STOCK & SHARE MARKET

Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 70, 20 September 1939, Page 12

STOCK & SHARE MARKET

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1939.

BUSINESS TRANSACTED. Sales, first call this day:— No. of Shares. £ s d. • 200 4 p.c. Govt. Bonds (1955) 95 10 0 Sales made after going to press yesterday:— No. of

DIVIDENDS DUE. Fsnney Isles and Co., Brisbane—lnterim 5 per cent Sept. 20 Kempthorne Prosser N.Z. Drug interim 3^ per cent Sept. 20 Whittome, Stevenson—6V> per ' cent per annum ......'. ......' Sept. 21 Castlemaine, Perkins, Ltd.—4 per cent., bonus 2 per- cent., making 10 per cent, per annum Sept. 21 Howard Smith, interim half-year, 2 per cent. .. Sept. 21 Apex Investment Trust—final 4*4 per cent, per annum Sept. 21 Auckland Farmers' Freezing Co.—6 . per cent, per annum Sept. 23 Australian Foundation Investment Trust, Melbourne — iy z per cent, per annum ■ Sept. 25 North Broken Hill—quarterly 6d per share Sept. 27 Yarra Falls —final half-year, 5 per cent., making 10 per cent, per : annum . . .- Sept. 27 Bartholomew Timber—final 2% per cent., bonus 1 per cent Sept. 28 George Farmer. Sydney—ord., 2% per cent, per annum Sept. 29 Australian Guarantee Corporation— I final ord. 5 per cent., making 10 per cent, per annum Sept. 29 Pukemiro Coal—final 2y 2 per cent. .. Sept. 29 General Industries—lnterim, 5 per cent, ord., ZVz per cent. pref. .. Sept. 30 Felt and Textiles— s per cent., making 10 per cent, per annum Sept. 30 British Tobacco Co., Ltd.—quarterly ord., 2 per cent Sept. 30 Dunlop-Perdriau Rubber—finals cum pref. 5 per cent., making 10 per cent., and ord. ZVz per cent., making 7 per cent, per annum respectively Sept. 30 Morris 'Hedstrom, Ltd.—pref. half.- . year, '3 per cent Sept. 30 Barnet Glass Rubber — finals cum pref. 6 per cent, and ord, 8 1/2 per cent., making 10 per cent, and 12 per cent, per aunum respectively Sept. 30 Cash Orders Amalgamated—interim, quarterly, pref., 2'y£ per cent. . . Oct. 1 United Building, Chrlstchurch—interim, 2% per cent Oct. 2 Australian Drug Investments —ord. 4% per cent, per annum, pref. £5 16s 3d per cent Oct. 2 N.Z. Newspapers, Ltd.—interim, 8d per share Oct. 2 Wairarapa Farmers' Co-op.—pref. 3V2 per cent, per annum Oct. 2 Hume Pipe (Australia), Ltd.—final ord. and pref., 3% per cent, per annum, making TVs per cent. Oct. 2 Nestles and Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk (Australasia), Ltd.—quarterly, pref., at 8 per cent, ptr annum Oct. 2 Howard Smith —pref.. 6 per cent, per annum Oct. 6 ißank of Australasia, interim, 3s 6d per share (less British Income tax) Oct. 6 Cresco Fertiliser —ord. 1% per cent, per annum, pref. 5 per cent, per annum; new pref., 6 per cent, per annum Oct. 9 Milne and Choyce (Auckland) —final, pref., 3 per cent; B pref., 3y 2 per cent.; ord. and deb. stock, 2% per cent., and bonus 1 per cent Oct. 10 Woolworths (N.Z.), Ltd., half-yearly pref.. 4 per cent Oct. 15 Woolworths. Ltd., Sydney—half-yearly ord., 6 per cent Oct. 15 United Provisions, Ltd.. Sydney— ord., 3 per cent, per annum ; final pref.. 4 per pent., making 8 per cent, per annum Oct. 30

