COMMERCIAL Quiet Market And Easy Prices
The Christchurch Stock Exchange was again quiet yesterday, though there was slightly; more business than on Wednesday. For the first time in several weeks, prices were all steady or easier. National Insurance eased 6d to change hands at* 28s. Other stocks to ease were Taupo Totara Timber, A.W.A., Southland Frozen Meat, Bonds Hosiery, Colonial Sugar and Woolworths.
N.Z. SHARE TRANSACTIONS
Sales.—Late Wednesday: 100 Wright Stephenson, pref., 21s 3d; 100 A.C.1., 50s 6d; 100 Berlei, 50s; 600 Coles, 16s lid; 200 Forest Products, pref., 19s lOd; 158 Tip Top, 14s 2d. Yesterday: £1720 15/11/57-60, 3 per cent., £95 17s 6d; £6500 15/6/59-60, 32 per
cent., £9B 2s6d; £l3OO 15/8/58, 32 per cent., £99 12s 6d; £BOO 15/6/61, 4J per cent., £99 10s; £lOOO 15/6/59, 43 per cent., £100; £lOOO Tasman, 31/3/65, 5 per cent., £95; 50 Dominion Breweries, rights, 28s 6d; 300 N.Z. Insurance, 82s; 200 South Brit-
ish, 83s 3d; 200 Taupo Totara, 355; 750 Alex. Harvey, 27s 3d; 543 Bycroft, 47s 6d; 15 Colonial Sugar, £37 2s 6d; 300 Cox Bros., 5s 4d. and 500 at 5s 3d; 100 Fletchers, 28s 6d; 100 Gillman Packaging, 33s 6d; 200 Hawkins Holdings, 22s 6d; 50 Milne and Choyce. 48s; 482 Forest Products, 17s Bd, and 650 pref, at 19s lOd; 600 N.Z. Refrigerating, 45s 6d; 100 Reid Rubber, 335; 100 Sanford, 18s 9d; 100 Southland Frozen Meat, 61s; 300 Tasman, 17s 6d;
100 Truth (N.Z.), 38s 6d; 100 Whakatane Board 255; 300 Whitcombe and Tombs, 30s 3d, 206 Wilson’s Cement, 14s scr 200 Innes Industries, pref, (unlisted), 20s 3d; 100 N.Z. Woolpack (unlisted). 3f 6d.
WELLINGTON Sales.—Late Wednesday: £3OO 3 per cent., 63-65. £B7 12s 6d; £l4OO 32 per cent., 62, £96 ss; £2OOO 4g per cent., 66-67, £9B ss; 600 C.8.A., 16s; 8 Bank N.S.W., £33; 100 National Insurance, 28s; 102 Wright, Stephenson, pref., 21s 3d; 187 Apex Ice, 60s; 100 Clyde Eng., pref., 18s; 200 Taubmans, 10s 4d; 300 Turnbull and Jones, pref., 19s 6d. Yesterday: £230 3 per cent., 59-61. £93 12s 6d; £BOO 33 per cent., 58, £99 12s 6d; £6500 32 per cent., 59-60, £9B 2s6d: £4OO 32 per cent., 62 (2), £96 2s6d; £5OO 4g per cent., 66-67, £9B ss; 333 C.8.A., 16s; 15 Bank N.S.W., £33; 400 National Insurance (2), 28s; 100 N.Z. Insurance, 82s; 450 Bonds Hosiery, 17s sd; 400 A W A., 10s; 500 Ampol, 13s 6d, and 500 prepaid at 12s 9d; 12 Coulls, Somerville, Wilkie, rights, 9s 9d, and 211 (2) at 10s; 250 N.Z. Forest Products, pref., 19s lOd; 250 Relax, pref., 17s 6d; 300 Skellerup, pref., 19s 3d; 70 Sharland, 535; 700 United Box, 33s 6d; 1000 Waltons Sears (3), 16s 7d, 200 Whitcombe and Tombs, 30s 3d; 700 Woolworths, Sydney, 17s 3d, and 400 (2» at i7f 2d; 400 Commonwealth Mining. Bs.
DUNEDIN Sales.—Late Wednesday: 400 Amalgamated Wireless, 10s; 100 William Cable Holdings, 24s 6d. Yesterday: 159 Coulls, Somerville, rights (3), 9s 6d; 100 Wright, Stephenson, 38s 9d; 100 N.Z. Forest Products, 17s Bd. Sales Reported.—loo Wright, Stephenson, 39s 3d; 300 Union Steamship, pref., 22s 9d; 200 N.Z. Forest Products, 17s 8d; 300 National Insurance, 28s; 100 Broken Hill Pty., 38s 3d; 300 Tasman Pulp and Paper, 17s 3d, and 200 at 17s 6d; 100 Wool worths (N.Z.), 18s 8d; 176 Woolworths Properties, 6 per cent., 16s
INVERCARGILL Sales.—loo Dunlop, pref., 16s 3d; 100 N.Z. Insurance, 82s 9d.
