PRICE AND RETURN

Evening Post, Volume CXXIX, Issue 96, 23 April 1940, Page 12

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:—■ ; ■ i Highest Yield price. p.c,p.a. ■ £ s. d. £ s. d. Wellington.^.'. South, British Inis.... 210 6 216 1 Mac Duffs (ord.) ...... 0 7 3 —• Mac Duffs (pref;)-v.v.. : 0 14 0 — N. Roller Mills X.... 1 0 o^4lo 0 Auckland. ; , Bank of N.Z. ..;;.'.'/::'.' .' 2/3 9 ,4 11. 5 National Insurance W. 019 9 315 11 South. British Ins. ... 2,10 6 2 16; 1 N.Z. Breweries .....; llß> 4 810 ~ Consol. Brick '...... o|9 9-10 51 • M.K.,Mfrs. ......... 0 511 — N.Z. Fanners' Fert. 116 511 7 Golden Crown V...... 0 0,6' —- I .•."•',■■■■■', ■.*. ■ : . - . . Christchurch. ' - - Bank of N,Z. ........ . 2 3 11 , 4 11' 0 ' South British Ins.. ... 2*lo 6 k 2 161 Consol. Brick ...1...^ 0 911 10 18 British Development 215 0 , '— Duntsdin. Govt. Stock, 4 p.p., . : 31/5/1954-58 ......a. 107 0 0 3 10.10 , Bank of N.Z. .:. . 2 3 9 411 5 National Insurance .. 019 9 315 11 . N.Z. Refng., 10s pd. . 0 9, 9 512 9 a. —Market price includes accrued interest but not brokerage. DIVIDENDS DUE. The-following is a list of shares on which dividends will shortly be payable:— . Amalgamated Wireless—interim 5 per cent. .. Apr. 27 Bank "of Adelaide—final at 5% per l cent, per annum Apr. 30 I British Tobacco—interim Quarterly o pref. 1 5-8 per cent. .*.*... i. Apr. 30 Abraham and Williams—interim 2% per cent. .. ................ Apr. 30 Associated Newspapers, Sydney— interim pref. and ord., 2.per.cent. Apr. 30 Drug Houses of. 'Australia—interim ■■■'..■ half-year,1 3 per cent; ........>V. Apr. 30 D.I.C. —pref., 5 per'"cent."....;....... May 1 Australian Iron and Steel—pref.,. at . 7% per cent, (for, 2% years), less 22% per cent, reduction : May .1 Northern Boiler Mills—ord.,^.4%! per ... ■ cent, for full year ............May 2 N.Z. Investment Mortgage and Deposit ■ ■ —final 3 per cent., making 5 per ■ cent, per annum . .V. May 2 N.Z. Malay Bubber—4; per cent. ~on ■ . all shares ........\.j. ;>•'• •£■'- •■ $** % Equitable Bu tiding—final, Td per share May 8 Martha Mine—final, 9d per share- ;•. ; Maylo t Sharland and Co.—interim'..ord., and - ••/ n pref., 2% per cent., ;.;.......... May. 10 Mosgiel Woollen—interim, 4, per cent. May 14 North NWairarapa Building and Invest-. _■■ , ment—final'2% per cent, at 5 per ,- cent, per annum "May 14 Mount Morgan—lnterim ord:, 6d ■; per. •■ _ share .. i........;.:.. i -....... May 15 Dalgety and Co.^—lnterim, 3s pCr share-.- ..,-.' (less British income tax) ..■.".■';.'. May 16 Swan Brewery-^-ord., 6d and bonus of 3d per share ........ ;••••• May ;£9 Broken Hill Pty.—9d per share .... May 29