STOCKS AND SHARES

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLV, Issue 21178, 27 October 1938, Page 14

STOCKS AND SHARES

NEW ZEALAND STOCK EXCHANGES YESTERDAY’S QUOTATIONS CHRISTCHURCH

DIVIDENDS DECLARED By Telegraph—Press Association WELLINGTON, October 26. The New Zealand Stock Exchange Association has received a cabled advice that Henry Jones Co-op. Ltd, declared a dividend of 1/6 per share. The Association has also received advice that the directors of the National Insurance have recommended a final dividend of 5d per share, and Messrs Shariand and Co, recommended a final dividend of 25 per cent per share. ENGLISH DAIRY MARKETS United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, October 25. Butter is quiet: New Zealand choicest salted 114/-; unsalted 115/-; Australian salted 110/-; unsalted 111/-. SHARE QUOTATIONS United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, October 25. Share quotations: Clutha River Company. buyers l/71d, sellers 1/9; Molyneaux River Company, buyers 74d, sellers lOid. THE PRICE OF GOLD United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, October 25. The current price of fine gold is 145/11 per ounce. FOREIGN EXCHANGES United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copvrlgbt LONDON, October 25. Foreign exchange quotations are: Dollar 4.76} to the pound; franc 178 11-16 to the pound; guilder 874 J to the pound. (Continued on Page 4.)

Morning Call Sales on ’Change— Listed Stocks— 500 New Zealand Breweries (5) £ s. d. 3 2 0 50 Aust. Glass (c.d.) .... 4 16 6 100 Broken Hill Propty. (c.d.) (2) 2 17 8 100 I.C.I. (Aust, and N.Z. (pref.) 1 2 e 100 Woolworths (Syd., ord. 1 0 10 200 Mount Morgan (2) 0 10 11 Sales Reported— 100 Farmers Trading (new) (fully paid) 0 19 0 300 Westport Stockton Coal 0 4 3 Afternoon Call Sales on ’Change— £ 8, d. Listed Stocks— 100 Comm. Bank of Aust. 0 16 8 100 Natl. Bank of N.Z. (2) 2 10 6 50 Broken Hill Propty (cum div.) 2 17 8 Colonial Sugar (5) 48 13 6 100 Dunlop Rubber 1 0 4 100 G. J. Coles (2) 3 19 6 100 Hume Pipe (Aust.) .... 0 19 2 300 Mount Lyell (2) .. .. 1 10 5 Sales Reported— 50 Australian Glass .. .. 4 16 9 AUCKLAND Sales on ’Change-- £ s. d. Stock 15/0/53-57 35 per cent 93 12 8 Do. 15/2/43-46 4 per cent. <2) 99 7 6 Do. 15/11/38-52 31 per cent 100 0 0 Natl. Bank of N.Z 2 10 14 Bank of New Zealand .... 2 1 2 (2) 2 1 3 Westport Coal 1 3 0 N.Z. Breweries 2 0 6 Broken Hill Ppty. (3) .... 2 17 9 Burns, Philp 2 13 0 Claude Neon (N.Z.) 1 2 6 Coloniel Sugar 48 12 6 G. J. Coles (2) 3 19 0 Imperial Chemicals (pf.) 1 2 7 Reed Rubber (N.Z.) .. .. 1 2 3 Wilson’s Cement 0 16 9 Woolworths (N.Z.) 0 19 4i 0 19 3 Wool worths (Syd.) (1st pf.) 2 12 3 Do. i2nd pref.) 1 9 3 WELLINGTON Sales on ’Change— £ s. d. Late Yesterday Bank of Adelaide 6 5 6 Natl. Bank of A’asia (£10 paid) 14 9 0 Bank of N.Z. (3) *> 1 3 Tooheys Ltd 1 10 9 Olympic Tyre and Rubber 2 3 U Hume Pipe 0 19 10 Woolworths (N.Z.) 0 19 3 I.C.I. (pref.) 1 2 6 Sales To-day Stock 31 per cent. 3/39/43 . 98 5 0 Stock 35 per cent. 1953-57 93 10 0 Stock 35 per cent. 1938-52 . 100 0 0 Aust. Consol Stock 4 per cent. 15/12/55 104 0 0 Wellington City 4i per cent. 1/2/47 102 0 0 Bank of New Zealand .. .. 9 1 3 Dominion Breweries (pf.) 1 15 0 Aust. Paper Mfrs, (pf.) 1 5 6 Broken Hill Propty. 2 17 9 British Tobacco 2 8 4 Dunlop Perdriau 1 0 4 Do. (pf.) 1 18 7 Woolworths Ltd 1 10 11 Broken Hill South 1 12 9 Huddart Parker 2 9 0 N.Z. Brew’eries 2 9 4 Broken Hill Propty. (4) .. 9 17 9 Moturoa Oil 0 4 10 Do. (ord.) (2) 1 0 10 Woolworths (Victoria (pf.) 1 9 0 W. R. Carpenter (rights).. 0 17 6 Mount Morgan (pf.) .. .. 1 1 7 DUNEDIN Sales Reported— Stock 35 per cent. March 1939-43 98 10 0 Bank of New Zealand .. .. 2 1 3 P.O. Def. Stock 1 6 0 G. J. Coles 3 19 44 Gordon and Gotch 2 12 74