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Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25306, 4 October 1947, Page 5

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STOCK EXCHANGES. WEEK CLOSES ON A FIRM NOTE The Christchurch Stock Exchange market closed the week on a firm note with good buying support in most classes of securities. The market for shipping shares was again bare. Yesterday’s transactions were mostly in industrials, and in these there were no major movements. DOMINION TRANSACTIONS CHRISTCHURCH Sales on ’Change—Listed

AUCKLAND Sales.—ls/6/47-49. 2J per cent. (£2000), £100; 1/10/53, 2J per cent. (£2450). £97 17s 6d: 15/5/53-56, 3 per cent. (£300) £lOO 10s; 15/2/55-56, 3 per cent. (£600) £99 15s; 15/4/56-59, 3 per cent (£5000). £lOO 15s, 15/11/57-60, 3 per cent. (£1000). £lOO 10s; Bank of Australasia (31). £ll as; Commercial Bank of Australia (200) 21s 9d; National Bank of Australasia, con. (300), 20s 3d; Pukemiro Coal (100), C BS? nial Sugar (5), £55; Elec. Zinc (200), 735, and preference issue (100), 73s 3d; Farmers' Trading (100), 37s 6d; Hadfields (300), 16s 6d; Morts Dock (200). 26s 7|d; Radio, 1936. new issue (115), 16s 6d- Wool worths. South Africa (100).

WELLINGTON Sales.—Late Thursday: 3 per cent. 15/4/60-63 (£400). £lOO 10s; Broken Hill Pty. 2 sales (300), £2 Ils; Fletcher HoldJ”gs 17s 6d Yesterday: 15/5/53£lo ° 10s: 2i per eent - 15/2/4950 < £ s 00). £99 15s; Broken Hill Pty . 2i per cent - 2 sales (£2140). „ 17s 6d: 3 per e - nt (£500) ™l°° ss; 3 per cent 15/2/55ro £ " 15s; Z - Breweries (150) in NZ. Insurance, 2 sales (150), £4 19s od; Huddart Parker (100) £3 Is--olonia] Sugar (5). £55 ss; Broken Hill Pt y „ £2 lls; Electrolytic Zinc, pref J? ’,, £3 1 ? s , 6d: Northern Roller (1000). Unlisted: Selfridges. N.Z... 16s paid (370), 16s; Berlei, N.Z rights 4 sales I?°2^ £3 ls 3d: William Cable (250) £1 14s 6a; 3 per cent.. 1951-54 (£200). £lOO.

, DUNEDIN Sales.—Dominion Fertiliser (100), 265; bouthland Frozen -Meat (100», 635: Electro Zinc, pref. 1150) 72s 9d -- Sa J® s Reported.—N.Z. Breweries (68) oi mm ercial Bank, late sale (200) 21s 3d; Kaitangata Coal, late sale (150) 365; 2i per cent. 1947-49 (£2000). £100; and Mercantile, ordinary (200) £120; Electro. Zinc ord. (100) 72s 9d. LATEST QUOTATIONS

OTHER EXCHANGES SYDNEY A persistent demand at rising prices failed to attract sellers on the Sydney Stock Exchange yesterday. Sales.—Commercial Bank of Sydney, £24 15s; Commercial Bank 'of Australia, 22s 3d; National Bank (12s 6d paid), 20s 9d; Bank of Australasia, £ll 7s; Howard Smith, 25s 6d; Tooths, 79s 6d; , Wilcox. Mcxfflin, 18s 4Jd; Electro. Zinc, 735; North Broken Hill, ,795; South Broken Hill, 39s 9d, Rawang, 9s 2d; Placer Development, £7 16s 6d, Ngahere, 8s; Oil Search, 6s 6d; A C 1., 625; Associated News, 19s 6d; Associated News (prefJ. 22s 9d; Anthony Hordern* 30s; British Tobacco. 51s; Collonial Sugar, £55 15s; Dunlop, 39s 9d; Felt and Textiles. 60s 3d; Morts Dock, 265; Selfridges, 50s 6d; Woolworths, 235; W. R. Carpenter, 455: Yarra Falls. 58s 3d. MELBOURNE Sales.—Commercial Bank of Australia, 22s 4d; Carlton Brewery, 79s Qfl; A.C.1., 62s 6d; Cox Bros., 10s 9d; Herald. 80s; Myers, 50s; Yarra Falls, 57s 9d: Woolworths Properties, 31s; Zinc Investments, 4s lOd; South Broken Hill, 40s 4d; Mount Lyell. 28s 6d; Mount Morgan, 9s sd; Oil Search, 6s 9d.

