STOCK EXCHANGES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21449, 24 March 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 tho last annual dividend, from investment at the quoted price. In ealculating the return on shares in companies which pay their dividends outside New Zealand the exchange rates have not been taken into consideration. Pending the completion of the conversion operation no return is given in tho case of Government or municipal securities: — AUCKLAND EXCHANGE

AUSTRALIAN EXCHANGES YESTERDAY'S BUSINESS (Received March 23, 7.25 p.m.) SYDNEY. March 23 On the Sydney Stock Exchange to-day thefe were fairly heavy dealings in Commonwealth bonds at higher rates. Otherwise there was little change and the market was steady. Sales this morning included :—Commonwealth 4 per cent bonds, 1938, £lO2 15s; 1957, £lO3 6s 3d; 1959, £lO3 10s; 1961, £lO2 ss; Australian Gas, A shares, to £6 18s; Broken Hill Proprietary, 25s 9d. Closing sale's included : —Colonial Sugar, £54 15s; Associated News, 6s 6d ; Howard Smith, 9s; British Tobacco, Melbourne register, 34s 10^d; Tooth's Brewery, 355; Toohey's Brewery, 20s 3d; Morris Iledstiom, 18s; Dunlop-Perdriau, 17s 3d; ditto, pref., 32s 3d; Goldsbrough-Mort, 23s ljd; Winchcombe Carson, 235; Henry Jones, 37s 9d; Victoria Nyanza, 14s 6d.

Melbourne sales included :—GoldshroughMort, 235; British Tobacco, 34s 9d; Herald and Weekly Times, 57s 6d ; Bank of Australasia, £lO ss; Taranaki. Oil, 2s 3d. BRITISH WAR LOAN QUOTATIONS FIRMER (Received March 23. (i.5 p.m.) British Wireless RUGBY, March 22 British war loan, per cent, is quoted to-day at £l9l 3s 9d, compared with £IOO 18s 9d yesterday. NEW AUCKLAND COMPANY The following private company has been registered in Auckland New Zealand Automatic Machine Company, Limited, iron founders, mechanical engineers and manufacturers of implements and machinery, etc. Capital, £550 divided into 425 ordinary £1 shares and 125 non-participating £1 shares. Subscribers: M. S. Ramsay, 125 ordinary shares; D. Robertson, 75 ordinary and 50 non-participating shares; C. E. Kay, 50 ordinary and 50 non-participating shares; W. Yl. P. Jenkins, 25 ordinary and 25 non-participating shares; 11. A. Robertson, H. M. Hulett and A. P. Paine, 50 ordinary shares each.

CALL AND DIVIDEND LIST Dividends- t Due Bonk'o* A'asia—final. 4a a share Icps tax . . • Mar. 31 Britis!) Tobacco—second quarterly, 1J p.o' Mat. 81 Dunlop Perdriau—interim pref., 5 p.o Mar. 81 Death and Co.—int.. pref.. 2} p.c.; ord. ' n.c ■ . Mar. 3 Paddy's Point—firßt, 3d a share A pi. 3 Kempthorne. Prosaor—final. (I p.o . A pi. 6 Amalgamated Zino (de Bavay's) —interim, 2} p.o. . . • . Adl. 7 Electri Zinc, pref.—arrears, halfyea- ended Deo, 31, 1931, 4 p.o ... Adl. 59 Imperial Chemicals—final, ord., 3} p.o June 1 Calls— Orolcondn. Mines, Ltd.—ld a share, making Gd paid Apl. 20 Equitable Building (Wellington), a share, roiling £6 paid, second payment of 5s .. June 30-

