ON THE ’CHANGE

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 342, 1 May 1928, Page 12

ON THE ’CHANGE

MARKET QUiET NATIONAL BANKS FIRM A quiet tone was on Change this morning-, and the volume of business was small. In banks. Nationals of New Zealand are in strong tone, buyers moving up to £ 7 3s, to find sellers holding firm for £7 ss. Considerable activity is still registered in Australasia rights and fractions. Insurances are quiet. The miscellaneous section is quiet. Wisons Cements are firm. SALES REGISTERED Vesterday afternoon’s business- On ’Change—E„ s., and A. Bank. £8 8s; Union Bank of Australia, £l-1 16s; Auckland Gas (con.), 16s 9d; Waih'i Mining, 12s 7d. Reported—National Insurance, 15s lOd: New Zealand Inscribed Stock, 1927-41, 5.1 per cent., £9B; Dominion Pictures ford.). £1 2s-* Ohinemuri Mining, 7s; Waihi, 12s 7d and 12s 9d. At this morning’s early call: Re-ported—Huddart-Parker, 47s 6d • E'ectrolytic Zinc (pref.), 325. At to-day’s mid-day call: On Change —Electrolytic Zinc (ord.). 31s. MID-DAY QUOTATIONS Closing quotations at to-day’s midday call were;

BANKS— Sellers. £ s. d. Buyers. £ s. d. Aus. Bank of Com14 Bank of Adelaide . . Bank of Australasia 9 7 0 (ex rights) .. Ditto (rights) . . . . 3 0 0 Ditto (fractions) 0 8 0 0 Com. Bank of Aus. 8 Ditto (pref.) .. .. Com. Bank, Sydney 26 14 0 Enp., Scot.. Aus. 8 6 National of N.Z. 7 5 0 3 (con.) 0 2 6 New South Wales . 4s 0 0 0 New Zealand . . . . 3 0 6 0 Ditto. D rnort (15s paid) Ditto, D mort. (20s —• 1 1 6 paid) — 1 C 3 INSURANCE— National 0 16 0 0 15 7 New Zealand .. 2 1 6 2 1 0 South British .. .. 2 19 0 2 18 3 DOAN AND AGENCY— Farmers* Co-op. Auct. (A pref) 0 16 0 0 15 0 Ditto (B pref.) .. 0 lb 0 0 14 0 Goldsbrough, Mort . 10 0 2 6 Newton King- (pref.) 0 12 6 0 10 6 N.Z. and River Plate 1 12 0 1 9 0 N.Z. Guar. Corp. (ord) — 0 8 1 N.Z. Loan and Merc. — 102 0 0 Ditto (pref.) .. .. — 82 0 0 COAL— Ditto (pref.) .. .. 0 7 6 Ditto (A pref.) .. 0 7 0 0 6 4 Pukemiro :t 5 0 Renown (con.) .. .. 0 16 0 Taupiri 1 V 6 1 6 0 Ditto (pref.) .. .. 1 3 0 Waipa 0 14 9 Westport 1 11 0 Westport-Stock ton . GAS— 0 2 10 0 2 8 Auckland .. — 1 2 9 Ditto (con.) .. .. Birkenhead & North0 17 0 0 16 6 cote 0 16 0 10 SHIPPING— Devonport Steam .. 1 5 0 — Howard Smith . • .. Huddart-Parker . . 1 7 0 2 7 0 Northern Steamship — 0 15 6 Ditto (con.) .. .. 6 P. & O. (def. stk.) . — TIMBER— Kauri Timber .. .. 1 2 6 1 1 6 Leyland O’Brien .. 1 lo 0 — National .. .. 0 — Parker-Lamb •• . . 0 19 0 — WOOLLEN— Wellington .. . • .. 6 0 0 Ditto (pref.) .. .. BREWERIES— C. L. Innes and Co. Ltd. (pref.) .. .. 1 0 4 — N.Z. Breweries . . . . 2 9 J. Staples and Co. MISCELLANEOUS— 1 1( 6 Auck. Amus. Park n 0 0 — A. J. Entrican (pref) 10 0 — 6 British Tobacco 3 6 Bycroft, Ltd 0 1 10 3 Checker Taxicab . Ditto (con.) .. ... Colonial Sugar 0 7 0 5S 5 Dental and Medical 0 .16 Donaghy’s Rope Dunlop Rubber Electrolytic Zinc. 11 3 10 Ditto (pref.) .. .. i 12 6 Grey and Menzles Hayward’s Pictures l Henry Jones Co-op. — Hill and Plummer H.M. Arcade The6 atre (pref.) .. .. — l 11 Kempthorne Prosser Lewis Eady, Ltd 3 Milne and Choyce. Ditto (pref.) .. Ditto (B pref.) .. Ditto (deb. stock) N.Z. Farmers’ Fer- ° N.Z. Paper Mills .. — 0 14 0 N.Z. Refrigerating . 0 3 Ditto (eon.) .. .. Northern Boot 0 Sharland and Co. . Taranaki Oil . - • • Whittome Stevenson Wiseman & Sons 0 12 6 Wilsons Cement 1° 9 MINING — 1 6 Moanataiari (paid) . 0 1 9 0 1 0 Empire Reefs (con.) Golden Age (paid). 4 3 Ducky Shot (2s pd.) — New Waiotahi (4s 0 1 1 6i 0 0 7 Ditto (con.) . . . Occidental Una (2s 0 Ditto (con.) 0 1 1 — 10 6 Waihi Grand June. AUSTRALIAN — 0 1 6 * Mount Lyell DEBENTURES— l 13 0 1 12 0 Auckland Gas, 1932. 01 0 5 per cent Ditto. 1935. 6) Auck. Har. Bd., 6 . . 105 10 0 103 Citv Auckland, 1940. 5* p.e 95 Ditto, 1943, 5i Bor. Devonport, 6 . . Bor. Mt. Eden, 53 • 101 Ditto, 6 Bor. Hamilton, 6 Hamilton Theatres. 7 p.c 101 0 Ditto, S per cent. 102 0 0 l 4 0 Glaxo 90 GOVERNMENT BONDS 97 10 0 Ditto, 193S, 4i .. 97 10 Ditto. 1939, 4 i .. 97 10 0 • Ditto, 1041. Ah .. 5 Ditto, 1033, 5L 100 ' Ditto, 1936. 5i INSCRIBED STOCK— N.Z. Ins Stock,. 1920, 100 0 0 5 p.c •• PS n 0 \ Ditto, 193S. 4J .. 07 10 0 Ditto, 1939. 4J 97 10 0 Ditto, 1933, hi .. 100 5 0 Ditto, 1936. 52 .. -- 100 5 0