£ s d Var’n N.Z. Breweries (100) .. 2 15 L + 3d N.Z. Breweries (68) .. 2 15 0 N.C. Chch. Gas (100) .. 1 6 0 N.C. Austral N.Z (200) .. 0 8 9 — Id Sales Reported—Listed N.Z. Refrig. (10s pd.) (300), L.S.Y. 0 17 10 N.C. N.Z. Refrig. (10s pd.) (200) 0 17 10 N.C. N.Z. Loan and Merc. (ord. stk.) (300) (£200) 120 0 0 N.C. B.H.P. (200) (L.S.Y.) .. 2 11 0 -3d Fletcher Holdings (100) 1 17 6 N.C. N.Z. Forest Prod. (200) 0 6 9 —1/3 W’ths. (S Africa) (110) 2 2 0 N.C. Grey Rivei (200) 0 11 0 N.C.

Buyers. £ s. d. Sellers £ s. d N.Z. Govt.— 2J p.c. Ins., 15/6/4749 p.c. Ins., 15/2/4999 15 0 - 50 99 7 6 2J p.c. Ins.. 15/4/4951 2J p.c Ins., 15/4/5099 7 6 - 51 99 7 6 2J p.c W. Loan, 1/10/53 3 p.c Ins., 1/8/5196 10 0 - 54 3 p.c Ins., 15/9/5299 15 0 — 55 3 p.c. Ins., 15/5/5399 10 0 — 56 3 p.c. Ins., 15/12/53100 7 6 — 56 100 5 0 3 p.c. Ins.. 15/2/5558 3 p.c. Ins.. 15/4/56100 5 0 — 59 99 15 0 3 p.c. Ins.. 15/11/5760 100 10 0 3 t >.c. Ins., 15/4/6063 3j p.c., Ins., 15/9/57100 5 0 - 60 101 0 0 4 p.c. Ins., 15/5/4952 102 10 0 4 p.c. Ins., 15/6/5255 4 p.c. Ins.. 31/5/54104 10 0 - 58 .4 106 10 0 Wool Bonds. 1/2/48 2 3 Wool Bonds, 1/2/49 Banks— 1 1 9 — Comm, of Aust. Pre! 11 Comm >f Syd. 24 0 0 E. S.. and A Nat. of A’sia. ( £1) 0 0 6 17 6 Natl, jf N.Z. New South Wales Union 37 0 0 37 10 15 18 0 6 Breweries— Ballins . New Zealand Swan 2 15 3 2 15 6 Tooheys 1 16 0 Tooths 3 18 0 Westland c.d. Coal— 2 5 0 Kaitangata Taupirj 0 Renown Coal Frozen MeatCanterbury 15 0 0 « Pref. 8 2 N Z Retrig.. £1 pd 16 3 10s paid -<. Southland 0 3 17 9 0 17 10 Gas— Christchurch (10s paid) __ Timaru 0 g 0 Insurance— F.A.M.E National New- Zealand South British, c.d. Standard 4 Loi ■ nd Agency— Chch. Building 21 10 0 D’lgety 9 0 0 10 1 g Goldsbrough, Mort 1 13 9 14 3 Invincible Building 5 7 6 Mutual Benefit 19 5 0 Nat. Mort. “B” 2 6 0 N.Z. & River Plate 1 3 0 N.Z.E, Co-op. 0 11 0 0 11 5 First pref. 6 15 0 “A” Pref. 4 8 0 “B” Pref. 4 0 4 , / 2 p.c. Stock, ’55 N.Z Guar Corpn., 101 15 0 c.d. N.Z.L. and Merc 0 5 1

