N.Z. SHARE TRANSACTIONS

Press, Volume XCIII, Issue 27874, 24 January 1956, Page 15

N.Z. SHARE TRANSACTIONS

CHRISTCHURCH Sales on ’Change, Listed

Correction The sale of £lOOO Christchurch Drainage Board 4 per cent. debs, maturing 31/3/65 reported on Friday at £95 10s should have been reported at £95 2s 6d. AUCKLAND

Sales.—Late Friday: £5OO 3 per cent., 15/7/61-63, £9O ss; 250 Commercial Bank of Australia. 14s 3d; 100 Electro. Zinc, 38s 3d; 600 Fletchers, 40s; 300 N.Z. Newspapers, 31s; 250 Hellabys, 40s; 500 Southern Cross, 2s 6d. Yesterday: 400 3 per cent., 15/11/57-60, £93 12s 6d; 10 Bank of N.S.W., £32 12s 6d; 100 South British Insurance, 725: 146 National Mortgage B, 54s 6d; 500 Broken Hill Proprietary, 335; 100 K.P. N.Z. Drug, £5 13s; 120 Farmers’ Fertiliser, 42s 3d; 300 Forest Products, 17s 3d; 300 N.Z. Newspapers, 31s; 100 Ross and Glendining, 30s 6d; 115 Whakatane Board (odd lot), 21s 9d; 500 Mount Lyell, 24s 3d; 400 Oil Search, 12s; 200 Pacific Forests, 16s 9d. WELLINGTON The Wellington Stock Exchange was closed yesterday for the Anniversary Day holiday. DUNEDIN Sales.—lso Wright, Stephenson, pref., 21s; 100 Tasman Pulp and Paper, 30s, Sales Reported.—£3oo 3 per cent.. 15/11/57-60, £93 12s 6d; 200 Wright. Stephenson, pref., 21s; 145 Union Steam Ship, pref., 22s 9d; 50 Donaghy’s Rope, 425; 122 K.P. N.Z. Drug, rights, 30s 6d; £5OO Tasman Pulp, 5 per cent, deben-

tures, 1964, £99; 200 Union Steam Ship, pref., 22s'9d; 225 K.P. N.Z. Drug, £5-13s; 500 Milburn Lime and Cement, 25s 3d; 100 Ross and Glendining, 30s 6d; 200 Mount Lyell, 24s 3d. OVERSEAS EXCHANGES SYDNEY Investment shares were quiet and the market -was shaded on the Stock Exchange yesterday. Leading industrial stocks were generally easier. Oil Search rose Is l|d to 15s IOJd. Sales.—National Bank, 12s 6d paid, 20s 4Jd, and £1 paid 32s 3d; Bank New South, £37 17s 6d; Tooheys, ex rights, 26s 6d, and rights s£d; Tooths, 525; Associated News, 24s 9d, and pref. 19s; Amalgamated Wireless. 17s 6d; A. Hordern, 38s 4-d; A.C.1., 54s 3d; Bradford, 36s 4£d; British Tobacco, 34s 3d; Broken Hill Pty., 41s 6d; Colonial Sugar, £4O; D. Jones, 54s 6d; Dunlop, 29s 9d; Electrolytic Zinc, 48s, and pref. 465; Felt and Textiles, 265; G. J. Coles, 17s 3d; 1.C.1., 45s 6d; Patons and Baldwin, 21s; Woolworths, 18s 9d; New Guinea Gold, 2s Id; South Broken Hill, 735; Ampol Exploration, 225; Ampol Petroleum, 13s Id; Associated Freney, 2s 6d; Oil Search, 15s 10id; N.A.U.C., paid, 4s; Uranium Development, Is lOd; Uranium Mines, 6s 2d. MELBOURNE Investment trading was moderately active with sales covering a wide range of stocks. Prices were firmer. Further oil showings in the South Australian oil prospecting company, Santos, caused a renewal of interest in all stocks of this type. Santos shares jumped 10s to 21s after earlier sales at 265. Oil Search also firmed slightly. Uraniums were more active, but silver-lead and gold were quiet. Sales.—Carlton Brewery, new, 20s 2d; A.W.A., 17s 9d; G. J. Coles, 17s 2d; Myer, 14s 4d; Woolworths, 18s lOd; Huddart Parker, 53s 6d; Ampol, 13s 3d, and pref. 17s sd; Associated Pulp, 31s 9d; A.C.1., 545; A.P.M., 23s 2d, and pref. 18s 6d; Broken Hill Pty., 41s Id; Colonial Sugar, £4O; Courtaulds, 19s 6d; Drug Houses, 30s 9d. and pref. 19s 2d; Dunlop, 29s 6d; Electro. Zinc, 47s 6d. and pref. 45s 9d; General Industries. 31s 6d; Herald, 225; Humes, 555; 1.C.1., A.N.Z., 28s 3d; Kauri Timber, 28s 3d; N.Z. Forest, 21s, and pref., 22s 3d; Olympic, 8s Id; Patons and Baldwins, ,21s 3d; Broken Hill South, 72s 9d; Montana, 4s; Mt. Lyell, 30s 4d; North Broken Hill, £5 13s; Uranium Mines, 6s; Mt. Morgan, 30s, and pref. 14s 4d; Ampol Exploration, 21s 6d; Oil Search, 15s lOd; Santos, 21s.

Buyers. Sellers. 5 Bank of N.S.W., Syd. Reg. £ s. d. 30 0 0 Var’n. + 10/5 Colonial Sugar 32 0 0 N.C. 200 Ross and Glendining 1 10 6 N.C. 100 Woolworths N.Z. Props., pref. 1 1 0 N.C. Sales Reported, £650 N.Z. Govt. 3 p.c. Stock, due 1959-61 Listed 93 12 6 200 Comm. Bank of Aust., c.d. 0 14 3 N.C. 100 Feltex, Aust. 1 1 3 300 Broken Hill Pty (2 sales) 1 13 0 N.C. 500 Gordon and Gotch 0 15 6 N.C. 120 N.Z. Farmers’ Fertiliser 2 2 3 100 Woolworths, Ltd. 0 15 —Id 100 Tip Top Ice 1 0 0 N.C. 600 Waltons 0 13 8 —lOd 100 Sales Reported, Kaiapoi Woollens, ord. Unlistet 1 5 1 0 N.C.