Buyers. £ s. d. Sellers. £ e. d. N.Z. Government Loans— 3% p.c. Inscr. Stock, 15/11/1938-41 93 10 0 4 p.c. Inscr. Stock, 15/3/1940-43 ...... 97 0 0 4 p.c. Inscr. Stock, 15/2/1943-46 — 4 p.c. Inscr. Stock, 15/4/1946-49 ...... 98 0 0 4 p.c. Inscr. Stock, 15/5/1949-52 96 2 6 4 p.c. Inscr. Stock, 15/6/1952-55 95 2 6 3% p.c. Bonds, 15/11/ 1938-41 98 10 0 99 2 6 97 5 0 98 2 6 98 5 0 Banks — Comm. ofAust. (ord.) — National of N.Z. ... — New Zealand 1 17 8 Union of Aust — 0 15 0 2 S 0 8 0 0 Financial— Dalgety and Co 6 0 0 Equitable Bldg. Co., 5 p.c. Perp. Deb. Stk., — General Finance .... National Mortgage B — Newton King (pref.) — N.Z. Invest. Mort. and Dep. ..' — N.Z. Loan and Merc. (ord. stock) 17 0 0 Wright, Stephenson . 0 18 0 0 17 0 0 17 0 12 0 0 8 0 0 9 3 Gas— Christchurch . (cont.) — Feilding ;... • 0 2 2 Wellington (pref.) .. 10 0 0 12 6 Insurance — National of N.Z. ... — New Zealand 2 12 7 South British 2 2 6 0 16 10 WoollenBond's Hosiery Mills — Oamaru — Prestige, N.Z. (pref.) — > Timaru '.; •. — Wellington (ord.) .. — Wellington (pref.) .. 5 4 0 Coal — 110 0 15 6 1 2 11 0 12 0 5 7 6 Westport 1 0 6 Westport-Stockton . — Timber— 0 4 0 Kauri — Rotojti 0 3 0 1 4 0 Miscellaneous — Aust. Consol. Indust. — Aust. Consol. Indust., rights 0 3 9 Brit. Tobacco (Aust.) — Broken Hill Pty. .. 3 9 0 Consol. Brick & Pipe — Dental and Medical Supply 0 9 0 Electro. Zinc (8 p.c. part pref.) — F.elt and Textiles .... * — G. J. Coles — I.C.I. Aust. and N.Z. (pref.) - MacDuffs (ord.) .... 0 2 0 MacDuffs (pref.) ... 0 7 0 McKenzie's — Moturoa Oil — Moturba Oil (pref.) . — National Electric ... — Radio (1936) — R. & E. Tingey (pref.) — Sharland and Co. (ord.) 0 12 0 Taranaki Oil Fields .. — United Provisions ... — Wilson's (N.Z.) Cement 0 16 3 Woohvorths, Ltd. (ord.) * 1 1 4 Woohvorths Properties (prefd. ord.) . — Woohvorths (N.Z.) . (pref.) * - 1 14 0 0 4 3 2 6 0 0 ,8 6 2 17 3 1 13 0 3 12 0 13 6 2 2 8 0 4 6 0 4 9 0 14 0 0 16 0 10 0 0 5 9 0 11 0 0 16 8 12 0 13 3 1 15 9 AustralianBroken Hill South ... 179 Mount Lyell 19 0 North Broken Hill ... — Overseas Investment Companies— Aust. Foundation Trust — 1 12 0 2 10 0 0 4 9 UNOFFICIAL LIST. Buyers. £ s. d. Sellers. £ s. d. Assoc. Motorists Petrol (pref.) 12 6 Aust. Motorists Petrol (ord.) — Paris Crown Seal .. — Taranaki Oil Develop. 0 17 Fuller Theatre Corpn., £90 Debs., 5Ya p.c, 21/9/1953 50 0 0 0 12 9 0 11 0 0 1 11

shares. £ s. d. £200 4% p.c. Auek. Harbour Board (9/7/57) .... 100 5 0 200 Bank of KZ 1 18 0 350 Westport-Stockton Coal 0 3 11 100 British Tobacco 2 4 9 50 Broken Hill 3 9 6 50-N.Z. Drug S 8 0 *Cum div.