FINANCE & COMMERCE

Dominion, Volume 35, Issue 263, 5 August 1942, Page 3

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.

OVERSEAS LISTINGS. Woolworths Boldings ~ (South Africa) ... — 0 la 6 e Cum dividend, x Ex dividend, Stock Exchange Sales Dealings in stocks and shares recorded on New Zealand Stock Exchanges y® st - e r' day were as follows, the number of shares lii each lot being shown In the ease of

AUCKLAND; Bank of New Zealand. £l/19/6: South British Insurance, £2/19/- (2) : ponitnlou Investment £1: Invincible Buildlug, cum, div., £4/5/-’; Timaru Woollen. 18/-; Broken Bill Proprietary, £l/15/6, £l/10/9; Robinson lee Cream, £l/2/6; Martha, 8/1; Una, 3d.; Waihl Investments, 3/1. CHIIISTCHUIICH. 4 p.e. Inscr. Stock. 1943-46. £102; 3i p.c. Bonds. 1953-57. Al 101/17/0; Australia Consolidated Industries,, £2/2/3, M oolworths (New Zealand), 14/'-. DUNEDIN. N'.Z. Govt. 4 p.c. Stock, 1952-55, £lO6/10/-. Gold Mining '(By 'J'elegi‘:i’*n —Press A.-sueiaiion.) GREYMOUTH, August 4. Gold dredging returns for July are as follows:—Barry town dredge,, 41o°z. ot cold 424 hours working, lb,loo jards treated; Kanleri dredge, 7490 z., 3,0 hours, I(7> 000 yards; Arahura dredge, l,<aoz., 574 hours, 214,000 yards. Southland Frozen Meat Co. The directors of- the Southland Frozen Meat Co. have recommended payment or an interim dividend of 18d. per share for the half-year ended June 30, payable on September 1. National Bank Dividend The general manager of the National Bank of New Zealand, Ltd., announces payment on August 11, of a final dlt blend for the half-year ended March 31, of -i per cent., less United Kingdom income tax at dividend will be payable in e w Zealand at any branch of the National Bank of New Zealand. Ltd., at the rate of exchange for demand drafts on Lm'don current at Ihe date of the dividend. An interim dividend of 1) per cent., less United Kingdom income tax was paid in January last. Wellington I.T. And A. Co. After providing for taxation, the net profit of the Wellington Investment, Trustee and Agency Co.. Ltd., for the 3 ar ended June 30, amounted to £—jJinterim dividend of 2 per cent, tor the half-year was paid in December and there is a balance available, including £l4'2 brought forward from last year, or which the directors recommend shou <i no used in the payment of a further of 2 per cent., requiring ana in carrying forward Season’s Meat Production Figures of killings for the present season nt the Dominion’s freezing works from October 1 till July IS- issued by the New Zealand Meat Producers’ Board show that lamb killings Io Hint date total 1 >.949.148 carcases, a decrease of 1.>8,1.M <artas es compared with the killings to Ju'.v >•> last season. Wether mutton killings are 759.187 eareases, and ewe mutton killings 1.9C>0,9tJ5 carcases, compared with bl.i.iwo and 1,560.253 earcases respectively last season. Details of the lamb and mutton killings in the North and the South Islands. with the corresponding figures for the previous season in parentheses, are as follows (each figure represents number of carcases); — North Island. South Island. 5 786.436 ( 5,801,764) .>,262,712 (0,40.>,u.4) ' Veth, 7 ! 72'288 0, (M5.798i 86.901 (99,808) 1 * W< V,156,907 ( 874,1111) 80-1,05.8 (tJS«».O!>2) Frozen beef production Is ..now 613.239 quarters, compared with 687.757 quarters last season. Porker killings fotai 199.<-’o careases a decrease of 19,0118, and baconers total 220,341 carcases, a decrease of 64,784.

Buyers. Sellers. £ s. d. £ s. 1. 2J p.c., 1/8/46 97 0 0 — 2i p.c., 15/9/47 97 0 0 — 3 p.c., 15/7/1945 .... 09 6 —— 3 p.c., 15/9/46-48 .... 99 10 0 3i p.c., 15/1/56-59 .... 09 12 6 — p.c., 15/9/57-GO .... 101 7 6 •— 3} P.C., 15/1/53-57 101 15 0 —— 4 p.c., 15/2/43-46 .... 101 12 6 — 4 p.c., 30/11/194.8 .... 104 V 6 ——■■. 4 p.c., 15/4/46-49 .... 103 10 0 —— 4 p.c., 15/5/49-52 .... 101 15 0 —— 4 p.c., 15/6/52-55 .... 106 0 0 4 p.c., 31/5/54-58 .... 107 0 0 4 p.c., 15/2/43-46 .... 101 12 6 — 4 p.c., 15/4/46-49 .... 103 10 0 —— 4 p.c., 15/G/52-55 .... 106 0 0 -— War Loan, 1953 90 15 0 —- Liberty Bonds 0 17 9 — miscellaneous Bank Australasia .... 8 8 6 — Comm. Bank Aws't. .. cO 14 0 — Nat. Bank of N.Z xl IS 0 — Bank N.S.W., Sydney reg — 9 28 12 6 Bank New Zealand .. 1 18 -—- Ditto, D Mort 1 9 fj — E.S. & A. Bank .... 3 6 — Eqult. Bldgs., deb. st k. N.Z. Guarantee Corp. 0 10 6 —* 0 9 — W.F.C.A.. prof. ..... 0 3 — Wgtn. Inv., T. & A. . N.Z. Invest., Mort. .. 0 u 6 0 8 9 0 9 9 Christchurch Gas ... 1 o — Wgtn. Gas, ord xl 8 4 — Ditto, pref 1 1 6 — National Insurance •• 0 18 10 South British 17 9 — Gear Meat 0 1G —- Wgtn. Meat Export . 0 7 6 — Union Steam, pref. .. 1 6 4 Pukemiro Collieries . 0 16 . —— Renown Collieries ... 0 9 — Bonds Hosiery Mills 1 7 0 Kalapoi Woollen .... () 19 Prestige, pref Timaru 1 6 0 18 3 Wellington Woollen . 0 0 —— Ditto, pref 4 0 — Kauri Timber 1 0 u — N.Z. Breweries 1 10 o —— Broken H1U Pty. ... 1 15 .4 — Dental and Medical .. D.I.C * 0 0 15 14 0 6 — Dunlop Perdriau .... 0 16 6 — Electro. Zine, pref. . . 4. 3 McKenzie’s 1 6 2 0 0 Macky Logan N.Z. Drug Co 3 13 N.Z. Newspapers .... 1 10 3 — R. & E. Tlngey, pref 1 0 —— Sharland and Co 1 -- 0 0 13 Q Radio (1936) — Z’ Taranaki Oilfields ... Wilson’s Cement .... — 0 6 V 0 16 9 — Woolworths Ltd. ... 0 15 0 g Ditto. 2nd pref. ... 1 t> 6 1 7 Grey River — 6 0 13 o Broken Hill South .. 1 0

Mellin 0 ton. WKLUNOTONNo. of shares. „ __ £500 3 p.c. Stock, 19o2-5a .... £7240 War Loan, 1953 sale price £ s. d. 99 10 0 91 0 0 100 McKenzie's Dept. Stores 1 1U u 294 Woodworths Ltd., ord. (2) 0 15 0