STOCKS AND SHARES

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVI, Issue 21359, 31 May 1939, Page 16

STOCKS AND SHARES

YESTERDAY'S QUOTATIONS

AUSTRALIAN STOCK EXCHANGES United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright (Received May 30, 9.0 p.m.) SYDNEY, May 30. There was little change in the market position on the Stock Exchange today, except that Taranaki Oils moved up sharply following an optimistic statement by the chairman of the New Zealand Petroleum Company, Sir Colin Fraser, that the company’s prospects

DIVIDENDS DECLARED By Telegraph—Press Association WELLINGTON, May 30. The British Tobacco Company's quarterly dividend of 2 per cent, is payable on June 30. New Zealand Breweries. Ltd has declared a final dividend of 4i per cent, making 8J per cent, for the year ended March 31, payable on June 21.

CHRISTCHURCH Morning Call Sales on ’Change— £ s. d. 60 G. J. Coles (rights) (4).. 2 12 100 Woolworths is. Africa) 0 15 0 50 Broken Hill South (cum div) 1 9 2 100 Arahura Gold .. 1 9 0 550 Gillespies Beach 0 0 9 Sales Reported— £1400 N.Z. Govt. 31 p.c. Inscr. 1953-57 (late sale yesterday) 4 11 0 Afternoon Call Sales on ’Change— £ s. d. 100 Electro Zinc (ord.) (2) 12 15 G. J. Coles (rights) .. .. 2 12 3 200 Woolworths (Syd. ord.) <2> 1 3 9 200 Woolworths Properties (rights) (2) 0 2 6 50 Mount Lyell (cum div) .. 1 8 9 Unlisted Stocks— 50 Associated Gold Dredges 0 7 3 AUCKLAND Sales on ’Change— Bonds 15/1/53-57. 3J p.c. .. 90 10 0 Stock 15 3. 40. 4 p.c. .. .. 98 10 0 City of Auckland 1/1/44-67, 41 p.c 101 5 0 National Bank of N.Z 2 6 6 Bank of New Zealand .. .. 2 0 3 2 0 2 Ditto (D Mort.) .. .. 1 7 0 N.Z. Insurance (4) 2 13 0 South British 2 3 3 2 3 6 Renown Coal (pref.) .. .. 0 2 6 Auckland Gas 0 16 6 Tooths Breweries 2 18 0 Aus. Con. Industries .. .. 1 19 Q Broken Hill Pty 3 10 0 Bycroft (rights) 0 15 6 0 15 9 Electro Zinc (ord.) 2 12 9 G. J. Coles (rights) L 12 0 Moturoa Oil 0 4 9 Taranaki Oil 0 7 9 0 8 0 Whittome and Stevenson .. 1 0 0 Woolw’orths (Syd.) (2) .. .. 1 3 11 Waihi Investments 0 7 4 M'ount Lyell 1 8 3 Unofficial List— Taranaki Oil Development.. 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 2 6 Whakatane Paper Mills (ord.) o 4 9 0 5 0 WELLINGTON Sales on ’Change— £ S. d. Woolworths (Syd.) 1 3 11 1 3 10 Guarantee Corp 0 3 11 Macduffs (pref.) 0 6 3 Taranaki Oil (2) 0 7 0 Woolworths Properties .. .. 1 3 10 DUNEDIN Sale Reported— Kaikorai Trams 1 11 9

were bright. Sales:— £ s. d. Bank of New South Wales .. 28 6 0 Comm. Banking of Sydney .. 19 2 2 Colonial Sugar (N.Z. delivery) 47 10 0 Associated News 0 19 7 pref 1 1 0 Burns Philp 2 11 6 Huddart Parker 2 12 0 Howard Smith 1 0 0 2 13 0 Tooheys 1 8 3 Wool worths 1 2 0 Dunlop Perdriau 1 0 3 Aust. Consolidated Industries 1 16 1: General Industries (pref.) .. 1 4 0 Hordern 0 14 4 Farmers 1 10 0 Dalgetys 5 12 6 Sargents Amalgamated Wireless (N.Z. 1 10 0 delivery) 3 2 0 Felt and Textiles Australian Paper Manufac1 10 9 turers (pref.) 1 4 0 Mauri Bros 3 9 0 Henry Jones 2 9 6 Standard Cement 1 2 6 Cash Orders 0 15 lOi Goldsbrough Mort 1 6 3 Electrolytic Zinc 2 8 6 Ditto (pref.. N.Z. delivery) 2 11 9 Broken Hill Ppty 3 5 3 Ditto (con.) 2 11 75 South Broken Hill 1 7 3 Bulolo Gold 6 10 6 Placer Development 3 11 0 0 5 4 Taranaki Oil 0 8 6 Arahura Gold (N.Z. delivery’) 1 8 0 Kanieri 1 13 0 Melbourne Exchange Comm. Bank of Australia .. 0 15 1 National Bank (£5 paid) .. 6 6 Metropolitan Gas 13 12 Drug Houses 1 2 I Hume Pipe (pref.) 1 5 ( Electrolytic Zinc 2 8 • Coles (cum rights) 4 2 0 Mt. Lyell 1 6 Loloma 1 3 Taranaki Oil 0 7