TO-DAY’S QUOTATIONS

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 476, 4 October 1928, Page 12

TO-DAY’S QUOTATIONS

CHcslng quotations at to-day’a midday call were:

SOUTHERN EXCHANGES YESTERDAY’S SALES Press Association Wellington.—6i per cent, stock. 1933, £lOl 3s; 5J per cent, stock. 1936, £lOl ss; New Zealand Breweries (bonds), 34s 6d; New Zealand Guarantee Corporation, 9s 2d. Christchurch.—Australian Bank of Commerce, 33s Sd; Carlton Brewery, 40s lid; Commercial Bank of Australia, 30s 3d; National Bank of New Zealand. £7 6s 6d; Mahakipawa, Is sd, Is 8d to 2s lOd (in all 24 sales); New Zealand Breweries, 54s 9d. LONDON WOOL SALES IMPROVED TONE STILL (Australian and N.Z. Press AssociationJ Heed. 9.5 a.m. LONDON, Wednesday. At the wool sales, 10.016 bales were offered, of which 6,210 were Australian and 2.032 New Zealand. There was an average selection of Merinos, including some good spinners’ parcels. a small miscellaneous offering of New Zealand crossbreds, and a mediumsized selection of slipes. Yesterdays improved tone continued, but there were rather more withdrawals. New Zealand.—Want wood, 23* d tops, 22id average.

PERDRIAU RUBBER COY. A dividend at the rate of 8 per cent, on ordinary shares and 7 per cent, on the preference issue has been declared by Perdriau Rubber Company for the year ended June 30, 1928. Net profit for the year, after providing for depreciation, is shown at £213,393, compared with £183,181 for 1926-27. Total distribution to shareholders takes £137,562 and £72,057 is placed to general reserve, leaving £17,220 to be carried forward, against £13,447 brought in from the previous account. No reference is made in the report to the negotiations with the Dunlop Company, which have been the subject of many recent rumours. COMPANY REGISTRATIONS Three private companies were registered in Auckland yesterday. Details are:— Ambassador Picture Theatre, Limited. Objects: To carry on the business of picture theatre proprietors. Capital: £12,000 in £1 shares. Subscribers: John Francis Punch, 4,875 shares; Albert Beazley, 3,375 shares; Joseph Pierce Punch, 2,250 shares: Frederick Charles Beazley, Herbert Hardy Beazley and Alice Maud Beazley, 500 shares each. Direct Advertising Company, Limited, advertising agents. Capital: £l,lOO in £1 shares. Subscribers: Michael Francis Healy and Lome Robert Corrigan, 500 shares each; and J. F. W. Dickson, 100 shares. K. G. Mace and Dewing, Limited, company promoters, financial agents, etc. Capital: £4OO. Subscribers: Kelson Gray Mace, 390 shares, Edward Bertram Maurice Dewing, 10 shares. SYDNEY WOOL SALES SYDNEY, Wednesday. At the Sydney wool sales to-day competition was fairly general and the market was unchanged. There was still a good deal of irregularity for faulty Merino tieece wools and short and very burry skirtings, which were difficult to sell. Comebacks and crossbreds met with good demand. Greasy Merino sold to 26d. CHICAGO WHEAT MARKET (Australian and N.Z. Press Association) Reed. 9.31 a.m. CHICAGO, Wednesday. Wheat.—December. 1 dollar 173 cents a bushel; March, 1 dollar 21 7-S cents; May, 1 dollar 243 cents.

Good-bye Freckles. Stillman’s Freckle Cream is guaranteed to remove freckles. It is also a wonderful skin bleach. Booklet on request. Price 3s 6d a jar.—E. W. Hall, 117 Armagh St., Christchurch. 1*

