LATE COMMERCIAL

Wairarapa Times-Age, 15 July 1938, Page 6

LATE COMMERCIAL

STOCKS ANO SHARES AUCKLAND (By Telegraph—Press Association.) AUCKLAND, This Day. Stock Exchange sales, 10 a.m. call: —National Insurance Co.. 17s Gd; New Zealand Insurance Co., £2 16s 6d (3); Traders’ Finance Co. (con), 4s 9d; Taupiri Coal Co., 15s; Westport-Stockton Co. (pref), 6s 6d; G. J. Coles, £4 2s 6d (2); Martha Mine, Us 9d. Noon call: New Zealand Insurance Co., £2 16s 6d; Kaiapoi Woollen Co., 10s 6d; Dominion Breweries, £1 15s sd; Farmers’ Trading Co., 10s 2d (B Pref) £1 0s lOd; North Broken Hill £2 7s 6d; Stock, April 16, 1946-49, 4 per cent, £lO2 10s.

WELLINGTON WELLINGTON, This Day. Stock Exchange Sales, morning call: —G. J. Coles, £4 2s (2); Taranaki Oil Co., 13s 6d. Sales reported:—Commercial Bank, 16s 6d, 16s sd; G. J. Coles, £4 2s 9d; Taranaki Oil Co, 13s 4d; Mount Morgan, 10s 9d, 10s lOd. The directors of Messrs G. J. Coles have declared a final dividend on ordinary shares of 74 pel’ cent for the half-year ended June 30, together with a bonus of 6d a share, making 3s 6d a share for the year ended June 30. The total amount distributed to shareholders for the year,- including the dividend on preference shares, will be £200,346, compared with £183,224 for 1937.

Noon call: New Zealand Insurance Co, £2 16s 6d (2); Broken Hill, £2 19s 8d (2), £2 19s 9d; G. J. Coles, £4 2s (2); Four per cent Stock, 1955, £lO2 ss; New Zealand Breweries, £2 3s 6d; Taranaki Oil Co, 13s Bd. CHRISTCHURCH CHRISTCHURCH, This Day. Stock Exchange sales:—Commercial Bank of Australia, 16s 4d; New Zealand Refrigerating Co., (10s paid), 8s 3d; Electro Zinc (cum div), £2 2s 6d; G. J. Coles (cum div), £4 2s, £4 Is 6d; £4 Is 3d (2); Woolworths, New Zealand (ex div), £1 Os 6d; Woolworths (South Africa), 15s 6d; Broken Hill South, £1 12s 3d (2); Mount Lyell £1 8s Id, £1 8s; Mount Morgan (cum div), 10s 7d (2); 10s 7Jd, 10s 7d (2). Sale reported:—National Insurance Co., 17s Gd.

DUNEDIN DUNEDIN, This Day. Stock Exchange sales: Union Steamship Co (pref), £1 6s 3d; Westport Coal Co, £1 4s 9d; G. J. Coles, £4 Is 3d; National Electrical Co, 14s; New Zealand Drug Co, £3 10s; Woolworths (Sydney), £1 2s (2).

WOOL IN LONDON ACTIVE COMPETITION AT SALES. (Recd This Day, 11.50 a.m.) LONDON, July 14. At the wool sales, 8.544 bales were offered, including 4,513 from New Zealand, and 6,605 were sold. There was a good selection and active competition from the home trade. Quotations: New Zealand greasy combing, Noondoo, lOd to 12d; Oakwood, Hid to 13,’d; scoured Merinos, Muller, 12d.

BRADFORD TOPS QUOTATIONS IN LONDON. (Recd This Day, 11.25 a.m.) LONDON, July 14. Bradford tops: Merinos, 70’s, 28d; 64’s, 26-Jd; 60’s, 24>d. Crossbreds: 58’s, 22d: 56’s, 20d; 50 s, 17d; 46’s, 16Jd (nominal); 44’s 16?>d (nominal). The market is dearer, with ,a fair amount .of new business.