COMMERCIAL CHRISTCHURCH STOCK EXCHANGE

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVIII, Issue 21822, 27 November 1940, Page 7

COMMERCIAL CHRISTCHURCH STOCK EXCHANGE

STOCKS AND SHARES AUCKLAND Sales on ’Change: War Loan, 1/10/53 (fully paid) £80; Stock, 15/3/40-43, 4 per cent £lOl/5/-; Do. 15/4/46-49 , 4 per cent £lO3/10/-; Do. 31/5/54-58, 4 per cent £108; Auckland Electric Power Board, 15/6/59, 41 per cent £lOB/10/-; Auckland Transport Board, 22/6/49, 41 per cent £105; City of Auckland, 1/1/4452, 41 per cent £lO3/15/-; F. A. C. (£5) 81/6 (2); Union Steam (pref.) 27/-; Dominion Breweries. 30/-; N.Z. Breweries 32/- (2); Broken Hill Pty. 45/-; Con. Brick 7/4; Farmers Trading 19/3; Woolworths (N.Z.) 15/6; Big River 1/-. WELLINGTON Sales on ’Change: War Loan, 1/10/53 £79/17/6; Bank of N.Z. 40/3; Mount Lyell 29/9; 3 per cent Stock, 1941 £lOO/2/6; Commercial Bank 15/-; Broken Hill 45/-; South British Insurance 49/6. DUNEDIN Sale on 'Change: McKenzies 45/9. DIVIDENDS DECLARED The directors of Tui Brewery, Ltd, recommend a final dividend of 3d per share payable on December 5, making 1/- per share, or 5 per cent for the year. Transfer books close from November 19 to November 27, both days inclusive. Last year’s dividend was 8 per cent, and that for the previous period Hi per cent. The Manawatu Knitting Mills dividend recommendation is a 7 per cent final, making 10 per cent for the year ended October 21. The company paid no dividend during the last two years. TAXES AND PROFITS What was left out of £14,454 net profits made last year by the Golden Bay Cement Company, said Mr J. M. Hott, chairman, at the annual meeting of the company, was £4147 for division among the shareholders. Taxation in New Zealand took £10,260 of the £14,454, taxation in Australia took £46/14/1, and what was left went to the shareholders.

