FINANCE & COMMERCE

Dominion, Volume 35, Issue 283, 28 August 1942, Page 6

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 Holdings (South Africa) ... — 0 18 6 c Cum dividend, x Ex dividend. 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 case of ■Wellington:—

AUCKLAND. Aucklaud Gas, 5 per cent.. 1949, £103; ditto, perp. deb.. £7B: National Bank of New Zealand. £2/2/-; Bank of New South Wales (2) £29; South British. Insurance, £3/1/-; Dom. T. and B. (2), 19/5; Farmers Auct, £4/12/6; Kaiapoi Woollen, com, 8/-; Consol. Brick. 7/-; Farmers Trading; B nref £l/3/-; Farmers Fertilizer, 1./-, N.Z. Drug Co., £3/16/6; Woolworths (Sydney), 15/7; Woolworths (N.Z.), pref., £l/10/-; Mount. Lyell, £l/6/-. DUNEDIN. North Broken Hill, £2/3/6; Mt. Lyell, £l/6/-. CHRISTCHURCH. Tnscr. Stock, 4 p.c., 1052-55, £107: Goldsbrough Mort. (5), £l/5/6; Woolworths (N.Z.), pref., fil/10/IO.U Wuolworlhs Holdings (South Africa). *lB/4. •Late sale Wednesday. Wright, Stephenson Dividend The accounts of Wright, Stephenson and Cm, Ltd., for the year ended June 30, show a net profit of £31,499, making, with £28,731 brought forward, a total ot £60.230. Interim dividends of 2* per cent, on preference shares, less security taxes, and 21 per cent, on ordinary shares, were paid on January 31, and the directors recommend a further payment on preference shares of 2* per cent., less security charges, ami a final dividend of 2J per cent, on ordinary shares, payable on September 8, making 5 per cent, for the year, leaving a balance of £34,131 to be carried forward. The retiring directors, Messrs. John Macdonald, 11. A. Price, and W. M. Shand, offer themselves for re-election. Northern Roller Mills The Northern Roller Milling Co., Ltd., advise that, the Interim dividend of 5 1-5 per cent, per annum, less security taxes, on preference shares, declared on May 21 last, will be payable on September 1. Transfer books will not be closed.

Buyers. £ S. •!. .Sellers, £ b. d. 2* p.c.. 1/8//46 97 10 0 — 24 p.c., 15//9/47 ■97 15 0 — 3 p.c., 15/7/45 • 99 12 6 — 3 p.c., 15/9/40-48 .... 99 15 0 3 p.c., 15/9/52-55 .... 3i p.c., 15/1/56-59 .... 100 0 0 100 2 6 3J p.c., 15/9/57-60 .... 101 10 0 —• 3i p.c., 15/1/53-57 .... 102 0 0 — 4 p.c., 15/2/43-40 .... 100 0 0 4 p.c., 30/11/1948 .... 10410 0 4 p.C., 15/4/40-49 .... 104 5 0 —— 4 p.c., 31/5/54-58 .... 107 2 6 4 p.c., 15/4/46-19 .... 104 5 0 4 p.c., 15/0/52-55 .... 100 15 0 War Loan, 1953 91 5 0 —- Liberty Bonds 0 17 9 —— MISCELLANEOUS. Comm. Bank Aust., pref 9 10 0 Nat. Bank of N.Z. ... 2 0 3 —— Bank N.S.W 28 10 0 Bank New Zealand, D Mort 19 9 Nat. Bank A/asla 11 0 0 — Newton King, pref. . 0 12 3 — N.Z. Guarantee Corp. 0 2 11 — W.F.C.A., pref 0 5 8 Wgtn. Inv., T. & A. 0 5 6 — Wright, Stephenson . 0 19 6 Christchurch Gas ... 12 3 Wellington Gas, pref. 12 0 — N.Z. Insurance 3 9 9 •—* South British 3 0 9 Gear Meat 0 16 e N.Z. Refrig., £1 110 —- Ditto, 10/- ' 0 9 5 — Wgtn. Meat Export . 0 8 0 P. and O 1 11 6 Union Steam, pref. ... 17 0 — Kelburn Tram, pref. . 10 3 —- Pukemiro Collieries . 0 16 9 —— Bond’s Hosiery Mills 18 0 —— Bruce Woollen ..... 13 0 — Oarnaru Woollen .... 12 6 — Prestige, pref Timaru Woollen Wellington Woollen .. 12 6 7 0 0 0 18 3 Ditto, pref 7 2 6 —• Leyland-O’Brien Timber — 0 18 0 National Timber .... 0 8 3 — Kauri Timber 10 0 N.Z. Breweries 1 12 6 1 13 6 Broken Hill 1 16 9 1 17 6 Colonial Sugar 49 0 0 —— Consol. Brick 0 6 10 — D.I.C., ord 0 14 6 —— D.I.C., pref. ........ 14 0 •— Dunlop Perdriau .... 0 17 0 0 18 0 Electro. Ziue, pref. ... 2 .5 0 — G. J. Coles 2 9 3 — I.C.I., pref 14 0 Maedtiffs, pref McKenzie’s 1 19 3 cO 18 0 N.Z. Drug Co 3 14 0 —— N.Z. Paper Mills 1 12 9 —' R. & 14. Tlngey, pref. 12 0 Sliarlaud and Co 12 0 —— United Provisions ... 0 9 9 — Wm. Cable, pref 12 6 Wool worths Ltd Woolworths (N.Z.) .. 0 14 4 0 16 0 Ditto, pref 1 16 0 Booth McDonald, ord. Ditto, pref 0 5 6 .016 Griffen and Son 0 12 6 —— Macky Logan 12 9 Maori Gold Broken Hill South .. 1 1 0 0 0 7

WELLINGTON. No. of ■ P r! V e shares. J £250 luser. Stock, 4 per cent., __ 8. d. 1052-55 >«• 0 0 10 Bank of N.S.W 0 0 Union Bank ‘ 0 0 100 N.Z. Refrig., 10/- paid . 0 Dominion Breweries ... 1 9 9 117 0 100 Broken Hill Pty ]■ 17 0 200 Macduffs, pref. ........ *0 Wooiwortbs (Syd.) (2) .. 0 17 9 •100 15 7 200 Wooiwortbs Properties . 1 ♦ bate sale Wednesday. 3 6