AUSTRALIAN COMPANIES'

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXII, 18 January 1939, Page 6

AUSTRALIAN COMPANIES'

WOOLWORTHS AND MT. MORGAN TUnited Press Associationl WELLINGTON, 17th January. Woolworths, Ltd., Sydney, have advised the Stock Exchange Association that the following interim dividends, based on shareholdings as at 31st January, have been declared, and will be available for payment on 15th February l Interim dividend of 5 per cent, on paidup 10 per cent, preference share capital; interim dividend of 3£ per cent, on paid-up 7 per cent, preference share capital. Mount Morgan Limited has advised the Wellington Stock Exchange that the directors have declared an interim dividend (the second) on preference shares at the rate of 8 per cent, per annum (Australian currency) for the six months ending’ 15th February, 1939, payable in Sydney on that date. Queensland National Bank Ltd. has advised the Wellington Stock Exchange that an interim dividend for the halfyear ended 31st December, at the rate of 45 per cent, per annum, on paid-up capital, is declared payable on 16th February to shareholders on the register at the close of business on 15tn February. This dividend will be paid free of Queensland income tax and income (State development) tax.