STOCK EXCHANGES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22949, 29 January 1938, Page 9

STOCK EXCHANGES

YESTERDAY'S SALES RETURN ON INVESTMENTS Following is a list of yesterday's transactions on the New Zealand Stock Exchanges and the yield at the quoted price. The exchange premium on dividends payable in sterling is included. The yield on 4 per cent Government loans includes redemption, and on 31 per cent tax-free loans is for interest alone, covering only the tax-free period. AUCKLAND EXCHANGE Sale Prico Rise or Yield £ a d Fall £ a d Stk., 10/0/52-55, 4 . . . 103 10 0 + 7sCd 3 14 4 Com. Bk. Aus. 017 0 N.Z. Ins. (3) 3 2 0 -Is 3 1 t( Renown Coul 0 9 8 -Id 8 12 £i Taupiri Coal 017 0 Auck. Gas .111 Do. (15s pd.) 015 0 -Id 510 0 Dun.-Perdriau 13 9 +3d 517 11 Farmers' Trad. 1 0 0 Henry Jones 2 9 4 +3s 7d 4 11 Wilsons Cem't 0 18 0 +4d *4 1 1 W'worths, N.Z. 10 8 -Id 3 12 8 Unofficial List.—N.Z. Perpetual Forests, 50s (2); Selfridges (Aust.), 27s 2d. WELLINGTON EXCHANGE Sale Price Yield £sd £ s d Com. Bk. Aus. .. 0 17 0 3 18 5 E., S. & A. Bank 0 4 0 4 1 6 Bank N.Z. . . 2 3 8 4 11 7 Do. (D. Mort.) . 110 0 5 0 0 Nat. Bank A'usia (£lO paid) .. 14 10 0 *4 3 9 Wgton. Trust .. 5 14 0 4 10 0 Westport Coal .. 1 3 0 4 5 1 Australian Glass 4 13 <• 3 4 0 Burns, Philp .. 2 17 0 3 10 2 Bonds Hosiery .. ii IS 0 5 11 1 Colonial Sugar .. 40 12 0 3 4 5 Regent Theatre .. 0 18 9 7 9 4 Taranaki Oil . . 0 0 OVi Ditto (2) . . 0 0 1 Wilsons Cement . . 018 5 *4 1 5 Woolworths (Syd.) 1 5 4 2 I) 4 Unofficial list: Selfridges (Aust.), 20s Od. CHRISTCHURCH EXCHANGE N.Z. Insurance . . 3 2 0 3 4 0 West port - Stockton Coal (prof.) . 0 0 9 British Tobacco . 2 9 9 4 0 5 Broken Hill Pty. 3 I 5 4 1 5 G. J. Coles .. 4 3 0 4 9 10 Tarannki Oil .. 0 5 11 Ditto . . . . 0 0 0 Woolworths (N.Z.) 1 o ii 3 12 4 Ditto (Sydney) . 1 5 G 2 9 0 Ditto (2) . . 15 5 2 9 2 Also: Timarn Brewery (in liquidation). Is (2); Broken Hill Proprietary (con.), 34s 2d (odd lot). DUNEDIN EXCHANGE Bank of N.Z. .. 2 3 0 111 11 National Insce. .. 0 10 11 4 8 8 Otago Farm, (ord.) 0 3 0 5 11 1 Electrolytic Zinc . 2 7 9 0 5 K Hume Pipe .. 110 5 14 3 Regent Theatre .. 0 IS 9 7 9 4 •Based on interim dividend at rato per annum. UNOFFICIAL LIST Quotations on the unofficial list of tho Auckland Stock Exchango are: — Buyers Sellers £ad £ a d Associated Motorists (pref.) . 1 10 0 Auck. Farm. Freez. (,C5 paid) . . 5 0 0 Ditto (£1 paid) 10 3 Auck. Meat, (ex div.) Aust. Prov. Assce. 0 8 9 Alloys (N.Z.) Steel O 19 O Brunnor Collieries . 0 3 0 0 5 0 F.A.M.E. Insurance (pref.) . . . Fast Carburettors Fiji Kauri 0 8 10 0 10 3 Hellaby's (6, pref.) 12 0 Ditto (7, pref.) 12 6 Kaikohe Tung .. Metters (N.Z.) .. National Tobacco . N.Z. Per. Forests 2 9 0 211 O N.Z. Woolpack .. 0 4 6 N.Z. Tung Oil .. 0 15 0 Nth. Co-op. Invest. Trust (20s paid) 15 6 17 6 Pacific Forests .. 0 3 0 010 0 Selfridges (Aust.) 1 610 Ditto (N.Z.) .. 0 2 6 Silknit .. Waikato Carbbnisatlon, „ „ 30/9/44, 5 • . 90 0 0 95 0 0 Whakatane Paper _ „ Mills (ord.), . 0 7 0 Winstone • ..

