Trading Notes
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Lower Rubber Profits: Maraboi
Rubber Ltd. had a net profit of £14,188 for the half-year ended December 31.
This was £1,921 below the profit for the corresponding half-year of 1963-64.
The interim dividend remains unchanged at 5 per cent.
The directors reported that the lower profit was mainly because of reduced rubber prices.
The net profit of Rubberlands Ltd., in the year ended December 31, dropped sharply by £5,913 to £6,532. The dividend has been reduced from TVa per cent, to 5 per cent., including a final dividend of 2Va per cent.
BIGGER PROFIT: Kerema Rubber Ltd. had more than 300 per cent, rise in profit in the year ended December 31, by £3,628 to £4,794. The final dividend will be 2Va per cent.
Dairy Farmers Ice Cream For
ISLANDS; Dairy Farmers Co-op. Ice Cream Ltd., of Sydney, has entered the export field and has begun exporting Dairy Farmers ice cream to the Islands.
Distribution is by Scotts Provisions (Wholesale) Pty. Ltd., Sydney.