THE SHAREMARKETS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 88, Issue 95, 22 April 1944, Page 6

THE SHAREMARKETS

DOMINION EXCHANGES. (P.A.) Auckland, April 21. Sales on 'Change.—Stock, 31/5/5458, 4 per cent., £lOB 10s; Bank of New Zealand, 44s 3d; Commercial Banning (odd lot), £22 10s; Kauri Timber (odd lot), 30s; Dominion Breweries, 45n (2); A.C.1., 57s 6d; Farmers’ Auctioneering (£1 paid), 17s 6d; British Tobacco, 51s 6d; Broken Hill Proprietary, 44s 3d; Forest Products, 7s; Woolworths (Sydney), 19s lid. Wellington, April 21. Sales on ’Change, Late Yesterday. —Bank of New Zealand, 44s 4d; Woolworths, Ltd., 19s lid . Sales To-day.—3 per cent. Stock, 15/12/53-56, £100; Commercial Banking Co. of Sydney, £22 10s; Renown Collieries, 9s 9d; Dominion Rubber, 7 s 3d; Colonial Sugar, £59 12s 6d. Christchurch, April 21. Sales on ’Change. Commercial Bank of Australia (ord.), 18s Bd. Sales Reported.—Commercial Bank of Australia (ord.) (late Thursday), 18s 8d; National Bank of Australasia, £lO paid, cum. div. Jate Thursday), £l2 10s; N.Z. Loan and Mercantle (pref, stock), £110; Kaiapoi Woollens (7s paid), 9s 7d; Herald and Weekly Times. 56s 6d; Woolworth’s (South Africa), 30s. Dunedin, April 21. Sales on ’Change.—Kaiapoi Woollen, ord., 24s 9d. Sales Reported.—Dominion Rubber, odd lot. 7s 3d; N.Z. Breweries, 41s 6d; 4 p.c. bonds, 1946-49, £102; National Insurance, 25s 3d; N.Z. Loan and Mercantile, pref.. £llO. BANK OF N.Z. DIVIDENDS (P.A.) Wellington, April 21 The directors of the Bank of New Zealand have announced a final dividend, at 4 per cent, on ordinary shares, for the last half-year, making a total distribution for the year of 7 per cent. A half-yearly dividend on “D” longterm mortgage shares is also payable, at a rate of per cent., less Social and National Security tax. Both the dividends are payable in New Zealand currency.