AUSTRALIAN SHARE PRICES

Evening Post, Volume CXXIX, Issue 63, 14 March 1940, Page 14

AUSTRALIAN SHARE PRICES

(By Telegraph— Press Association—Copyright;) SYDNEY, March 13. The Sydney Stock Exchange closed at noon today for the annual cricket match. The market was reported as generally steady. Sales included: — £ si d. Bank of Australasia .... 9 0 0 Bank of N.S.W 27 6 0 Com. Bank of Sydney 18 9 0 Dalgety and Co 6 17 6 Colonial Sugar, N.Z. deliv. 50 2 6 [Toohey's, Ltd 1 7 9 General Industries 0 18 0 G.J.Coles 3 11 0 Mort's Dock 0 17 6 William Adams 0 13 0 W. Atkins 1 2 10£ Broken Hill South 1 7 6 Arahura Gold 1 10 0 MELBOURNE, March 13. Sales on the Stock Exchange of Melbourne today included:— , . £ s. d. Goldsbrough Mort 1 79 G.J.Coles 3 10 9 Dunlop-Perdriau, ex div. .. 0 19 2 Imperial Chemicals ? 1 ■ 2 3 Broken Hill Proprietary .. 2 6 9 Emperor Gold 0 14 9 I DIVIDENDS DUE. The following Is a list of shares on which dividends will shortly be payable:— National Mortgage—at ■ 5 per cent. j per annum :. Mar. 14 Electrolytic Zinc-r-ord. and pref. interim 12 per cent, per annum .. Mar. 15 j Broken Hill South—6d per share ... Mar. 15 W. R. Carpenter—interim half-year. 5 per cent? Mar. 15 Huddart, Parker —pref., 3 per cent.. ord. 7 per cent Mar. 16 Gr.ey Kiver Gold Dredge—4d Mar. 21 Bond's Hosiery Mills —10 per cent, per annum Mar. 29 Bank of Australasia—4s 6d sterling per share less British income tax Mar. 29 General Industries, Ltd., Sydney—final pref. 3% per cent., making 7% per cent, per annum; final ord. 7% per cent., making 12% per cent, per annum Mar. 30 Claude Neon, Ltd., Sydney—interim half-yearly 5 per cent Mar. 30 Australian Paper Manufacturers—interim half-year pref., 3 per cent. Mar. 30 Barnet Glass—half-yearly cum pref. ■ 4 per cent., ord. 3% p.er cent. .. Mar. 30 Dunlop-Perdriau Rubber —interim halfyear cum pref., 5 per cent.; ord. i 3% per cent Mar. 30 'British Tobacco —quarterly 2 per cent. Mar. 30 [Morris Hedstrom —Interim 3 per cent., ! payable in Fiji Mar. 81 United Building, Christchurch—final 2 per cent. Apr. 1 ****ath and Co. —interim ord. and ' pref., 2% per cent Apr. 1 Nestle and Anglo-Swiss Milk—interim ' quarterly pref.. 2 per cent Apr. l' Felt and Textiles —Interim half-year at 10 per cent, per annum .... Apr. 1 Kanieri Dredge—Is per share Apr. 2 Howard Smith —ord. 3 per cent., making 5 per cent, per annum .... Apr. 3 Howard Smith —quarterly, pref., on 6 per cent, cum pref Apr. 6 Myer Emporium—interim ord. 3 per cent. Apr. 6 Woolworths, Ltd. —final paid-up ord. 7% Per cent, and 4 per cent, from tax-free reserve, total 17% per cent per annum Apr. 15 Woolworths (NZ.)— half-yearly «ref. 4V> per cent., less social tax . . Apr. lu Wooiwqrths (W.A.)—final. 12% per cent, and bonus, 2% per cent. .. Apr. la Australian Iron and Steel —pref.; at 71/2 per cent, (for 2% years), less 22% per cent, reduction May 1 Mount Morgan—interim ord., 6d per share May 15