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Evening Star, Issue 22890, 23 February 1938, Page 14

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METAL MARKET, Press Association —By Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, February 22. (Received February 23, at 1 p.m.) Copper.—Standard, £4l 8s lidj forward, £4l 11s 10id. Electrolytic.—Spot, £45 ss; forward, £46. Wire bars, £46. Tin.—Spot, £lB6 17s 6d; forward, £lB6 12s 6d. , Lead.—Forward, £ls 16s 10id; spot, £ls 18s lid. , , Spelter.—Spot, £l4 16s lOJd; forward, £l4 16s 10Jd. Silver.—Spot, 20Jd an ounce; forward, 21 11-16 d. LONDON SHARE QUOTATIONS. Press Association —By Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, February 22. (Received February 23, at 1 p.m.) New Guinea Gold, Is; Bank of Aus, tralasia, £8; E.S. and A. Bank, 86s; Union Bank of Australia, £6 16s 3d; Bank of New South Wales, £24 15s; National Bank of New Zealand 408.66; Bank of New Zealand 32s 9d; British Tobacco, 38s lid; Goldsbrough, Mort, 23s lid: Dalgetys, 128 s 9d; P. and O. D£f6rr6Qj 21s 6d j Nsw Zg&lz ihq, L/o&h and Mercantile 4 per cent, debentures, £93 10s; ordinary, £25; Clutha River Company, buyers Is 9d, sellers 2e (ex div.); Molyneux River Company, buyers Is, sellers Is 3d. ap ß rrtfw''-T.. CAPEL TRUST DIVIDEND.. [Pes JXkitbd Press Association.] WELLINGTON, February 23. The directors of the Capel Trust have recommended a dividend of 2i per cent, on the old shares and pro rata on the new shares. • - .f. • SYDNEY STOCK EXCHANGE* press Association —By Telegraph—Copyright SYDNEY, February 23. (Received February 23, at 2 p.m.) Bonds: 4 per cent., 1938, £102; 1941, £lO4 2s 6d; 1961, £lO5 15s. Shares: Broken Hill Proprietary, 62s 6d; Colonial Sugar, £46 12s 6d; Goldsbrough, Mort, 30s 9d; Hume Pipe, 21s; Kandos, 35s 9d; Lustre (pref.), 23s 6d. SALES ON ’CHANGE: THIS DAY. Auckland.—First call: Commercial Bank, 16s 8d; Bank of New South Wales, £32 2s 6d; Northern Steam, 4s (cont.), 10s; Entrican Sims, 14s 6d; British Tobacco, 49s 4d; Martha (2), 15s 4d; Mount Lyell, 30s 3d. Unlisted: A.P.A., 9s 9d; Coromandel, Is Id. Noon call: Bank of New Zealand, 435; Union (Bank, £8 19s; Auckland Gas, 20s 4d; Taranaki Oil, 6s 7d; Woolworths (New Zealand), 21s; Broken Hill South, 335; Mount Morgan, 9s 6d. Christchurch. ■— Commercial Bank of Australia, 16s 7d; W es f~ port - Stockton Coal, 2s lid; Broken Hill Proprietary (con.), 32s sd; Electrolytic Zinc (cum div.), 46s 4d, 46s 5d (2); G. J. Coles, 80s 6d, 80s 9d, 80s 6d; Kauri Timber, 225; Woolworths Ltd. (ord.), 26s 9d (3); Grey River (8s 9d paid), 11s 6d; Broken Hill South (cum div.), 33s 9d (2), 33s lOd; Mount Lyell, 30s 6d (2), 30s 7d (2); Mount Morgan, 9s 5d (3) ; _ Rawang Tin, 9s 3d. Reported: Kaiapoi Woollen (17s paid), 12s (late sale yesterday). Wellington.—First call: G. J. Coles, £4; Mount Lyell, £1 10s 3d. Reported : Four per cent. Stock (1949), £lO4 7s 6d; Bank of New Zealand, £2 2s lid; Tooheys Ltd., £1 11s 3d; Colonial Sugar, £46 ss; G. J. Coles, £3 19s 9d; Woolworths Ltd. (ord.), £1 7s. Noon cal!: National Bank of New ■ Zealand, 53s 6d; Commercial Bank, 16s 7d: Bank of New Zealand, 42s lid; Wellington Woollen (ord.), £5 3s; Dominion Fertiliser, 23s 6d; G. J. Coles, 80s 3d, 80s 6d; Electrolytic Zinc (ord.), 46s sd; Woolworths Limited (ord.), 275; Woolworths Ltd. (second pref.), 28s 6d; Mount Lyell, 30s sd.