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Otago Daily Times, Issue 18321, 11 August 1921, Page 4

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THE SHARE MARKET. Press Assertion—By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, August 9. Bank of Australasia, £B6 15s; New South Wales, £32 10a; Union Bank of Australia, £l2 2s 6d (ex div.); National Bank of New Zealand, £5 11s 3d (ex div.); Bank oP Now Zealand, £76 ond '£2 6s Gd; New Zealand Loan and Mercantile, £57 10a and £B4. A. and N.Z. Cable.

CANNED FRUITS. LONDON, August 9. Mr Cox says he has sold the whole of the seaaon’a pack, totalling 75,000 cases, of canned fruits, at prices which he says will repay the Federal Government’s guarantees, and will leave a substantial dividend for the growers.—A. and N.Z. Cable.

AUSTRALIAN WHEAT FREIGHTS. LONDON, August 9. Australian wheat freights are firm. Several steamer fixtures have been arranged for September and October at £3 15e per ton. —A. and X.Z. Cable. UNITED STARR-BOWKETT SOCIETY. Tho United Starr-Bowkett Building Society's monthly meeting ,of directors was held on Tuesday evening. Mr E. A. Roseveor, chairman of directors, presided. He stated that a further dividend of £3 per share was being paid in No. 1 group, making the total £iu to date, and it was expected to be able to pay another £2, making a total of £l2 per share. The proposed new No. 6 group had now 349 shares applied for, thus giving promise of a very early start. He expressed satisfaction at the continued success and progress of the society, proving that it was doing what it set out to do—namely, provide homes for its members.