AUSTRALIAN SHARES

Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 107, 2 November 1939, Page 16

AUSTRALIAN SHARES

PRICES MOSTLY STEADY

(By Telegraph— J Jress Association—Copyright.)

SYDNEY, November 1

Share prices were mostly very steady j on the Sydney exchange today. The j declaration of Russian neutrality; caused a brighter, tone this afternoon, when trading became active. Sales included:— £, s. d. Bank of New South Wales 27 1 0 Commercial Bank of Sydney 18 12 0 . Comm. Bank of Australia .• 0.14 6 Associated News 0 16 4 Associated News (pref.) .. 019 6 Howard Smith ■ l 1 2 4 G. J. Coles 3 8 3 Australian Consol. Industries 1 15. 10 Australian Consol. Industries (eontrib.) 0 12 1 Cash Orders Amal 0 15 9 Sargents, Ltd 17 6 Electrolytic Zinc 2 16- 0 Electrolytic Zinc (pref.) .. 217 0 Mt. Morgan, N.Z. delivery . 0 9 3 Broken Hill Proprietary . 3 9 3 MELBOURNE, November 1. Sales on the Melbourne Stock Exchange today included:— £ s. d. Bank of Australasia 7 15 0 National Bank (£5 paid) 6 2 0 Dunlop-Perdriau 0 17 8 Australian Consol. Industries 115 9 Australian' Consol. Industries (eontrib.) Oil 9 Mt. Morgan 0 9 2 Loloma . 14 3 PRICE AND RETURN Latest sales reported and made on the Stock Exchanges of the Dominion, with the highest prices and approximate yields per cent, per annum to investors (all subject to appropriate taxes and exchanges where operative), based on last year's distributions and considering - redemption and brokerage, in the case of redeemable securities where ' dated, were as follows:— Highest Yield. price, p.c. p.a. £ s. d. £ c. d. Wellington. Inscr. Stock, 4 p.c, 15/3/1940-43 .a. 98 15 0 4 611 Inscr. Stock, 4 p.c, 15/11/1948 a. 100 17 6 4 0 9 Inscr. Stock, 4 p.c, 31/5/1954-58 a. 97 17 G 45 3 N.Z. Breweries ...... 116 3 413 9 A.C. Industries; cont. 013 6 — Broken Hill Pty. ..... 319 G 3 210 Colonial Sugar 52 0 0 217 8 Consol. Brick 0 710 12 15 3 Dunlop-Perdriau ... 110 613 4 Electro. Zinc (ord.) 3 2 0 416 9 G. J. Coles '.. 319 0 414 11 Mac Duffs (ord.) 0 2 6 — Mac Duffs (pref.) ..... 074 — Taranaki Oil 0 15 6 — Woolworths, Ltd. .... 1 5 0 310 0 Big River 0 0 6 — Auckland. Insicr. Stock, 3% p.c, 15/1/1953-57 a. 92 0 0 4 310 Inscr. Stock, 4 p.c, . 15/4/1946-49 a. 97 15 0 44 10 Comm. Bank Aust. . 015 10 4 9 5' Bank of N.S.W 29 17 6 4 0 4 Bank of N.Z. 2 0 0 5 0 0 N.Z. Insurance 215 6 312 0 South British Ins. ..' 2 5 6 3 2 3 Farmers' Auct. (B pref.) 018 6 5 8 1 Pukemiro Coal 0 14 6 6 17 U Auckland Gas 0 15. 3 611 1 Huddart Parker 3 2 3 ,4 9.11 Broken Hill Pty. .... ,3 19 4 3 3 0 Bycroft, Ltd. (15s pd.) 1 9 6 4 14 Colonial Sugar .' 51 12 6 218 1 Consol. Brick . 0 7 9 12 18 0 Donaghy's Rope '.-...: 2 7 6 44 2 Electro. Zinc (ord.) .323 416 4 Wilson's Cement ... 017 10 441 Woolworths, Ltd. ... 152 396 Emperor Mines 0 11 fi — Mount Morgan .. 010 1 --* Rawang Tin ........: 010 0 — Grey River 0 16 10 — Woolworths Holdings. (S.A.) y 015 1 . — Hellaby's (5 p.e. pref.) 10 0 — Selfridges (A'asia) ... 0 9 9 — ' Christchurch. Inscr. Stock, 4 p.c, • 15/4/1946-49 a. 97 12 6 4 5 1 Inscr. Stock, 4 p.c, 15/6/1952-55 ..*,,.. .a. 97 17 6 4 6 6 Goldsbrough, Mort .... 11l 9 2 16 8 N.Z. Insurance 2 15 (i 3 12 0 N.Z. Refrig. (10s pd.) .0 8 9 6 5 8 Westport - Stockton « (pref.) 0 7 8 7 16 6 Christchurch. Gas .... 15 0 512 0 N.Z. Breweries ......" 116 3 413 9 Tooth and Co 2 17 0 4 0 8 Donaghy Rope 2 7 6. 4 4 2 Dunlop-Perdriau : 112 612 3 Electro. Zinc (pref.) 3 3 3 414 10 Taranaki Oil 0 5 6 — Woolworths, Ltd 15 3 3 9 3 Argb Gold .' 0 13 — Grey River 0 17 0 — Broken Hill South . 1 12 3 — Placer Development . 4 2 0 — Woolworths Holdings (S.A.) 0 15 0 — T_. Recce, Ltd. (pref.) 0 210 ; — Dunedin. Huddart Parker ..... 3 26 4 9 7 N.Z. Breweries ...... 116 3 413 9 British Tobacco 2 12 0 3 16 11 Electro. Zinc (ord.) 3 2 0 416 9 Crystal lee 2 0 0 5 0 0 McKenzie's Stores ... 2 16 614 11 Woolworths (N.Z.) .. 017 10 49 8 a.—Market price includes accrued interest but not brokerage. --/