COMMERCIAL

Evening Post, Volume CXXXII, Issue 8, 9 July 1941, Page 9

COMMERCIAL

SHARE MARKET

I Bineib. Sellers. I July 9. E .s (I. £ s. <!. N.Z. Govt. Stocks— 4 p.c, 15/2/1943-4G.... 102 7 6 — 4 p.c, 30/11/1948 .?... 101 3 0 101 12 6 N.Z. Govt. Bonds— War Loan, 1/10/1953 ... S> j 2 6 — " Aust. Consol. Stk. 4 p.c, ~ „ 15/11/1941 — 101 0 0 Looal Bodies Debentures— Wanganui Harb. Bd., 4»4 p.c, 1/4/1950 ....... 102 Oft .— Banks, Insurance, Finance— * Australasia ;..,... — S S 0 National of N.Z. ......T — 1 1G 0 New South Wales . 27 5 0 — New Zealand ... ... 115 S 11j 11 New Zealand D Long Term ~.... 17 0 — Union of Aust. T « 8 0 "(> 10 6 National Insurance ... — 019 0 N.Z. Insurance .. * 3 4 9 ' — South British — 2 13 0 Standard — 3 0 6 Equitable Bldg. Co. ... 0.7 8 — Equitable Bdg. Co., 3 p.c. Pern. Deb. Stk. 015 0 — Farmers' Co-op. Auct'ug. 4 2 0 — General Finance — 0 lt> 0 Goldsbrough, Mort, & Co. 1 5 9 National Mortgage B ... — 11.6 N.Z. Guarantee Corp. .. 0 2 3 — N.Z. Loan & Merc. (ord. stock) 2ti 0 0 Wairarana Farmers (pf.) 0 4 11 — Wgton. Invest. T. & A. . — 0 9 fi Wgton. Trust Loan ... — 476 Traders Finance (cont.) 0 2 11 — Other Shares— Auckland Gas (10s fully paid) 0 5 8 — Christchurch — 1-1 6 Wellington Gas (ord.) 19 0 1 10 G Gear Meat 0 11 6 — N.Z. Refrigerating (£1) 0 16 9 — Huddart Parker (ord.) . — .2 6 0 Union Steam (pref.) ... 16 6 — P. & O. Defd. Stock 1 5 G — Bond's Hosiery Mills ... 1 .5 0 — Felt Textiles (ord.) 2 1) .'{ — Kaiapoi 0 15 3 — Kaianoi (pref.) 0 17 0 — Manawatu ' — 1 2 0 Oaniaru 1 0 0 , 1.0 It Prestige, N.Z. (pref.) . 1 .1 3 — Timaru '— 0 11 9 Wellington Wool, (pref.) 0 15 0 — Pukemiro Coal 0 1G 3 — Westport — 1-3 0 Kauri Timber — 1 2 t> Leyland-Q'Brien ' 0 15 0 — Kotoiti ..: — 0 4 0 Cai'lton Brewery 3 10 — N.Z. Breweries 11l G — Tooth and Co 2 10 9 — Tui 1 S 3 — Swan ~ 1 3 0 — Queensland l 2 (5. —; Anthony Hordern 0 12 fj - — Aust. Consol. Industries 2 i 0 — ' Broken Hill Pty. ..... 2 21) —. Burns, Philp, & Co. ... 2 10 0 —. ' C. M. Banks (pref.) . — 0 11, 0 Consol. Brick and Pipe f — 0 T" 0 D.I.C. (ord.) 6 13 6 "—••'• D.I.C. (pref.) 13 6 -v:-^--Electro. Zinc (rights) . 1 8 7 1- 810 General . Industries 017 0 . — G. J. Coles * 3 1 3 ~ Henry' Jones Co-op 2 8 0 i. Hafine Pipe 0 12 0 — 1.C.1. Aust. and N.Z. (pref.) * 13 6 — Mac Duffs (pref.) — 0 19 3; McKenzie's v. 2 10 2 3 01 Moturoa Oil (pref.) — 0 4 9 N.Z. Drug (£1 paid) .. 2 9 0 . ~ \ N.Z. Farmers' Fertiliser* 019 0 . '—.. - N;Z, Newspapers ...... — 1 10 0 Keid Kubber (rights) .. 0 2 11 — -.- K. &K. Tingey (pref.) . 1 0.3 — , ••,- Selfridges (A'asia) , 0 17 . :' 0 0" IS 3: Taranaki Oil-Fields' " 0-5-'S> Taranaki Oil Develop. . — 0 2; 2United Provisions 0 f. 0 ■ -■ Wilson's (N.Z.) Cement 018 3 .