DIVIDENDS DECLARED.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 86, Issue 109, 12 May 1942, Page 1

DIVIDENDS DECLARED.

Mount Mm-gun Ltd. ha. declared a 17th. interim divid..ml oi 4d u share on ordinary Sydney on June 32. Transler books will I*cio.ied from May 23 to Mry 30. both davs inThe directors of Donagiiy’e Rope and Twine Co.. Ltd., Dunedin, nave deejued at the annual mectim?. oa e.ay 25, to recummend a final dividend tor tne year unde I March 31. -'JI2, of 1/3 a share oa tne 86,000 £1 old issue shares and Cd a share on the 39,000 £1 new issue ; nares. 1 hi., makes a total dividend for the year of 2s on the o<d iusue snare.-, and tne payment on the new issue the i ~e. J ran f<_r liooks will l>c closed from Mav 20 to Mai’ 27. n-tn dav- inclusive. BY< ROFTS RECORD PROFITS. The account of Byc->ft, Limited, Auckland, for the veur anded March 31, show -a incieaaed !.■. profit of *l3, ■ comiianed v. ith £l2,'Jo i in the p; • i- a ■ yea. • • j.u xi I, ■ ■■« in 1940. Gross profit at £132,856 ib ’the .argent in the i’.u.oi v oi the uo.nounv. .-ho - mg an increase ol £56,657. Bctore the net I. was Struck t>;u-i.sion «a, mauc ter <iepreciaticn on bui.diig; and plant and also ior income tax, .o iai and national security Uixeu Hiid bad deu.s. The finai dividend recommended, 4 per cent., making a per cent, for the year, will absoiu £s'?w, and £6753 is to be carried forward. In their report thdirectaro state that the b:. cuit factory been engaged in producing large quantities o£ service bread ior Army rcqui: ement.-, which has ic-ulted in a large increase in turnover and has alau increased expenses. TAIHAPE ALTLMX C ATTLE FAIR. Dalgctv and Company, Ltd. (Inc. in England), report on Lie above .ale held on Wednesday last. v. hen a iu.l yarding <-f approximately 2900 head of nation cattle v.cie otJered to a large attendance of buyers. The beet of the forward bailee!;.- sold n m £lO t'» £ll 16s and an <•..<cptionaily good line of 18 months steers sold to £ - 7s. inc best ot the weaner bteciw ..o.d from £5 5s to £5 17s. Female cattle met. with a part.< ulari ? ke. . < - mand the best < f the heiiers selling to £7 9s and aeveral other lim ’ makim h i£6 15s. and Ihe best of the rows t , £, ■ The following are cur main sal:-: - \/» George Gibbs, i'.A. bu locks £l'i 19s, Hi I’.A. bullocks £9 12s 6d. fat heif. i .-» £7 15s; A/<. J. Bowler in conjunction wit.i Mesa<>. Abra- ' ham and Williams Ltd. JO i.u. oKs a i 10 bullocks at £9 9s, 10 bullocks at £9, pen at. £8 hs, pen of heifeis at -.> i . . . Wi.son Estate, Hereford bu locks £lo i s, £S Gs, 24 Hereford heifers £7 9s, 14 P.A. heifers £C, fat cowu £6; A/c. Gordon Chrystall. 9 P.A. steers £7 17s; A/c. Geo Maher, steers £7 J2s 6d. £7 10.;, £5, fat heifers £6 12*4 6d. £7 17s, heifers, £3 16s, 12 weaner steers, .*> 4s, stere cows £3 10s, 15 weaner heifers £2 11k: A/c Mrs. Jacobsen, P.A. steers £9 12s f.d, weaner steers £5 ss. 10 P.A. steers £7 7s 6d, empty cows, £4 16s, £2 10s, weaner heifers £3 2s 6d ; A/c. L. E. Deacon, 18 Here lord weaner steers £5 16s, 14 Hereford weaner heifers £.3 13s; A/c. John Docle, 23 P.A. weaner steers £5 15s, 20 P.A. heifers £4 3s, 12 P.A. weaner heifer* £2 15s; A/c L. Old. 8 weaner steers £4 17s 6d. 10 P.A. cows £5 14-; A/c. T. Gi.bert, fat cows £7 ; A/c. Papanul Estate Ltd., 36 P.A. heifers £6 12s, 37 P.A. hedeia £6.