AUSTRALIAN SHARES

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXI, 24 April 1937, Page 16

AUSTRALIAN SHARES

PASTORAL AND BREWERIES STRONG SYDNEY ,22nd April. On the Stock Exchange the turnover to-day was restricted. Metal shares recovered slightly, while pastoral ami brewery issues were strong. Sales: —Commercial Bank of Australia, 19s 9d; National Bank, £lO paid

£l6; Bank of New Zealand. 44s 9d;j Huddart. Parker, 39s 9d; Australian i Gas, A, £7 ss; G. J. Coles, £5 7s; Drugj Houses. 27s lOld; Winchcombe, Carson. 1 375; Henry Jones Co-op., 475; Anthony* Hordern. 20s ljd; W. H. Soul, 84s; Kandos Cement, 23s lOJd: sledman Sweets, 17s; Waldas Shoes, 21s 3d; Victoria Nyanza Sugar. 18s. Mount Morgan, 15s Gd; Mount Lyell, 46s 6d; ditto. New Zealand delivery. 46s 9d; Kuala Kampar. 23s 6d; Placci' Development. 945: Larut, 20s 6d; Taranaki Oil. 4s 2d; Puchong Tin, 33s Gd: Pungah Tin. 33s 6d; Electrolytic Zinc. 595; and pref. 60s. SYDNEY. 23rd April. Sales on the Sydney Stock Exchange 1 include:--Bonds. 4 per cent. (1944). £lOl 13s Od. 4 per cent. (1957), £lO2 7s 6d: Bank of New South Wales £3B 2s 6d: Goldsbrough Mort, 37s 6d; Wilcox MofTlin. 14s 3d; TootlTs Brewery. 57s 3d; Toohey’s Brewery. 33s Gd: Broken Hill Proprietary. 83s 9d, and (new), 76s 9d: Electrolytic Zinc. 59s 9d: British Tobacco. 51s; Colonial Sugar, 45s sd; Dunlop-Perdriau Rubber, 21s 4Jd. MELBOURNE. 22nd April. Bonds and investments remain steady on the Stock Exchange, while some recovery was evident to-day in base metals, Zinc Corporation being the exception on their probable liability under the new English income tax. Sales.—Commercial Bank of Australia,, 19s lOd; National Bank of Australasia. £5 paid. £7 19s; ditto. £lO paid, £ls 18s; Adelaide Steam, 32s 3d; Carlton Brewery, 62s 6d; G. L. Coles, £5 6s Gd: Australian Iron and Steel, pref., 26s lOJd; Dunlop-Perdriau, 21s sd, pref. 35s 3d: Goldsbrough, Mori, 37s 7£d: Henry Jones, 465; Hume Pipe. 20s 4d; Yarra Falls. 425. Mount Morgan, 15s 6d; Mount Lyell, 46s 9d; Broken Hill Proprietary. 82s 9d: Zinc Cporporation, £6 15s; Emperor. 17s Id; Loloma, 22s 4£d; Sulphide Corporation, 15s; Electrolytic Zinc, 595, and pref. 60s 3d. D. R. Edwards (F. and D. Edwards, j Ltd.), Sharebroker, Country Member of Wellington Stock Exchange, Trafalgar street. Telephone 208. F. G. Twiss, Sharebroker. Country Member of Wellington Stock Exchange, 100 Trafalgar street. Telephone 427. N.Z. PAPER MILLS DIVIDEND DUNEDIN, This Day. The directors of New Zealand Paper Mills recommend a dividend of 4 per cent., making 7 per cent, for the year. NEW YORK PRICE OF TIN LONDON, 22nd April. Tin is quoted at 59.25 cents per lb. WHEAT PRICES LONDON, 22nd April. Wheat cargoes are firmer. Parcels are quiet. Futures.—London: May, 47s 7Jd a quarter; July, 47s 4d. Liverpool: May, 9s 9fd a cental; July, 9s 6Jd: October, 8s IOJd. The spot trade is firm. Australian, ex ship, 49s 6d. Flour is steady. Australian, ex* store, 34s 6d to 35s 6d. Chicago Wheat Futures.—May, 132 J cents a bushel, July 118 5-8 cents, September 116$ cents.