STOCK EXCHANGES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21411, 8 February 1933, Page 5

STOCK EXCHANGES

YESTERDAY'S SALES RETURN ON INVESTMENTS Following is a list of yesterday's transactions on New Zealand Stock Exchanges. In tho second column is given the return, based on the last annual dividend, from investment at the quoted price. In the case of Government and other redeemable securities no return is given, in view of the now method of quotation, but the months in which interest is due are shown. In calculating the return on shares in, companies which pay their dividends outside New Zealand exchange rates, being liable to fluctuation, have not been taken into consideration. The first column gives the figures at which the sales were made:— AUCKLAND EXCHANGE Return on Sale Price Investment _£ud £ s d Bonds, 1937, 51 (Sept.-March) . . 101 5 0 Ditto . . .. 101 7 6 Stock. 1937,- 51 (Sept.-March) .. 100 15 0 Com. Bank Aus. . . 014 6 3 9 0 Bank - N.Z. (2) .. 2 5 0 * • N.Z. Insurance (2) . 2 5 3 4 8 5 Ditto . , . . 2 5 0 4 810 Queensland Ins. . . 211 0 318 5 South British Ins. (2) 218 6 4 10 11 Westport Coal .. 010 5 74 0 Kauri Timber .. 012 6 Gear Meat . . . . 1 8 G 115 *1 Kempthorne-Prosser 2 16 0 5 7 2 "Wilsons Cement . s 1 9 0 617 11 Waihi . . v . 1 1 9 93 11 Ditto (4) . . . 1 2 0 9 110 \Yaihi Junction .. 0 3 9 817 9 The following sales also took placerAlexander, 16s, 16s 3d, 16s lid; Nokomai, 6s. WELLINGTON EXCHANGE Stock, 1938, 4} (May-Nov.) (2) . . 95 10 0 Stock. 1939. 45 (April-Oct.) . . 95 10 0 Stock, 1937, 51 (Sept.-March) « . 101 0 0 Wilsons Cement .. 1 8 0 7 210 Waihi .. .. lie 961 Ditto . . .. 1 1 9 9 3 11 Tire following sale also took place;— Waihi, 21s Bd. CHRIST CHURCH EXCHANGE Stock, 1938, 4i (May-Nov.) .. 95 10 0 Ditto (2) . . .. 95 15 0 Stock. 1937, 5J (Sept.-March) . . 100 12 6 Com. Bank Aus. . . 014 6 3 9 0 12.5. and A Bank -(2) 4 9 0 3 7 5 Bank N.S.W. . . . 28 10 0 3 13 8 Union Bank .. .. 711 0 213 0 N.Z. Insurance .. 2 5 3 4 8 5 Goldsbrough-Mort K 1 3 5 + Westport-Stockton Coal (pref.) 0 1 3 N.Z. Breweries (3) . 1 711 * Staple's Brewery ..126 * Elec. Zinc (pf.) (2) 17-9 t The following sales also took place:— New Zealand Refrigerating (10s paid), 3s 8d (5); Alexander, 16s, 15s 6d. 15s 3d; Blackwater, 20s 3d; Gillespie's Beach, Is 3d; Golden Point, 2d; Golden Sands, 2s 9d (2); King Solomon, 2s; Mahakipawa, 2d (3); Nokomai, 5s 8d; Okarito, 9s 3d (3). DUNEDIN EXCHANGE Union Oil .. .. 13 6 67 8 T, he following sales also took place:— Gillespie s Beach, Is IJd; Nokomai, 5s Bd. "Interim dividend reduced. {lnterim dividend passed. UNOFFICIAL LIST Quotations on the Auckland Stock Exchange for shares and debentures not quoted on the official list are: Buyers Sellers aiij Ti £sd £s d Auckland Farmers Freezing Co., 20s . . 010 3 012 6 Akld. Trotting Club (Deb.), 1934. g . . 86 0 0 90 0 0 Auckland Trust Co. £5 paid . . . . Australian Forestry Bonds, £25 .British and I* oreign Concessions, 10s .. 0 14 0* Brunner Collieries, 30/3/38, 8 . . .. Ditto, shares ~ 0 9 0 Dominion Brewery . j 0 7 3 012 0 Golconda. 5d paid . j 0 0 9 John Fuller, 1949, 61 Majestic Theatre. 16/12/43. 7} .. Mamaku Forests o 12 6' Matakana Radiata . . • 10 0 0 N.A.T. Motors , .. v 0 5 6 Napier Brewery .. 0 16 0 % National Tobacco 2 14 0 —■ N.Z. Newspapers . . 019 9 110 Pacific Forests, 20s pd. 0 12 6 Paparoa Coal .. 0 7 6 Redwood Forests. Deb., £35 . . . i Roberts' Stabiliser . . Southern Cross Assur. 0 10 Southern Cross Invest. and Rural Dev. Soc. 0 6 0 Sun Newspapers . . 0 2 6 0 4 0 Waikato Carbonisation Weres, 5s paid . . 0 3 0 O 4 0 Wilton Collieries . . 0 1 0 0 7 0 W. R. Cooke and Rons 0 6 0 Long Trail, 2s, F'P . 0 2 9 . "Odd Lots.

