FINANCE & COMMERCE

Dominion, Volume 35, Issue 256, 28 July 1942, Page 2

FINANCE & COMMERCE

WELLINGTON EXCHANGE Yesterday’s Quotations The latest, buying and selling quotations recorded yesterday on the Wellington Stock Exchange were as follows ’. — N.Z. GOVERNMENT LOANS.

Stock Exchange Sales Dealings in stocks and shares recorded on New Zealand Stock Exchanges yesterday were as follows, the number of shares in each lot being shown In the ease of Wellington:—

AUCKKIND. v Z Insurance, £3/8/6; Auckland Gas. coil 2/3; Northern Steam. 4/10; Selfridges (A/asiiO. 15/9; Woolworths (N.Z.) 14/ : Woolworths Holdings. 18/-: Mount. Lyell, £V4/6 ' CHRISTCniJHCH. Inser. Stock. 4 p.c., 19.12-55, £196; Goldsbrougli Mort., £l/5/6. DUNEDIN. Nat. Hank of Australasia. £ll. Woolworths Dividends Deferred The directors of Woolworths Limited and of Woolworths (W.A.) Limited have decided to defer the payment of the preference dividends for the half year ended lulv 31, 191-. SllCl ‘ tiiue 1,8 tlle federal taxation position lias been properly clarified.

Buyers. £ s. d. Sellers. £ 8. d. 21 p.c., 1/8/46 98 0 0 24 p.c., 15/9/47 90 17 6 — 8 p.C., 15/7/1945 98 10 0 3 P.C., 15/9/46-48 .... 99 10 0 3 p.c., 15/9/52-55 .... 98 5 0 3 p.c., 1/8/51-54 99 0 0 —« 3i p.c., 15/1/50-59 .... 99 0 0 — 3i p.c., 15/9/57-00 .... 101 0 0 •— 34 p.c., 15/1/53-57 .... 101 12 6 — 4 p.c., 15/2/43-40 .... 101 10 0 4 p.c., 30/11/1948 104 0 0 4 p.c., 15/4/46-49 .... 103 5 0 4 p.C„ 15/5/49-52 .... 104 7 6 4 p.c., 15/0/52-55 .... 105 15 0 4 p.c., 31/5/54-58 .... 100 15 0 — 4 p.c., 15/4/40-49 .... 103 5 0 4 p.c., 15/0/52-55 .... 105 15 0 MISCELLANEOUS. Bank Australasia ... 8 7 a Comm. Bank of Aust. 0 14 0 •— Ditto, pref c9 10 0 —— Nat. Bank of N.Z. ... Bank N.S.W., Sydney xl 17 3 — reg ■■M* 28 12 6 Bank New Zealand ... 1 18 3 — Equit. Bldgs., deb. stk. 0 19 6 •— N.Z. Guarantee Corp. 0 2 7i N.Z. Loan & Merc. .. 27 0 0 W.F.C.A., pref 0 5 3 — Wn, Inv., T. & A. .. 0 5 6 Wn. T. & Loan N.Z. Invest., Mort, and — 3 17 6 Deposit 0 8 9 0 9 9 Auckland Gas xO 6 2 —— Wgtn. Gas, ord xl 8 0 —— 1 1 6 — i ■ National .. 0 18 10 — New Zealand Insurance c3 7 0 2 18 0 ■■■■ 0 16 3 MM Wgtn. Meat Export . 0 7 6 — Union Co., pref 1 6 0 Northern Steam, pref. 0 4 6 — Bonds Hosiery Mills 1 7 0 — Kalapol Woollen .... 0 19 6 — 1 2 0 ■■ * Prestige, pref 1 2 3 Wellington Woollen . 6 18 6 — 1 0 6 MM 1 10 0 MM 2 1 0 MM British Tobacco 1 19 0 — Colonial Sugar ..... 47 10 0 Dental and Medical . 0 15 0 bunlop Perdrlau .... 0 1(1 6 MM Electro. Zinc, pref. .. 2 3 0 MM , 2 6 0 f C 1 prof Xl 4 3 MM 2 0 9 Northern Roller Mills 0 19 0 — 3 12 9 —— Sharland and Co 1 1 6 — Selfridges (A/asla.) . 0 15 6 6 Taranaki Oilfields .... — 0 Wilsons Cement 0 16 8 M— Wm. Cable, pref. ..... 1 2 6 Woolwortbs Ltd. .... 11 0 15 0 Woolworths (N.Z.) .. Q 13 — Ditto. 2nd prof. ... 1 3 0 ■■ -~ xO 13 0 0 I OVERSEAS LISTINGS. Woolworths Holdings (South Africa) ... •— 0 18 UNOFFICIAL LIST. Buyers. Sellers. £ s. i d. £ 8. d. 0 10 2 ■— Dominion Farmers’ In5 Frozen Products .... 0 5 0 0 5 0 Papai oa Coal ;*•••••• c Cum dividend. : c Ex dividend.

WELLINGTON. No. of 105 Coni tn. Bank of Aust., pref 500 Northern Steam, pref. .. Sale price. £ 8. <1. . 0 12 (J 0 4 10 I 10 500 National Electric ....... 1 4 0