THE SHAREMARKETS
Auckland. —Sharemarket: 15/12/5356, 3 p.c. (£450), £lOO Is 3d; 15/2/50-58, 58, , (£220), £lOO 15s; 15/7/62-64, 3 p.c. (£200), £lOO 12s 6d; ditto (£1000), £lOO 15s; ditto (£1250), £lOO 17s 6d; Bank of NS.W. (10), £39/10/-; Dominion Breweries (100), 68/6; Taupiri (100), 90s; Auckland Gas (300), 7s lid; South British (50) 89s; Devon port Ferry (165), 26s ;P. Lamb (300), 6s; Feltex Ltd., N.Z., uref. (100), 265; Alum. Utensils (100), 42s 6d; A.C.I. (62), 665; Auckland Laundry (100), 15s; Brents (200), 395; C. Neon, N.Z. (100) 44s 6d; ditto (200), 44s 4-Ld; Colonial Sugar (10), £5B 15s; Con. Brick (200), 13s 9d; Farmers’ Trading (350). 38s; Gen. Industries (50), ss; M. and C. deb. (200), 41s. Unlisted: Korma pref. (400), 245.
Wellington— Stock Exchange sales: Late yesterday: £3OO 3 p.c., December 1953-56 Stock, £lOO ss; £5OO 3 p.c. 62-64 Stock, £lOO 15s; 153 United Building of Christchurch, £1 4s; 100 Felt and Textiles of Australia, £3 Is 9d; 200 Fletcher Holdings, £1 13s; 100 Woolworths (N.Z.) Ltd., ex rights and div., £1 6s 4d; 100 ditto, £1 6s 6d. Sales today: £l4OO 3 p.c. 1957-60 Stock £100; £l5OO 3 p.c. 61-63 Stock (2 sales) £lOO 15s; £lOOO 3 p.c. 55-58, £101; 100 Felt and Textiles of N.Z., £2 13s 9d; 5 Colonial Sugar, £59; 300 Mac Duffs Ltd., 13s 3d; 300 William Cable and Co. (2 sales) £1 14s 3d; 300 Woolworths (N.Z.) Ltd., rights (3 sales) 10s 6d. FRESH ISSUE OF CAPITAL BY WOOLWORTHS A cable received by the Wellington Stock Exhange states that Woolworths Ltd. board has approved of the issue, at a premium of Ils, of 558,250 ordinary shares of 5s each, to be offered to ordinary shareholders registered on July 21, 1948, in a proportion of one new share for each ten ordinary shares then held. The terms of the issue are: 16s per share in cash on application, to be received before November 30, 1948. Shares not applied for by that date, together with fractions, will be sold by the directors and the surplus proceeds paid to lhe shareholders concerned. The new shares rank equally with existing ordinary shares in respect of ordinary dividends declared after November 30, 1948. The transfer books will be closed on July 21, 1948. The last date for lodgment is July 20, 1948, at 5 p.m. A further notice will be forwarded to shareholders after July 21, 1948, setting out the number of shares for which each shareholder is entitled to apply, ex rights, July 21 1948
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Wanganui Chronicle, 30 June 1948, Page 8
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