FINANCE & COMMERCE

Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 153, 25 March 1944, Page 9

FINANCE & COMMERCE

WELLINGTON EXCHANGE Yesterday’s Quotations

The latest buying and selling quotations recorded yesterday on the Wellington Stuck Exchange were as lollows:— Buyers. Sellers. £ s. (I. £ 8. <L

Sales In New Zealand Dealings in stocks and shares recorded on New Zealand Slock Exchanges yesterday were as follows the ». S s e of in each lot being shown in the case or Wellington :— WELLINGTON. ■kt r S® l6 No. or Price. Shares. £ s. d £5OO Inser. Stock. 2} p.c.. 1/8/ () £'soo Ditto. 24' p.e.. 15/9/4,7 ... 151 Grillin nnd Sons 1 100 Macduff's, Ltd., pref, ex div. 1 u •> Unofficial list:— _ 500 Mavfair Flats. li/6 pd. to “ ” v ’>oo Westland Breweries .... *l4 0 •Late sale Thursday. AUCKLAND. laser Stock. 3 p.c.. 15/12/53-56. £99/10/-: X JXn King. pref.. £l/2/9'■ fra'lCTS Finance, eon.. 7/6: Aust. Consol. I” 1 ' 1 !./J/47’ £2/17/6: Booth. Macdonald, .i p.c.. l/ty-H, £100; Claude Neon (N.Z.). £L' ‘. u- ■' ■ Coles (2). £3/8/-: Mason. 'Btruthc\rs la/ paid, 12/-: Knnieri. £l/3/3. Unofficial listMangipoto Lime. 1/6: (Hangitiki Lime, -/-■ CHRISTCHURCH. Inser. Stock, 24 P^ l ' cent;., 15-9-47, £9B 10/-' ditto 24 per eent., 10-u-48, £•’B/40/ ’ ditto 24 Per cent..' 1947-49, £9B/.>/-; Aust ral-N.K. Mining, 12/-; Associated Gold Dredges (N.Z.), 7/6. DUNEDIN. laser. Stock. 3 p.e, 15/12/53-56 £99 10/-; N.Z. Loan and More., LOO. N.z. ne fri-r 10/- oaid 14/3: Aust. Consol. Industries £‘’/17/6 £’2/17/9; Booth. Slacdonnld. 'r. p.’e, 1/6/47. Z £ 100 Unofficial list: Whakatane Paper Mills. Iwo. South British Insurance Co. Tho South British Insurance Co., Ltd., ndtlses'tlmt in connexion with thei intm™ dividend of 1/- a share P.®’ nbll . ” ' IIV7 27. transfer books? will close Apul u inclusive. Woolworths, Ltd., Profit Net profit of Woolworths .Limited, Sydney for the year ended January .>l. at V 1'7(1,564, is £28.261 more than 01 he previous year, but £7'7,'-bb 'p ss . /'‘/‘hro 1941-42. It is shown alter deducting 617 for taxes paid during the year, ami after allowing £25.658 for depreciation m-ainsl £B3.2<«> and £'-’sJ>l>2 respective!? it” 1912-43. Dividends (tilrend.v announced) enee ll< sharre ‘ req‘uire Ild £2lS. t ''' '’"‘“'“r.v dividend, increased Irorn 11 pci eint. to I- per cent, (interim 5 per cent, iinal ‘ 1 rent.l. absorbs £155.180. Agmnst £•'B3 511 brought forward. U3IU.BJB is carried forward. This is subject to taxation liabilitv not assessed al the balanee date. The aggregate balam-e-alieet ot siib'idjai.' eompanb-s discloses a net prelit ot £•’><>.- 71)8. compared with .£Chi3,7il lor the pieii”"wooiworths (W.A.). Limited, earned a net profit of £lli.Bsi; for (lie year rniM Ju try 31. against Ull'JtiU ur IJ-I--I'’. It is shown after allowing ? J, 1 ! nienl of taxation ( £ !1.5G2 in 1 hforonce dividend takes C HiOO and ordinal* v dividend of 12 per eent. increased Irom 10 per vent., absorbs £II,3SG. Wellington Poultry Prices Prices of live poultry in the Wellington markets are quoted by Townsend and Paul. Ltd., as follows:--White Leghorns: Hens, best 4/- to o/o each, others 3/0 to I/- each; cockerels. I/*'' to 2/- per lb., live weight : pullets, nest. 12/- lo 15/- each, ot tiers S/- to T-/~ encl*. Black Orpingtons: Hens, heavy S/- to 10/earh. light -l/<> to S/- each : cockerels, heavy 1 Z, J tO 2/- per lb. live weight - : light. 1/9 to 2'- per lb. live weight. Rhode Island Reds: f’ockerels. 1/9 lo 2/2 per lb. live weight. Ducks: Indian Runner, young •'/- to !)/- each, old I/- to !>/- each: while, young •J/- to 12/- each, old 3/- to S'- each. Geese: G/- to 10/- each. Turkeys: 1/S to 2/- per lb. live weight. Dressed poultry: Boilers, heavy 5'- lo 7/- each, light 3 z - to each: chickens, 1/S In I 'lO per lb. dead weight : ducks. 0/- lo S/- each : geese. (>/- !•> S/- each: turkeys. 1/9 to 2/- per lb. dead weight.

