Commercial INVERCARGILL STOCK EXCHANGE

Southland Times, Issue 24882, 23 October 1942, Page 2

Commercial INVERCARGILL STOCK EXCHANGE

The following prices were quoted at the call-over of the Invercargill Stock Exchange yesterday:— Government Debentures. —4 p-c. Stock 1943-46, b £100; 4 p.c. Stock 1946-49, b £lO2 15/-- 4 p.c. Stock 1952, b £106; 4 p.c. Stock 1952-55, b £lO7/5/-; 4 p.c. Stock 1954-58, b £lO7/5/-; Sli p.c. Stock 1953-57, b £lO3 15/-' 3’/« P-c. Stock 1956-59, b £101; 3‘/< p.c. Stock 1957-60. b £101; War Loan 1953, b £92/15/-; 214 p.c. Liberty Loan, b £97. Banks.—E. S. and A. Bank, b £3/10/-; National of New Zealand, b £2/5/-; New Zealand, b £l/19/9; Union of Australia, b £7/2/6. Breweries.—Dunedin Brewery Company, b 19/-- New Zealand Breweries, b £l/13/3. Coal.—Kaitangata, b £l/12/-; Westport Coal, b £l/5/-; Westport Stockton (ord.), s 3/-. Insurance. —National, b £l/0/9; New Zealand, b £3/12/6; South British, b £3/3/9; Standard, b £3/7/-.

Loan and Agency.—Dalgety and Company, b £7; Trustees’ Executors (Dunedin), b £4 2/-; Wright, Stephenson (ord.), b 19/-; (pref.), b £l. Meat Companies.—New Zealand Refrigerating (£1 paid), b £l/2/-; (10/- paid), b 10/2; Southland Frozen Meat, b £l/14/-; South Otago Freezing Company, b £5. Shipping.—Union Steam Ship Company (pref.), b £l/8/-. Woollen Mills.—Bruce, b £l/5/-; Kaiapol (pref.), b £l/0/3; Timaru, b 18/6. Miscellaneous. —Australian Consolidated Industries, b £2/8/-; Broken Hill Proprietary, b £l/18/6; Colonial Sugar Company, b £52; D.I.C. (pref.), b £l/5/6; Dominion Fertilizer, b £1; McDuffs Ltd., s 6/-; McLeod Bros’ Soap, s £25/10/-; Milburn Lime and Cement, b £l/12/-; New Zealand Drug, b £3/18/-; New Zealand Paper Mills, b £1 13/9; Southland Ice Cream, s £l/4/6; Woolworths Ltd., s 15/9; Woolworths (N.Z.), s 15/-. Mining.—North Broken Hill, b £2/5/-; Big River, b 3d; Electrolytic Zinc (ord.), b £2/5/-; (pref.), b £2/5/-; Gillespie’s Beach, s 4d; Grey River, b 12/-, s 13/6; Mount Lyell, s £l/18/3; Mount Morgan, b 7/3; Waihl Investments, b 3/-. Sale Reported.—Bank of New Zealand. £2. NORTHERN EXCHANGES WELLINGTON.—SaIes: 3 p.c. Stock 195255 £99/7/6, £99/5/-; New Zealand Breweries £l/13/9; G. J. Coles £2/16/-. DUNEDIN.—SaIe on ’Change: McLeod Bros. £25. Sales reported: New Zealand Insurance £3/12/6; National Bank of New Zealand £2/5/3; Bank of New Zealand £2; Bruce (ord.) £l/5/3. CHRISTCHURCH.—SaIes on ’Change: Mount Lyell £l/7/9 (2). AUCKLAND. —Sales: Stock 1951-54 3 p.c. £99/12/6; Stock 1949-52 4 p.c. £lO6/10/-; Commercial Bank 14/9; National Bank of New Zealand £2/5/3; New Zealand Insurance £3/13/- (3); Farmers’ Auctioneering £4/5/-; United Building £1 (2); Westport Stockton (pref.) 8/9; Kaiapoi (cont.) 7/(2); Dominion Breweries £l/9/-; A.C.I. £2 8/-; New Zealand Refrigerating £l/2/9.

DIVIDENDS DECLARED

(P.A.) WELLINGTON, October 22. The Stock Exchange Association has been advised by cable that the directors of Australian Consolidated Industries have decided to declare the following dividends: (a) 4',4 per cent, on preference shares for the half-year ended September 30; (b) an interim dividend of 3'/a per cent, on fullypaid ordinary shares. The directors of Kanleri Gold Dredging Limited have declared an eighth dividend of 1/- a share on ordinary and deferred shares. The D.1.C., Ltd., has declared the following dividends: Preference shares, 5 per cent, per annum for the half-year ended August 20; ordinary shares, 7 per cent, for the year ended August 20. CLEARING SALE AT LONGBUSH Dairy cows sold well at a successful clearing sale conducted by the National Mortgage and Agency Co. Ltd., at Longbush on Wednesday on behalf of Mr A. Sellars. There was a large attendance of farmers. The principal sales were: Cattle.—Twenty-nine dairy cows £5 to £l5, heifers £5/10/-, £9; 4 calves at 15/-; bull £4. Sheep.—One hundred and twenty-nine ewes and lambs at 20/-; 3 ewe hoggets at 29/-. Horses.—Draught mare £2O, gelding £22, £ll. Implements and sundries. —D. F. plough £5/5/-, lime-sower £l3, truck £2O, scuffler £l/2/6, hay stacker £25, drill £3O, dray and frame £l3/10/-.