AUSTRALIAN SHARES
SYDNEY MARKET STEADY
(By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright.) SYDNEY, May 13. The Sydney share market continues fairly steady despite the unsettled elements at home and abroad. Sales included: — £ s. d. Bank of Australasia 9 .7 0 Mercantile Mutual Ins 1 8 9 Bank of N.S.W 28 0 0 British Tobacco 2 7 0 Tooheys, Ltd. 1 8 10 Tooths Brewery 2 10 9 Aust. Gas (A) 6 6 0 Aust. Consol. Indust 1 18 0 Aust. Iron and Steel (pref.) 17 9 Burns Philp 2 13 6 Dunlop-Perdriau 0 19 3 Woolworths, N.Z 0 14 6 William Atkins 1 3 0 Felt and Textiles 2 1 10 Meggitts 1 11 0 Electrolytic Zinc b Broken Hill Proprietary .. 2 6 3 Kuala Kampar Tin 0 14 8 MELBOURNE, May 13. Sales on the Melbourne Stock Exchange today included:— £ s. d. Union Bank 7 4 0 Howard Smith 13 3 Electro. Zinc 2 15 6 Mount Lyell 1 10 8 Broken Hill Proprietary .. 2 6 1 ___ ■ I _™_-_— PRICE AND RETURN ■ 1 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. £ sd. Wellington. State Advances, 3 3-8 p.c, 1/9/55-60 ....a. 98 3 9 — Auck. Gas, 5 p.c, perp. deb. Stk. ..a. 101 0 0 — Napier, 4% p'.c, 1/4/ 57 ".a. 104 0 0 — N.Z. Breweries ... 1 16 10 4 12 3 G. J. Coles 3 15 6 4 19 4 Woolworths, Ltd. .. 10 3 4 6 5 Auckland. Govt. Stock, 4 p.c, 15/3/40-43 a. 101 15 0 3 9 0 Govt. Stock, 4 p.c, 15/4/46-49 a. 103 0 0 3 11 7 Govt. Stock, 4 p.c, 30/11/48 ....a. 105 5 0 3 8 7 Auckland Gas, perp. deb. Stk 101 0 0 -- Bank of N.Z 2 3 3 4 12 5 National Insurance .. 0 19 4 3 17 7 Farm. Auct., A pref. 116 4 13 0 Auckland Gas .... 0 9 6 5 15 9 Kaiapoi Woollen .. 0 15 4 4 9 6 Colonial Sugar .... 56 0 0 3 0 8 Consol. Brick 0 9 4% 10 13 4 G J. Coles 3 16 0 4 18 8 N.Z. Newspapers .. 17 9 4 16 1 Woolworths (N.Z.) • ( pre f) 1 16 6 4 18 7 Woolworths, Ltd. .. 10 0 4 7 6 Metters (N.Z;) 0 15 0 — Modern Shbes ........ 0 10 0 — Christchurch. I A.C. Industries 1 19 10% 3 8 9 Colonial Sugar .... 56 10 0 3 0 2 Imp. Chemicals (pref.) 14 0 4 3 4 Dunedin. Bank of N.Z 2 3 6 4 11 11 Kaitangata Coal ... 1 11 0 813 a.—Market price includes accrued interest but not brokerage, j
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIX, Issue 113, 14 May 1940, Page 10
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484AUSTRALIAN SHARES Evening Post, Volume CXXIX, Issue 113, 14 May 1940, Page 10
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