Commercial NATIONAL BANK’S PROFIT

Southland Times, Issue 25703, 12 July 1943, Page 2

Commercial NATIONAL BANK’S PROFIT

(P.A.) WELLINGTON, July 11. Cabled advice has been received from London by the general manager of the National Bank of New Zealand that the net profit for the year to March 31 was £88,070. The directors recommend the payment of a Pinal dividend of 2V2 per cent, for the halfyear ended March, which will absorb £33,438, leaving a balance of £117,887 to be carried forward.

THE RIALTO

William Todd and Co.. Ltd., report as follows for the week ending Saturday, July 10:— Pigs.—Weaners 19/6 to £l/11/-; small stores £l/15/-; sow £3. Poultry.—Hens 3/- to 4/-: heavy breeds 4/to 6/-; pullets 4/6 to 12/-; special entry first year white leghorn hens 8/- to 10/3; muscovy ducks 4/9 to 5/6; ducks 4/- to 5/-; geese 5/- to 6/6. L.S. plough £25; set discs £24; motorcycle £l2; boys’ tricycle £9/1/-. Bacon Pigs.—Prime baconweights 1201 b to 1601 b 8d per lb delivered abattoirs. Produce.—Table potatoes £9/5/-: onions 17/6; chaff £6; straw £4; hay £5 a ton; wheat £l/3/-'; oats 15/-; barley £1; farra food 16/6; meat meal 11/-; poultry pellets 12/6; dairy nuts 12/-; moose meal £1; moose nuts £1; rock salt 13/6; lucerne meal 14/6; boneflour 15/-; oyster shell grit 6/-. Miscellaneous.—Barbed wire £2/16/9; cement 7/10; sashes 19/-; meat safes £3/15/-; timber £l/10/-: droppers £l/7/6 a 100; horse covers £3/2/6; cow covers 15/-: jogger harness £11; gig harness £l2 set; collars £2/10/-; hames 10/-; winkers £1; riding pads £3/5/-.