DEALINGS ON ’CHANGE

Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 182, 30 April 1936, Page 14

DEALINGS ON ’CHANGE

Yesterday’s Business RETURN ON INVESTMENTS Sales recorded on Dominion stock exchanges yesterday are shown in the following list. In the second column is given the return based on the last annual dividend from Investment at the quoted price. In calculating the return on shares in companies which pay their dividends outside New Zealand the exchange rates have not been taken into consideration I lie return on 4 tier cent. Government loans includes redemption. In the case of per cent, loans the return is tor tlie Hr terest alone, and covers only the perlou tor which the loans are tax-free:— WELLINGTON.

AUSTRALIAN SHARE MARKETS Prices Generally Steady By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. (Received April 29, 8.25 p.m.) Sydney, April 29. On the Sydney Stock Exchange to-day prices were fairly steady, but the market lacked the activity of yesterday. Sales: Bank of New South Wales, £33 7/6; Colonial Sugar, £42; Australian General Insurance. 16/6; United Insurance, £11; Australian Gas, A, £7/13/-; Berlei, 34/9. Tooths, 53/6; ditto. 5/- paid. 35/6; Queensland Brewery, 30/-: Drug Houses, 30/9; Australian Glass, 92/6; Dunlop Perdriau, 16/I}. Henry Jones, 41/-; Millaquin Sugar, 28/3 ; Electrolytic "Zinc, 38/1} ; Farmers, 2S/6; Anthony Hordern, 20/1} ; ditto, pref., 24/-; Standard Cement, 20/3 ; Commonwealth Wool. 20/-; Australian Drug, 14/-. Amalgamated Zinc. 10/6; Peters, 43/-; Peters Arctic, contributing. 20/-; Gibson and Howes, 28/-; Yellow Express, 5/6. Mount Morgan, 16/1}; Mount Lyell, 25/-; Broken Hill Proprietary, 61/3; ditto, new issue, 36/4}; South Broken Hill, £5/14/-; North Broken Hill. £8 0/6; Zinc Corporation, 82/-; Placer Development. £5/16/6; Emperor. 12/6; Koroere, 4/6: Peninsula Tin, 25/-. Morning sales included: Commonwealth bonds. 3J per cent.. 1942, £101; 4 per cent., 1941, £lO3/1/3; 4 per cent., 1947, £102; 4 per cent., 1950, £lO2/10/-; 4 per cent., 1953, £lO2/15/-: 4 per cent., 1959 £lOl/5/-; Bank of New South Wales. £33/10/-: Tooheys Brewery, 30/9; Tooths Brewery. 53/3; Broken Hill Proprietary, 61/-; ditto, new issue. 36/14; Colonial Sugar, £42; DutilonPefdriau Rubber, 16/3; Lustre, 23/9. Melbourne. April 29. Sales on the Melbourne Stock Exchange to-day included: Commercial Bank of Australia. 20/4; British Tobacco, 41/-: G. J. Coles. 73/6; Herald and Times, 67/9; Howard Smith. 17/9; Mt. Lyell, 25/3: Emperor. .12/-; New M>robe, 20/-; Loloma, 19/3. MASON, STRUTHERS AND CO. Auckland Branch to Close The lease of the building occupied by Mason. Stuthers and Co., Ltd., in Customs Street, Auckland, has been acquired by Mr. John E. Bates, of Christchurch, it was announced on Tuesday. Mason. Struthers and Company have decided Io close their Auckland branch, and 'the lease, a harbour board lease', nnd a haif interest in the building have been acquired by Mr. Bates, who will establish a modern china and glass-ware salon on the site. The price of file purchase lias not been disclosed. The property has a frontage of 50 feet nnd the building is of four stories with a basement and stands a few yards from Queen Street. It runs through to the street at the back of the post office ami faces the open section near the old railway station, which it is proposed to convert into a bus station. Part of the building is occupied by tenants, but that part which will lie used by Mr. Bates will require little alteration to make it suitable. Many Auckland Harbour Board leases have a very small ground rent, ami on this property tlie rent is only £173 a year. The lense has 17} years to run. Rubber Export Quota By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Co- yrlglit Loudon, April 28. The International Rubber Committee has fixed the percentage of basic q_uotas for tlie second half of 1936 at. 65 per) cent. The price thereupon fell sharply.

Bank of N.Z Wgtn. Woollen, ord. .. Ditto (2>. ........ Sale price £ s. d Yield p.c. on investment. £ s. d •ii 6 0 2 O 2 0 4 4 4 6 11 1 11 1 11 Taupirl Coal ♦0 18 0 — G. j. Coles 3 13 3 8 4 N.Z. Drtig 3 17 0 4 3 1 Unofficial list: Woolworths Ltd., ord. 8 6 3 0 Ditto (2) 8 3 0 * - 11 ♦Late sale Tuesday AUCKI.2 IND. £ s. d. £ s d Govt. Bonds, 4 p.c., 15/4/4'.) 103 0 0 3 14 4 N.Z. Insurance 3 1 6 ,1 South British Ins. 4 It fj - IS 3 N.Z. Breweries o 12 0 - 13 10 Ditto 11 9 — 14 1 Australian Glass (2) 4 10 0 17 J} Broken Hill Pty 3 1 II 4 1 It Colonial Sugar .... G. J. Coles 41 15 0 j l!l 111 3 13 3 3 8 3 K.D.V. Box, 10/- pd. . 0 4 3 — N.Z. Drug If. « 4 3 7 IVilsons Cement (2) . 3' 0 3 3 — Golden Dawn 0 3 J —— Talisman Dubbo 0 11 3 —• Waihi Investments ... 0 12 0 Mount Morgan .... 0 10 3 — Unofficial List:— National Trading 0 10 0 — Woolworths, Ltd., ord. 8 0 () o 3 9 Ditto 8 3 0 - 11 CHRISTCHURCH £ s. d. £ s. d. Inscr. Stock, 4 p.c., 1940, odd parcel . 102 0 0 3 15 4 Bank of N.Z z 6 0 4 f. 11 N.Z. Breweries (3) .. 2 12 3 *> 13 y Ditto ; 12 2 2 13 8 Ditto 2 12 1 13 9 Tooth and Co 13 0 4 14 4 Anthony- Hordern .... 0 19 9 —— Consolfd. Brick I) 10 0 —• Dunlop-Perdriau (2) . 0 15 <) — Ditto 0 15 JO —- Ditto 0 15 9 3 —— G. J. Coles (5) 3 13 0 8 0 Ditto 3 12 11 3 8 y Big River 0 A 01 —— Mount Morgan 0 10 1 —— Sales reported:— Bank of N.Z. (2) .... 0 0 0 4 0 11 N.Z. Refrig., 10/- pd. . 0 9 8 a 3 • > N.Z. Breweries o 12 3 2 13 7 Tooth and Co 2 13 0 4 14 4 Broken Hill Ppty. new issue, 10/- pd •■1 10 0 — G. J. Coles (4) 3 13 0 3 8 0 Dunlop-Perdriau O 15 9 Wilsons Cement 3 6 3 3 2 Mount Morgan 0 16 o — Unofficial list:— Woolworths Ltd., ord. 8 3 0 o 0 11 Ditto (7) 8 3 6 0 J 9 •Date sale Tuesday. DUNEDIN £ s. d. £ s. d. Bruce Woollen, pref. 1 3 0 4 17 4 Broken Hill Ppty., new issue, 10/- pd •1 10 0 — Colonial Sugar •11 15 6 0 19 10 Hume Pipe (Aust.) ... 0 10 10 4 15 0 •Late sale Tuesday.