QUOTATIONS IN CHRISTCHURCH

Press, Volume XCIII, Issue 27896, 18 February 1956, Page 12

QUOTATIONS IN CHRISTCHURCH

SHAREMARKET INDICES

Buyers £ s d. Sellers £ s. d. N.Z. Govt.— 3 p.c., 15/5/53-56 .. 100 0 0 — 3 p.c., 15/12/53-56 .. 99 7 6 —— 3 p.c., 15/2/55-58 .. — 96 12 6 3 p.c., 15/4/56-59 . 96 2 6 — 3 p.c., 15/11/57-60 .. — 98 10 0 3 p.c., 15/8/59-61 — 91 15 0 3 p.c.. 15/4/60-62 .. — 92 10 0 3 p.c., 15/4/60-63 .. —• 91 2 6 3 p.c., 15/6/61-64 .. — 89 12 6 3 p.c., 15/7/63-65 .. 88 7 6 88 10 0 3 p.c., 15/5/64-66 .. — 88 15 0 31 p.c., 15/1/56-59 .. — 96 5 0 31 p.c., 15/9/57-60 . — 95 5 0 3i p.c., 15/1/53-57 . 99 5 0 — 32 p.c., 15/9/59 — 98 5 0 32 p.c., 15/9/58 97 0 0 — 32 p.c., 15/5/62 —— 96 0 0 32 P C., 15/9/69 —. 93 10 0 3’i p.c.. 15/9/74 .. —. 92 0 0 4 p.c., 31/5/54-58 99 5 0 —• 4 p.c.. 15/8/64-66 .. Local Body Co. Debs.96 0 0 32 p.c., 1/6/65 .. Sth. Canty. E.P.B., - 93 15 0 3J p.c., 1/4/65 Ashburton E.P.B. 92 0 0 41 p.c., 1/2/63 .. Riccarton Borough, 97 0 0 31 p.c., 1/10/75 .. Springs Ellesmere 81 0 0 E.P.B.-, 31 p.c. 1/3/75 80 0 0 Geraldine County, 41 p.c., 1/4/63 .. — 98 10 0 Tasman Debs., 1964 — 99 5 0 BanksAust. and N.Z. .. — 1 16 5 “B” 1 18 0 — Comm, of Aust. .. — 0 14 2 Pref. 5 9 0 — N.S.W. — 31 12 6 Sydney 28 12 6 — breweries— Ballins. ord. 6 0 1 7 6 Pref. 1 0 0 — New Zealand frozen Meat— — 2 0 3 Canterbury 20 0 0 — Pref 6 12 6 — Nth Canty., pf. .. 1 1 0 — Southland, xd. — 3 3 0 Pref — 3 2 9 Auckland 0 9 6 — 5s paid 0 9 — Christchurch 1 3 0 — Contr. 0 18 0 — Wellington nsurance— 1 11 6 — National •• 6 6 1 7 0 New Zealand 4 2 6 — Queensland .. 2 12 6 — South British — 3 15 3 Standard, c.d. i .an and Agency— 5 8 0 5 10 0 C.F.C.A., ord. — 1 12 0 Dalgety ''A" 0 10 0 — "B" 0 10 0 0 10 7 Mutual Benefit 1 □ 0 10 0 Natl. Mort., “A” .. — 0 11 3 “B" — 2 17 0 N.Z.F. Co-op. 0 15 0 — First pref. 0 16 6 "A” pref. 0 15 3 — “B” pref. 0 15 3 41 p.c Stock. ‘60 93 0 0 Newton King, new — 0 14 11 United B-.ilding — 0 19 9 Wright. Stephenson 2 1 6 2 2 0 Pref. 1 1 0 — Shipping— Huc’dart Parser, c.d. 2 2 3 — Union, pref. 1 3 0 Timber— Kauri Woollens— 1 2 6 - Bonds, c.d. 3 9 0 — Bruce • • 2 0 9 Feltex 1 1 6 1 2 0 N.Z. 1 11 0 — Lane. Walker Ind. — 19 9 Pref. — 1 i 3 Manawatu — 4 5 0 Tekau .. <■.. 1 3 3 1 4 0 Pref. — i 0 3 Miscellaneous— 1 7 3 1 10 0 Alloy Steel (N.Z.) 2 1 6 Amal. Batt. 1 12 0 Ampol Andrews and Bea0 9 10 — ven, pref. 0 19 3 0 19 9 Aulsebrooks. pf. .. 1 0 0 Apex Ice 2 3 0 Aust., C.I. 2 3 0 —. An--t Iron snd Steel I 0 0 Beath and Co., c.d. — 2 6 9 Is paid. c.d. 0 17 6 — Bcge and Co. — 2 13 0 Booth. Macdonald 0 2 6 0 2 9 British Tobacco Cory - W ight and 1 6 s Salmon ] 7 9 Pref — 0 «6 Broken Hill Pty. .. 1 13 3 C nty. Roller Flour 0 17 0 Claud*? Neon. N.Z 2 8 0 Consolidated Brick 0 12 3 Courtaulds Cyc’one Fence. 15s 0 16 0 0 16 8 naid 1 | 9 Dom. Builders 0 9 6 0 11 0 Dom Ruhhjr Dnn-'ehy’s Rope .. 0 2 2 0 Dl.C Pref. 1 1 0 1 2 6