(ord.) Perm invest. 115 0 0 11 10 0 123 0 0 Woollens— Bruce __ 2 7 0 Pref. 1 10 0 1 12 0 Kaiapoi, 17s pd. .. 1 6 10 Timaru 1 9 6 Miscellaneous— Alloy Steel (N.Z.) 2 16 0 Anthony Hordern 1 9 0 B?rthun>meu i'imb 1 13 6 Aust. C.I. 3 1 0 Aust. Found. Invest 0 5 10 Beath and Co. 2 7 6 2 10 0 Is paid .. 0 14 0 Booth, Mac. 0 3 3 Pref — 0 13 11 Broken Hill Pty. .. 2 10 9 2 11 0 Canty. Roller Flour U 14 3 z 0 15 3 Colonial Sugar 55 0 0 Dom Builders 0 9 0 __ Donaghy’s Rope . 3 9 6 D.I.C. (10s pd.) .. 1 12 0 Dunlop Rubber 1 19 6 2 0 3 Dunlop, N.Z.. 15s paid 0 14 3 Pref. (15s paid) 0 15 6 Electro. Zinc, ord.. c.d. 3 12 9 Pref., c.d. 3 12 0 Evans Atlas 1 6 6 Hallenstein Bros. .. 1 12 0 1 12 6 Fletcher Holds, pf — * 1 16 6 G. J. Coles — 4 3 0 Hume Pipe (Aust.) — 1 5 K.D.V. Boxes 0 13 6 0 13 7 Mas., Struthers, £1 paid 1 4 1 14s paid 0 16 0 10s paid ■ 0 11 8 C 12 1 Bros. 1 14 0 M.K. Manufacturers 0 12 6 _ Morris Hedstrom 2 13 0 Morts Dock 1 7 0 Macduffs 2 9 0 Pref. 18 6 McKenzies — 3 8 0 N.Z. Newspapers .. — 2 8 6 N.Z Papei Mills .. 2 3 6 — Reid Rubber 1 7 3 Tingey. pref. 1 12' 0 Tann-amutu Tim — 1 0 0 United Prov., c.d. 1 1 0 Wilcox. Mofflin rts. 0 6 0 Wilcox Mofflin —— 0 18 11 Wilson’s Cement .. 0 18 4 0 18 9 W’worthG, ord. __ 1 3 0 (N.Z.), ord. 18 3 W. R Cooke and Son 0 7 0 Overseas Listings— W’wths. (S. Africa) 2 1 6 2 2 6 (“A" ord.) • . 2 2 6 Australian MiningBroken Hill Sih. . 2 0 3 Bulolo 8 10 0 Mount Lyell 18 3 __ Mount Morgan .. 0 9 0 0 9 6 North Broken Hill 3 19 6 Mining— Arahura 1 12 0 Associated Gold. .. —. 0 3 6 Austral. (N.Z.) 0 8 9 Barrytown __ 0 17 0 Blackwater 0 11 0 Consolidated 0 6 0 Grey River 0 10 9 0 11 0 Ngahere, deferred — 0 5 9 UNLISTED STOCKS Buyers Sellers. s. d. £ s. d Amaig. Batteries .. 1 1 6 __ Pref. 1 0 6 Aust. Invest. Trust 0 18 0 Chch Press 13 10 0 Korma Textiles, pf. 1 9 6 Prudential F li’-ding — 1 2 0 N.Z. Fisheries .. fl 18 0 0 18 8 i

Buyers. Sellers. £ s. d. £ s.’d Reece. Ltd., E. ord. 0 10 0 16 Pref. .. 0 11 0 0 12 0 Regent Theatre 0 15 0 — Selfridges, (W.A.) 10 0 — Taraniakau, 5s pd. 0 7 4 Whakatane Paper 0 7 8 Pref. .. 16 6 --