STOCK & SHAKE MARKET

Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 144, 20 June 1934, Page 12

STOCK & SHAKE MARKET

PRESTIGE LTD. PROFITS.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20, 1934.

Morning Call.

xiunuuicu v csv v H 0 Waihi Grand Junet. — 0 4 4 Bulolo .............* 7 S G 715 0 Sales Reported.—GiUespie's Beach, Is lOd; Nokomai, 3s 2d, 3s 3d; Howard Smith, 14s; 4 per. cent, stock (1940), £105 10s. Sale on 'Change: Bank o£ New Zealand, 495. , , .. Sales after going to press yesterday.— Wellington Woollen (ord.), £5 Cs; Ley-land-O'Brien Timber, £1 2s' 10»/zd; Dominion Fertiliser, 18s 9d; New Zealand Refrigerating (£1), 19s 6d; British Tobacco*, 37s 3d. *Cuui div. UNOFFICIAL LIST. Buyers.. Sellers. £ s, d.v. £. b. d. Tw-Colour' Films (12s .. paid) — .';•,! 3 0 Woolworths, Ltd. ' ■ (ord.) — .'- 513 0 Denhavd Bakeries : (pref.) 0 IS 0 — New Gabriel's Gully ■ : (3s paid) — 0 3 0 N.Z. Textile Wool- •'.■.' packs (20s pd.) .....— 1 0 0 N.Z.. Textile Wool-; ... •• ~ -packs (15s jid,)'.. . :i 012 C ' —

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• ■ . . ■.■■ \ ■__ i ViiiteU Press Ass?oiation —By Electrla Telegraph—Copyright. ' .(Received June 20, 10.30 a.m.) j LONDON, June 19. ■ I On; the, London. Stock Exchange quota- I tiohs of bank shares and other corporation C debentures and stocks compare with previ- 1 ; bus-quotations as follows: — 1 .Tune 5. June 19. -, -..-.■ ii s.d. £ s. d. i Australasia 0 3 9 9 0 0 > New South Wales 24 7 6 24 12 6 n Union o£ Australia 712 fi 710 7% } National of N.Z. .. 3 2 (i ,'! 0 5% N.Z., 4 p.c. stock .100-0 0 100 0 0 T N.Z. Shares ::2 4 6 -|2 2 6 t N.Z. Loan & Merc, i 4 p.c. debent. IS3 10 0 So 0 0 N.Z. Loan & Merc, ! ord 44 0 0 44 10 0 J •[Ex div. *Cum div. 1

MANY SUBSIDIARIES.

The. General -Accident,'. Eire, and Life I Assurance' Company, -with chief offices hi 1 London and Perth, Scotland, in its annual 2 ■ report for December 31 ■ last shows how 1 many subsidiary: chickens- it covers -with I its wings. These ' subsidiary companies I include the Road and General Insurance 3 Company, • English, Insurance, Scottish j. Automobile* and "General, General Accident of Canada, Potomac Insurance, Wash- 1 ington(p.C), Scottish, Canadian, Toronto, ( Patia Compania de. Seguros Geuerales, ( Buenos, Aires, .and -.the.lndian Guarantee J and-General, Bombay. 'It has branches I all over the world,, including every State 1 in 'Australia,'also in' New Zealand. 1

•\Ne.t profit o£- Prestige Ltd., Melbourne, for the year, ended March 31, 1934, after providing £4002 for taxation reserve, was £21,796. ., For the previous year net profit was £19,269, after providing £0371 for taxation reserve. The balance brought in is £184, and £2000 has been applied to writing clown buildings. Dividend has been paid on the 103,050 £1 cumulative preference 3 per cent, shares, also 3d per share on the 224,417 10s ordinary shares. It is proposed to pay a further dividend of 6d per share and bonus dividend of 3d per share on the ordinary shares, leaving £514 to carry forward. The 10 per cent, distribution on the ordinary shares is at the 1932-33 rate. The directors state in I their report that, although trading conditions had been difficult, turnover has been well maintained. They add that the activities of the company have been extended to the manufacture of high-class underwear, and that the company's lingerie is now catering for a quality mar|ket not hitherto exploited by. other Australian manufacturers;-

