COMMERCIAL

Evening Post, Volume CXXXIII, Issue 136, 11 June 1942, Page 7

COMMERCIAL

SHARE MARKET

THUJtSDAX, .JUNE 14, 1942. Buyers' prices; sailers' prices in parfcnthesefe;— . N.Z. Govsmmwtf A.oaAs.— 2% p»c. StocK, 1946,, £98; 3 aJiC. :3M5i, £98 >13s:; fja, \!Mfr4B s ! £99 ISs; 3 >J?.C, 1951-.54, £ff9 .(£93 12s 6d>,;: 3ft rp.c, 3,957-60 {£10£> ;3% px., 1953-57,; £103.; A pec, M43-A6, 4*0,0 17s M} ,4 ;p.c vj 1948 (£lO4 15s); "4 p.c,, 1946-49 (£lO3 5s);; 4 p.C.^ £8152-53. £107 to; 4 p.c, 4854-08, £0i06) ss; 4 p.c. T3tind«. W43-3.6, £100 17s 6d; War; Loan, 1853 (&&« «« 6d). ' > B«nk«. Insurance, Finance.—Australasia, £S> 6s; Cmnmerctal of Aust. (ard,'), l*s-; 3»iationalf of N.Z., Ai i&s:, National of Australasia £11'(£11 17s (>d) ; New South Wales, £27 15s: N.Z.t, £1 18s 2d (£1 19s) ; Union of AuaU. £6i 16s; Queensland Insurance, £2 4s; Kcwton' King (pref.), 12s tJd); N.Z. Guarantee Corp., 2s 6a; Wairar*pa J".(?jmers, .(prfif.),, 5s dd .(.7*); Wellingtoa Invest. IT. swcl A., :as <?*£. Other Shares,—:WeUlH£tpn G*s. (ord.), £1 As 2d; .G«fx Jtoftt, *&> «d; N.Z. K^rl««»tt&g (£l)^ lift? 6d; fimjaart ipaxfeer .(nrdj, ££ Is,;, Bruce, Ms*; Xai*poi Wmsllen, *8S Mr, M&m^ watu*., &l .fis; as M; Wtmingten Wpollmimr (ST is>-r Wellington WooUen (prcjt.^ iij 4si ..isytead-O-'Briea Timber., itej 3d; ■BrMsb Tobacco <Aust.)t, £1 Us 6d;, Broken «01 Pt3f.t, illfe; D.J.C. .(ord.). Uw 6d; Electrolytic Zinc (ord.) (£2 Is); Electrolytic Zinc (8 p.c. part, pref.), £2 Is 6d; G. J. Coles, £2 6s; 1.C.1. Aust. and N.Z. (pref.) (£1 4s 6d) ; MacDufts (ord.) (7s 6<i) ; MacDufls (pref.) (18s 6d); Moturoa Oil, 4s 3d; National Electric, £1 2s 3d; N.Z. Drug, £3 12s 9d; N.Z. Farmers' Fertiliser, 16s 6d; N.Z. Paper Mills (£1 12s) ; Taranaki Oil Fields (6s 6d) ; United Provisions, 9s; Wilson's (N.Z.) Cement", 15s; Wra. Cable (pref.), £1 2s 3d; Woolworths Ltd. (ord.), 13s lOd; Woolworths <N.Z.) (ord.)*, 12s 9d; Mount Lyellf £1 3s 6d. No sales first call this day Sales made after going to press yesterday :—-£lllO 4 p.c. Stock, 1949-52, £104 17s 6d; £300 4 p.c. Stock, 1954----58. £106 10s; 100 Bank of N.Z., £1 18s 4d; 140 Union Bank, £8 17s 6d; 100 N.Z. Insurance, £3 3s 6d; 25 Wellington Woollen (ord.), £6 18s 9d. «Cum div. tßx' dir. (P.A.) AUCKLAND, This Day. Sales (morning call): New Zealand Insurance, 63s 9d; Auckland Gas, 6s 6d; Australian Iron and Steel (pref.), 255; Auckland Harbour Board. 4% p.c (1948), £104 15s. Noon call: United Building (Auckland). 19s 9d; Wilson's Cement, 15s 6d; Woolworths (N.Z.), 12s lid (2); Auckland Harbour Board. iYi p.c (1948), £104 15s. DUNEDIN, This Day. Reported sale: Woolworths (N.Z.), ord., 12a lid. BUSINESS IN BRIEF. Singapore Cold Storage Co., Ltd., has been registered, in Sydney as a foreign company with a capital of 4,000.000 Straits dollars, about £600,000 New Zealand currency. The bead office is io Singapore Peter Robinson Ltd., the great London drapery establishment, reported net profit for 1941 of £17,831. against a' loss of £12,155 the previous year. Austin Motors' profits for 1941 were £1,760,893, the highest for the pa6t ten years. Dividend 20 per cent, per annum. DIVIDENDS ANNOUNCED. (By Teiegrapb-r-Press Association —Copyright.) LONDON, June 9. Cable and Wireless have announced a final dividend of 2% per cent., making a total of 4 per cent. This dividend is the same as last year's. Directors of The Robinson Ice Cream Co., Ltd., Auckland, recommend payment of a dividend of 8 p.c. : National Mortgage and Agency Co. of New Zealand has declared an interim dividend at the rate of 5 per cent, per annum for the halfyear ended March 31, payable July 1 at the National Bank of New Zealand, London. . DOW JONES SHARE AVERAGES. (By Telegraph—Press ABSooiatlon-'-Copyfight) NEW YORK, June 10. Dow Jones (1926 equals 100):— 20 30 ' Shares Rails. Indus. sold. June 1 .... 23.59 101.37 307.006 June 4 .... 23.36 102.15 334.000 June 6 .... 23.48 104.52 103,000 June 10 23.70 105.9 398,000 Industrials, 1911; High, 133.59; low, 106.34. LONDON SHARE INDICES. (By, Teiegraph— Press Association—Copyright.) ''"■"' LONDON. June.lo. ■"Financial Times" indices (1926 equals 100):— ' ' Govt. Home Indus- Gold* see's, rails, trials, mines. Juno 1 113.9 57.3 100.3 151.6 June 5 .... 113.9 57.4 101.4 152.7 June 8 .... 113.9 57.7 101.7 152.8 June 10 114.0 57.9 102.1 153.4 Industrials, 1941: High, 105.9; low, 83.0. SHARES IN LONDON. (By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright.) LONDON, June 9. Stock Exchange quotations, with previous prices, are as follows :— May 26. June 9. ■■■ •■■•' ■.••.: -. ■. •:■•:£• ;b. d. '■'■£. :s. d. D&lgety, 4 p.c 74 10 0 75 10 0 Dalgety shares 3 2 6 37 6 British' Tobacco .... 13 9 13 9 Goldsbrough Mort ... 015 0 015 0 P. and O. Defd 17 9 1 7 10 & Okarito Five-mile Beach reports a washup of Kos Sdwt of gold for 92 hours' dredging.