2} p.c., 1/8/40 98 10 0 — 24 p.c.. 15/9/47 98 10 0 —- 2-4 p.c., 15/0/47-49 .. —— 98 15 0 3 p.c.. 15/7/1945 99 10 0 — 3 p.c., 1/8/51-54 .... 99 0 ■■■■ 3 p.c., 15/9/32-55 .... 98 10 0 99 0 0 3 p.c., 15/5/33-36 ... 99 10 0 •— 3 p.e.. 15/12/53-56 .. 99 «> o — 4 p.e.. 30/11/1948 .... 104 10 0 —— 4 p.c.. 15/6/52-55 106 0 —• 4 p.c., 31/5/54-58 Liberty Bonds, 15/9/49 107 17 6 0 19 9 — 9 Com. Bank Aust. —. 0 18 Ditto, pref 10 110 0 — E.S. and A. Bank 4 0 — Nat. Bank of ,N.Z. 15 3 — Bank N.S.W.' -. 3ti ;) 0 — Bank N.Z., D Mort. .. 1 13 0 Nat. Bank A/asia, £10 12 6 —• Eqnit. Building .... 1 o 6 —— Goldsbrough Mort 1 8 0 — Newton King, pref. . — 1 3 0 N.Z. Guarantee 0 4 1 ■■ ■ Loan and Mercantile . 59 10 0 —- W.F.C.A. pref 0 7 9 . Wn. Inv. T & A. 0 7 9 •— Wn. T. & Loan 3 14 0 —• N.Z. Inv. M. and D. . O 10 0 — Christchurch Gas 1 ,) 3 •— Ditto, cont 0 12 6 Wgton. Gas. ord. ... 1 13 0 — Ditto, pref 1 4 9 — Queensland Insurance 3 w 0 — South British Ins. .. e3 16 0 Canterbury Meat lo 0 0 —— Gear Meat ... 1 4 6 —— Wgtn. Meat Export . 0 10 0 Huddart, Parker .... x3 o 6 P. and 0. .... .... o b 0 —• Union Steam, pref. 1 10 9 —— Bonds Hosier,v xl IS 9 Bruce Woollen 1 15 9 — Felt and Textiles .. x2 9 3 ■"- Kaiapoi Woollen, pref 1 3 0 — Prestige, pref. 1 7 0 Levland O’Brien Tlmb. 1 3 0 National Timber — 0 9 0 0 8 0 u 9 0 Taringamutu Tirnb. . 0 19 0 6 Dominion Brewery Ballins Brewery. 15/- — 2 4 0 17 9 A.C.I 16 9 — 0 —— 2 6 3 1 0 Colonist! Sugar — 60 5 0 0 10 1 0 10 0 Dental & Medical 1 0 0 — Dominion Fertilizer . 1 6 9 —— DIG pref 1 0 6 Electro. Zinc., pref. . c2 18 6 ,— Frozen Products .... ‘.0 13 3 — Gates. Ltd 0 7 6 3 8 Griffin and .Sons. £1 . 1 9 6 ■— Ditto 10/- ....... 0 14 6 -—— __ 1 0 0 9 15 0 3 0 V I.C.I.: pref 1 6 9 — 0 17 0 0 14 9 — V1 (i 0 1 6 9 1 11 0 —- 0 16 0 — N.Z. For. Products — 0 7 n Ditto, pref — 0 11 Nat. Electric 1 x4 11 0 — N Z Drug h* n N.Z. Farm. Fort. 1 3 0 — N.Z. Newspapers .... 0 — Sharland, ord 1 9 3 1 10 3 Selfridges (A/asia) .. — 1 10 0 3 0 Wilson’s Cement .... 0 19 9 xl 0 o Woolworths, Ltd. — 1 11 9 Woolworths’ Prop. . Snowy River 0 7 6 Broken Hill South .. 1 7 fl •Aft T.uoll .—- 0 6' 9 —— Wgtn. Alluvials .... Woolworths Hold. 0 2 5 1 1O p (South Africa) ... c Cum dividend. I ix Ex lividend.