AUSTRALIAN EXCHANGES t YESTERDAY'S BUSINESS (Received February 7, 0.5 p.m.) SYDNEY, Feb. 7 On the Sydney Stock Exchange to-day the investment market, particularly for industrial shares, displayed a hardening tendency. The turnover was on a much larger scale than hitherto. This morning's sales included:—Commonwealth bonds: 3J per cent, 1942, £99 17s 6d; 1953, £lO2. Colonial Sugar, £54 2s 6d; Morris Hedstrom, 17s 9d; Australian Glass, 475. Included in the closing sales were: Bank of New South Wales, £3O ss; Commercial Bank of Sydney, £ls 19s; Commercial Bank of Australia, 15s 3d; Union Bank. £7 10s; National Bank (£lO paid), £l2 ss; Colonial Sugar, £54 2s 6d; New Zealand Insurance, 475; Burns Philp, 48s 6d; Australian Gas, A shares, £7 2s 6d; British Tobacco, 33s 9d; Dunlop Perdriau, 17s 7J,d; Australian Glass, 475; Tooth's Brewery, 35s 4£d; Toohey's Brewery, 20s 7£d; Berlei, 265; Ncstle's, pref., 31s Zinc Corporation, 27s 7id; Broken Hill Proprietary, 27s 9d; South Broken , Hill, 45s 9d. Commonwealth bonds were all a shade dearer. Melbourne sales included: Herald and Weekly Times, 58s 9d ; Dunlop Perdriau, pref.', 33s 9d; Commercial Bank of Australia, 15s. LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE ACTIVITY IN MINING (Received February 7, 6.5 p.m.) British Wireless RUGBY, Feb. G On the London Stork Exchange to-day the outstanding feature again was the renewed activity in mining shares. A sharp increase in sterling rates sent down the price of gold and Kaffirs (South African mines) were somewhat erratic, mostly finishing weaker on the day as the result of profit-taking. After closing the conditions were quieter than recently in the street. British funds declined about gth on the day with war loan, 3J> per cent, at £99 7s "6d, compared with £99 10s on January 2. CALL AND DIVIDEND LIST Dividends— Due N.Z. Insurance—interim. Is a share To-day Broken Hill South—int., Is a share . . . . . . _. . Feb. 10 Queensland Notional Bank —int., 4 p.c. p.a Feb. 16 Bank of N.S.W.—Quarterly, 5s a share _ Feb. 27 Alexander Mines—seventh, Is a share Feb. 27 Calls— Gillespie's Beach Gold Dredging—--3d a share Feb. 13 Waitahu Gold Mining Co.—6d a share . . Feb, 23 Equitable Building (Wellington), £1 a share, making £G paid, payable quarterly .. .. Mar. 1