SHARE TRANSACTIONS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 143, 17 May 1940, Page 8

SHARE TRANSACTIONS.

WELLINGTON QUOTATIONS. f The Stock Exchange Association has received advice from Australian Consolidated Industries that the directors intend to recommend that the following dividends he declared for the half-year ended March 31, 1340: 43 per cent, on preference shares, making a total of 9 per cent, for the year: 31 per cent, on fully-paid ordinary shares, making 7 per cent, for the year; and 33 per cent, on the amount of 4s per share paid on September 30 in respect of capital on contributing ordinary shares, the dividends to be payable on June 26. 'J’he iotest buying and selling quotations reported yesterday on the Wellington Stock Exchange were an follow: —

c Cum dividend, x Ex dividend. YESTERDAY’S SALES. Wellington.—£3oo Government Stor'k, 33 per cent., 15-11-38-41, £100; £7OO State Advances, 3-i per cent., 1-6-44. £lO9 10s; 100 Dominion Breweries, £1 13s; 100 Broken Hill Plv., £2 Bs. Auckland. —Government Stock. 4 per cent., 15-4-46-49, £lO2 15s; 15-5-49-52, £lO3 ss; Hamilton Borough, 4| per cent., 1-7-56, £105; Mt. Eden. 41 per cent., 1-8-67 12), £106: South British Insur. (3),. £2 7s; I“ow ; ton King, pref., 10s, 10s; Auckland Gas (2), 9s 6(1: Dominion Breweries, £1 12s: British Tobacco, £2 9s 6d; Broken Hill Ppty., £2 5s 6d. £2 6s 3d; Colonial Sugar. £54 10s, £54; Consolid. Brick, 9s 3d ; Gear Meat, 15s; Now Zealand Rcfrig. 10s paid. 9s 3d; Whitlomc Stevenson. £1: Woolworths (N.Z.), 16s 6d; Broken Hill South, £1 6s 6d; Emperor Mines, 15s 6d. Christchurch.—New Zealand Rcfrig., 10s pel.. 9s 3d. Dunedin —Macduff's, ord,, 7s 6d. SYDNEY QUOTATIONS. SYDNEY, Mav 16. Despite disquieting overseas developments, business on the Sydney Stock Ex change to-day was fairly heavy at around late rates. Sales included;—Bank of New South Wales. £27 15s; Colonial Sugar. £sl 10s; Iluddart Parker, £2 14s 6cl; United Tnsurnnce, £10; W. IT. Soul. £3 3s 6d; Eicotrolvtle Zinc, £2 14s 6d; Broken Hill Pty.. £2 5= 3d Placer Development, £3 10s; Kanieri Gold, £1 9s.

Buyers. Seller il. N.Z. COVT. LOANS— £ s. d. 3 p.e. Stock, 15-7-1939- £ s. 41 190 0 0 3j p.c. ditto, 15-1-1953-57 100 5 0 3J p.c. ditto, 15-11- '■ ’ 1 1938-41 : ICO ' 0 0 4 p.c. ditto, 15-3-1940-43 — 102 0 0 Ditto, 15-2-1943-46 • — 103 5 0 Ditto, 15-4-1946-49 ... — 103 2 6 Ditto, 15-6-1952 55 ... — 105 5 0 Ditto, 31-5-1954-58 ... — 3 p.c. Bonds, 15-7-106 5 0 1939-41 100 0 0 3i p.c. ditto, 15-1-1953-57 100 5 0 32 p.c. ditto, 15-11-1938-41 100 0 0 4 p.c. ditto, 15-2-1943- — * 46 — State Advances, 3* p.c., 103 10 0 1-6-44 — DEBENTURES— Amalg. Brick. Wgtn., 6 p.c., .31-3-44 100 0 0 BANKS— 191 0 0 — Eng., Scot, and Aust. — c4 18 6 New Zealand — FINANCIAL— Equitable Bdg. Co., 5 3 5 0 p.c., porp. deb. st k. — 0 18 0 Newton King 0 0 9 • N.Z. Guarantee C'orp. — N.Z. Invest., Mort. and 0 3 7 Deposit 0 8 6 — Weil. Invest., T. & A. — 0 9 9 Well. Trust. Loan ... 4 17 6 Wairarapa Farmers, pref — GAS— 0 6 <3 Auckland 0 9 0 — Christchurch, eontrib. . — 0 15 0 Wellington, pref 119 INSURANCENational of N.Z 0 18 9 — South British — 2 8 0 New Zealand — MEAT PRESERVING— 3 5 0 Canterbury —' 12 0 0 Ditto, pref 6 10 0 — N.Z. Refrigerating ...10 0 — Ditto, 10n paid — WOOLLEN0 9 8 Bond’s Hosiery Mills .15 6 — Kaiapoi, pref 0 18 0 — Prestige, N.Z,, pref. .110 COALWestport xl 4 0 TIMBER— 1 4 9 Bartholomew 0 13 9 — Kauri cl 1 0 — Leyland-O’Brien 0 13 0 — National • — 0 8 9 Rotoiti 0 3 10 — Taringamtitu cO 13 9 — Taupo T’otara, ord. ...0 4 0 BREWERIES— N.Z. Breweries — 1 16 6 Toohoys — 1 12 0 Tui — MISCELLANEOUS— 2 1 0 British Tohaeco — 2 9 9 Broken Hill Ptv — 2 8 0 Con. Brick and Pipe -— 0 9 6 Don. and hied. Supply 0 12 3 — D.I.C., ord 0 12 0 — Ditto, pref 1 2 6 — Dunlop Perdri.au. — 1 1 3 Electrolytic Zinc, ord. 2 18 6 3 0 0 Ditto, pref. • — Farmers’ Trading — 3 2 0 1 0 9 .Felt and Textiles — 2 6 6 G. J. Colei; — 3 13 6 Macduffs, ord. 0 7 4 0 8 0 Ditto, pref — 0 15 0 McKenzies — c2 8 3 N.Z. Drug — 4 3 6 N.Z. Farm. Fertiliser — 1 1 6 United Provisions ... — 0 10 0 Wilsons N.Z.. Cement — cO 19 3 Woo',worths Ltd., ord. — 0 19 3 Woolworths N.Z., ord. — Woohvorths Properties, 0 17 3 prefd. ord 16 1 — Younghusband, rights — 0 8 6 Quill Morris 12 3 MINING— Broken Hill South xl 5 0 — North Broken Hill ...2 0 0 —