THE SHAREMARKETS

Wanganui Chronicle, 5 May 1950, Page 8

THE SHAREMARKETS

DOMINION EXCHANGES. AUCKLAND, Last Night (PA).— Stock Exchange Sales: 15/7/62-64 3 p.c. (£5300), £99 7s 6d; Hauraki Plains County Council, 1/4/61, 4i p.c. (£200), £109; E.S. and A. Bank (80), £6 ss; Dominion Breweries (200), 70s; New Zealand Breweries (100), 48s sd; N.Z Insurance (100), £5 7s 6d; South British (100), 975; C.I. (£225), 48s 9d; ditto rights (210), 28s 3d; Berlei N.Z (200), 28s 3d; Broken Hill Proprietary (100), 47s 9d; Dunlop, N.Z. pre£. (100. 18s 9d; Electrolytic Zinc pref. (100), 70s; Farmers' Trading (100), 41s, Coles (120), 19s 3d; Hume's rights (25), 14s 3d; Northern Roller (300), 31s 9d; Reid Rubber pref. (175), 20s; Robinson’s Ice (50), 425; Woolworths Sydney (40), 23s 3d; ditto rights (44), 13s; ditto (25), 12s 9d. Unlisted: Associated Foods, pref. (600), 235; J. Chalmers, B pref. (260), 255; Whaka Board (100), 7s 9d. WELLINGTON. Last Night (PA).— Sale Late Yesterday: 200 Frozen Products, £1 4s. Sales today: £5OO 3 p.c. 1956-59, £99 ss; £7O 4 p.c. 1952-55, £103; 52 Bank of N.S.W., cum. div.. £4l ss; 50 Union Bank Australia (2 sales), £9 12s 6d; 100 N.Z. Insurance, £5 7s 6d; 200 N.Z. Insurance, £5 7s 9d; 30 Wellington Wool, ord,, £9 17s Rd; 200 A.C.I. rights, £1 8s 3d; 100 Broken Hill Proprietary, £2 7s 6d; 100 J. J. Niven, £2 ss; 900 Mac Duffs (5 sales). 12s; 175 Reid Rubber, pref., £1; 200 Woolworths Sydney, ex., 2 sales, £1 3s; 200 Woolworths N.Z., £1 6s. DIVIDEND. The net profit of the Equitable Building and Investment Co., of Wellington Ltd., for the year ended March 31, 1950, was £2775, against £2841 the previous year. An unchanged dividend of 6 p.c. (final 3 p.c.) takes £2182, leaving a carry forward of £2674 against £2082 brought in.