DEALINGS ON CHANGE

Dominion, Volume 33, Issue 185, 2 May 1940, Page 12

DEALINGS ON CHANGE

Yesterday’s Business RETURN ON INVESTMENTS Sales recorded ou Dominion stock exchanges yesterday are shown in. the following list. In the second column is given the return based on the hist annual dividend from investment at the quoted price. The return of 4 per cent. Government loans includes redemption: —

MORE ACTIVE Australiaii Share Markets By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. (Received May 1, 9.35 p.m.) SYDNEY, May 1. Trading was rather active on the Sydney Stock ExcJiatigc today, with prices firm. Sates included 1 :—

Morning sales included 1 ;—4 per cent, bonds, 1941, £lO3/10/-; 4 per cent, bonds, IWOil, £lOB/10/-; Commercial Ba inking Co. of Sydney, £l9/3/-; Australian Gas A, £6/10/6; Associated- Newspapers, 12/8, pref. 17/-; Anthony Hordern, 12/10; Burns, Philip, 54/3; DuulopPeixlriau, 19/7J; Fanners, 26/6.

MELBOURNE, May 1. ■Sales on the MelliO’Urne Stock Exchange today included'; —

London Stock Exchange By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. LONDON, April 30. On the Stock Exchange today prices of corporation debentures and stocks compare with previous quotations as follows:—

Clutha River Gold Dredging, buyers Tid., sellers 9d. Molyneux, buyers lid., sellers 4Jd. New Guinea Gold, sold at VIOL

Gold Mining Returns

The secretaries of the Okarito Five Mile Beach Gold Dredging Co., Ltd., report that the dredge is again operating and that a return of 18oz. 2dwt. was obtained last week as the result of 125 hours’ dredging. The secretaries of Gillespie’S Beach Gold Dredging Company, Ltd., report that, owing to a slight hold up on the dredge for some hours the dredgemaster decided to postpone the washup until next week, Argo dredge recovered 27 ounces from 10,006 cubic yards in 108 hours last week. The Blackball Creek dredge last week secured a return of 62 ounces of gold in 113 hours’ dredging time. Fiji mining returns for four weeks ended April 17: —Loloma, 2260 long tous crushed for 3008 oz.; total recovery for period, 33040 z. Emperor, 11,971 tons crushed for 36630 z.

WELLINGTON Sale No. of price. Yield p.e. on investment. shares. & s. . £ s. d. £121X1 Govt. Stock, 4 p.c., 15/3/40-43 101 15 0 7 8 1200 N.Z. Guarantee Corp. (2) .... 0 3 6 8 6 8 ITO South British Ins. 2 9 y 16 11 200 N. Itoiler Mills 1 0 0 4 10 0 AUCKLAND £ s. d. £ s. d. Govt. Stock, 4 p.c., 13/3/40-43 101 15 0 3 7 8 Ditto, 4 p.c., 15/2/439 40 *103. o 0 3 1 Ditto, 4 p.c., 15/2/4346 103 5 0 3 9 2 Ditto, 4 p.c., 15/6/5255 105 15 0 3 11 9 Auck. Harbour, 4J p.c., 9/7/59 107 0 0 — Auck. City, 4i p.c., 1/1/40-59 103 0 0 — South British Insur. . 2 9 9 2 16 11 Newton King, pret. .. 0 10 0 — Wright, Stephenson, pref 1 0 0 5 0 0 Pukemiro Coal 0 16 0 6 u •0 Consolitl. Brick 0 9 9 10 p 1 Lewis Hadj’, pref 0 18 0 6 13 4 M.K. Mfrs.' 0 6 0 —• N.Z. Paper Mills 1 12 0 4 7 6 N. Koller Mills 1 0 0 4 10 0 Farmers Trading .... 1 1 0 6 13 4 ♦Late sale Tuesday CHRISTCHURCH. £ 8. d. £ s. d. Bank -of N.Z 2 3 S 4 11 7 N.Z. Kefrig., 10/- paid 0 9 6 u. 15 9 DUNEDIN. ft s. d. £ 8. d. Govt. Stock, 4 p.c., 15/2/43-46 103 5 0 9 2 Ditto, 4 p.c., 15/2/4346 103 2 0 3 9 7 Ditto. 4 p.c., 15/2/4346 103 0 0 3 10 1 Wright, Stephenson, pref 1 0 0 n 0 0 Southland Meat, ord. 1 15 0 3 16 2 N.Z. Paper Mills (4) .. 1 12 0 4 7 6

£ d. Band: o.f New South Wales 0'7 1« 0 Colonial Sugar Si £) 0 Associated News 0 12 6 Aust. Consol. Industries .. 1 17 Woo hv o rth s, Ltd 1 0 3 William Atkins 1 3 6 Tau bin a us 7 6 llalgety and Co 7 1 6 Millaquin 'Sugar 4 6 Broken Hill Ptiy 2 6 3

£ s. d. Comm. Bank . of Australia 0 15 4 Gordon and Gott-h 3 3 D’utilo'p-'Perdrin.u o 19 Electrolytic Zinc 16 6 Uitt-o, prof 2 IS G Coloma 1 14 3 Emiperor Mines 0 15 b 'Kauri Timlber 1 -1 6

April 16. April 30. £ s. d. £ s. d. Dalgety and Co., 4 p.c. .... *84 10 0 *84 10 0 Dalgety and Co., shares .... ♦5 17 6 *5 16 3 British Tobacco *1 16 3J *1 16 31 Goidsbrough Mort *1 2 3 *1 2 0 P. & 0. Defd. .. 1 1 6 1 1 6 ’Nominal.