QUOTATIONS IN CHRISTCHURCH

Press, Volume XCIII, Issue 27928, 27 March 1956, Page 17

QUOTATIONS IN CHRISTCHURCH

Alarms .. 0 8 0 ALTERED EXCHANGE RATES Sterling depreciated in relation to the United States and Canadian dollars last week but made a good gain on the Belgian franc. Altered telegraphic transfer exchange rates, as advised yesterday by the Bank of New South Wales, are as follows: N.Z. on New York: buying. 2.8007 dollars to £N.Z.I (compared with with 2.8013 on March 19; selling, 2.7690 dollars (same). N.Z. on Montreal: 2.7964 dollars (2.7976); I 2.7604 dollars (2.7616). N.Z. on Belgium: 141.57 francs (141.47); 137.10 francs (137.0). N.Z. on Netherlands: 10.73 guilders (10.72); 10.47 guilders (same). N.Z. on Sweden; 14.63 kroner (14.62); 14.29 kroner (14.28). N.Z. on Switzerland: 12.26 francs (12.25); 12.02 francs (12.01).

Buyers. £ s. d. Sellers. £ s. d. N.Z. Govt.— 3 p.c., ’5/2/55-58 .. 97 5 0 — 3 p.c., 15/4/60-62 .. 91 15 0 3i p.c., 15/1/53-57 .. 99 5 0 — 32 p.c., 15/6/59-60 .. — 97 5 0 32 p.c., 15/5/62 95 12 6 — 32 p.C., 15/9/69 — 91 2 6 32 p.c., 15/9/74 —— 89 0 0 Banks— Australia and N.Z. 1 15 0 Comm, of Aust. .. 0 14 3 0 14 9 Pref 5 10 0 — N.S.W., rts. 5 5 0 5 6 0 Breweries— Ballins, ord. .. 18 3 — Pref. 10 0 — Dominion .. 3 10 9 3 13 0 New Zealand — 2 0 6 Frozen Meat— Canterbury 20 2 6 — GasAuckland .. 0 9 6 0 10 0 5s paid 0 5 4 — Christchurch 1 2 11 13 2 Cont. 0 17 9 0 18 5 Wellington .. 1 14 0 — Insurance— National 17 0 17 3 New Zealand 4 2 0 4 2 6 Queensland 2 1? 0 — Standard — 5 7 0 Loan and Agency— C.F.C.A., ord. — 1 15 9 Chch. Building — 16 10 0 Daleety, “A” 0 9 9 0 9 11 “B” — 0 10 3 Goldsbraugh, Mort. 16 9 — Mutual Benefit — 1 19 0 Nat. Mort., “A” 0 11 6 0 11 9 N.Z.F. Co-op., 1st pref. — 0 17 6 “A” pref. — 0 16 3 N.Z. Guar. Corpn. 0 2 0 — Newton King, new — 0 14 6 United Building .. — 0 19 3 Wright, Stephenson —— 2 3 5 Pref. 110 — Shipping— Union, pref. •• 12 0 — Timber— Kauri .» •• 12 6 — Woollens— Bruce .. •. — 1 19 0 Feltex 10 3 110 N.Z. 1 11 0 — Pref. 0 19 6 — Korma Tex., pref. —— 0 17 0 Lane. Walker Ind. — 1 19 0 Pref. — 10 6 Manawatu 3 15 0 — Tekau .. .. — 14 3 Pref. .. • • — 10 3 Timaru 17 6 19 6 Wellington 10 0 0 10 10 0 MiscellaneousAlloy Steel (N.Z.) 1 19 9 — Amal. Batt. 1 12 0 —— Ampol •— 0 10 0 Andrews and Beaven, pref. — 0 19 3 Aulsebrooks, pref. — 0 19 8 Apex Ice 2 5 0 .i - Aust. C.I. 2 16 — Beath and Co. 2 3 0 2 4 6 Anthony Hordern 17 6 — Begg and Co. — 2 12 0 Berlei Industries .. — 2 8 0 Booth, Macdonald 0 2 9 0 3 0 Brit. Tobacco 15 9 — Broken Hill Pty., c.d. 1 11 9 — Claude Neon, N.Z. — 2 10 0 Colonial Sugar 31 10 0 — Cvclone Fence 17 6 — Pref. *— 10 6 Dom. Rubber —• 13 6 Donaghy’s Rope .. 