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Greymouth Evening Star, 21 April 1938, Page 8

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GOLD AND EXCHANGE. [BY CABLE —PRESS ASSN. —COPYRIGHT.] (Received April 21, 11.30 a.m.) LONDON, April 20. Gold 139/6, dollar 498 5/8. franc 158 3/8. COMPANY DIVIDENDS WELLINGTON, April 21. The Stock Exchange Association has received cabled advice that Heniy Jones Corporative have declared an interim dividend of sixpence per share, payable on June 1. Further cable advice states that the directors of the Bank of Adelaide have declared a dividend of five per cent, per annum on the paid-up capital, for the half-year ended 28th ultimo, payable on May 4. WELLINGTON, April 21. At a recent, meeting and Company, Wellington, the directors resolved to pay an interim dividend of 21 per cent, on all the shares of the company, pyaable on Maj 7 10. M ATARI. AUCKLAND, April 20 ; The Mataki return for the period ended April 14 was 29 ounces for 102 hours’ work and 7500 yards. PERS. The death occurred on Tuesday night, on board the. liner Rangitane, at. Auckland, of Captain Horace White-Parsons, harbourmaster at Napier. Captain White-Parsons was on holiday leave and was making a coastal trip in the liner. He was born at Lyttelton. 59 years ago. BARRYTOWN DREDGE. For the half month ended April 15. the Barrytown dredge worked 199 hours, treated 84,000 cubic yards and produced 241 ounces of gold. STOCKS AND SHARES. SYDNEY. April 21. Bank of New South Wales £3l/15/-. Australian Gas A £7/8/6, British Tobacco 48/6, Broken Hill Proprietary 61/3. WELLINGTON, April 21. Sales, morning call: Mount Lyell £1 s/-. Sales, Noon Call: Four per cent. Stock 1949 £lO2/2/6, £lO2/5/-; Skippers id (two sales). CHRISTCHURCH. April 21. Sales: Commercial Bank of Australia 16/4, New Zealand Breweries 44/6, British Tobacco 47/9, Woolworth’s Ltd. (ex div.) 22/1, Woolworths (S. Africa) 15/3. Grev River (10/- paid), 12/6 (3), Sandhills ljd, Mount Lyell 28/6 (3). DUNEDIN, April 2L Sales: Bank of New Zealand £2 3/9; Broken Hill Proprietary £3/0/6 (2), Sandhills 2d.