QUOTATIONS IN CHRISTCHURCH
Ship’s Brief Call.—The coastal vessel Holmglen made a call of a few minutes at Lyttelton yesterday morning to take aboard a cook. The former cook had become ill at Oamaru on Wednesday evening and had to be put ashore.
CHRISTCHURCH Sales Reported, Unlisted Stocks £ s. Var'n 100 Kaiapoi* 1 6 6 — Sales on 'Change. Listed Stocks £2500 P-C., 59 (2) 98 2 6 — 5 Dom. Br. rts. 1 9 0 N.C. 200 Nat. Ins. 1 8 0 — 6d 100 Taupo Totara 1 15 0 —3d 400 A.W.A., c.d., 2 . 5 Col. Sugar 0 10 0 —Id (Syd.) 37 0 0 ?- 600 Cox Bros. (3) 0 5 4 N.C, 900 N.Z. Forest, 3 4 17 8 N.C. 200 Whit, Tombs 1 10 0 — 100 W’lw’ths, x.d. 0 17 i — Sales Reported, listed Stocks 200 Comm. Bank 0 16 0 N.C. 100 South. F.M. 3 1 0 —3s 450 Bonds Hos. 0 17 5 —4d 800 A.W.A. 0 10 0 —Id 15 Col. Sugar .. 300 Cyc. Fence, 37 2 6 -2/6 new 1 14 6 N.C. 300 I.C.I., A.N.Z. 2 10 6 <- 150 Ross and Gl. 100 Woolworths, 1 6 3 — N.Z.. c.d. 0 18 8 —Id • Late sale Wednesday. AUCKLAND
Buyers. £ S. d. Sellers. £ s. d N.Z. GOVT.— E 3 p.C., 15/4/56-59 .. 98 15 0 — c 3 p.c., 15/8/59-61 .. 93 10 0 — c 3 p.C., 15/4/60-62 .. 93 7 6 — c 3 p.C., 15/4/60-63 .. 91 12 6 — c 3 p.C., 15/7/61-63 .. 90 7 6 3 p.C., 15/7/62-64 .. 89 0 0 — c 3 p.C., 15/7/63-65 .. 87 10 0 — c 3 p.C., 15/5/64-66 .. 87 5 0 3J p.C., 22/5/60 .. — 7 15 0 c 3j p.C., 15/8/58 .. 99 7 6 31 p.C., 15/9/59 .. )8 5 0 £ 3} p.C., 15/5/62 .. 96 0 0 — I 31 p.C., 15/6/65-66 91 10 0 — I 31 p.C., 15/9/69 .. 88 5 0 — E 31 p.C., 15/9/74 .. 85 5 0 — E 4 p.C., 15/8/65-66 92 10 0 — F 41 p.C., 15/6/59 .. — 100 2 6 A 4j p.C., 15/6/61 .. 99 10 0 £ 41 p.C., 15/6/66-67 98 0 0 — C 41 p.c., 15/8/62-63 99 5 0 — F 41 p.c., 15/8/67-69 98 0 0 — C BANKS— c Comm, of Aust. .. — 0 16 1 J Pref. .. 6 0 0 E., S., and A. .. 19 0 Natl, of A’sia, £1 — 1 10 6 Natl, of N.Z. 12 6 N.S.W. .. — 33 2 6 Sydney 30 0 0 BREWERIES— Ballins, ord. —. 1 18 0 * Dominion, rights 18 3 19 3 1 New Zealand 2 9 9 2 10 6 Tooths .. 2 0 9 — : FROZEN MEAT— Canterbury 25 15 0 Gear —- 1 5 3 1 N.Z. Refrig. — 2 _5 0 1 Nth. Canty., pref. 10 0 Southland — 3 1 2 South Otago — 10 15 0 J GAS— Christchurch 0 18 0 0 19 0 I Cont. • • —■— 0 14 0 I INSURANCE— F.A.M.E. — 1 s 0 Pref — 1 8 0 National — 1 ? 2 New Zealand — 4 3 0 United .. 2 7 6 South British —- 4 4 0 Standard — 1 1 3 LOAN & AGENCY C.F.C.A., ord. 2 15 0 Ch .ch. Building .. 15 10 0 Dalgety .. 19 6 Goldsbrough, M. 18 9 1 10 0 Mutual Benefit .. — 10 3 Nat. Mort., "A” .. •— 0 7 10 “B” — 0 7 10 N.Z.F. Co-op. — 0 16 0 1st Pref. 0 16 0 — *'A” pref. — 0 16 0 “B” pref. — 0 16 0 4£ p.c., Stk., ’60 — 98 10 0 4J p.c. Stock. *65 92 0 0 — N.Z.L. and Mer., ord. 12 0 N.Z. Guarantee • • 0 2 10 — Wright, Stephenson 1 19 6 Pref. . • 110 — SHIPPING— Huddart, Parker 2 7 0 2 10 0 Pref 0 16 9 — P. and O. 16 0 Union, pref. 12 9 13 0 TIMBER— Kauri •• 0 17 6 0 18 3 Taupo Totara 1 14 9 1 15 0 National 0 10 0 — WOOLLENS— Bonds — 0 17 6 Feltex 116 12 6 Pref. 10 0 Lane, Walker Ind -— 1 19 3 Pref. 10 6 Tekau — 19 6 Pref. .. 