—■'. "■■ Woolworths LUI. (ord.) 0 16. 0 _ ■ W Tool\vorths Ltd. (2nd • pref.) * 1 6 6 —! Woolworths Properties (prefd. ord.) t 14 3 — Masonite Corp 16 9 — Metters (N.Z.) 0 13 6- ■— Kirkcaldie & Stains (pref.) — -0 14... 6 Alexander (£1 fully pd.) 0 5 0 —. .'.; Argo ' — 0-10 Big River Mine 0 0 7 — Martha Mine —. ' 0 710 Emperor1 0 10 ' 6 " '"'— "''" Mount Lyell 1 7 6 — Woolworths Holdings (South Africa) — 0 15 3 Sales iToday.—First call: £1250 War Loan (1/10/53), £85 ss; 93 A.Z. Drug (contrib.), £2 Os 3d; 100 Mt. Lyell, £1 7s 9d. Sales after going to press yesterday: ■•£IOOO 4 p.c. . Stock, (1948.)., .£lO4 10s;, £550 4 p.c Stock (1949), £103 10s; £500' Arrialg. - Brick (Wgtn.), £101 ss: 200 Commercial Bank (brd:). 14s; 1700 N.Z. Guarantee Corp, 2s 4d; 50 South British Insurance. £2 I3s; 200 - Walhi Investments,.4s 6d; 50 Mt. Lyell, £1 7s 9d.Unofflcial List. —Buyers: National Tobacco,. 30s 6d; Colonial Motor Co:^ 25s (sellers ;fßs)-> Wellington Publishing £3: N\Z.. Theatres; ;(B: pref.), Is Id; Pacific Forests, 4s; J. : J. .JjTiyen,. Ss (sd. Sellers: Golden Bay Ceineut, Iffs". pi ; Kadio Corporation (pref.), 21s (id;; Keystori?; Investments, 4s- 6d; Wellington, Peritia'netffc" Building. £10, ■..■...-. :, , , , v ,v■?-'-' *Cum div.. jEx div... .-:;• : : •.v (P.A.) AUCkLAND, This D&yy.:-'. Sales, morning call:-—New Zealand.' Insurance, 65s 3d; Standard Insurance^. 60s 3d; Auckland Gas, 5s 9d; Mouht/ Lyell, 27s 9d; Stock (15/2/1943-4"6)r £102 10s; Amalgamated Brick, Wellington (31/3/1944), £101 ss. : . ■:

Noon .call: Electrolytic Zinc, rights. (2), 28s 9d; Gear Meat, lls 9d;: WooJ-; worths (Sydney), 16s Id. : ;:.::■;:;••

(P.A.) CHRISTCHURCH This Day. j i

Sales reported: War Loan, £85 ss; Bank of New Zealand, 35s lOd; New Zealand Insurance, 65s 3d; South British Insurance, 53s (3); New Zealand Drug, 77s (all late yesterday); Perpetual Trustees, 51s.

DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED.

The Union Bank of Australia, Limited, has declared an interim dividend equal to 3s (English currency) per share, less British income tax of 11.7 d per share, making the net dividend 2s 0.3d per share, English currency. The warrants will be drawn on Wellington and will be payable at any of the bank's branches in New Zealand at the buying rate of exchange for demand drafts on London at the date of the warrants, namely, July 30, 1941. Directors of Chas. Begg and Company, Ltd., recommend a dividend of 5 per cent, for the year, free of national and social 'security taxes. Electrolytic Zinc has declared today a dividend of 8 per cent, for the halfyear ended June 30, payable September 26, both preference and ordinary, shares. This dividend makes a total distribution for the year of 14 per cent;.