2 2 0 —- D.I.C. .116 — Dunlop, N.Z., c.d. •— 13 3 Farrier, Waimak. 0 18 9 10 1 Electro. Zinc, ord. 1 17 6 — Pref. 1 16 0 •— Evans Atlas — 0 17 0 Fletcher Holdings, "B” pref. 0 19 6 10 0 G. J. Coles 0 13 8 0 13 9 Golden Bay 19 3 19 6 Griffin and Sons 1 15 6 ~ - Hardie, pref. — 10 6 Hay’s, Ltd. — 14 9 Pref. — 10 0 Hadfields 0 15 4 — Humes, N.Z., pf. 0 19 6 0 19 9 I.C.I., A., N.Z. .. 1 15 6 1 16 6 J Gadsden, x.d. .. 1 11 0 — John Chambers .. —— 1 11 6 J. J. Niven — 2 3 9 K.P. Drugs 5 15 0 McKenzies — 12 3 M.K. Mfrs. 0 11 3 0 11 9 N.Z. Cement, 5s paid — 0 6 0 National Electric .. — 6 0 0 N.Z. Forest Prods. 0 18 3 0 18 5 Pref. — 0 18 3 Indust. Gas, rts. .. 0 2 5 — N.Z. Newspapers .. 1 14 0 1 14 6 Petrous Tile 12 9 — Reid Rubber — 16 0 Pref. 10 0 Simpson and Williams 2 7 6 — Skellerup, pref. .. 0 19 6 Tasman, £ 1 pd. — 17 0 Transport (Nelson) — 18 0 Turnbull and Jones — 1 17 0 Weeks — 1 11 6 Whakatane, ord. 12 6 ~* Whit, and Tombs, x.d. 1 12 9 —— Wm. Cable Hldgs. 17 6 18 0 “C” pref. — 10 9 Wilson’s Cement .. __ 0 13 10 W’worths, ord. 0 15 0 0 15 3 (N.Z.). ord., c.d. — 0 18 8 Tip Top Ice — 10 0 Ult.-Ekco — 0 19 9 Airwork, pref. — 10 9 Gordon. Gotch 0 14 6 0 15 0 Wiseman’s Hldgs. — 14 3 Aust. Mining— Mount Lyell •• 16 9

Buyers.. £ s. d. Sellers £ s. d Mount Morgan 14 6 Mining— Grey River 0 0 6 0 13 Kaniere 0 11 6 — UNLISTED STOCKS Beaths (Is paid, 19s on deposit) — 1 19 0 Buntings 1 10 0 1 11 0 Canterbury Saleyards 2 4 0 — Canty. Seed — 110 0 Christchurch Press 12 0 0 13 0 0 Hauraki Whaling, 2s 6d paid 0 3 10 0 4 1 Europa Oil (N.Z.), pref. 1 11 9 1 15 0 Lichfield, pref. — 0 19 9 Finance and Discount, pref. —. 10 0 Guthrie. Bowron 110 John Bullied 0 6 6 0 9 0 Kaiapoi Woollens 15 0 R. and E. Tingey 0 6 0 Matea Forests 0 4 4 0 4 9 National Tobacco 0 12 6 Tudor Hosiery 110 Prudential Bldg. .. 0 19 0 Reece, E., Ltd., ord. 0 6 6 0 7 0 Regent Theatre .. 10 0 Scales 0 14 0 . St. Elmo Courts .. 10 0 Southland Cement, 10s paid 0 10 0 Vibrapac Blocks 10 0 Vigilant Fire