STOCK & SHARE MARKET

Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 145, 22 June 1938, Page 14

STOCK & SHARE MARKET

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22, (938. Buyers. Sellers. £ b, d. £ s. d. N.Z. Government Loans— 3!£ p.c. Inscr. Stock, 15/3/1939-43 100 2 6 100 7 6 3V4 p.c. Inscr. Stock, '15/11/1838-52 — 101 7 6 3% p.c. Inscr. Stock, . „ 15/l7lf>53-57 96 17 6 97 15 0 4 p.c. Inscr. Stock, 15/2/1943-46 102 5 0 102 17 0 4 p.c. Inscr. Stock, 15/4/1946-49 102 5 0 102 17 6 4 p.c. Inscr. Stock, 15/8/1052-55 - 102 10 0 4'- p.c. Bonds, 15/4/ .1916-49 102 7 6 - Banks— Australasia 9 12 6 9 14 0 Erie. Scot., & Aust. 4 16 0 — National of N.Z. ...* 2 14 3 - New South Wales ... 31 0 0 31 17 6 New Zealand 233 2 35 Union of Aust — 8 7 6 Financial— Dalsety and Co — 8 0 0 Equitable IMg. Co. . 0 13 0 — Goldsbrough, Mort & Co * 16 9 - Nat. Mortgage "A" * 2 2 6 — N.Z. Guarantee Corp. — 0 4-6 N.Z. Invest. Mort. and Dep - 0 9 0i Gas— I Wellington (ord.) L ... — 1 16 3 InsuranceNational of N.Z. .... — 0 17 8 Meat PreservingGear Heat * — 0 16 0 N.Z. Refrig. (10s) ..083 — | TransportUnion Steam (pref.) . — 16 8 Silverton Tram 1 15 0 — | Woollen— ' Bond's Hosiery Mills 0 14 9 — Manawatu — 1 14 3 Wellington (ord.) .. — 5 5 6 Bruce (pref.) — 12 0 Coal— . I Taupiri — .0 16 0 Timber— Leyland-O'Brien ..... - 0 18 0i Eotoiti 0 2 6 0 4 6 Rotoiti (pref.) — 0 18 3 Taringarautu — 0 13 6 Taupo Totara (ord.) . — 0 6 0 Breweries— N.Z. Breweries 2 0 6 2 10 Tooth & Co .-• — 2 14 0| Miscellaneous— • ' Anthony Hordern ... — 0 17 2 Aust. Glass + — 4 11 6 Brit. Tobacco Aust.* 2 6 0 — I Broken Hill Pty 2 18 6 , 2 19 6 Broken Hill Pty. (contrib.) 1 15 4 — Burns, Philp, & Co. .. 2 10 0 2 10 6. Colonial Sugar — -46 17 6 Consol. Brick & Pipe* — 0 8 9 iDenhard (pref.) 1 1 .0 — Dunlop-Perdriau 10 0 — Electro. Zinc (ord.) .. 1 16 6 — Electro. Zinc (8 p.c. part pref.) 2 2 0 — G. J. Coles 42 3 42 6 Henry Jones Co-op.,.. — 2 8 0 Howard Smith (ord.) — 110 MacDuffs (pref.) .... — 10 3 MaeDuffs (ord.) — 0 17 0 McKenzie's — 3 3 0 Milburn Lime — 1 17 3 Moturoa Oil 0 5 8 0 5 11 Moturoa Oil (pref.) .. — 0 6 3 N.Z. Drug .......... 3 7 0 — Sharland & Co. (ord.) 0 15 9 — Sharland <fc Co. (pref.) 0 15 9 — Taranaki Oil 0 14 3 0 14 5 Woolworths, Ltd. (ord.) ,, 1 0 J 10 5 Woolworths, Ltd., I Rights — 0 3 6 Mining— | ■Argo * 0 19 — Argo (contrib.) ...* 0 1 5 — I Big River * 0 1 0 — Gillespie's Beach .. — 0 10 Maori Gully 005 — Martha .v.. — 0 11 3 Mossy Creek w.,.. — 0 12 Nemona ?7. 0 14 — Waihi Invests, id. 0 8 2 0 9 0 AustralianBroken Hill South. .. 18 6 — Mount Lyell ...t 1 .5 .0 15 6 'Mount Morgan * 0 8 7 0 8 8 North Broken Hill .* 2 0 0 — 1 Placer Development 3 13 0 — [Wgtn. Alluvials — 0 6 0 Overseas Listings— Woolworth Holdings t — -'0 15 9 UNOFFICIAL LIST. Buyers. Sellers. £ s. d. '£ s. d. National Tobacco ... — 270 Nat. Tobacco (new) . — 2 6 0 N.Z. Perpetual Forests — 1 17 6 N.Z. Perpetual For- ' ests (contrib.) — 0 14 9 Selfridges (N.Z.), Ltd. - 0 16 0 South Wgtn. Pictures — 0 18 6 BUSINESS TRANSACTED. Sales today:— No. of . Shares. £ b. a. 450 Bank of N.Z. ..