Buyers. Sellers. N.Z. Govt. Loans— £ s. d. £ s. d. 4 p.e. bonds, 1046 ... 106 10 0 — 4 p.c. bonds, 1940 ... 106 10 0 ■ — i p.c. bonds, 1955 ... 100 15 0 —I i p.e. ins. stk., 1!UG . 10G 5 0 — 4 p.c. ins. stk., 1940 . 100 10 0 — 4 p.c. ins. stk., 1035 . 100 15 0 — Debentures— Wanganui City, 4Vi p.e., 1952 101 0 0 — ■ Amal. Brick and Pipe, Wgtn 92 10 0 — Wgtn. Gas Co 103 7 0 — Gisborne Sheep Farmers ".. 93 0 0 — Wright, Stephenson 5 p.e. Prior Lieu ... 93 0 0 BanksCoin m. Bankg. Co., Sydney .. — 17 10 0 Eng., Scot., & Aust. . — 5 5 0 National o£ N.Z — 3 IS 6 Nat. of A'asia (£5) . 5 1!) 0 — New South Wales ... 30 5 0 — New Zealand ...... — 293 Xew Zealand D Long Term 1 13 0 1 15 0 Union of Aiist. — 9 19 0 Financial— Abraham & Williams " . (pref.) 45 0 — Goldsbrough Mort and ,.Co * _ 1 ix 9 N.Z. Guarantee Corp. 0 4 4 0 4 6 N.Z. Invest. Mort & Dei? 053 — Wgtn. Trust Loan .. 5 7 6 — Wright, Stephenson ; (pref.) — 1 0 6 Gas— Auckland (contrib.) . 0 19 3 — Christchureh 1 11 0 1 12 9 Gisborne 0 10 0 Wellington (ord.) — 2 0 0 InsuranceNational of N.Z — 10 0 Queensland * 3 0 0 South British 3 IS H — MeatGear Heat * _ ISO N.Z. Eefrig. (£1) ... 0 19 5 0 10 6 N.Z. Eefrig. (10s) ... 0 9 2 — Southland (eont.) 1 14 3 — Wgtn. .Heat Export (pref.) 1 10 — TransportUnion Steam' (pref.) .16 6 Kelburn Tramway ■.. 14 0 — Woollen— Kaiapoj (fully pd.) .. 0 9 9 Kaiapoi (contrib.) 0 3 3 Wellington (pref.) ... 560 Coal— Westport — 0 IS 0 Westport. - Stockton (ord.) 0 24 —- Timber — , ■ • Kauri .......; .. 0 16 5 — Breweries — . | Jf.Z. Breweries .....* 2 19 *~ Miscellaneous— Colonial Sugar 05 7 (i — Consol. Brick & Pipe 0 6 9 0 7 5 Dominion Fertiliser 0 18 6 •— Electro. Zinc (oicl.) . — 15 6 NX. Drug 3 16 9 — N.Z. Paper Mills .. 19 6 — Prestige N.Z. (pref.) .0.10 6 — Sharland and Co. (ord.) 1 4 3 — Sharland and Co. ' (pref.) ......:...:.. 14 3 — ; Wn. Queen's Theatre ■— 10 9 Wilson's N.Z. Cement 1 S 6 19 6 Woolworths, N.Z. (ord.) — 5 16 G Manawatu Knitting Mills ' ' 13 6 —• ! Oil— Taranaki .. . 0 1 9 0. 2 0i MiningAlexander (fully paid) — 10 0' Alexander (contrib.) . — 0 16 6 Bell-Kilgour 0 0 3 — Big River 0 0 10 0 10 Blackwater ..: * 1 13 0 — Consol. Goldfields ...* — 10 0 Gillespie's Beach .... — 0 1 11 Golden Dawn 0 16 King Solomon 0 39 0 41 iMahakipawa ........ — 0 11 Mataki .' ■ — 0 2 5 Mount Lyell .. — 110 'NTnlffim.ii f\ 'J n n o P.