0 19 6 New — 19 3 Timaru — 15 6 MISCELLANEOUS Alloy Steel (N.Z. — 2 9 0 Amal. Batt. 1 11 6 Ampol 0 13 3 0 13 9 Andrews and Bea —— Pref. 0 19 1 0 19 6 Aulsebrooks, pf. 0 19 6 — A.W.A. .. 0 10 0 0 10 1 Beath and Co. . 1 13 3 — _ Ballins Hotels 0 6 6 Begg and Co. —— 2 7 0 Broken Hill Pty., c.d. 1 18 0 1 18 3 Cont. .. 16 9 —
Buyers. £ s. d. Sellers. s £ s. d. Miscellaneous (Contd.) — P Burns Philp 2 8 0 2 9 0 F Canty. R. Flour 0 11 6 0 14 0 tl C.S.W., rights .. 0 9 6 0 10 0 n Claude Neon, N.Z. 2 10 0 2 13 0 p Colonial Sugar .. 6 15 0 37 0 0 c Sydney 36 17 6 37 2 6 a Cory, Wright, pf. Coulls, Somerville, 0 18 0 pref. 1 0 0 —— Cox Bros., c.d. .. 0 5 3 0 5 4 Cyc. Fence, new ** 1 15 6 I Dom. Rubber .t 0 19 9 — V Dom. Builders ., 0 10 3 — p Dunlop, • N.Z., c.d. 1 3 6 1 4 0 p Email 0 6 0 0 6 3 E.Z. 0 14 9 0 15 3 f Fletcher Holdings __ 1 9 6 h G. J. Coles 0 16 9 0 16 11 v Gordon and Gotch 0 17 6 Griffin and Sons — 0 14 0 ’ Hallenstein Bros. —— 1 19 6 ? Giant 0 12 9 0 13 0 h Customs Credit .. 0 11 3 a Hauraki Whaling —— 0 0 9 Hay’s, Ltd. 15 9 Pref. .. Henry Berry, pf.. 1 0 0 1 0 fl x.d. Humes, N.Z., pref. 1 0 0 ~ 1 x.d. 1 0 0 1 0 6 I.C.I., A.N.Z. 2 10 0 2 11 6 J. J. Niven 2 7 0 J. Wattie Can. •.. —— 16 0; K.P. Drugs, x.d. — 4 18 0 1 M.C.P 0 3 9 0 4 3 Macky Logan 1 3 6 — Maling, pref. —. 0 19 9 Morts Dock 0 10 0 McKenzies — 1 0 0 ' McLeod — 2 6 3 Mercer Indus., pf. —— 1 1 6 M.K Mfrs. 0 12 9 National Electric —- 7 7 6 N.Z. Cement 0 17 6 N.Z. Forest Prods. 0 17 8 N.Z. Indust. Gas. 2 4 0 N.Z. Packing Cor. 1 3 0 — N.Z. Paper Mills —- 1 11 0 North. Roller 2 0 6 Norvic Shoes 0 18 0 Otago Daily Times 2 11 6 Quill. Morris —— 19 0 Reid Rubber Ross and Glen- — 1 14 6 dining 1 6 0 — Tasman 0 17 6 0 18 0 Tip Top Ice — 0 14 6 Vibrapac Blocks 1 9 0 ——_ Vibrapac (Otago) ** 12 0 Weeks 1 7 0 — Pref. .. 0 19 3 — Whakatane, ord. —. 15 3 Whit, and Tombs 1 9 6 — ' Wilson’s Cement Wool worths, ord.. — 0 14 6 x.d. s .. 0 17 0 0 17 2 Properties 0 18 9 — (N.Z.), ord. 0 18 8 Pp., p(., c.d. .. 1 0 3 — W. R. Carpenter W R. Cooke and — 0 11 0 Son AUST. MINING— 1 2 0 — Commonwealth .. 0 8 3 0 8 6 Mount Lyell 0 17 7 — Timor Oil — 0 3 11 0 UNLISTED STOCKS Buyers Sellers. 0 £ s d. £ s d. Beaths, 19s on dep. — 16 0 3 Buntings 1 9 0 — 0 Bing Harris, “A” — 0 19 0 Canty. Saleyards 2 12 0 — Fin. and Disc., pf. —— 0 18 6 Holm Engineering 0 19 0 10 3 p Kaiapoi Woollen 1 5 6 17 0 b Pref. .. 15 0 » Matea Forests 0 1 6 0 1 9 ° M. O’Brien — 1 10 0. R Nelson Fish — 16 6 N.Z. Motor Bodies 2 0 3 3 Prud. Building .. 0 17 0 6 Radio Corpn. 0 13 6 R. and E. Tingey 0 7 0 Restar, 'S.I., pref. 0 16 6 0 Tudor Hosiery .. 10 0 Vigilant Alarms.. 0 0 0 6 0
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