Finance and Commerce

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIII, Issue 20671, 9 March 1937, Page 14

Finance and Commerce

NEW ZEALAND DRUG COMPANY By Telegraph—Pre* Association DUNEDIN, March 8. At a meeting of the directors of Kempthorne Prosser’s New Zealand Drug Co. this afternoon, a dividend of per cent was recommended, making 8 per cent for the year.

CHRISTCHURCH STOCK EXCHANGE

YESTERDAY’S QUOTATIONS Special to "The Timaru Herald:’ CHRISTCHURCH, March 8. Th? following quotations were ruling when the Stock Exchange closed for th? day:— Buyers. Sellers.

£ s. d £ s. d. N.Z. Govt. Debs.3* per cent. Inscr.. 1939-43, March and September — 102 12 6 4 p.c. Inscr., 194346 101 10 0 — 4 p.c. Bonds, 194346 ... . 101 12 6 4 p.c. Bonds, 194649 102 15 0 5 p.c. Rural Bonds, 15/9/1947 . . 102 10 0 3i per cent. Stock, 15/1/1153-57 . . — 99 10 0 Other Debs.— Ch-Ch Drainage Board, 41 p.c. 31/12 1958 . . 105 0 0 108 0 0 Blenheim Boro. 4.-i p.c.. 1/3/43 . . . 102 0 0 Blenheim Boro., 41 p.c. 1/3/59 . . . — 102 0 0 Booth, Macdonald. 5 p.c., 1/6/1947 75 10 0 N.Z. Refrigerating. 44 p.c., 1940-45 101 10 0 102 10 0 Quill. Morris, 4 p.c., 1946 — 95 0 0 Banks— Australasia .... — 13 12 6 Adelaide . . 6 7 6 — Comm, of Aust. . 0 19 5 0 19 6 (pref.) .... 9 4 6 9 10 0 Comm, of Sydney 21 15 0 22 10 0 E., S. and A. . . . — 6 11 0 National of A’asia. (£10 paid) . . 15 16 0 16 1 0 (£5 paid) . . . 7 15 0 National of N.Z. . 3 1 9 3 9 6 New South Wales 36 10 9 New Zealand . . . 9 2 i j 9 3 0 Union of Aust. . . 11 1 0 11 3 0 Queensland Natl. . 5 7 6 — Insurance— Merc. Mutual . . . 1 14 0 National 0 17 9 New Zealand . . . — 3 2 6 South British . . 4 15 6 4 17 0 & Agency— Dalgety 10 6 0 10 11 0 Goldsbrough . . . 1 17 10 1 18 3 National Mortgage (“A”) — 9 18 0 (“B”) 1 10 9 1 12 3 N.Z Guarantee (cum div.) . . 0 5 8 0 5 9 N.Z. Loan & Merc. (ord. stock) . . 43 10 0 48 0 0 United Building (cum div.) . . . 1 0 0 Wright. Stephenson & Co. (ord.) 0 18 6 0 19 0 (pref.) .... 0 19 9 — Shipping— P. & O. Deferred Stock 1 18 0 2 6 Frozen Meat— N.Z. Refrigerating (£1 paid) . . . 0 18 o 0 18 11 (10/- paid) . . 0 8 6 0 8 8 North Canterbury Freezing .... —. 1 16 0 Southland Frozen Meat — 3 17 0 Woollens— Kaiapoi <17/- pd.) 0 14 0 0 14 (j (7/- paid) . . . 0 5 3 0 5 7 (pref.) 0 17 0 17 6 Oan.aru ..... — 0 19 9 Coal— Westport 1 1 0 1 3 11 Stockton (ord.) 0 2 0 0 9 (pref.) .... — 0 4 0

