AUSTRALIAN SHARES

Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 14, 16 July 1937, Page 12

AUSTRALIAN SHARES

ACTIVE MARKETS

(By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright.) SYDNEY, July 15. On the Sydney Stock Exchange today business in industrials covered a wide 1 range of issues, and prices moved r within narrow limits. The market . showed strength generally. . 1 Sales: National Bank of Australasia, s £5 paid. £7 10s 6d; Bank of Adelaide, ', £6 9s; Colonial Sugar, £48; Mercantile Mutual Insurance, 32s 3d. Associated Newspapers, 235; Burns, Philp 73s Cd; British Tobacco, 50s: Tooth's Brewery, 565; Tooheys, 33s 7«d; Australian Glass, 935; Dunlop-Perdnau, ? 24s lid; Goldsbrough Mort, 3os 9d; 1 Farmers, 34s 9d; Anthony Hordern, 19s ; 4id- David Jones, 435; Waldas Shoes, s 17s lOJd; Hume Pipe, 20s 3d; Mangro- > vite, 19s; Felt and Textiles, 395; ' Nestles (pref.), 34s Gd; Associated Pulp , (contributing), 17s 6d; Mark Foy, 2fas 3d; Cash Orders, 21s Gd; Mauri Bros., 71s; Kandos Cement, 25s 7Jd; Stedman, 17s - G J. Coles, £5 11s; Woolworths Ltd., < buyer £6 10s, seller £6 16s; Woolworths (New Zealand), buyer £4 15s, '■ seller £5 10s; Self ridges (Australasia*. : seller 295. Electrolytic Zinc, 58s 9d; Electrolytic ■ Zinc <pref.), 59s 6d; Mount Morgan, ' 11s 6d; Mount Morgan (New Zealand delivery), 11s 7d, 11s 8d; Mount Lyell. 43s 6d; Mount Lyell (New Zealand delivery), 435; North Broken Hill, 75s Gd; Kuala Kampar Tin, 22s 9d; Hawang Tin, 12s 9d; Larut Tin, 19s 3d; Placer Development, 81s; Emperor, 14s sd; Tonkah Harbour Tin, 23s 3d; Tonkah : Compound Tin, 27s 6d; Sulphide Corporation, 15s lOid. MELBOURNE, July 15. On the Melbourne Stock Exchange today bonds were fairly quiet. Investments had a good undertone. G. J. Coles improved sharply on the announcement of a final dividend o£ Is 6d a share, and an issue of bonus shares of one in ten. Sales: Commercial Bank of Australia, 18s 7d; National Bank of Australasia, £5 paid, £7 11s; Howard Smith. 225. British Tobacco, 50s 6d; G. J. Coles, £5 11s; Australian Iron and Steel (pref.), 27s Gd; Australian Glass, 935; Dunlop-Perdriau, 24s Id; Goldsbrough . Mort, 35s 7Jd; Hume Pipe, 20s 3d; i Melbourne Electric Stock. 19s 6d; Yarra < Falls, 40s; Cox Bros., 19s 6d. Electrolytic Zinc, 58s 9d; Electrolytic Zinc (pref.), 59s 3d; Mount Morgan, ] lls 9d; Mount Lyell, 42s 10-Jd; Broken , Hill Proprietary, 85s; North Broken Hill, 75s 3d; Broken Hill South, 48s ' 6d; Emperor, 14s 6d; Loloma, 19s 8d; | Sulphide Corporation, 16s. QUEENSLAND NATIONAL BANK } (By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright.) 1 SYDNEY, July 15. J It was unofficially stated on the Stock Exchange today that the Queens- -1 land National Bank is raising its dividend from 4 to 4J- per cent., bringing , it into line with the Bank of Adelaide for its latest financial year ended J March 31, 1937. a The Queensland National Bank paid i an interim dividend of 2 per cent, on r: February 18. The distribution for sev- . eral years has been at the rate of 4 per cent, per annum. The Bank of 1 Adelaide paid 4£ per cent, for the last financial year. • -]

