-41 r>i 0 Ditto, 1933, 5 h Ditto. 1331. 6 102 10 0 100 10 0