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Evening Post, Volume CXXXVI, Issue 73, 23 September 1943, Page 4

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WELLINGTON STOCK EXCHANGE. NO'sales-at first call today. YSales made after-going to press yesterday:— £G0O r 3 per cent. Stock (15/12/53-56). £98 2s 6d; 200 Woolworths, Ltd. 1 (ex dm), 17s 9d; 10 Colonial Sugar, £57 15s; 200 Consolidated Brick, 9s 6d. N.Z. Ne^vspaners. interim dividend of Sd per share, payable' October 1. NEW GUINEA GOLD. (By TeleCTapb—Press Association— Copyright.) V.-'J;V":\''■• LONDON, September 21/ New Guinea gold shares, 2s l%d (September "16 price was Is lid). BANK/SHARES IN LONDON. (By 'Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright.) LONDON, September 21. On the London Stock Exchange, quotations for bank- shares and other corporations' debentures and stock, with comparisons for September 7, are:— * . . ;, Sept. 7. Sept. 21. ■'.. ' £ s.'d. £ s.-d. Bank-of Australasia ..:« 6 7 6 6 7 6 E.S. and A. Bank 3 5 3 3 5 9 Union Bank ' 5 2 6 5 2 6 Bank of N:S.VV 20 10 0 20 10 0 National Bank of N.Z. .. 118 0 117 6 Bank of N.Z. .... 110 0 110 0 British Tobacco ....... .112 0 1 14 0 Goldsbrough Mort .....". 10 0 10 0 Dalgety 4 " 3 5 0 0 P. and O. Defd 1 14 0 1 13 3 Loan and Merc, 4 p.c. . 88 10 0 86 0 0 Loan and Merc, (ord.) . 27 10 0 30 10 0 Prices of bank shares, August 24, were:— Bank of Australasia, £G 17s (id; E.S. and A. GGs 3d; Union, £5 7s 6d; N.S.W., £20 10s; National of N.Z., 395; Bank of N.Z., 30s. DOW JONES AVERAGES. (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright.) NEW YORK, September 21. Dow Jones averages (1920 equals 100) : — 20 rail- 32 Indus- Share 3 roads. trials. sold. Sept. 2 34.55 - 137.11 290,000 Sent. 16 34.57 138.36 534.000 Sept. 18 35.40 140.94 656.000 Sept. 20 35.43 141.75 1,098,000 LONDON SHARE INDICES. [By Telegraph—Press Association—Copvrlgut.* LONDON, September 22. "Financial Times" stocks and share Indices, with previous quotations, are (October 15, 192G, equals 100) :— Govt. Home Indus- Goldsees, rails, trials, mines. Sept. 1 112.3 G7.7 129.9 163.5 Sept. 15 112.1 66.0 129.9 161.1 Sept. 16 ....... 112.1 66.3 129.9 162.6 Sept. 20 112.3 66.3 130.2 163.8 Sept. 21 112.3 66.1 130.2 164.3 ALEXANDER MINES MEETING. The 17th annual meeting of Alexander Mines was held at Keefton. Mr. D. A. McVicar presided. The directors' report, balance-sheet, and statement of accounts for the past year ended May 31 last were adopted. The retiring directors, Messrs. J. B. Discaciatl and "James Haisty, were re-elected. Mr. Mi J. Fogarty was re-elected auditor. Mr. James Haisty, director, was unable to be present at the meeting through illness. Impressions of sympathy with best wishes for a speedy recovery were made at the meeting.