AUSTRALIAN SHARES

Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 132, 1 December 1936, Page 12

AUSTRALIAN SHARES

A WEAKENED MARKET

(By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright.) SYDNEY, November 30. Selling pressure on the Stock Exchange today caused a further weakness in most investments, and banking shares were marked down heavily. Sales.—Colonial Sugar, £43 ss; Bank of New South Wales, £34 10s; Commercial Banking Co. of Sydney, £21 2s 6d; ES. and A. Bank, £6; Burns, Philp, 745; Tooth's Brewery, 54s 3d; DunlopPerdriau. 17s 6d, and pref., 33s 6d; Wilcox Mofflin, Us 9d; Millaquin Sugar, 42s 3d; Anthony Hordern, 19s 1-Jd, and pref.. 22s 6d; G. J. Coles, 80s 9d; Woolworths, second pref., 25s 6d; Placer Development. £5 Os 6d; Mandated Alluvial, 13s Bd. MELBOURNE, November 30.; The bond market was steady. Barriers were firm, with industrials slightly firmer. Mining was quiet, but a good demand existed for Emperor Mine. Sales. —National Bank of Australasia, £5 paid, £7 13s; Howard Smith, 21s 6d; British Tobacco, 45s 9d; Carlton Brewery, 625; Drug Houses, 25s 6d; Electrolytic Zinc, ord. 47s 9d, pref. 49s 9d; Victoria Nyanza Sugar, 14s 8d; Mt. Morgan, 15s 9d; Mt. Lyell, 37s , 3d; Broken Hill Proprietary, 80s 3d; North Broken Hill, split, 645; Broken Hill South, split, 39s 9d; Zinc Corporation, £6; Emperor, 19s 2d; Loloma, 23s 74d; Sulphide Corporation, 18s 6d; Irowat, lid; Upper Watut, 2s 4d; Silverton Tram, 37s 9d. PRICE AND RETURN Latest sales reported and made on the Stock Exchanges of the Dominion, with the highest prices and the approximate yields per cent, per annum to investors (all subject to appropriate taxes and exchange where operative), based on the last year's distributions, and considering redemption and brokerage in the case of redeemable securitias where dated, were as follows:— Highest Yield. price. p.c., p.a. £ 8. d £ «. d. Wellington. inscr. Stor-k. i p.c, lOofl . a. 103 If) 0 3 17 7 Bank of Australasia s. 12 2 (i 3 3 11 Wellington Woollen .(pref.).. odd lot . r) IS C. 5 1 2 Broken Hill L'tv i. 4 ll .'{ ;i '2 3 Colonial Susar 43 .1 0 2 17 !) Consolidated Brick ... 011 fl 312 8 Electro. Zinc (ord.) .: 2 (j ;{ 4 0 5 Procpru Broad (vendor) 1 !1 0. ' — Auckland. Inscr. Siork. 4 p.c, In/4/4!) ..a. 101 12 6. 3 18. 0 A nek. City, 4% p.c. 1/1/43 10410 0 — K.S. and A. Bank . .s. (i 0 0 210 0 Burfk of ~S:A :. 2 I :! 4 1(1 11 .\*.Z. Insurance :i I (i 3 5 0 Goldsbrough, Mort .. 1 1(5 (i ;S l(i 8 Auckland Gas 1 2 (I 5 0 0 Auckland Oils (15s pd.) 0 ]."i .'i f> 8 2 British Tobacco ...... 2 4 IVs '.i 2 .') Broken Hill Pty. 3 )'J 0 3 2 10 Colonial Sii^ai1, odd lot "..: 4:\ 0 0 218 1 Consolidated Brick .. 0.11. 1.3 12 2 Dimlop-Venlriaii 0 17 7 5 13 7 Farmers' Trading; ... I I' (I 4 1.1 2 Mori's Dock OB !l 4 7 3 Wilson's Cement 1 lii .'i 4 2 .') Woohvovths (N.Z.) .. (i 30 0 2 9 0 Woohvorths, Ltd. (Ist pref.) 1 IS (i 5 3 10 Wailii Investments . () 12 Vk Mataki Junction 0 2 0 — Mount Morgan 0 lo 7 — Unofficial List— Woolworths, . Ltd. (ord.j 7 4 0 — Christchurcti. Insor. Slock. 4 p.c, .15/2/40 s. 101 10 0 3IS 10 K.Z. .Katiners' Co-op.. 4'/a p.c. stock. "HMO 115 0 0 4 14 S N.Z. Loan and Merc. (ord.) 3T, 11 0 — Coinm. Bank Anst. .. OJO 2 3 fl It) Bank of N.Z * 2 1 3 410 11 N.Z. Ucfri S eiatin- .. 0 1!) 7 512 I N.Z. Refri!ieratin<? (10s Pd.) 0 fl S ' 3 13 '.) N.Z. Breweries 2 13 0 2 Hi 7 Goldsbrough, Mort ... 1 l(i li 3 1(1 S British Tobacco ....* 2 4 5 3 3 0 Electro. Zinc (ord.) . 2 (i r, 4 (i 2 Klectro. Zinc (pref.) . 2 !) 0 4 1" Jlay's, Ltd. (15s pd.) (I Hi ;S 510 0 Woolworths (N.Z.) .. li 15 (I 2 7 7 Shillin?.-!. Ltd II IS II Mount, Lyell 1 17 0 5 S 1 Mount Morgan 0.15 3 Unofficial List— .'\nder.son.s Ltd. ipief) 0 Jfl 3 — Woolworths. Ltd 7 5 0 .— Woolworths (W.A.) .. (i 14 li — Dunedin. Bank of N.Z * 2 10 415 0 Ooldsbroiifih, Moit ... I l(i :{ :j 17 2 Diinlop-Pwdriau 017 7 5 I.1! 7 Wilson's Cement I 10 :i •12!) Woohvorths (N.Z.) .. (i 15 0 2 7 7 Mount Morgan 0 15 !) -- Gillcspie's Beach Old Hip; Jiiver ". 0 2 0 — Unofficial List— Were's Trust 0 C 3 — •—Cum div. a. —Market price includes accrued interest but not brokerage, i.—lnterim dividend increased, s. —17'vidond paid in sterling. JAVA EXCHANGE. (By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright (Received December 1, 10 a.m.) BATAVIA, November 30. Sterling exchange, 8.98£ guilders to £1. The rate on November 27 was 8.99. THE FKENCH FRANC. (By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright.) (Received December 1, 10 a.m.) LONDON, November 30. Sterling exchange on Paris, 105 3-16. The rate on. November 27 was 105 5-32.