AUSTRALIAN SHARES

Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 128, 26 November 1938, Page 12

AUSTRALIAN SHARES

MARKETS WEAK

I (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright.) SYDNEY, November 25. The share market showed further weakness today, with a restricted turnover. Most of the medium-priced securities were lower. Base metal shares also were. weaker. Sales . included:— > £ s. d. Bank of New South Wales 29 19 0 Queensland National Bank . 419 0 Bank of New Zealand' 2 1 0 Colonial Sugar 48 0 0 New Zealand Insurance .... 212 3 Howard Smith 0 18 10 Burns, Philp 2 11 3 Tooth and Co 2 15 0 Australian Glass 5 2 0 Dunlop-Perdriau 1 0.6 James Stedman Sweets .., 0 12 0 Mort's Dock 0 12 3 Bankers and Traders 1 12 6 Peters : 2 12 0 Goldsbrough Mort 1 8 6 Mount Morgan 0 9 3 Mount Lyell 1 8 9 Broken Hill Proprietary . 216 6 MELBOURNE, November 25. On the Stock Exchange of Melbourne today there was a strong demand fpr Commonwealth loans. There were no variations of note in investments, which remained quiet. Fijian gold stocks were still weak. Sales included:— £ s. d. National Bank of Aust. (£5 paid) 6 14 0 Howard Smith ...; 0 18 10 Drug Houses 13 0 Melbourne Investment Trust 0 10 4 Dunlop-Perdriau 1 0 6 Dunlop-Perdriau (pref.) . 118 3 Goldsbrough Mort 1 8 4 Herald and Times 2 18 0 Nat. Rel'nce Invest. Trust 0 9 6 Electrolytic Zinc 2 6 0 Mount Morgan .'. 0 9 3 Mount Lyell 1 9 0 Broken Hill Proprietary ... 216 9 North Broken Hill 2 9 0 Emperor Gold 0 9 11 DIVIDENDS DUE. Jason Investment Trust—3 per cent. Nov. 28 Tooth and Co., Brewers, Sydney— interim, 5% per cent., or 11M: per cent, per annum Nov. SO Colonial Sugar—interim, 15s per share Nov. 30 Swan Brewery—ordinary and preference, 6d per share Nov. 30 Anthony Hordern —preference, at IVz per cent., and ordinary, ; at 5 per cent, per annum ; Nov. SO National Bank of Australasia—interim at 6 per cent, per annum Nov. SO Victoria Laundry, Wellington—interim 2% per cent Dec. 1 Dunedin Brewery—interim, 3 per cent Dec 1 Tarlngamutu Totara Timber —final, 4% per cent., making 7 per cent, per annum Dec. 1 Henry Jones Co-op., Ltd., Melbourne —Is 6d per share Dec. 1 Clutha River Dredge—lnterim, SA& (sterling, less British income tax) ,Dec. 3 Victoria Nyanza Sugar—6 per cent. * per annum Dec. 7 Consolidated Brick and Pipe Investments, Auckland—interim at 4 per cent,, cum Dec. 7 Loloma (Fiji) Gold Mines—ls per share (No. 3) Dec. 8 North Broken Hill—quarterly, 6d per share Dec. 8 Moonlight Goldflelds —7% per cent. Dec. 9 New Zealand Breweries Ltd.—interim, 4 per cent Dec. 10 Bank of New Zealand—interim. Is per share, ord.. 3% per cent, on D long term mortgage shares Dec 10 Woolworths (N.Z.), Ltd.—final, ord., at 16 per cent, per annum .. Dec 15 P. and O. deferred—final, 2^ per . cent., bonus 3 per cent Dec. 15 Broken Hill ' South—6d.' per share . Dec. 15 Dominion Breweries, Auckland — interim at 11 per cent, per annum Dec. 16 Mount Lyell—final, Is per share . Dec. 19 Morris, Hedsiifcm, Fiji—interim, 3 per cent Dec SI