Return on I Sale Price Investment £ s d X s d Bonds, 1938, 4J (MayIs ov.) . . . . 96 15 0 Bonds. 1941. 4J (Sept.Mar.) .. .. 86 5 0 — Ins. iStk., 1933, 51 (Feb. -Aug.) .. 96 10 0 — Aus. Prow Ass. . . 0 8 9 Queensland Ins. . . 2 11 9 3 17 4 Auckland Gas .. 11 1 5 4 4 Colonial Sugar . . 61 2 6 1 12 5 1 Farmers' Fertiliser . . 0 15 3 6 11 2 I Union 'Oil . . . 15 r, 5 17 8 The following sale also took place:—Golden Dawn. 2s 71d. j WELLINGTON EXCHANGE Nat. Bank N.Z. .. 35 0 • Bank of N.Z. (2) . . 2 3 6 ♦ Ditto . . .. 2 3 8 « Auckland Gas . . 11 1 5 4 4 Staples' Brewery (2) . 1 2 8 4 8 3 British Tobacco . . 1 13 9 3 11 1 Colonial Sugar 1 ..512 6 i 12 5 Woohvorths (N.Z.) (pf.) 1 11 9 5 13 5 1 The following sale also took place:—Bank of 2V.Z., 43s 7Jd. CHRISTCHURCH EXCHANGE Bonds. 1938, 4J (MayNov.) , . . . 97 0 0 Ditto . . . . 96 15 0 _ Bonds, 1939, 4i (Apr.Oct.) . . . . 96 15 0 Ditto . . . . 97 0 0 Bonds, 1937, 51 (Feb.Aug.) . . . . 98 15 0 — Bank N.S.W 28 17 6 3 12 9 Bank N.Z 2 3 0 * _ Ditto _ . . .. 2 3 9 * N.Z. Breweries .. 17 2 * Staples' Brewery .. 12 0 4 8 11 Ditto . . .. 12 8 4 8 3 British Tobacco .. 1 13 10 3 10 11 Ditto . . .. 1 13 9 3 11 1 Duulop Rubber .. 0 IB 9 + Elec. Zinc (pref.) . . 18 2 : N.Z. Refrig. (£1 pd.) 0 10 3 Ditto 0 10 4 N.Z. Refrig (10s pd.) 0 3 8 __ Woohvorths (N.Z.) (pref.) (2) . .. 1 11 9 5 13 5 Waihi 11 2 9 8 10 Ditto (3) . . .. 11 3 9 8 4 Mt. Lyell . . . . 0 19 4 2 11 8 The following sales also took place :—• Bank N.Z., 43s 8d (8): Staples' Brewery. 22s 7d (2); Alexander, 12s 3d: Golden Sands. 2s 9d (2), 2s lOd: Lawson's Flat, lOd; Nokomai. 5s 8d (6), *Intorim dividend reduced. dividend passed. ♦ Dividend 12 months in arrears. UNOFFICIAL LIST Quotations on the Auckland Stock Exchange for shares and debentures not Quoted on the official list are:— Buyers Sellers £ s d £ b d Auck. Freezing Co., 20s paid' . . . . 0 10 G Auck. Trotting Club (deb.). 31/3/34, 8 . — 90 0 0 Auck. Trust, £5 pd. — 3 0 0* British and Foreign Concessions, 20s . . — 10 0* Brunner Collieries, 30/3/38, 8 . . — 80 0 0 Ditto (shares) . , 0 1 0 0 7 0 Challenge Phosphate, 1/2/42, 71 . . . . 100 0 0 ■— Claude Neon Lights 1 1 0 1 3 6 Executive Trust (A) — 10 0 0 Ditto (B) . . . . — 10 0 0 Glen Afton Collieries, 1/4/42, 71 .. . . 100 0 0 — R'emplands "A" Flax, 12 0 0 £21 10s . . • • — John Fuller, 1949, 61 — 80 0 0 Majestic (Auckland), 90 0 0 16/12/43, 7J .. . . — Mamaku Foresta . . •— 0 7 6 Murray Deodoriser . . — 0 10 6 National Tobacco Co. 3 0 0 3 16 N.Z. Perpetual Forests .1 18 0 * — N. Roller Mills (ord.) 1 4 0 — Ditto (pref.) .. 0 19 0 T" Nat. Trading • • — 0 15 6 Pacific Forests . . — 0 7 6 Redwood Forests, 203 — 1 10 0 Southern Cross Assr. 0 1 3 0 2 3 Southern Cross Invest. — 0 0 6 0 Sun Newspapers . . 0 3 — Williams' Rot'ry Engine 0 2 0 0 4 0 Wilton Collieries . . 0 1 6* 0 6 6* Winstone . . • • — 0 18 0 W. R. Cooke and Son3 — 0 6 0 Ao-te-roa, Is .. . . — 0 2 6 Bell Hooper . . . . — 0 0 7 0 6 0 Snowy River, 5s, f.p — Long Trail, 2s, f.p. — 0 2 3 *Odd lots.