COMMERCIAL

Greymouth Evening Star, 28 April 1941, Page 10

COMMERCIAL

i . ’ STOCKS AND SHARES J f ; [PER PRESS ASSOCIATION.] » I 'j WELLINGTON, April 28. ; i Sales: Four per cent. Stock 1952 . £lO5/10/-, War Loan 1/10/53 £B2 , (2), Woolworths Ltd. 16/-, (2). Re- ; ported: Four per cent. Stock 1952 £lO5/10/-, Wellington Gas prefer-' . ence 22/6, Woolworths Ltd. ordinary 16/-. :! CHRISTCHURCH, April 28. Sales: Govt. 1955 Stock £lO5/10/-. Reported: Dalgety £6/2/6. AUCKLAND SAVINGS BANK. AUCKLAND, April 28. i Total funds reaching a new high (level of £10,687,000, and an increase [of £500,000 in deposits, which was ’almost a record, were revealed at the : annual meeting of the Auckland Savings Bank Trustees, to-day. ■ , | The chairman (Mr. Edward Ander|son) said that evidence of confidence in the 'Bank was the growth in the I number of accounts, which apart from i National savings deposits, was increased during the year by 2,823, making a total of 195,362. The Bank made an interest-free loan of £50,000 to the Government for the juration of the war. Mr. Anderson was re-elected president, and Mr. G. W. Sanders as i deputy-president. 1 COMPANY DIVIDEND. | WELLINGTON, ( April 28. The Stock Exchange Association has received the following advice from the New Zealand Crown, Mines Coy., Limited. On May 7, the direct-

ors in London will recommend a dividend of 3d per share, less tax 7/8 in the pound, on account of the year ended December, 1940. NEMONA. Nemona Gold Dredging Company return for period ended April 24: 24 ounces, 178 hours, 9800 yards. BLACKBALL CREEK

The return from the Blackball Creek dredge was 44 ounces for 96 hours.