Auckland Gas Firm

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1019, 9 July 1930, Page 11

Auckland Gas Firm

Waihis Improve

By “Noon Call.”

AUCKLAND GAS have firmed to sales 265, leaving' the market unchanged. "VVaihis are a shade firmer.

Business on the Auckland Market Transactions on tlio Auckland market _ ve r the past 24 hours included: Yesterday aftcnToon: Commercial ■Rank of Australia (pref.), £6 12s 6d; National Bank of Australasia (contg.), New Zealand Insurance, £2 7s; nnminion Investment and Banking, £1; Renown Collieries (pref., N. 1.), -s Bd V_t the moYning early call: Newton Vine (pref.). Us 7d; Renown CollierSi (pref.. N.T.). 2s 8d: Auckland Gas, £1 6s; Auckland Gas, 1935, G& per cent., At the midday call: Commercial Bank of Australia, £1 Is Id; New Zealand Insurance, £2 7s; Dominion investment and Banking, £1; New Zealand Guarantee' Corporation, Ss; Renown Collieries (pref.. N. 1.). 2s Sd; Northern Steam. 14s 9d; Robinson's Ice £1 5s 6d: Auckland Gas, 1935, 61 per cent., £lO2. * * * Market at Midday \ fair amount of business is being transacted in the bank section. Commercial of Australia are unchanged. National of Australasia are weaker. New South Wales are also a shade easier. New Zealand are quiet. Union of Australia are considerably weaker, with sellers £ll 14s 6d, buyers £ll 12s. last sale £ll 15s. Insurance are quiet, with the excep- »*

tiun of South British and New Zealand. New Zealand sold last evening and again today at 475, leaving the market unchanged. South British are steady with buyers 5Ss 9d, sellers 59s 9d. Shipping is steady. Devonport Perry have firmed to buyers 235, sellers 255. Northern Steams paid are a shade firmer, sales 14s 9. Union Steam have persistent buyers at 20s 3d. Timber shares are attracting numerous investors. Leyland-O’Brien have buyers at 245, sellers remaining at 28s 3d. National are steady with buyers 7s 3d, sellers 9s. Barker-Lamb have persistent buyers 11s, sellers holding for 10s. Taranaki Oilfields, Ltd. The following report has been issued by Taranaki (New Zealand) Oilfields, Ltd., for the week ended July 5: Waitangi No. 1 well: Removal of equipment from Gisborne No. 2 site and road construction of new’ site is proceeding, after some delay caused by the weather. Additional equipment has been ordered. —B.A. * * * Dividends Payable Farmers’ Fertiliser Co.—S p.c. Aug 2 Nat. Bank of New Zealand—final, 12 p.c. p.a July N.Z. Insurance, final of Is a share Aug. 5