STOCK & SHARE MARKET

Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 71, 21 September 1939, Page 14

STOCK & SHARE MARKET

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1939.

BUSINESS TRANSACTED. Sales, first call this day:— No. of Shares. £ s. d. £1700 4 p.c. Govt. Stock, 1943 97 2 6 £300 4 p.c. Govt. Stock, 1949 98 5 0 Sales made after going to press yesterday:— • No. of Shares. , £ s . d. £500 4 p.c. Govt. Stock,. 1943' 97 2 6 £500 4 p.c. Govt. Stock, 1949 98 5 0 50 British Tobacco 2 4 6 50 British Tobacco . . 2 5 0 100 Mac Duffs, , Ltd., pref. 0 7 0 100 Woohvorths, Ltd., ord. 12 0 100 Mount Lyell ..: 1.10 0 *Cum div.

DIVIDENDS DUE. Wbittome, Stevenson—6% 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 4y 2 per cent, per annum Sept. 21 Auckland Farmers' Freezing Co.—6 per cent, per annum Sept. 23 Australian Foundation Investment Trust, Melbourne— i% per cent, per annum Sept. 25 North Broken Hill —quarterly Gd 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., 2V 2 per cent, per annum Sept. 29 Australian Guarantee Corporation— final ord. 5 per cent., making 10 Der cent, per annum Sept. 29 Pukemiro Coal—final 2V 2 per cent. .. Sept. 29 New Zealand Investment, Mortgage, and Deposit—interim, 2 per cent Sept. 30 General Industries —Interim, 5 per cent, ord., 3% 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. 3% per cent., making 7 per cent, per annum respectively Sept. 30 Morris Hedstrom, Ltd. —pref. halfyear, 3 per cent. . Sept. 30 Barnet Glass Rubber — finals cum pref. 6 per cent, and ord. 8% per cent., making 10 per cent, and 12 per cent, per annum respectively Sept. 30 Equitable Building, Wellington — interim, 5d per share, and 2y 2 per cent. on perpetual debenture stock Sept. 30 Cash Orders Amalgamated—interim, quarterly, pref.,. 2^ per cent. .. Oct. 1 United Building, Christcburch—interim, 2y 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. Sd per* share Oct. 2 Wairarapa Farmers' Co-op.—pref. Z% per cent, per annum Oct. 2 Hume Pipe (Australia), Ltd.—final ord. and pref., 3% per cent, per annum, making 7% per cent Oct. 2 I Nestles and Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk (Australasia), Ltd. —quarterly, pref., at S per cent, per annum Oct. 2 Howard Smith—pref., 6 per cent, per annum Oct. 6 Bank of Australasia, interim, 3s fid per share (less British Income tax) Oct. 6 Cresco Fertiliser —ord. lVs Per cent, per annum, pref. 5 per cent, per annum: new pref., fi per cent, per annum Oct. 9 Milne and Choyce (Auckland) —final, pref., 3 per cent: B pref.. 3% per cent.; urd. and deb. stock, 2y 2 per cent., and bonus 1 per cent Oct. 10 Woohvorths (N.Z.), Ltd.. half-yearly pref.. 4 per cent Oct. 15 Woohvorths. Ltd., Sydney—half-yearly ord., G per cent Oct. 15 United Provisions, Ltd., Sydney— ord., 3 per cent, per annum ; final pref., 4 per cent., making 8 per cent, per annum «..,,.»..»... Oct. 30

I Buyers. Sellers. £ s. d. £ e. d. N.Z. Government Loans— 394 p.c. Inscr. Stock, 15/11/193841 — 99 0 0 4 p.c. Inscr. Stock, 15/3/ 1940-43 97 2 6 — 4 p.c. Inscr. Stock, 15/2/1943-46 — 98 2 6 4 p.c. Inscr. Stock, 15/6/1952-55 95,5 0 — Aust. Consol. Stock, 3% p.c, 15/11/51 .. — 107 0 0 Aust. Consol. Stock, 4 p.c, 15/9/61 .... — 106 0 0 Banks— National of N.Z "— 2 7 9 New Zealand 1 17 9 — New Zealand (D, Long Term) 156 — Union of Aust. — 8 0 0 Financial— Dalgety and Co. .... 6 0 0 — Equitable Bldg. Co., 5 p.c. Perp. Deb. Stk. .: — 0 17 0 General Finance — 0 17 0 National Mortgage B — 12 0 Newton King (pref.) — 0 8.0 N.Z. Invest. Mort. and Dep * — 0 9 3 Gas— Auckland 0 14 9 — Christchurch (con.) .. — 0 12 6 Feilding 0 2 2 — Wellington (ord.) .... — 18 3 Insurance — National of N.Z 0 16 4 0 16 10 Nev Zealand 2 12 7 — Meat Preserving— i N.Z. Refrig. (10s).. I — • 8 6 WoollenBond's Hosiery Mills — 110 Oamaru — 0 15 6 Prestige, N.Z. (pref.) ~ 1 2 11 Timaru — 0 12 0 Wellington (pref.) .. 5 4 0 — Coal— Westport 1 06 — Westport-Stockton ... — 0 4 0 Timber— | Kauri : — 1 4 0 Kotoiti 0 3 0 — Breweries— N.Z. Breweries. .... — 1 12 6 Miscellaneous'— Aust. Consol Indust. — 1 15 0 Aust. Consol. Indust., rights 0 3 10 — | Brit. Tobacco (Aust.) ,254 — Broken Hill Pty. ... 3 11 0 — Consol. Brick & Pipe — 0 8 6 Dental and Medical Supply 0 9, 0 — Electro. Zinc (8 p.c. part pref.) 2 15 6 ,— Felt and Textiles ....* — 1 13 0 G. J. Coles 390 — Henry Jones Co-op. 2 11 6 — MacDuffs (ord.) .... 0 2 0 — McKenzie's — 228 Moturoa Oil — 0 4 6 Moturoa Oil (pref.) . — 0 4 9 National Electric ... — 0 14 0 N.Z. Paper Mills .. 14 6- — Radio (1936) ..; — 0 16 0 R. & E. Tingey (pref.) — 10 0 Sharland and Co. (ord.) ...-..:...... 0 12 0 — United Provisions .. 0 10 0 0 11 0 Wilson's ■ (N.Z.) Cement 0 16 3 — Woolworths, Ltd. • (ord.) ....* 116 — Woolworihs (N.Z.) (ord.) 0 17 0 Woolworths (N.Z.) (pref.) * — ' 1 12 6 Woolworths Proper- | ties (prefd. ord.) . — 13 0 Mining— Waihi Investments . 0 6. 5 ■ —' AustralianBroken Hill South; .. 1 9 6 1 12 0 Mount Lyell ...... 1 10 0 1 12 0 North Broken Hill .. — 2 116 Rawang Tin •.•/.... — 0 11 3 Overseas Investment Companies— Aust. Foundation Trust '.., — 0 4 9 UNOFFICIAL LIST. Buyers. Sellers. £ s. d. £ s. d. Assoc. Motorists Petrol (pref.) 12 6 — Aust. Motorists Petrol Cord.) — 0 12 9 Paris Crown Seal .. — 0 11 0 Metters (N.Z.), Ltd. 0 14 2 — Taranaki Oil Develop. 0 16,020 Wellington Mortgages — '096