COMMERCIAL BANK DIVIDEND
The Commercial Bank of Australia has received cabled advice from the head office in Melbourne advising that an interim dividend for the six months ended December 31 at the rate of 4 per cent, per annum on preference shares and at 6 2-3 per cent, per annum on ordinary shares will be paid on February 4 in Australian currency.
Scott Bros., produce merchants and commission agents, registered egg and onion merchants report:—Eggs: Pay out values for consignments received to January 7 will be—heavy Is lOd, standard Is Bd, medium Is 7d. Butter: We are licensed to handle consignments: value to Is Id per lb, sales slow. Poultry:. Hens 3s to 3s 6d ea„ heavy breeds 4s 6d to 5s ea„ goslings 6s to 7s ea., turkeys Is 5d to Is 7d per lb live weights; ducks 3s to 3s 9d ea. Potatoes: Oamaru and Outrams, £25 ton to farmers. Whole fowl wheat, 21s 6d to 24s per sack. Chaff; Prime oaten sheaf, £7 15s per ton, ex truck; £8 10s ex store, bags extra. Whole maize: To arrive; 8s per bushel. Oyster grit, 6s 6d per 1001 b bag. Straw: Wheaten, 3s per bale; oaten, 3s 3d per bale, ex store. Auckland onions: To arrive this week. Ground oats, 17s 6d per 2001 b bag, for pigs and poultry. Green peas, 6d to 7d per lb. We stock meatmeals, chickfoods, oyster grit. All eggs graded to regulation, payments weekly. January 10, 1944.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 25430, 11 January 1944, Page 4
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