COMMERCIAL

Press, Volume LXXXII, Issue 24984, 19 September 1946, Page 6

COMMERCIAL

STOCK EXCHANGES RESTRICTED TURNOVER Markets were quiet on the Christchurch Stock Exchange yesterday, and the recorded turnover, which was confined to a few stocks, was below the recent daily average. Sales on 'Change.—Listed Stocks: £75 Wool Bonds, 1/2/48, 21s 9d; 200 WooFworths (Syd., ord.) (ex div.), 27s 3d. Sales Reported.—Listed Stocks: £550 N.Z. Govt., 3 p.c. Stock, December, 195356, £lOO 12s 6d; 42 New Zealand Breweries, 555; 100 Macduffs, Ltd. (ord.), 28s 3d; 200 K.D.V. Boxes (cum div.), 14s 6d; 200 National Electric (cum div.), 43s 2d; 200 (Syd., ord.), ex div., Latest Quotations N.Z. Govt.: p.c. Inscr., 15/9/47, b. £99 12s 6d, s. £99 15s; 2J p.c. Inscr., 15/5/48, b. £lOO 2s 6d; 3 p.c. Inscr., 1/8/5154, b. £lOO 2s 6d: 3 p.c. Inscr., 15/12/5356, b. £lOO 10s; 3 p.c. Inscr., 15/2/55-58, b. £99 17s 6d; 3 p.c. Inscr., 15/4/56-59, b. £lOO 15s; 3 p.c. Inscr., 15/11/57-60, b. £lOO 10s; 3 p.c. Inscr., • 15/4/60-63, b. £lOO 15s; 4 p.c. Inscr., 15/5/49-52, b. £lO4 ss; Wool Bonds, 1/2/48, b. £1 Is 9d. Banks: Comm, of Aust., s. £1 2s 3d; National of N.Z., s. £3 3s. Loan and Agency: Christchurch Building, s. £24. Shipping: Union (pref.), b. £1 14s, s. £1 14s 3d. Frozen Meat: N.Z. Refrig. (£1 pd.), s. £1 13s 9d; N.Z. Refrig. (10s pd.), s. 17s 3d; South Otago (cum div.), b. £6 17s 6d. Woollens: Felt and Textiles of N.Z., b. £2 19s; Kaiapoi (17s pd.), b. £1 ss, s. £1 6s; Kaiapoi (pref.), s. £1 7s. Breweries: Tooths, b. £3 8s 3d; Westland, b. £2 Is, s. £2 4s. Miscellaneous: Aust. C. 1., s. £2 19s 3d; Aust. Found. Invest, (ex div.), b. 6s 2d; Beath and Co. (cum. div.), s. .£2 7s 6d; Beath and Co. (Is pd.), cum. div., b. 13s lOd; Brown Ewing, b. £1 14s 6d; Broken Hill Pty., b. £2 7s, s. £2 8s; Colonial Sugar, b. £59, s. £6O; Dunlop Rubber, s. £1 13s 6d; Electro. Zinc (ord.), b. £3 ss, s. £3 8s; Henry Jones, b. £3 Is 3d; Htfme Pipe (Aust.), cum. div., b. £1 4s; M.K. Manufacturers, s. Ils 2d; Macduffs, b. £1 8s; National* Electric, b. £2 3s; N.Z. Newspapers, b. £2 7s 3d; Reid Rubber, b. £1 Ils 4d, s. £1 12s 3d; Selfridges, b. £2. s. £2/ 3s 6d; Sanford, b. Ils 9d; Taringamutu Timber, b. 19s; Taupo Totara, b. 13s 6d; Wilsons Cement, s. 19s Id; Woolworths (N.Z.), ord., b. £1 6s 6d, s. £1 7s 3d; Woolworths (W.A.), b. £5 10s, s. £6 ss; W. R. Cooke and Son, b. 14s 6d. Aust. Mining: Mount Lyell, s. £1 ss; Mount Morgan, b. 8s 6d, s. 9s. Mining: Austral (N.Z.), b. 10s 9d; Ranieri, s. £1 3s 8d; Ngahere, s. Ils 6d.

AUCKLAND Sales.—lns. Stock, 15/9/52-55. 3 per cent. (£500), £99 12s 6d; Ins. Stock, 15/5/53-56, 3 per cent. (£700), £lOO 12s 6d; Ins. Stock 15/4/60-63, 3 per cent. (£535), £lOO 15s; Ins. Stock, 3 per cent. (£5O), £99 15s; Commercial Bank at Australia (200), 225; Commercial Bank of Australia *(300), 21s 7Jd; Standard Insurance (300), 88s 6d; Newton King (250), 26s 3d; Taupo Totara, ord. (300), 14s; Felt and Textiles of N.Z. (100), 60s 6d; R.Z. Breweries (501, 55s 3d; Broken Hill Pty. (100), 475; Colonial Sugar (15), £59 10s; Reid Rubber (200), 31s 4d; Reid Rubber, 15s paid (100), 25s 3d; NJZ. Paper Mills (100), 445; Sharland..pref. (129), 425; Northern Roller ofd. (500), 30s; Woolworths, Syd., cum div. (400), 27s 3d; Waihi Invest. (400), 7s 6d; Emperor (100), 19s 3d; Mount Lyell (100), 23s 6d; Mount Morgan (140), 8s 6d; Whakatane pref. (100), 24s 3d (unlisted). WELLINGTON Sales.—Late Tuesday: Ins. Stock, 15/4/6063 (£610), £lOO 15s; Standard Insurance (50), 88s 6d; Felt and Textiles of N.Z. (50), 59s 6d; Reid Rubber cont. (200), 25s 3d; Korma Textiles, pref. (50), 13s lid (unlisted). Yesterday: Ins. Stock, 15/2/49-50, 2J.ner cent. (£500), £99 ss; Metropolitan Water Board, Ins. Stock, 44 per cent. 2/7/53 (£1000), £lO5 15s; Standard Insurance (150), 88s 6d; Tooth and Company (100), 70s; Felt and Textiles of Australia, ex div. (50). 61s 9d; Taupo Totara, ord. (300), 14s; Tooth and Company (200), 70s; Broken Hill Pty. (200), 47s (2); Woolworths (N.Z.), Ltd. (200), 275; Woolworths.. Ltd., ex div. (100), 26s 9d DUNEDIN Sale.—Wellington Aljuvials (50), ss. Sale Reported.—lns. Stock, 1955-58, 3 per cent. (£500), £99 15s. SYDNEY K Leading industrials on the Sydney Stock Exchange continue to pick up, but have not recovered the full extent of recent losses. Buyers are showing renewed interest while sellers are much less pressing A further good recovery was made yesterday by Colonial Sugar and A.CJ., both of which finished with buyers at irfiproved levels.

Sales.—Bank of New South Wales, £34 15s; Commercial Bank of Australia, 21sAmalgamated Wireless, 70s; Associated New§, 20s 3d; Associated News (pref.), 23s 5 d ’ „4 us l ra)ian Gas (A>. £7 14s; Tooths, 68s 3d; Toohey’s, 37s 6d; G. J. Coles, 83s 6d; Hume Pipe, 245; Goldsbrough, 32s 6d; Colonial Sugar, £59 2s 6d; Electro Zinc. 625; Mount Lyell. 21s 6d; Broken Hill Pty., 455; Larut, 8s 9d; Ngahere, Ils 6d; Australasian Paper, 375; Carlton, 83s 9d; A.C.1., 57s 6d.