STOCK EXCHANGES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21324, 27 October 1932, Page 7

STOCK EXCHANGES

YESTERDAY'S SALES RETURN ON INVESTMENTS 1' ollowing is a list of yesterday's transactions on New Zealand Stock Exchanges. In tho second column is given tho return, based on the last annual dividend, from investment at tho quoted price. In the case of Government and other redeemable securities no return is given, in view of the new method of quotation, but tho months in which interest is duo are shown. In calculating the return on shares in companies which pay their dividends outside New Zealand 'exchango rates, being Jiablo to fluctuation, have not been taken into consideration. The first column gives the figures at which the sales were made:— AUCKLAND EXCHANGE lieturn on Sale price Investment £sd X s d Bonds, 1936, 51 (Feb.-Aug.) . . 100 2 6 Stock. 1937, 51 (Sep.-March) . . 100 0 0 Nat. Bunk N.Z. . . 4 13 <l6 2 Bank of N.Z., D pref. 1 9 0 5 3 5 Standard Insurance . 210 0 5 0 0 Tooth's Brewery (2) . 112 3 419 3 Colonial Sugar. . . 49 15 0 5 0 6 Wilsons Cement . . 1110 6 9 0 Ditto . . .. 1 11 6 6 7 0 The following; gales also look place:— Cornish Point, 3d; Golden Point., 6d; Kawarau, 7d. * WELLINGTON EXCHANGE Bank of N.Z. . . 2 6 0 6 4 7 Ditto, D pref. .. 1 9 3 5 2 7 Bank of N.S.W. .. 28 17 6 * Leyland-O'Brieu . . 019 9 + Wilsons Cement . . 111 6 f 6 7 0 CHRISTCHURCH EXCHANGE Stock, 1937, 51 (Sep.-March) . . 100 5 0 —• Christchurch Tramways Board, 1944 , 51 (2 ) 96 0 0 Com. Bank iAus. (2) . 014 9 3 710 Australian Glass . . 2 0 9 313 7 N.Z. Kefrig. (103 pd.) (3) . . .. . . 0 2 11 17 2 10 Waihi . ; .. 017 6 11 8 7 The following sales also took place:— Okarito, 8s 4d (2),; Golden Point, Gd; Cornish Point, 3d. DUNEDIN EXCHANGE Nat. Bank N.Z. . . 4 0 9 4 6 8 The following sales also look place:— Cornish Point, 3d. 31d (2); Golden Point, 6Jd; Okarito, 8s 31d. 8s 4}<l. 'lnterim dividend reduced, tlnterim dividend passed. AUSTRALIAN STOCK EXCHANGES YESTERDAY'S BUSINESS (Received October 26, 7.55 p.m.) SYDNEY, Oct. 26 The Sydney Stock Exchange is still awaiting tho loan decision of the Premiers' Conference and business to-day was restrict Cij. This morning's sales were:—Commonwealth 4 per cent bonds: .1938, £lOl 10s; 1941, £lOl 15s; 1944, £100; 1947, £100; 1950, £IOO 6s 3d; 1953, £IOO 15s; 1955, £IOO 12s 6d; 1957, £101.2s 6d; 1961, £IOO. Tooth's Brewery, 36s 6d; Goldsborough Mort, 27s Wilcox and Mofflin, 6s 3d; Dunlop Perdriau, 18s i Closing sales were:—Commonwealth 4 per cent bonds: 1938, £lOl 10s; 1941, £IOO 12s 6d; 1944, £100; 1950, £IOO 7s 6d ; 1957, £101; 1959, £99 15s. Bank of New South Wales, £32 12s 6d; Dunlop Perdriau, 18s 3d; Goldsborough Mort, 27s 3d; Australian Drug, 8s 6d; Colonial Sugar, £55 10s; Taranaki Oil, 3s. Melbourne sales were:—Australian Loan Sto*k: 1944, £99 15s; 1947, £99 17s 6d. Commercial Bank, pref., £8 8s; Australian Paper, 295; Broken Hill Proprietary, 27s

LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE BANK SHARES AND DEBENTURES LONDON, Oct. 25 On the London Stock Exchange quotations of bank shares and other corporation debentures and stocks compare with previous quotations as follows: — Oct. 10. Oct. 25. Banks— S. s. d. £ 8. d. New South Walcj . 26 15 0 27 7 6 Australasia .... 9 6 3 963 Union of Australia 7 2 6 7 5 0 National of N.Z. ..4 2 0 4 0 0 N.Z. 4 p.c. guaranteed stock . . . . 100 0 0 99 10 0 N.Z. Shares . : . . ,2 13 9 218 6 Debentures — N.Z. Loan and Mer- , ca.ntile, 4 p.c. , . 72 0 0 71 10 0 N.Z. Loan and MerCBintile, ord. stock 47 15 0 49 0 0 Mt. Lyells 0 18 3 BRITISH WAR LOAN British Wireless RUGBY, Oct. 25 On the London Stock Exchange to-day the feature at the close was a sharp recovery in leading British Government stocks, especially war loan (assented), which was quoted at'£lo2, compared with £lOl :Lss yesterday. AMALGAMATED WIRELESS INCREASE IN REVENUE A neb profit of £77,159, an increase of £17,963 on the previous year, is disclosed in the report of Amalgamated Wireless (Australasia), Limited, for the year ended Juno 30. The directors state that, allowing for the amount brought forward and deducting the sums allocated to general reserve and dividends, the credit balance at Juno 30 amounted to £55,198. This sum had been carried into the current year's accounts and the directors paid a final half-year's dividend of 4 per cent, amounting to £29,771, which made a total of 7f per cent for the financial year. The directors had also allocated a further sum of £20,000 to general reserve and a balance of £5427 was carried forward. VALUE OF THE POUND On the latest quotations £1 in Auckland is worth approximately: — s d 18 0 • in London 22 9 in Sydney 12 2J in New York 13 41 in Montreal 12 2 in Paris 12 2} in Berlin 26 11 in Yokohama 12 51 in Batavia CALL. AND DIVIDEND LIST Dividends— Duo South British—final, Is 4d a share 1 To-day Elec. Zinc (pref.)—half-year to June 30, J931. 8 p.c. p.a. . . To day United Bide. Soc.—final, 3 p.c. To-morrow S. R. Maxwell—7j p.c. for year To-morrow British Tobacco—quart., pref., Gi p.c. p.a Oct. 31 Whitcombe and Tombs, Ltd.— final, 3 p.c. Oct. N.Z. Guar. Corp.—final, pref.. 7 p.c. p.a.; ord., 8s paid, 2s a share; fully paid, 5d a share Oct. "WaiVii Gold Mining Co.—inferim. Is a share . . . . Nov. 1 D.1.C., Dunedin, pref., 6 p.c. p. a. Nov. 2 Sharland and Co.—6 p.c. for year, ord. and pref Nov. 4 Bank of Adelaide—interim, 4 p.c. p.n. Nov. 9 N.Z. Paper Mills—interim, halfyearly, 3 p.c Nov. 10 Dominion Pictures—final, pref., 71 p.c. p.a.; ord., 2} p.c. p.a. Nov. 10 Burns Philp—interim, half-year, 10 p.c. p.a. .. Nov. 15 Australian Glass—interim, pref., 4} p.c.: ord., 3 p.c Nov. 15 Broken Hill Proprietary—halfyear. Is a share .. ._. Nov. 16 Nat. Bank Australasia—£lo paid and £5 paid, interim, 21 p.c. Nov. 30 Bruce Woollen Manufacturing Co.—pref., 7 p.c. . . . . Nov. National Ins.—final. 5d a nharo Nov. Imperial Chemicals interim,