ALBERT G. SIMS YEAR
Further Loss On
Operations
Albert G. Sims, Ltd., Sydney metail merchant, incurred a consolidated net loss of £155,119 in the year to June 30. This follows a loss of £295,440 in tihe pevious year and a profit of £90,983 in 1960-61.
However. the company earned a profit of £67,046, before tax. in the second half of the year to June 30. The latest full year's loss is after tax. £ 10,027. The result includes £231.291 loss on shipping activities, of which £178.320 was incurred in the first half year.
Sc:ap metal operations resulted in a profit of £120.017, before tax, for the half year ended June 30. against a loss of £33.818 in the first half year. Directors say in a preliminary statement that all non-profitable operations have been disposed of since the close of the year.
General Foods Delxentures
<NZ Press Association) WELLINGTON. Oct. 29.
General Foods Corporation of New Zealand. Ltd. directors announce that the recent debenture issue of £1.000.000 was oversubscribed as regards the £500.000 available for public subscription by almost an additional £500.000 Tn the resultonf aoportionmon*. all applications tor £5OOO or less will receive allotment in full. Applications for £5OO. which would, as a result of he necessary scaling down, have received less than £5OO. will also be allotted that basic figure.
Applications for larger parcels will receive allotments on a pro rata basis, each series being dealt with separately.
Joseph Nathan.—Recommended Anal ordinary dividend is 6 per cent., making 8} per cent. (Unchanged) for the year. The dividend is payable on November 30. ex November 19.—(P.A.1
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Press, Volume CII, Issue 30275, 30 October 1963, Page 17
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