Gas— Auckland 1 0 Christchurch . . . 8 6 1 8 9 Timaru Breweries— Dunedin New Zealand . . . 19 8 1 1 0 1 10 0 3 0 0 Queensland (cum div.) rj 0 Staples 14 7 1 16 0 Swan 12 6 8 15 0 Tooheys (c.d. and new issue) . . 16 9 Tooths 15 10 2 16 2 White Star (in liqdn.) .... Misce'lanec — Amalg’td. Wireless (contr.) .... - 0 0 5 0 2 6 0 Anthony Hordern 1 0 10 1 0 11 Aust. Glass .... Aust. Iron & Steel (pref.) .... 1 8 0 4 13 0 Beath and Co., (c. div.) 1 o 6 1 2 9 Booth Macdonald (pref.) .... British Tobacco (c. div.) . . . 2 12 9 0 4 0 2 13 0 Broken Hill Pty. . 4 8 6 4 9 0 (contr.) . . 4 ■ ■ 4 4 2 9 Burns. Philp . . . Cash Orders Amalg. (“rights”) . . . Cl. Neon (Sydney) Colonial Sugar . . 42 15 0 4 0 6 0 9 0 2 16 0 43 0 0 Consolidated Brick 0 10 1 0 10 3 Doni. Fertiliser . . Dunlop Rubber (c. div.) .... 1 0 1 14 0 1 0 3 Electrolytic Zinc (ord., c. div.) 3 4 9 3 5 0 Electrolytic Zinc (pref., c. div.) . 3 7 3 3 7 4 G. J. Coles (cum div.) 5 5 0 5 5 3 Hay’s, Ltd Henry Jones . . . Hume Pipe (Aust.) (cum div.) . . . Kauri Timber . . 1 3 0 0 16 0 2 6 0 111 1 4 0 Lustre Hosiery . . Morris Hedstrom Mort’s Dock . 0 13 9 10 0 1 10 0 0 14 9 Millaquin Sugar . ■' 3 0 Permewan Wright 1 8 6 N.Z. Drug Co. . 3 16 3 3 17 6 General Industries 1 1 0 1 1 6 N.Z.F. Co-op.— (£2/10/- paid) . (10/- paid) . . (“A” pref.) . . 2 - 6 1 0 0 0 0 8 (“B” pref.) . 2 1 0 (45 p.c. Stock, 1940) .... 92 10 0 93 10 0 (45 p.c. Stock, 1939) . 93 0 0 N Z Malay Rubber 0 15 6 . N.Z Newspapers . N.Z Paper Mills . Procera Bread . . Q. Morris (1936) . Simpson and Williams 1 10 0 2 0 6 18 6 1 9 0 0 19 6 Taranaki Oil . . . 0 4 8 0 5 0 Taupo Totara . . Wilcox Mofflin . . 0 12 6 0 9 0 0 12 9 Wilson’s Cement . Woolworths (N.Z., ord 7 3 0 1 18 0 7 6 0 Woolworths (Sydney, pref.) . . . 1 6 q 17 0 ool worths (Vic., pref.) Waldas Shoes . . . Shillings, Ltd. . . 0 17 0 18 0 19 3 0 19 0 Mining— Argo Barrvtown .... 1 9 0 0 2 0 1 12 0 Big River .... 0 1 75 0 1 11 Blackwater .... 1 6 6 Brian Boru .... Gillespie’s Beach . 0 1 55 0 0 3 0 1 65 Golden Point . . 0 0 01 Golden Sands . . 0 0 0 2 65 Goldfields Dredging King Solomon . . Maori Gully . 0 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 8 0 0 6 Moonlight Goldfields 0 0 75 (vendors) . . . 0 0 71 — Mossy Creek . . . Nemona Okarito Skippers 0 0 03 0 1 0 0 19 0 3 9 0 0 3 Waihi Investments 0 14 6 — Waihi Grand Junction 0 3 65 Waimumu Waitahu Worksop .... 0 1 75 0 10 0 2 0 0 1 85 Australian MiningBroken Hill South (cum div.) . . <■) 16 2 17 3 Mount Lyell . . . 12 5 2 12 6 Mount Morgan . . 0 18 9 0 18 10 Rawang Tin . . . 0 13 1 0 13 2 Sulphide Corpn. . — Wellington Alluvials (2/- pd.) . — Unlisted All transactions in stock o ie 9 0 6 5 quoted In this section are subject to a different rate of brokerage from Listed Stocks and are not quotec on he Official List: — Buyers. Sellers E s. d E s. d Assoc’td. Motorists Petrol (pref.) . 1 10 0 1 11 6 Alloy Steel (Aust.) 1 1 3 1 2 9 (new) 1 0 3 1 0 10 Ch.Ch. Press . . . U 2 6 — Ball ins Breweries (15/- paid) . . General Tobacco 0 0 0 15 0 0 15 0 Kanieri Gold . . . 0 15 0 0 17 0 New River .... 0 0 55 0 0 8 Mt Cook Tours (10s paid) 0 7 0 0 12 6 Provident Life . . 1 2 6 — Selfridge's (A’asia) (old) new) (N.Z., 4/- pd.) 0 4 3 1 18 9 1 19 0 0 4 5 Thyrodone .... Were’s Investment Trust 0 6 3 1 19 0 0 6 5 Westland Breweries (£1 paid) .... 1 12 0 <10/- paid* . . 0 16 1 — White’s Electric 0 0 24 0 0 6 Wooi worths (Sydney, ord.) . . . 8 3 0 8 4 9 Woolworths (West Australia) . . . 7 5 6 7 6 6 Grey River (2/6 paid) 0 3 6 0 4 2