DUNEDIN STOCK EXCHANGE

Evening Star, Issue 23726, 6 November 1940, Page 5

DUNEDIN STOCK EXCHANGE

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DIVIDENDS AND CALLS. The following is a list of shares on which dividends will shortly be payable;— N.Z. Paper Mills —Interim, 3 per cent. , Nov. 15 D.I.C. Ltd. —Pref., 5 per cent., free of security tax; ord., 7 per cent Nov. 16 National Bank of Australia Ltd. —lnterim, 6 per cent, per annum ... ... Nov. 27 Bank of New Zealand—lnterim, ord., Is a share, Long D, 3J per cent. ... Dec. 7 Henry Jones Co-operative—ls fid a share Dec. 16

SOUTHLAND STOCK LITTLE CHANGE IN VALUES [Per United Press Association.] INVERCARGILL, November 5. There was a slight increase in the number of fat sheep yarded at Lorneville to-day as compared with last week’s sale, and the entry consisted almost wholly of ewes, there being very few wethers. The sale was a sound one front beginning to end, and the values showed little change compared with last week. Prime heavy woolly wethers brought from 45s to 47s 9d, good quality 41s to 435, medium 36s to 38s, light-weights 31s to 335. Good quality medium shorn wethers, 32s to 34s 6d; light-weights, 28s to 30s; prime heavy woolly ewes, 33s to 35s 6d; good quality ewes, 29s to 31s; medium, 26s to 27s 6d; unfinished, 18s to 225; prime young shorn ewes, 24s to 26s 3d; prime heavy ewes, 23s to 245; good quality, 21s to 225; medium. 18s 6d to 20s; unfinished, 15s to 16s fid. Fat lambs sold from 23s up to 33s for lambs of exceptionally good quality. There was only a medium entry of fat cattle. The quality, with the exception of a few, was only average. The sale was bright and prices were about 10s to 15s better than last week. Extra prime heavy bullocks made up to £23 ss, prime quality medium-weights £l6 5s to £l7 10s, handyweights £l4 10s to £ls 15s, light-weights £l2 to £l3, prime heavy heifers £l4 15s to £ls 10s, medium-weights £l3 to £l3 15s, handy-weights £ll 10s to £l2 10s, lightweights £9 to £lO, prime quality cows £l4 to £ls, good quality medium-weights £l2 5s to £l3, light-weights £lO 10s to £ll 10s. unfinished £8 to £9 ss. SHEEPSKIN PRICES FIFTH SCHEDULE ISSUED The fifth schedule, of prices for sheepskins has been issued by the New Zealand Sheepskin Controller under the same conditions as before in the terras of the agreement of sale to the United Kingdom. The respective rates for the various grades are as follows ; \ Full wool; 56-60, super 101 d, sound 9^d; 50-56 93d, 9d; 48-50. 9id. B]d; 46-48, 9d, Bid; 40-44, B|d, Bd. Three-quarter wool: 56-60, super 9^d, sound BJd; 50-56, Bjd, 81d; 48-50, BJ(d, 7|d; 46-48, Bd, 7jd: 40-44, 7Jd, 7*d. Half-wool; 56-60, super 6id, sound 61d; 50-56, 6id, 6d; 46-48, 6d, 5Jd; 40-44, 6d, s|d. Quarter-wool: 56-60, super 4£d, sound 4d; 50-56, 4id,' 4d; 46-48, 4id, 4d; 40-44. 4id, 4d. Hoggets: 56-60, super 91d, sound B|d; 50-56, 9d. 81 d; 48-50, 7Jd; 46-48, Bid, 7j-d; 40-44, Bd. 7id.