„, 2 3 6 1 200 Bank of N.Z. 2 3 5 100 Taranaki Oil 0 14 0 ' 20 Woolworths, Ltd. (rights) 0 3 6 150 Mount Lyell + 15 0 I Sales made after going to press yester[day:— No. of Shares. £ »• d. £500 3% p.c. Inscr. Stock, 3/39-43 100 2 6 100 N.Z. Breweries 2 10 100 Burns Philp 2 10 6 50 Burns Philp ..?.. 2 10 3 150 Aust. Glass <J t 4 12 4% 50 Broken Ml ...'.' 2 18 6 100 Taranaki Oil ..'..'!?'... 0 12 1 100 Taranaki Oil • - 0 12 11 100 Woohvorths, Ltd.,. ord. 10 5 *Cum div. |Ex div. BROKEN 1 HILL STEEL OUTPUT. Broken Hill Proprietary Co., Ltd., figures, for the last four-weekly production period of the financial year ended May 31 show that the company achieved a considerable increase in output for the full year compared with the 1936-37 period. Steel ingots amounted to the record total of 854,401 tons, against 783,138 tons in the preceding year. The rise in output of pig iron was not so marked, 674,142 tons produced comparing with 662,522 tens in .1936-37. . The figures are for the fifty-two weeks ended June 5. In the financial year ended May 31, 1937, a net profit of £1,181,171 was earned. This was a record.. The company usually issues a preliminary statement of profits towards the end of July. -''■ ■•'.. GOLD RETURNS. Returns of gold dredging companies as received this week are as follows:— Hours. oz. dwt. Okarlto 112 32 16 Mossy Creek 31 5 KUdare ' (12 weeks 4 days) 72 12 Barrytown 235 272 0 Maori Gully 121 41 11 White's Electric 123 29 0 New Hlver 126 21 0 Gillespie's Bench 120 47 11 Matakl Junction 129 47 0 Worksop 129 48 0 Nemona 118 84 0 Clutha River 112 187 0 MatnkI 130 28 0 Goldflelds Dredge 120 11 5 Argo 130 107 0 Nokomnl — 349 11 Rlmu 133 258 10 DIVIDENDS.DUE. Australian Glass—pref., 4% per cent. ord. 4 per cent., plus 5 per cent. June 22 Genr Meat—Interim, 3d per share .. Juno 25 Argo Gold Dredge—Id per share .... June 25 North Broken Hill—6d per Bhare .... June 23 Goldsbrough, Mort—final, 5 per cent. per annum .. .■ June 29 British Tobacco—quarterly, 2 per cent. June 30 Morris, Hedstrom—3 per cent., making 6 per cent, per annum, plus bonus 2Vs Per cent June "0 Farmers' Trading—ord., 7 per cent. June 30 Cash Orders (Amalgamated)—quarterly pref. at 10 per cent, per annum July 1 .National Mortgaso of N.Z.—Interim at 5 per cent, per annum July 1 Zinc Corporation, Ltd.—final, participating for 1937, ordinary and preference 4S 6d sterling; prefertnee, for first half of 1938, 2s sterling per share July 1 Noycs Bros. (Melbourne), final, 6Yi per cent, and bonus .. V,t> per cent., making 14 per cent. per annum July 5 Howard Smith—quarterly pref. it S per cent, per annum July 7 Woolworths (N.Z.), ord.—5 per cent. July 15 Mount Morgan— 3d per shara July 20