Finance And Commerce STOCK EXCHANGE

Dominion, Volume 36, Issue 103, 26 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 uumber of shares in each lot being shown in the case oWellington:-—

AUCKLAND. 31 p.c. Stock. 15/9/57-60, £102; 4 p.c. Stock, 15/5/49-52, £lO5/5/-; X.Z.lnsur; ance, £3/17/6: Newton. King (pret.). li/-. Howard Smith, £l/4/6: Dominion Breweries, £l/13/3; Forest Products 4/-: Milsons Cement. IS/9; Moolwortbs (Syfi.l. 17/6. Unofficial list: Whakatane taper Mills; 5/-. CHRISTCHURCH. 3 11 e -Stock, 1953-50, £99/7/6; Bank ot New Zealand, £2/0/9; National Bank ot NZ £2/10/-; Dominion Breweries. £1 13/s’; Broken Hill Proprietary. £2/2/b; Snowy River, (5/- paid), 7/-: Commercial Bank of Aust, (ex div.), 16/0. Dividends Declared An interim dividend on ordinary sliarea in G. J. Coles and Co., Ltd., at 4 pet cent for the half-year ended December 31, payable on February 15, has been deC The directors ot Mount Morgan. Ltd., have declared an interim dividend ot . per cent, per annum, on preference share* for the six months ended February l.> pavable at Sydney on that date. Transte’ books will be closed from February 6 tit February J 5, inclusive. A final dividend of 3 per cent., making tlie total dividend 5 per cent, for the year, is to be paid by the Christchurch Gas Company. Transfer books will be closed from tomorrow to February 10. inclusive. Gold Mining Gillespies Beach announce a wash-up ot 370 z. from 15,444yd5. of material handled in 124 hours. During the period ended December io. 6209 net tons were treated for a recovery of 1968 fine ozs„ by North Kalgurti (191.1. Associated Gold Dredges (N.Z.). Ltd., announce the return for the week ended January 23 as 2270 z. from 86,.>00 yards worked in 361-V hours. Vegetable Prices Dominion Special Service. PUKEKOHE, January 25. The demand for potatoes and cabbages at Pukekohe is very quiet. The price or potatoes is unchanged at l.i/- I 1 ?. 1 ' f o.r. Pukekohe, and not to exceed „l</io - delivered to stores. Cabbages are “ ellin ." at 11/- a chapman bag to stores, inert > a fairly good demand for onions, winch are priced at 16/6 per ewt. to stores. Government Stocks (Bv Telegrapli.-l’ress Assn.-Copyright.) LONDON, January 22. Government stocks are quietly tirni with New Zealand amt Australian stocks also firm, tint rather less active. Tlie following table gives the mean Stock Exchange quotations for consoland colonial inscribed stocks, compared with those of January 8: Price. Variation.

WELLINGTON. No. of Sale price. shares. £ s. d. 100 Electro. Zinc, onl 12 4 > 600 3 p.c. Insc. Stk., 1/8/51-54 100 0 (I low 3 p.c., ditto, 15/5/53-56 .. 09 4 6 99 ,1Wn 09 7 6 1666 4 p.c. Insc. Stk., 30/11/48 104 5 0 200 Comm. Bank Aust., ord. (ex div.) 0 16 8

v s. <1. X s. <1. 1 i 1 > 0 — (1 Fund. Loan' 1960-90 . 114 8 i * 0 10 (IV War Loan, 3*. 19.>2 • • 105 J I 0 C’onv. Loan. 31, 1061 . 107 11 0 1 10 victory Bonds. 4 p.c. 115 1 0 0* 102 10 (1 0 10 <)v C’wealth, 4. .. 101 12 11 0 ■ > Or C’wealth. SI, 1O4S-53 .. 101 13 '. 1 1 • 1 i C’wealth, 3|, 19o6-Gl .. 07 4 i 1 11 • C’wealth. 3, 19.>G-6S .. 94 (1 0 17 Gt X S.W.. 3». 1930-50 ... 1<X) 0 0 — Victoria. 3. 1929-49 .. ' •, , > 0 0 . i ot Victoria. 5. 194.»-75 ... 102 G 0 S J 98 10 0 — S Aust., 3, 1916 (opt) 85 0 ■' (It S. Aust.. 5, 1945-57 .. 102 , 1 0 0 10 01* W. Aust., 4. 1942-62 .. 101 0 0 0 . t Or 4. 1942-62 101 0 <1 0 10 Ot XZ, 41. 1948-55 103 < : 0 Of V 7 a 1045 100 0 0 1 3t tHigher.