COMPANY AFFAIRS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 89, Issue 268, 13 November 1945, Page 8

COMPANY AFFAIRS

COMPANY DIVIDENDS. Henry. Jones Co-operative Ltd. have declared a dividend of 1/6 a share, payable on Dec.mber 17. The company’s register** will be closed from December 3-1.7 inclusive. Wilson’s (N.Z.) Portland Cement Ltd. ha. declared an interim dividend of 2d. a share payable on November 28. Th > company di<> not pay an interim dividend in November. 1944, owing to the effect on earnings of increased costs and reduced output caused by coal shortage. The dividend for the full year was 4d. a ehare, equal to 3 1-3 per cent. In Marcli lam the Price Tribunal authorised an increase of 7/6 a ton in the price of cement, the benefit of which was reflected in the la.< accounts to the extent of one month’s saleonly, UNION OIL, SOAP AND CANDLE CO. The accounts of the Union Oil, Soap an<: Candle Co., Ltd. show a net profit of £384(. for the year ended September 30, an increase of £426. Profit is ntruck after reserving £8794 for taxation, against* £7703 in 1941. The dividend remains unchanged at Is. a share (infal. 6d.), equal to 61 per cent, per annum. The total dividend requirements are £3750, leaving £9O to increase the floating balance to £341. NORTHERN BROKEN HILL, LTD. The directors of Northern Broken Hill, Ltd., have declared a dividend of Is a share, payable in Melbourne on December 18. Transfer books clc.'-i November 13. E.S, AND A. BANK. A second interim dividend, equivalent to e final of 3J per cent (less United Kingdom tax 6s in the £). payable on December 17, ha-,; been announced by the E.S. and A. Bank. BANK OF NEW SOUTH WALES. Mr. R. C. Addison, chief attorney for Nc-.\ Zealand of the Bank of New South Wale. , has received cabled advice from the bank’s head office in Sydney, that the directors will declare at the annual meeting on November 30, a dividend for the quarter ended September 30, of 6s a whaic in Australian currency.