YESTERDAY’S QUOTATIONS By Telegraph - Pres? Association CHRISTCHURCH, November 26. The following are the current quotation* ju the block Exchange Buyers Seilers £ s. d. £ s. d N.Z. Govt. Stock— JJ per cent Inscribed 15/1/53-57 101 10 0 F—M 3J p.c. Bonds— 15/1/53-57 101 10 0 -F3} per cent Inscribed 15/11/41 100 0 0 — 4 per cent Inscribed 15/2/43-46 103 0 0 — 15/4/46-49 103 .2 6 —— 15/5/49-52 104 0 0 105 0 0 15/6/52-55 105 15 0 31/5/54-58 107 0 0 —_. 4 p.c. Bonds, 1943-46 103 5 0 F—— 1946-49 103 10 0 F—— 1952-55 105 15 0 —— Rural Bonds, 1947 .. ■ ' F 104 10 0 War Loan, 1953 .. .. 80 0 0 — Other Debentures— Grey Elec. Power Bd., 1/5/57 — 105 10 0 Nth. Canterbury Elec. Power Bd., 31/5/50 — 105 a 0 Booth, Macdonald, 5 p.c., 1/6/47 70 0 0 — Banks— Comm, of Aust 0 14 10 — (pref.) —- 9 4 0 Comm, of Sydney .. —_ 21 5 0 Nat. of A'asla (£10) 11 15 0 12 5 0 (£5) .. .. .. —F 6 0 0 National of N.Z 1 15 6 1 18 6 New Zealand 1 19 6 — Union 7 0 0 7JS a Insurance— Mercantile Mutual .. 1 12 6 National 0 17 6 New Zealand 3 1 0 A G.I 0 19 6 Loan He Agency— Ch.Cn. Building .. .. 16 2 6 —— Dalgety — 6 10 0 National Mortgage A — 1 17 3 National Mortgage B — 1 2 9 N.Z. Guar. Corp. .. 0 2 8 —F— N.Z.L. & Merc, (pref.) 92 0 0 Wright, Stephenson •— 1 0 3 Shipping— P. and O . • 1 3 9 Union (pref.) 1 6 6 — Frozen Meat— Canterbury — 11 5 0 Gear — 0 14 9 N.Z. Refrlg. (£1 paid) 0 19 10 1 0 3 Southland 1 14 6 1 15 6 (10/- paid) 0 9 3 — Woollens— Bonds 1 10 0 Felt and Textiles __ 1 18 0 Kalapol (pref.) .. .. 0 16 9 -— Oamaru — 1 0 3 Tlmaru (cum div.) .. 0 14 6 0 16 b Coal— Westport 1 2 3 1 3 6 Westport • Stockton (pref.) 0 6 6 Gas— Auckland — 0 7 9 Christchurch 1 3 6 1 4 0 (10/- paid) .. .. — 0 10 10 Breweries— Ballins (15/- paid) .. -r— 0 12 0 Dominion 1 9 6 — New Zealand 1 11 10 1 12 6 Swan (cum div.) .. .. 1 5 0 — 2 13 3 Miscellaneous— Aust. C.I —- 1 19 9 Aust. Iron and Steel (pref.) 1 6 0 —— Beath and Co — 0 15 3 Booth, Macdonald (pref.) 0 4 7 0 5 0 British Tobacco .. .. — 2 9 6 Broken Hill Pty. .. 2 5 0 2 5 9 Burns, Philp 2 13 0 — Colonial Sugar .. .. 51 10 0 — Dorn. Builders .. .. 0 5 0 5 9 Donaghy’s Rope .. .. 2 12 6 2 14 6 Dunlop Rubber .. .. —— 1 1 0 Electro. Zinc (pref.) 2 15 0 2 19 0 G. J. Coles — 3 10 0 General Industries .. —— 0 19 0 Gt. Crystal Palace .. 0 13 0 1 0 0 Hay’s, Ltd 1 3 0 — (15/- paid) .. .. 0 18 0 I ■ F Hume Pipe (Aust.).. 0 13 3 0 15 0 Mason Struthers .. .. — 0 9 10 Milburn Lime .. .. 1 16 0 2 0 0 0 18 6 Macduffs •• 0 11 0 0 12 0 0 18 9 0 19 3 McKenzies .. .. • • • • 2 4 9 N.Z. Drug 3 16 0 N.Z.F. Co-op— (4J p.c. stk., 1949) 80 0 0 84 0 0 N.Z.F. Fertiliser .. .. — 1 2 3 N.Z. Newspapers .. .. 1 11 9 —- N.Z. Paper Mills —f 1 11 0 Quill, Morris (1936) .. 0 18 0 —- Radio (1936) 0 13 0 — Selfridges 0 16 0 Standard Cement .. 0 19 6 —— Weeks 7 15 V Whitcombe & Tombs 3 3 6 —• Wilcox Mofflin .. .. 0 6 0 Wilsons Cement — 0 19 0 W’worths, Ltd. (ord.) 0 17 5 0 18 0 (N.Z.), ord 0 14 0 0 15 10 W. R. Carpenter .. .. 1 16 6 2 2 6 Sharland 0 16 6 — IF (pref.) 0 16 6 — Overseas Listings— W’worths (S. Africa) — 0 15 0 Australian Mining— Mount Lyell (ex div.) —- 1 10 0 Mount Morgan .. .. 0 10 3 0 10 8 New Broken Hill .. .. 0 15 10 •— Wellington Alluvials 0 4 0 0 4 6 Mining— Addison’s Flat .. .. 0 0 11 —• Austral (N.Z.) .. .. 1 6 0 1 10 3 Goldfields Dredge .. 0 0 0 0 2f Grey River .. .. •• 0 16 0 0 17 0 Maori Gold 0 0 4 Moonlight 0 0 4 — Mossy Creek .. .. .. 0 1 0 Ngahere 1 0 0 (deferred, 1/-) M— 0 17 0 Okarito 0 0 8 ——F Walhi 0 4 —