Finance And Commerce STOCK EXCHANGE

Dominion, Volume 36, Issue 99, 21 January 1943, Page 4

Finance And Commerce STOCK EXCHANGE

Sales In New Zealand Dealings in stocks and shares recorded on New Zealand stock exchanges yesterday were as follows, the number o£ shares In each lot being shown in the case ot Wellington :— WELLINGTON. No. of Sale price, shares. £ s. n. 500 4 p.e. laser. Stock, 10/o/ 1949-5° < 210 4 p.e- ditto, 10/b/IJo--iw 100 o 0 ■590 N.Z. Kefrlg. (cont.), cum 010 1W ■125 AVoolworths Ltd 0 17 6

AUCKLAND. ‘South British Ins., £3/8/-; Steam, 6/7 (odd lot); Morts Dock, £1 o/6: Wilson’s Cement, IS/(>, Mt Ljen, 18/6; Auckland Harbour £llO6/10/-: Commercial Bank (-), M>/‘ ■ Broken Hill Prop. (2 , Pnke(1936), 13/-: Bank N.Z., miro, -17/9; N.Z. Breweries, £l/16/-. Moot worths (Syd.), 17/3. CHRISTCHUBCH. Neyv Zealand Breweries, £l/15/10; Broken Hill Ptv.. £2/2/3; 3 per cent. InHill Ptv.. £2/2/-, £2/2/0, Electroijtic Zinc (Prof.), 82/13/6; Milburn Lime, £1 16/3; Woolworths (N.Z.), 10/i. DUNEDIN. Commercial Bank of Australia, 16/7: Broken IHU Pty., £2/2/- : Milburn Lime, vl/U/3; Woolworths (N.Z.), (-), 10/l, Mt. Lyell, £W-; 4 r cent Stock, 1949-52, £lO5/10/-; L. J. yolOb, £-/IS/6, N.Z. Breweries, £l/10/-; Standard Insurance, £3/10/-. London Stock Markets (By Telegraph.—Press Assu.— Copyright.) LONDON, January 19. “Financial Times” stock and share indices with previous quotations, are October 15, 1926, equals 100):— Govt. Home Indus- Gold

Gold Mining Gold Mines of New Zealand, Limited, announce the following returns for the first bait’ of January Barry town Gold Dredging. Lid.. IM hours, 89,000yd5., la 3 0r..: Kanieri Gold Dredging, Ltd., 229 hours, 79,009yd5. 4550 z.; Arahura Gold Dredging, Ltd.. 1-12 hours, (17,000yd5., 279 or.. Returns from the Slab Hut Creek dredge were: Dec. 23: 350 z. from .13,000yds. in 80 hours. Jan. 10: lO'Joz.. from 32,200yd5. iu 248 hours. The Mount Morgan Company estimates its working surplus for the four weeks ended January 13. at. £7725. Gillespie’s Bench report, a washup of 490 z. for 199 hours and 21,888 yards. Dividends Declared The Union Bank of Australia, Limited, has declared a Huai dividend, equal to 3/0 (English currency) a share, loss .British income tax of 1/4 a share, making the net dividend 2/5.6 a share, English currency. The warrants will be drawn on Wellington and will be payable at any of the bank’s branches in New Zealand at the buying rate of exchange for demand drafts on London at the date of the warrants, February 10. No Social Security charge or National Security tax is payable by the shareholder. The Commercial Banking Company has declared an interim dividend for the halfyear at. the rate of 7$ per cent, per annum, payable, at. head office, Sydney, on January 20. New D.I.C. Chairman At a meeting of the board of directors of the Drapery and General Importing Company of New Zealand. Ltd., Mr. «T. M. Paterson, who till recently was deputychairman. was appointed chairman of t lie •company In succession to Mr. V. L. Hal«led, whose death occurred recently.

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