Closing Prices Compared

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 543, 21 December 1928, Page 12

Closing Prices Compared

SOUTHERN EXCHANGES YESTERDAY’S SALES Press Association tJk Wellington—National Insurance, 16s 3d; Southland Frozen Meat, 3ss 6d. Christchurch—Bank of Adelaide, £lO, £9 19s 6d; Commercial Bank of Australia, 30s 9d (.three); National Bank of Australasia (£5 paid). £H 7s 6d; Bank of New Zealand, 6ls 9d; New Zealand Relrigerating (10s paid), 9s 6d (three); New Zealand Breweries, 57s 9d (two); Timaru Brewery, rights. 3s 4d; Beath and Company, rights, 6s (three), 6s 3d, 6s 4d; British Tobacco (cum div.). 45s 3d; Holden’s Motors, 29s 4d. 29s 9d; Mahakipawa. Is 4d (two); New' Zealand Insurance, 46s 9d. Dunedin —Auckland Amusement Park (ord.), 3s 6d; New Zealand Breweries, 57s 6d (three); New Zealand Refrigerating (con.), 9s 2d; National Insurance, 16s 3d (two). BANK OF ENGLAND RETURN (Australian and N.Z. Press Association) (United Service) Reed. 9.5 a.m. LONDON, Thursday. Following is the Bank of England turn:ISSUE DEPARTMENT Notes issued £415,211,000 Government debt 11,015,000 Other Government securities 233,566,000 Other securities 10,177,000 Silver coin 1 5,241,000 Gold coin and bullion . . . . 155,212,000 BANKING DEPARTMENT Proprietors* capital £14,553,000 Rest 3,396,000 Public deposits 11.143,000 Other deposits 96,212,000 Seven-day and other bills 2,000 Government securities . . 57,757,000 Other securities 36,153,000 N °tes 31,100,000 Coin j 296,000 The proportion of reserves to laibilities is 29.20 per tent. Short loans are quoted P? r cent - and three-months’ bills at 4 7-16 per tent. CONSOLS AND COLONIAL STOCKS (Australian and ti.Z. Press Association; (United Service) Heed. 10 a.m. LONDON, Thursday.

SYDNEY BUTTER PRICE ( ( nited P.A.—By Telegraph — Copyright) SYDNEY, Thursday. Owing to the droughty conditions the wholesale price of butter has been increased >d to Is lOd a lb.

SYDNEY WOOL SALES VERY CONFIDENT TONE (United P.A.—Py Telegraph — Copyright) SYDNEY, Thursday. The last wool sale until January 14 was held to-day. The market closed with a very confident tone. Prices were equal to the best of the series. Competition was still keen. Comebacks and crossbreds were very firm. Greasy Merino sold at 341 d. The bales sold totalled 12,292.

Approx Approx. Mid. Mid. Price. Price Dec em. Decern., 19 28. 1927 BANKS— Australasia 14 36 0 14 15 0 Com. of Australia , l 10 9 1 S 9 National of N.Z. 7 4 17 3 New South Wales . 50 10 0 4.) 0 1 19 3 Ditto (D mort.) . INSURANCE— 1 7 6 1 6 6 National .. 0 16 3 0 15 -6 New Zealand .. 6 2 0 9 South British .. .. 3 4 9 2 17 3 LOAN AND AGENCY— Dalgety and Co. .. 15 4 0 13 T» 0 1 13 0 1 N.Z. Loan and Merc. n h 10 0 91 15 0 Ditto (pref.) .. .. 82 .0 0 82 10 0 COAL— Mikurangri 0 0 0 4 0 Ditto (pref.) . . .. 0 3 l 7 Ditto (A pref.) . 0 9 3 6 7 0 Renown 0 15 Taupiri - Ditto (pref.) .. .. •» 6 ° GAS— i 6 1 0 3 6 Ditto (con.) .. .. SHIPPING — 6 3 6 Devonport Steam .. Iluddart-Parker . . i 4 8 6 1 2 S SHIPPING — Northern Steam .. TIMBER— 0 13 0 15 3 Kauri Timber .. -. 0 19 n 1 1 D WOOLLEN— Kaiapoi BREWERIES — 0 11 0 0 3 6 0 Ditto (pref.) .. .. 1 0 0 0 19 0

Dec. 20 Dec. 13 . * s d £ 3 d » onsols 56 2 6 56 0 0 Prit. War Loan. 31 90 0 0 89 15 0 F unding' Loan 1360-1*0 102 2* 6 102 2 6 <\*nv. Loan. 3$ p.e. 73 0 0 7S 15 o t'om. Aus. 5J, 1922-27 9S 12 6 9S 3 5 0 Ditto, 6 p.o.. 1331-41 302 10 0 102 5 0 New Zealand. 4, 1929 99 13 9 99 10 0 Hitto. 31. 1940 .... 87 12 6 87 10 0 Ditto. 3, 1945 .... SO 7 6 79 17 6 Ditto, 6. 1936-51 .. 10S 11 3 10S 12 6

Approx Mid. Approx Mid. Price. Price Decern. 1928. Decem. 1927. N.Z. Breweries MISCELLANEOUS— 2 17 0 2 4 0 Auck. Amuse. Park 0 5 0 0 15 6 British Tobacco .. 2 5 3 1 19 3 Burns, Philp 2 5 3 1 18 0 Bycroft, Ltd 1 13 0 1 10 0 Checker Taxi .. .. 0 7 0 1 0 0 Colonial Sugar .. .. 59 0 0 54 0 0 Dominion Pictures.. 1 i 6 1 1 6 Ditto (pref.) . . . . 1 i 6 1 1 6 Hayward’s Pictures 1 i 0 0 18 6 Hill and Plummer.. 1 3 0 1 2 6 H.M. Theatre (pref.) 1 2 0 1 1 0 N.Z. Drug. ... 3 13 0 3 7 6 Milne and Choyce .. 1 6 0 1 4 Ditto (pref.) .. .. 1 6 0 1 4 3 Ditto (B pref.) 1 6 0 1 4 3 Ditto (deb. stock) 1 6 0 1 4 0 N.Z. Farmers’ Fert. 1 0 0 0 16 3 Sanford, Ltd 0 17 0 1 0 0 Ditto (pref.) .. .. 0 18 0 1 0 0 Taranaki Oil 0 6 10 0 Union Oil Whittome Steven0 2 1 0 sons 2 2 0 2 6 0 Wilsons Cement 2 1 6 1 17 0 MINING— Ohinemuri (ord.) 0 S 4 0 8 0 Waihi .. 0 14 0 11 3 Waihi Grand June. 0 0 10 0 1 2 Mount Lyeli .. .. 1 18 GOVERNMENT BONDS — 6 1 9 3 War Loan, 1938, 4J 99 7 6 97 0 0 Ditto. 19 11, 4\ .. 99 7 97 0 0 Ditto, 1936, 5 i .. INSCRIBED STOCK 101 12 6 101 b 0 Ins. Stock, 193.8, 4i 99 7 6 97 0 0 Ditto, 1939, 4\ .. 99 7 6 97 0 0 Ditto, 1936, 5 h • - 101 12 6 101 5 0