THE MINING MARKET WAIHI JUNCTIONS FIRM DECLINE OF MOUNT LYELLS With the exception of a decline in Mount Lyells, tho mining market on tho Auckland Stock Exchange yesterday was generally firm. Mount Lyells £ell hack 6d at a sale at 31s 6d, Levels for Waihi Junctions were firm and a sale at 3s Id was fractionally higher. Broken Hill Souths were stronger at the close and offers for Marthas again rose during the day. Buyers' offers for Mount Morgans firmed a little but sellers held to higher rates. Closing quotations were: — BuyersV Sellers , £sd £ s d Clutha .. O 2 O O 2 11 Golden Crown .. 0 3 9 0 4 2 Golden Dawn .. 0 '1 8 0 2 3 Martha . - 0 15 3 0 15 0 Mataki Junction.. 0 2 0 Okarito . . 0 3 3 Skippers •• 0 0 i 0 0 2% Talisman Dubbo.. 0 8 0 Waihi Invest. .. 0 0 7 0 910 Waihi Grand June. 0 3 0 0 J 2 Australia and FijiBroken Hill South 114 6 115 0 Emperor .. 77 . ? o Mount Lyell . • 1 11- £ « oi n Mt Morgan ■. 0 0 7 0 010 Northßroken Hill 213 0 213 0 Placer Development 338 0 fiawantf _ • • YESTERDAY'S BUSINESS Following is a list of yesterday's transactions in mining shares on JNew Zealand Stock Exchanges: AUCKLAND EXCHANGE Fri'x Biseor Yield j £ 8 d Fall £ 8 d Mount Lyell 111 « 7« d , Uf q Waihi Junct. 0 3 1 +Aa ' u Also. —Broken Hill South. 34s 3d. WELLINGTON EXCHANGE Broken Hill South, 31s Od; Mount Morgan, Os 7'/ad, OS 8(1, OS Od. CHRISTCHURCH EXCHANGE Addisons Flat, Is l/ a d; Broken Hili South, .lis 8d: Grey Biver (8s Od paid) Its fid (ft) I Moonlight GoldfiehJs, sd; Mount Morgan, Os Od, 9s oVid. DUNEDIN EXCHANGE Mount Morgan, Os 8d (2). CALL AND DIVIDEND LIST Dividends — , J Due G. J. Coles—lnt.. ord., 15 p.c. p.a, ~ «• • • • • Jan. 31 Nat. Tobacco—pref., 8 p.c.j ord., 12% p.c. .. .. ..Jan. 81 British Tobacco— quarterly, pref., 6 p.c. p.a. .. l . • • • Jan. 31 -Smith and Smith— half-yearly, pref., 2% P.C. .. • • Jan- 31 N.Z. Loan and Mercantile—ord., oy rj p # c. ~ .. • • « an » "1 Union Bank—final, 4s a share, bonus, 2 p.c., less tax .. Feb. ~ Auckland Gas —final, '2A p.c. .. fcb. H N.Z. Insurance —int v Is a share L'eb. 0 Com. Hank Aust. —int.. pref., 4 p.c. p.a.; ord., « 2-3 p.c. p.a. Feb. 11 Dominion Investment—int., 5 p.c., p.a. • • t cd. X'i Woolworths (Syd.)—lst pref., 5 p.c.; 2nd pref., AV,a pc. .. Feb. 15 Elder, Smith—ord., int., 7 p.c. Mar. 1 Okarlto—7 p.c. . .. • • Mar. 1 Electrolytic Zinc —ord. and pref. int., 6 p.c Mar. 17 Calls — , Broken Hill Pty.—new, 5s a ' sharo .. •• •• Mar - 31 Burns-Philp—new, 5s a share (making 10s paid) .. • • April 1 NEW YORK MARKETS NEW LOW LEVELS REACHED NEW YORK, Jan. 27 After rallying this morning tho New York stock market plunged to new low levels, closing hour carrying prices four points down. Bonds lost in sympathy Nvith the market. Experts say the decline is purely technical.