Buyers. £ s. d. Sellers £ s. d. Dunlop. N.Z. 1 2 6 — Electro. Zinc, ord. Pref. 1 17 6 1 16 5 Evans Atlas MM 0 17 6 Fletcher Hold.. “B” pref. 10 6 •*C” pref. — 0 19 9 Frozen Products .. 0 7 9 — G. J. Coles 0 13 8 0 13 9 Golden Bay 1 9 0 — Hay’s, Ltd. 14 0 — Pref. 1 1 0 1 1 8 Humes 2 5 0 — Humes (N.Z.). pref. — 1 1 o A.. N.Z. .. 1 16 1 — J J Niven 2 2 6 — J. Wattie Canneries 1 2 0 • — K.P. Drugs 5 15 0 5 17 0 Mating, pref. —— 10 3 McKenzies — 116 McLeod — 2 2 6 Midland Mot., pref. — 10 6 Milburn Lime 15 0 — National Electric .. — 6 10 0 N.Z.F Fertiliser . 2 2 6 -M N.Z. Forest Prods. 0 18 7 0 19 0 N.Z. Paper Mills 1 6 9 — Norvic Shoes — 0 15 6 Quill Morris (1936). c.d 1 5 0 MM Reid Rubber, pref. —— 10 3 Ro.s and Glendining — 1 10 6 Silknit 0 14 0 —— Skellerup. pref. .. — 0 19 11 Tasman, £1 paid — 1 9 3 Tu nbull and Jones, pref. 0 19 9 MM Weeks — 1 12 0 Whakatane. ord MM 1 2 6 Pref 1 0 0 10 9 Whit, and Tombs 1 11 9 M— Wm Cable Holds. — 1 8 9 "C” pref. MM 116 Wilson's Cement .. 0 13 8 0 13 11 Woolworths. ord. 0 15 9 0 16 3 (N.Z.), ord. 0 18 0 0 18 4 (N.Z ), pref. 1 15 0 MM W. R. Cooke and Son 0 16 0 10 0 Tip Top Ice 0 19 6 1 0 3 Cyclone, “A” —— 2 11 9 Overseas Listir.gs— W’worths (South Africa) 0 12 3 0 14 0 Aust. MiningMount Lyell 15 0 MM Mining— Grey River 0 0 6 0 13 UNLISTED STOCKS Beaths. Is paid. 19s on deposit MM 1 18 0 Buntings 19 3 1 10 0 Canterbury Seed .. — 1 10 3 Christchurch Press 12 5 0 13 0 0 Guthlie, Bowron .. 1 1 o Kaiapoi Woollens 14 0 1 5 0 Pref. 116 1 2 9 Matea Forests 0 4 3 0 4 6 National Tobacco 0 12 6 «M* Regent Theatre M— 1 2 0 Southern Cross Assurance — 0 4 0 Scales 0 14 0 0 15 0 Tudor Hosiery — 1 1 o

— Comparative indices are:— London.—Financial Times: Indus ord. (1936 equals 00): Govt and gold (1929 ecuals 100):— Indus orc Govt Gold Feb. 28 182.8 98.77 88.04 March 31 181.9 99 93 87.90 April 29 182.7 90 49 85» » May 31 197.0 95 30 84.41 lune 30 2)4 3 94.06 85 72 Jul? 29 215.8 92.60 84 10 August 31 194 1 88.27 86 46 Sept. 30 191.0 89 72 84 68 October 31 191 1 91 64 79.03 Nov 30 190.3 90.78 76 10 Dec 12 198 1 90 53 •87 I Dec 30 200.4 90.08 87 7 -Jan 4 203 4 90.16 r86.7 Jan 31 186.4 88.17 82.5 7 186 4 87 84 89 6 Feb. 14 176.9 86.00 909 re. j. 15 174.3 8'..03 9'4 Feb. 16 174.4 85.35 90.4 •New series neg in» tEx dividend (equals 88.1 cum div.) Xew York.—Dow Jones (1926 equals l00( Kails Indus Shares sola Feb 28 149.47 411 87 2.620.000 March 3) 150.32 409 70 3.840.J0U April 29 ’60.52 425.65 2 2.<0.000 May 31 15967 424 86 1.990.000 June 30 160.95 431.38 2.370.000 luh 29 158 1. 465 85 2 45O.000 August 31 157.14 468 18 1.850.000 Sept 30 155.05 466 62 2.140.000 October 31 149.53 454.87 1.800,000 Nov 30 166 65 483 26 2.900.000 Dec 30 163 29 4P8 4'1 2.820.000 Jan 3 162.21 485 78 2.390.000 Jan an 155.10 4‘ 7.50 1.8 •'0.000 Feb 13 155.27 467 17 1 .420.000 Feb. 14 145 51 465.72 1.590 000 Feb. 15 156.23 470.64 3.COO. CO