STOCK EXCHANGE QUOTATIONS
government shares IN DEMAND
A fair inquiry came for Government Stock on the Invercargill Stock Exchange yesterday. Other lines were very quiet. Quotations were as follows: — Government Debentures. —4 p.c. Stock 1943-46, b £lO2/10/-; 4 p.c. Stock 1946-49, b £lO3/15/-; 4 p.c. Stock 1952, b £lO5/5/-; 4 p.c. Stock 1952-55, b £lO5/10/-; 3>/ 2 p.c. Stock 1953-57, b £lOl/10/-; 3»,i p.c. Stock 1957-60, b £99/10/-; War Loan 1953, b £B6 10/-. Local Body Debts.—lnvercargill City (long term), b £lO4. Banks. —Commercial, b 13/1, s 14/6; National of New Zealand, b £l/18/6, s £1 18/6; New Zealand, b £l/18/-; Union of Australia, s £6/15/-. Breweries. —Dunedin Brewery Company, s £1; New Zealand Breweries, b £l/14/9. Coal.—Westport Coal, b £l/4/9. Insurance. —National, s £l.
Loan and Agency.—Perpetual Trustees, b £2/10/-; Trustees’ Executors (Dunedin), b £4/4/-. Meat Companies.—Southland Frozen Meat, b £l/13/-; South Otago Freezing Company, b £5.
Shipping.—Union Steam Ship Company (pref.), b £l/6/6. Woollen Mills.—Bruce, b £l/3/-: Kaiapoi t(ord.), b 17/-; (pref.), b 19/-; Timaru, s 18/6. Miscellaneous.—Australian Iron and Steel, b £l/7/-; Broken Hill Proprietary, b £1 14/9; D.I.C. (pref.), b £l/4/-; Donaghy’s Rope and Twine, s £2/11/6; Dunlop Rubber (Aust.), s £l/2/-; 1.C.1. (pref.), b £1 4/-; McDuffs Ltd., s 9/3; New Zealand Drug, s £4/1/-; Otago Daily Times, b £l/17/-; Woolworths (N.Z.), s 15/-. Mining.—Broken Hill South, b £l/3/-; Big River, s 9d; Gillespie’s Beach, s 2%d; Mount Morgan, b 8/6; Waitahu, s 7d. AUCKLAND Sales.—Stock 1957-60 3% p.c. £lOl/2/6; Stock 1943-46 4 p.c. £lO2/15/-; City of Auckland 1950 p.c. £lOO/5/-; New Zealand Insurance £3/6/- (late sale), £3/6/-; Macky Logan £l/5/-. CHRISTCHURCH Sales Reported.—New Zealand Insurance (cum div., late sale Monday) £3/5/6; Woolworths (New Zealand) 14/8; Woolworths (South Africa) 17/3; New Zealand Refrigerating (£1 paid, cum div.) £l. WELLINGTON Sales (late Monday).—4 p.c. Stock 1943-46 £lO2/15/-; New Zealand Breweries £l/15/-; Tuesday, 3 p.c. Stock 1951-54 £9B/10/-; War Loan 1953 £B7; McDuffs Ltd. v (ord.) 9/-. Overseas Listing.—Woolworths Holdings (South Africa) 17/3. SYDNEY Trading was quiet on the' Stock Exchange today. Sales: —Colonial Sugar £44; British Tobacco £2; Amalgamated Textiles 9/-; Tooths £2/7/6; Mauri Bros. £2/18/6; Electrolytic Zinc £2/5/-; Broken Hill Pty. £l/11/9; Mt. Morgan 8/6; Larut 2/7; Rawang 2/11. Melbourne Sales.—Dunlops £1; General Motors (pref.) £l/4/6; Loloma 15/3.
WELLINGTON TRUST AND INVESTMENT COY.
(P.A.) WELLINGTON, January 20. The directors of the Wellington Trust, Loan and Investment Company propose to recommend a final dividend of 3 per cent, on the paid-up share capital for the halfyear ended December 31, 1941, making 5 per cent, for the year.
BRITISH \ TOBACCO LTD. (P.A.) WELLINGTON, January 20. The Stock Exchange Association has received advice that British Tobacco Ltd. has declared a dividend on preference shares at the rate of 6*4 per cent, for the three months ending January 31.
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Southland Times, Issue 24648, 21 January 1942, Page 8
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