FRIDAY, JULY Ifi, 1937. Buyers. Sellers £ s. d. £ s. d N.Z. Govt. Loans— 'iVz p.c. Ins. Stock, ].5/3/1930-43 102 0 0 — 3:/i p.e. Ins. Stock, 15/9/1939-43 102 0 0 — 3Vi p.c. Ins, Stock, ]5/3/1941-43 .. . 102 0 0 — 3 1,*: p.c. Ins. Stock, 15/9/1041-43 .... 102 0 0 — 3% p.c. Ins. Stock, 15/11/1041-52 102 10 0 3 p.c. Jus. Stock, 15/5/1941-52 102 10 0 . 354 p.c. Inser. Stock, 15/11/103S-41 101 0 I) 4 p.c. I us. Stock, 15/3/1940-43 101 V> 0 1 3% p.c Bonds, 15/11/ 1938-41 101 0 0 31& p c. Bonds, 15/1/ 1953-57 t 93 0 0 4 p.c. Bonds, 15/2/ 11I43-4G 10-1 0 0 104 15 C 4 p.c. Bond*, .15/4/ 1040-49 — 104 lo I 4 p.c. Bonds, 15/8/ 1952-53 - 103 0 ( 5 p.c. .Rural Bonds, 15/0/1947 102 5 0 3 p.c. Inser. Stock, 15/7/1039-41 ....1- OS 0 0 — Local Body Debentures— Makerua Drainage, Hi. p.c, 1/8/1945 .... ; — 101 10 C Makerua Drainage, 414 . p.c. 1/8/1953 — 101 10 C Other Debentures — Amalg. Brick (Wfrtri.) - 90 10 ( Grand Central Bldgs. - GO 0 0 Gisborne Sheepfarmcrs, 6Ms p.c, 31/8/ 1941 100 0 0 — Banks — Adelaide 6 10 — Australasia — 12 13 0 Coinm. Aust. (ord.)* 0 IS 4 0 IS i Comm. Aiist. (prof.) * 9 7 0 — Coinm. Banking Co. Sydney - 22 0 0 Eng., Scot., & Aust. ■■■ -- 6 \ 0 New South Wales .. -- 3j 12 b New Zealand 2 3 6 2 4 0 New Zealand (D Long Term) 17 0 - Union of Aust * — 10 1/ 0 I Financial— Equitable BIdgs Co. .. 0 10 6 ~ N.Z. Guarantee Corp. 0 4 10 0 o 0 N.Z. Invest. Mort. and Jjep - 0 10 3 N.Z. Loan & Merc. (on!, stk.) 44 0 0 46 0 0 Wgtn. Trust Loan .. — ;> 1j 0 GasAuckland — ! 2 0 Auckland (contrib.) .. — . 0 1G 0 Christchurcli 1 "' 6 — Gisborne - 0 10 0 Wellington (ord.) .... 1 15 0 — Wellington (pref) .. 14 3 — Feilding 0 2 0 — Insurance—t South British ■*}(!» — Meat PreservingCanterbury 0 11 0 Gear Moat ..' 0 18 3 — N.Z. Kef rig. (10s) .. 0 8 10 — Wgtn. Meat. Export .050 — TransportUnion Steam (pref.) .10 0 — Kelbm-n Tramway (ovd.) 1. 1 0 - Kolbiirn Trannvay (pref.) 1 I » ~ Woollen— Prestige, N.X. (pcef.) — I '< '' Wellington (ord.) .... — y 19 0 Wellington (pref.) .- 5 IS 0 ~ Timaru - ° 10 ° Coal— Wostport 3- " c ' ~ Wcstport - Stockton —- » - « Timber— Kauri — | ° 3 National — « l\ ° Rotoiti — 0 5 0 Tnupo Totara (ord.) . — „ ,« „ Taupo Totara (pref.) — » ? Taupo Totara (10s pd.) — 0 lu 9 Breweries— I Carl ton 3.6 0 — Dominion -— „ , V* „ N.Z. Brewerieg 2 10 0 2 II .. N.Z. (contrib.), 5s pd. — 118 J> Staples rand Co 2 10 6 i J I u Tui ..'.' a W ° " MiscellaneousAnthony Hordern ... — ? J^ „ Aust. Glass 4 11 0 B 0 Brit. Tobacco (Aust.) — 2 10 .5 Broken Hill Ply 4 3 6 4 4 3 Burns, Philp — <ili ° Claude K reou Lights (N Z ) — 1 10 0 Colonial Sugar 47 S 0 47 17 G Denhard (pref.) .■ 10 0 —• Dental and Medical Supply -- '? " Dunlop-Perdnaii I. >> * 1 «i J Electro. Zinc (S per cent, part pref.) ..* 2 IS fi 2 10 0 G. J. Coles ' 5 11 C iiJ2 (i Henry Jones Co-op. .281) -- MacDuffs (pref.) ...-. — "I « ° National Electric .... — , ,2 n N Z Drug — .1 10 0 Sliarland & Co*, (ord.) — 0 1?" 5 Taranaki Oil 0 4-9 0 a 0 Wilson's (N.Z.) Cement — J* Motoroa Oil (ord.) . — 0 •> K.D.V. Boxes (cont.) . — 0,48 Mining— Gillespie's Beach ... — ? ,- 5 Martha 0 15 0 0 3d / Nemoun — ' ' Waihi Investments .. — 0 12 4 Waihi Grand Junction 0 2 10 0 3 0 AustralianBroken Hill South .. — 2 9 0 Mount Lyell 2 2 0 2 2 8 Mount Morgan 0 11. 3 0 11 0 North Broken Hill .. — 3 16 0 Placer Development .. — 4 10 Rawang Tin — 0 12 S