Buyers. Sellers. £ s. d. £ 6. d. N.Z. GOVERNMENT LOANS34 p.c. Bonds, 1953-57 100 10 0 — 34 p.c. Stock. 1953-57 100 10 0 — 4 p.c. Stock* March, 1940-43 101 0 0 — 4 p.c. Bonds. Nov. 30 1948 104 10 0 105 10 0 4 p.c. Stock, Nov., 1949-52 105 5 0 106 0 0 War Loan, October, 1953 79 0 0 BANKING— New Zealand (£1) ... 2 0 3 2 1 3 E.S. and A. (£3) ... — 4 15 0 National of New Zealand (£2 10s) — 12 0 6 National of Australasia (£10) — 12 5 0 Union of Australia (£5) 6 18 0 INSURANCE— National (7s) — 0 18 7 New Zealand (£1) ... 3 0 0 — SHIPPING— P. and O, Deferred (Stock (£1) 1 3 0 1 4 3 U.S.S. Co. (pref., £1) - 1 6 0 ✓ MEAT PRESERVING— N.Z. Refrigerating (paid, £1) ... — 1 0 0 1 0 6 N.Z. Refrigerating (cont., 10s) 0 9 2 0 9 3 Waitaki Farmers’ Freezing (£5) 4 15 0 — Dalgety (£5) — 7 0 0 National Mortgage (£2) — 1 17 0 National Mortgage (“ B ” issue, £1) ... 1 0 0 1 3 0 Perpetual Trustees (18s) ... 2 11 0 — Trustees. Executors, and Agency (£3) ... 4 2 0 — Wright, Stephenson (ord., £1) -■ 0 19 6 COAL— Westport-Stockton (ord.) 0 2 0 OIL — Moturoa (pref., 5s) ... — 0 5 0 Taranaki Oil Development (cont.) — 0 4 6 WOOLLEN COMPANIES— Bond’s Hosiery (£1) 1 7 0 — Bruce (ord., £1) 1 0 0 — Bruce (pref., £1) 1 0 0 — Kaiapoi (ord., 17s) ... 0 13 0 — Kaiapoi (pref.. 17s) — 0 17 0 Mosgiel (£4) 10 10 0 MISCELLANEOUS— British Tobacco (£1) 2 9 3 ~ MISCELLANEOUS— Brown, Ewing (pref., £1) — 1 3 0 Crystal Ice Co. (£1) 2 2 0 — D.'I.C. (ord., 10s) ... — 0 14 0 D.I.C; (pref., £1) ... 1 3 6 — Dominion Fertiliser (£1) 1 7 3 1 8 0 .Donaghy’s Rope and (Twine (£1) ... ... 2 13' 0 — Dunlop Perdriau Rubber (£1) 0 19 6 — G. J. Coles ... ... — 3 11 0 Macdufis Ltd. (pre'., £1). 0 18 0 — Milburn Lime and Cement (£1) — 2 0 9 National Electric (£1) 0 17 11 0 18 6 N.Z. Drug Co. (£2) 3 15 0 — .N.Z. Paper Mills (£1) - 1 9 3 — Regent Theatre (£1> — 1 0 6 Southland Ice Cream I 3 6 — Woolworths (N.Z., ord., 5s) ... ... ... — 0 16 3 Woolworths (Sydney, ord., 5s) — 0 18 2 Woolworths Properties (ord., £1) 1 4 6 1 6 0 BREWERIES— New Zealand (£1) ... 1 11 9 1 13 0 Dunedin 1 0 0 1 2 6 Tooths (£1) ... ... — 2 16 0

OVERSEAS MINING— Electro. Zinc (ord., £1) 2 14 0 — Electro. Zinc (prcf., £l) 2 15 0 — Emperor Mines, Fiji 10s) — 0 11 6 Mount Lyell (£1) ... — 1 10 6 Mount Morgan (2s 6d) 0 9 7 0 10 6 Wellington Alluvials , — 0 4 5 N.Z. MINING— Big River (Is) 0 0 6 — ■ Gillespie’s ■ (Is) ... ... — 0 0 6 Martha (5s) — 0 7 6 Nokomai (5s) 0 1 0 0 1 9 Okarito (5s) 0 0 8 — Paddy’s Point (5s) ... — 0 0 7 Sandhills (Is) — 0 0 1 UNLISTED STOCKS— All Stocks in this section are not quoted on the official list, and trans actions are subject to a different rate of brokerage. Mackintosh Caley Phocenix (£1) — 0 10 0 National Tobacco (ord. £1) 1 10 0 1 12 0 Dunedin Ice Cream 1 7 0 — Otago Farmers (A pref.) — 0 19 6