AUSTRALIAN SHARES

Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 130, 3 June 1937, Page 12

AUSTRALIAN SHARES

SYDNEY MARKET SLACK

(By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright.)

MELBOURNE, June 1,

On the Melbourne Stock Exchange today bonds showed continued strength. Industrials and Barrier Mines were firm on the expectation of a better London market, following the revision of the British tax proposals. Dunlop3 were very busy at 23s 4d. Sales.—Commercial Bank pi Australia, 19s 3d; National Bank (£5 paid), £7 10s; ditto (£lO paid), £15; G. J. Coles, £5 9s; Dunlop-Perdriau, 23s 4d; ditto (prel), 36s 6d; Goldsbrough, Mort, 38s 4Jd; Cox Bros.,' 44s 6d. Mount Morgan, 13s 6d; Mount Lyell, 45s 3d; Broken Hill Proprietary, 83s; North Broken Hill, 745; Broken Hiil South, 51s 9d; Emperor, 16s 6d; Loloma, 19s 9d; Sulphide Corporation, 14s 10d;' Satupulo Tin, "365; Electrolytic Zinc, 57s 3d. SYDNEY, June 2. Business was slack on the ' Sydney Stock Exchange today, which can be expected at this time of the year. Tha market was firm, with most.interest in Commonwealth Bonds. .. .• . , Sales. —Bank of New South Wales, '£36 7s 6d; Commercial Banking Co. of Sydney, £21 16s; Colonial Sugar, £47: 15s; New Zealand Insurance, 645; British Tobacco, 50s; Tooths Brewery, 56sj Tooheys, 33s 3d-; Dunlop-Perdriau, 23s ljd; Gibson and Howes, 31s; Edwards Dunlop, 48s; F. T. Wimble, 47s 6d; United Provisions, 10s 7d; Waldas Shoes, 20s 6d; Taubmans, 70s; David Jones, 41s 9d; Anthony Hordern, 19s 3d.

Electrolytic Zinc, 57s 3d.and (pref.) 58s 9d; Mount Morgan, 13s 4d; Mount Lyell, 455; ditto, New Zealand delivery, 455; Taranaki Oil, 4s; Broken Hill Proprietary, ex dividend, 82s; new -issue, ex dividend, 74s 6d.

THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 1937. ji Buyers. -, rfellers. £ s. d. £ s. d. N.Z. Govt. Loans— ZVi p.o. Inscr. Stock. 15/3/193943 101 2 6 !-. 3M p.c. Inscr. Stock, 15/Vl939-43 101 2 6 I •■. — 3Vi p.c. Inscr. Stock, 15/3/134143 101 2 6 — 3% p.c.■■inscr. Stock, . 13/0/1911-43. 101 '2 ;6 — j Vh p.c Inscr. Stock, 15/11/193S-5S' 101 5 0 — 3'/i p.c. Inscr. Stock, ■ 15/5/1939-52 101 5 0 , — 3% p.o. inscr. Stock, • 15/11/1941-52 ...... 101 .5 0 —. 3V> p.c. Jnscr. Stock, > 15/5/1941-52 101 5 0 — i p.c. Inscr. Stock, 15/2/19!'3-46 103 15 0 104 2 6 4 p.c. Inscr. Stock, 15/4/1946-49 ..103 15 0 104 2 6 4 p.c. Bonds, 15/3/ 1952-55 104 10 0 — Local Bodies Debentures— Makerua Drainage, 4Vi p.c, l/S/1945 — 101 0 0 Makerua Drainage, Vti „ A - p.c, l/S/1953 - 101 0 0 Wgin. City, 4>i p.c, _ •■ . 1/2/57 104 0 0 — Other Debentures— Amalg. Brick, Wgtn. — 100 5 0 N.Z fr.imers' Co-op., I G^en^Bid,: = ' S 5 0° Banks— J Australasia — 12 17 0 Coram. of Aust. (ord.) — 0 19 i Comm. oEAust. (prtv.) — ° ? 2 New. Zealand ......* % 5 * 2 o .9 Union of Aust. :,.... - H o.O financial— Abraham and Williams (ord.) : 2 17 0 - Aliutliam and Williams t (pref.) , 4 5 0 — Golripbrough. Mort. and Co. * 118 0 2 0 0 N.Z. Guarantee Corp. 0 HO — Gas— Chrisfchurch 16 6 — Wellington (ord.) ... 1 ft 3 ' 1 16 0 Feilding 0 1 11 — InsuranceQueensland ......... — -300 Meat Preserving— Gear Meat - 0 16 6 "VVgtn. Meat Export . 0 0 0 — Woollen— . • Prestige (K.Z.) (pref.) — I 5 0 'Timber- 1 Leyland-O'Brien .... — 116 Taupo lotara lord.) . — 0 B 2 Taupo Totara (pref.) ,— ■ 10 0 Tanpo Totara (163 ' ■ paid, pref.) — . 0 lo Breweries— ' I Dominion ■ ' .'. ' — , 2 5 3 K.Z. Breweries (ex ■ rights)' :...../. * -' -• ■ 212 8 Staples and Co. .... — 2 14 0 Tooth and.Co.. .: - . ,2 16 -0 N.Z. Breweries (rights) — 1 0. 0 Miscellaneous — Anthony Hordern ... •—■ . 0 19 0 Aust. Glass :...,..* — 4 12 3 Brit. Tobacco (Ayst.)* • — 2 9 8 Broken. Hill Pty. ..+ .420 430 Broken Hill Pty. (contrib.) ........t - 3 16 9 Burns, Philp, and Co.. — ,3 12 0, Colonial Sugar . v . — 47 10.0 Consol. Brick arid ; Pipe ~ "8 3 Dental and Medical Supply — ° I3. ° Dunlop-Perdriau .... 1 2 10 130 Electro. Zinc (ord.) ..269 — Electro. Zinc (8 p.c. • i part, pref.) 2 18 3 '2 18 9 Farmers Trading — 13 6 G. J. Coles •:..■ 5 80 5 8 9 Hume Pipe 0 19 2 — MacDuffs (pref.) .. 13 6.— N.Z. Drujf — 3 16 0 Prpcera rBread (ord.) — 14 0 SKarlahd and Co. |brd-.fe:: ,.::"."■ =0 19 0 -1 0 3 Sliarlan'd ' and Co. (pref.) - 0 19 0.1 0 9 Shillings, Ltd. ... - 0 10- 3 Taranaki Oil 0 3 10 -. United Provisions ... 0 10 0 — ■ Wilson's (X.Z.I . . Cement * - 1 13 0 Woolworthfi, •' Ltd. ■ , (2nd pref.)'. ..■'... 1 7. 9 — ■ Argus and Australasian -' (pref.). . :i-...r 110 . — Felt & Textiles — , 1 lo H Australia!,— Broken Hill South .* 2 10 0 2 12: 9 Mount Lycll -......* 2 4 11 , 2 5 2 Mount Morgan 0 13 4 0,13 9 Placer Development .* — 4 10 6 UNOFFICIAL LIST. ■ Buyers. \ Sellers. £ s. d. £ s. d Woohrorths, Ltd. .. 7 0 0 7 3 0 Grey River (33-Od pd.) 0 4 3: — BUSINESS TRANSACTED. Sales today:— No. of ■ , »$ '!;*■ ' Shares. ' . £ e. d. ' 50 Mount Lyell 2,5 0 •■ Sales made after going-to press yesterday:— > . No. of ■.: > Shares. ' '£ B. d. ' 100 Bank of N.Z." ■ • 2 5 6' 50 South British Insurance 4 15 0 100 N.Z. Breweries * 2 12 0 ■ •1056 N.Z. Breweries (rights) 14 6. . 125 N.Z. Breweries (rights) 1 4 8 , 400 Dunlop-Perdriau 1 2 3 100 Martha 0 14 8 1100 Waihi Grand Junction (2 sales) 03 1 100 Mount Lyell 2 4 5. 100 Mount Lyell 2 4 6 25 Placer Developments .. 4 10 0 UNOFFICIAL LIST, Sales late yesterday:—No. of Shares. £ s. d. 50 Woolworths, Ltd. .-... 7 0 6 500 New Eiver- Gold .. 0 0 8% *Cum div. DIVIDENDS DUE. Oamaru Woollen Mills—interim, %V, per cent Juna T I. R. McKenzle's Department Stores, Ltd.—17H per cent, per annum Juna 8 Trustees, Executors—final, 4 per cent." June S 'luminlon Fertiliser, 5 p.c. per annum June 9 Sulolo Gold—equivalent In Australian currency of 1 dollar 60 cents Canadian June 10 Placer Development—equivalent In Australian currency of 60 cents Canadian June 10 Bank of New Zealand—final, ordinary shares, Is June 1J Gordon and Gotch—-half-yearly pref. at 8 per-cent, and ord. at 12 per cent, per annum June is Golden 'Sands—Id per share June 15 N.Z. ■ Breweries—final, 4% per cent., making SV«. per. cent; for the yenr June 16 Broken 1 HIM South—1$ 3d per share June 18 Hume ■ Steel—hall-yearly on TVS per ' . cent. pref. June 21 Mount l.yell—Interim, la 6d per'share lane 21 Australian Glass—half-yearly 4% per cent, pref., 4 per cent., plus 5 per cent. ord. »,,;, Juna 23 Wilson's Cement—final, Od' per share June 23 North Broken Hill—quarterly.' No. . 106 of Is 6d per shnro June 25 Morris Hedstrnm—final ~3V4 per cent., makinc 5% per cent, per annum June 30 British Tobacco—interim quarterly, 2 per cent, at S per cent, per annum June 30 ilCational Mortgage and Agency—interim at S per cent, per annum .. July 1 Zinc Corporation—participating, 3s 6d,j>ref." and ord.- (Ies3 English income tax), making 6s per annum; also half fixed *cum dir., 23 on pref. for year ended December, 1!>37 (lesSfEnglish income tax) .. July 1 National Bank of New Zealand—at 4 per cent, (sterling) per annum .. July 3