Trading Notes

Ckshalls Hold Dividend:

shalls Ltd., Sydney bread manufac flour miller, general merchant and biscuit and soap maker, had a irofit of £126,613 for the year ended 30, a drop of £BB4 on the profit be previous financial year. The ;nd is 15 per cent, for the eighth ssive year.

T INDUSTRIES: Fiji Industries Ltd., at manufacturer, had a net profit 55,275 for the year ended June 30, icrease of £14,757 on the previous The directors have recommended ial dividend of 5 per cent., making sr cent, for the year. The dividend arevious year was 9 per cent. 3HER DIVIDEND: Makurapau es Ltd., New Guinea copra and cocoa icer, is lifting the 1964-65 dividend 8 per cent, to 9 per cent, with a y final of 5 per cent. The interim raised from 3 to 4 per cent.

IH CONSIGNMENT: The Pacific ag Co., of Levuka, Fiji, in August, 650 tons of albacore and yellow fin fish to the United States in the der Shipping Company’s refrigerated “Saracen”. About 350 tons were Honolulu, and the remainder was jned to Los Angeles.

Od Year For Rubber; Sogeri

;r Plantations Ltd. lifted profit to L 27 for the year ended June 30. £16,031 in the previous financial i improved result reflected the rise irld rubber prices in the second half 164-65, and Sogeri’s ability to lift ction when prices were rising. The md remains unchanged at 12 y 2 per eri’s chairman, Mr. A. I. Johnston, in his annual report that additional areas of rubber would be coming production for many years. He that the increase of 34,406 lb on revious year came from the tapping eviously immature trees.