Sellers. Buyers. £ d. £ d. BANKS— Aust. of Commerce . 1 14 0 1 13 6 I‘»ank of Australasia 15 Com. of Australia . 1 10 1 10 1 Ditto (pref.) .. .. 7 7 6 7 4 6 Ting.. Scot. & Aust. s National of N.Z. 6 6 7 0 National of Aust. 9 13 11 0 New South Wales . . M 10 0 51 6 New Zealand . . 1 6 1 Ditto iD Mori., 20s paid) — 1 7 6 Union of Australia . 15 8 0 — INSURANCE— National 0 16 6 0 16 2 New Zealand .. .. 5 0 South British .. .. 3 0 Queensland — b 0 1 'nited — 11 7 0 LOAN AND AGENCY ’— Dalgety and Co. .. — 15 0 0 farmers' Co-op. Auctioneering — 19 0 Ditto A (pref.) .. 0 16 0 Ditto B (pref.) .. 0 lb «’.oldsbrough, Mort . 2 11 6 10 9 Nat. Mort. and Agency 4 a 0 4 3 6 ton King, Ltd. (pref.) 0 $ 0 0 7 0 N A. and River Plate 1 11 N.Z. Ctiar. Corp. .. 0 9 0 N.Z. Loan and Merc. 115 0 0 Ditto (pref.) .. .. — 82 0 0 N A tick. Farmers' Co-op. (ord.) .. . — 0 3 0 «’OAL— Tlikurangi 0 6 0 0 5 4 1 >itto (pref. > .. .. 0 9 10 1 >i11o A (pref.) 0 8 9 T'ukemiro .. .. 11 6 9 0 Renown 0 13 6 0 12 9 1 7 0 1 6 3 Ditto (pref.) .. .. — 1 3 0 M a i pa . 0 14 0 W ostport 1 10 9 West port-Stockton . — 0 S 6 Ditto (pref.) .. — 0 4 0 CAS— Auckland 1 3 4 1 3 0 Ditto (con.) .. .. 0 17 3 0 17 0 SHIPPING— Devon port Steam .. 1 5 r, 1 4 6 S 0 7 .Northern Steam . • 0 14 6 0 14 0 Ditto (con.) .. .. 0 7 0 r & o. (clef, stock) 242 0 In ion Steam (pref.) 1 1 0 1 0 TIMBER— Bartholomew .. .. 1 1 0 0 17 0 Kauri Timber .. .. 1 0 6 1 .eyla ml O'Brien • . — National — 0 9 0 Parker-Lamb .. — 6 WOOLLEN— 0 13 3 0 12 9 Ditto (con.) . . . 0 4 0 8 Ditto (pref.) . . 0 16 0 0 14 0 Wcdington — 6 6 Ditto (pref.) .. «. — BREWERIES — N.Z. Breweries .. .. 2.15 3 2 14 0 J. Staples — 1 18 0 MISCELLANEOUS— Auck. Amuse. Park. 0 3 9 British Tobacco 4 3 3 9 Burns. Philp 4 Bycroft, Ltd 1 15 Checker Taxicab . . 0 10 Col. Sugar (Aus.) . 64 0 0 Dental and Medical 0 14 0 Dominion Pictures . . Ditto (pref.) .. .. 1 5 0 1

Sellers. Bu s. Electrolytic Zinc (ord.) 1 13 ft Ditto (pref.) .. .. 1 14 1 13 9 Fullers’ Pictures 1 0 0 Gear Meat 2 1 0 Grey and Menzies . 0 9 9 Hayward’s Pictures 1 1 0 1 0 Henry Jones . 1 19 6 1 IS 0 Hill and Plummer . . 1 0 H M. Arcade Theatre 6 Ditto (pref.) .. .. — .1 1 6 Holden’s Motors . . 3 9 0 1 6 Lewis Eady (ord.) .. 1 5 Q Ditto (pref.) .. .. 1 0 0 Milne & Choyce 1 4 9 Ditto (pref.) .. .. 1 4 9 Ditto B (pref.) .. 1 4 9 Ditto (deb. stk) .. 1 4 9 National Pictures 0 12 6 N.Z. Farmers’ Fertiliser .... 0 17 0 Morris Hedstrom 1 1 6 1 1 u N.Z. Refrigerating 0 19 1 0 3 8 9 Ditto (con.) . . . . 0 8 8 Northern Boot .... 0 18 0 Robinson Ice Cream . 1 ) Sanford. Ltd 0 19 6 Sharia nd (pref.) 1 0 Taranaki Oil .. .. 0 9 0 Ton son Garlick .... 0 12 6 Union Oil 9 Victoria Nyanza Sugar 0 2 4 0 Whittome, Stevensons 2 8 0 5 0 Wilsons Cement .. 1 19 6 1 IS 6 MINING— Alburnia (6d paid) . 0 0 8 Moanataiari (pd) .. 0 L 3 Ditto (con.) 0 0 6 Golden Age (paid) . 0 0 2 Lucky Shot (4s paid) 0 0 6 Maoriland (con.) . 0 0 10 Occidental Una (2s paid) 0 14 0 0 13 10 Waihi Grand Juno. 0 1 0 .Mount Lyell 1 16 DEBENTURES — Auckland Gas, 1932, — 93 0 0 — 89 0 Ditto, 54 p.c. . .. Citv of Auckland, 1940, 54 p.c — Ditto, 1943, 5i p.c. — 100 Board, 5£ p.c. — 99 104 30 0 100 0 Hamilton Fire Board, 103 10 0 Bor. Devonport, 6 p.c. — 101 Bor. Mt Eden, 54 . — Ditto. 6 p.c. — 102 10 Bor. Hamilton, 6 p.c — Hamilton Theatres, 98 N.Z. Breweries 1 4 6 N.Z. Farmers’ Co-op of Canterbury, 193o — 85 Glaxo — GOVERNMENT BONDS — War Loan, 1830, 4i 100 0 Ditto, 1938, 41 .. 99 5 0 — 99 5 0 98 15 Ditto, 1933, 51 .. 101 10 0 101 5 Ditto 1936, 5£ .. — 5 INSCRIBED STOCK— 99 5 Ditto, 1938, 41 p.c. 99 5 — Ditto, 1933. 51 . . Ditto, 1935, 51 .. Ditto, 1933, 5i p.c. 99