ON THE ’CHANGE

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 337, 24 April 1928, Page 14

ON THE ’CHANGE

MARKET ACTIVE INSURANCE SELLING The market still continues active, and numerous transactions are being recorded. Bank scrip is in good demand. English, Scottish and Australian and Bank of Australasia are attracting considerable attention, while Bank of New Zealand and Union Bank of Australia hold firm at current prices. Insurance shares are selling freely, New Zealand’s at 41s and South British at 59s 9d. Nationals have steady buyers at 15s 7d, sellers 16s. Milne and Choyce, both shares and debenture stock, are firm with no sellers quoting. All securities and local body debentures are firm, with few Uer3 ' SALES REGISTERED At yesterday afternoon’s call.—On ’Change: Bank of Australasia (fractions), 9s; Holden’s Motors, £1 9s 9d; New Zealand Breweries (deb.), £1 4s. Reported: English, Scottish and Australian Bank, £8 9s; New Zealand Insurance, £2 Is; Waihi G.M, Co., 11s 4d. At this morning’s 10 o’clock call.— On ’Change: New Zealand Insurance, £2 Is; Goldsbrougli, Mort, £2 9s 6d; Wilsons (N.Z.) Portland Cement, £1 18s 3d. Reported: South British Insurance, £2 19s 9d. At the mid-day call. —On ’Change: New Zealand Breweries, £2 6s 6d; British Tobacco, £2 Os 6d. Reported: New Zealand Insurance, £2 Is; P. and O. (def. stock), £251. MID-DAY QUOTATIONS Closing quotations at mid-day to-

clay were: — Sellers. Buyers. BANKS— £ s. d. £ s. d. Aus. Bank of Commerce 1 14 3 1 13 6 Bank of Australasia 14 0 0 Ditto (rights) 3 1 0 2 18 0 Ditto (fractions) . 0 9 0 Com. Bank of Aust. 1 S S 1 8 4 Ditto (pref.) .. .. 6 17 6 Com. of Sydney .. 26 15 0 Eng., Scot, and Aus. 8 10 0 8 8 National of N.Z. .. 7 b 0 7 2 0 New South Wales . . 48 6 New Zealand .. .. 0 3 0 0 Ditto mort. 3 5s pd) 1 7 Union of Australia 14 17 0 14 14 0 INSURANCE— Aus. Provincial 0 10 0 0 8 0 National 0 16 0 0 New Zealand 2 1 2 0 South British .. . - 3 0 0 2 LOAN AND AGENCY — Farmers’ Co-op. 3 Ditto <A pref.) .. 0 16 0 0 15 0 Goldsbrough, Mort . 2 9 9 Newton King (pref.) 0 12 6 N.Z. River Plate 1 9 N.Z. Guar. Oorp. . . N.Z. Loan & Merc. 106 0 0 102 0 Ditto (pref.) .. .. — 81 COAL— Renown (ord.) .. .. 0 16 0 — Hikurangi 0 4 Ditto (pref.) . ( .. Ditto A (pref.) .. 0 6 Pukemiro 3 6 4 Taupiri Ditto (pref.) .. .. Waipa Westport Westport-Stockton . 0 Ditto (pref.) .. .. 0 4 0 8 8 GAS— 1 2 6 1 2 0 Ditto (con.) . . . . 0 16 0 16 Birkenhead and Thames 0 10 0 6 6 SHIPPING— Devonport Steam .. 1 5 0 — Howar.d Smith . - . "Hud dart-Parker Northern Steamship 15 Ditto (con.) .. .. 0 6 P. & O. (def. stk.) 25o 0 0 250 0 TIMBER — Bartholomew .. .. 1 1 0 — Kauri Timber .. .. 1 2 1 Ley land-O’Brien 1 15 Parker-Lamb .. .. 0 19 — BREWERIES— C. L. Innes and Co. N.Z. Breweries, Ltd. J. Staples and Co. 1 17 — MISCELLANEOUS — Amusement Park . 0 9 9 — A. J. Entrican & Co. 19 — Australian Glass .. British Tobacco Burns, Philp .. .. 2 o Checker Taxicab 0 17 — Ditto (con.) .. 0 7 — Colonial Sugar 59 — Dental and Medical 0 IS Donighy’s Rope 14 Dunlop Rubber Electrolytic Zinc. (pref.) Grey and Menzies Hayward's Pictures 1 0 6 Henry Jones 3 Hill and Plummer H.M. Arcade Theatre (pref.) .. .. Holden’s Motors — Kempthorne Prosser — O Lewis R. Eady (7 p.c. B pref.) 1 Milne and Choyce. Ditto (pref.) .. .. 4 Ditto (B pref.) .. 4 Ditto, deb. stock . N.Z. Farmers’ Fer6 N.Z. Refrigerating . Ditto (con.) .. .. 0 s Northern Boot 0 IS 0 Sanford, Ltd 1 0 3 Ditto (pref.) 1 1 Sharland and Co... 1 0 9 Taranaki Oil .. (J 9 0 0 7 0 Thames Theatre 1 0 0 Tonson Garlick . .. 0 13 0 Union OH 0 6 Whittome Stevenson 6 Wilsons Cement 1 IS 6 1 IS 3 MINING— Alburnia 0 1 4 — Moanataiari (paid) . 0 0 0 1 0 Empire Reefs (con.) 0 Golden Age (paid). 0 0 4 0 1 Kawarau 0 0 9 0 0 3 Lucky Shot (2s pd.) 0 1 New Waiotahi (4s pad) 0 1 1 8 Ditto (con.) .. Occidental Una (2s paid) 0 1 9 — Ditto (con.) — 0 1 0 11 6 Waihi Grand June.. 0 1 6 0 1 3 AUSTRALIAN— Mount Lyell .. .. 1 12 0 1 11 0 INSCRIBED STOCK— Auckland Gas, 1932, 5 — 91 0 0 6 p.c L05 L0 0 103 10 0 Bor. Devonport, 6 .. 100 0 Bor. Mt. Eden, 53 • 102 0 0 Ditto. 6 p.c 102 0 Bor. Hamilton, 6 100 N.Z. Breweries . . .. 1 4 3 1 Hamilton Theatres, 7 L01 0 0 Ditto, S p.c. LOZ 0 0 Glaxo 90 0 0 GOVERNMENT BONDS — War Loan, 1930, 97 K 0 Ditto, 1938, 4i .. 97 .0 0 Ditto, 1939, 4 i 97 7 6 Ditto, 15) 41. 4J 97 a 6 Ditto, 1933, 5J 109 0 0 Ditto, 1936. 5i 100 0 0 INSCRIBED STOCKN.Z. Ins Stock, 19SS, 41 p.c 9S 0 0 0 0 Ditto, 1939, 42 Ditto, 1933, 5) Ditto,, 1536, 5i .. 100 0 0