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Quotations on the Stock Exchange. CHRISTCHURCH. Sales on 'Chang*. N.Z. Govt. 4 p.c. Inscr., 1940, £lOl. N.Z. Govt. 4 p.c. Inscr., 1949, £lOl ss. Comm. Bank of Aust., 15s lOd (3). Union of Aust., £9 4s. United Building Society, 17s 9d. N.Z. Refrigerating CIOs paid). 7s Bd. New Zealand Breweries, 35s lOd. Timaru Brewery, 9s. British Tobacco. 34s lid, 35s (2). Mount Uyell. 21s 9d. Alexander Mines, 245. Bell Hooper, 9Jd (3). Big River, Is 8d (4). Gillespie’s Beach (Is paid). 2s 3d. Lawson’s Flat (Is paid), 9d (2). Xokomai, 3s 6d (3). Waihi, 255. Waihi Grand Junction, 4s OJd. Sales Reported. Bank of Australasia, £l2 (late sale 26th). Bank of Australasia, £ll 16s 6d. Bank of New Zealand “D” Mortgage, 33s (late sale 26th). Goldsbrough Mort, 295. Number of Shares. £2OO N.Z. Govt., 1940. £2OO N.Z. Govt 1949. 300 Commercial Bank of Aust. 25 Union Bank of Aust. 100 United Building Society. 175 New Zealand Refrigerating. 100 New Zealand Breweries. 200 Timaru Brewery. 350 British Tobacco. 100 Mount T-vell. SO Alexander Mines. 2500 Bell Hooper. 1700 Big River.

200 Gillespie’s Beach. 1000 Lawson’s Flat. 400 Nokomai. 100 Waihi 200 Waihi Grand Junction. 75 Bank of Australasia, £l2. 40 Bank of Australasia, £ll 16s 6d. 1000 Bank of New Zealand. 100 Goldsbrough Mort. Following are to-day’s quotations: Buyers. Sellers. £ s d. £ s. d.

Unlisted Stocks. All transactions In stocks quoted In this section are subject to double rate of brokerage and are not quoted on the Official List.

OTHER EXCHANGES. Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, August 2S. Sales—Mataki Gold, Is Sd; Grand Junction. 4s and 4s Id; New Zealand Refrigerating (con ). 7s 5d and Ss; Okarito, 12s 3d; Auckland Gas (con.), 17s; Mount Lyell. 21s 8d; Waihi, 25s 3d; New Zealand Newspapers, 26s 4d; Wilson’s Cement, 34s 3d; Bank of New Zealand. 4Ss 3d; Colonial Sugar, £SB; Government stocks, 4 per cents, 1940, £IOO 17s 6d; Government stocks, 4 per cents, 1946, £IOO ss. DUNEDIN. August 28. Sales—Big River, Is 7d (two) Bell Kilgour, Is 4d. Sales reported—Southland * rozen Meat (cont.), 25s 9d. AUCKLAND BUSINESS. (Special to the “ Star.”> AUCKLAND. August 28. Bidding at the first call of the week was rather dull for bank shares, hut there was little change in the other sections. - Mining scrip was in good demand and buyers were prepared to go to 25s for Waihis. with sellers asking threepence more. Under the influence of the pending wool • sales in Sydney Goldsbrough Morts firmed up further with buyers at 28s 2d, while holders raised their limits to 28s 9d. Refrigerating shares were in and ordinaries were asked for at 15s 9d. A parcel of contributing changed hands at 7s sd, the highest figure for a long time. SATURDAY’S SALES. Auckland. Sales on ’Change. —Renown Collieries (now. pref.). 9d; Rawang Tin. 4s 9d. Unlisted —Auckland Farmers’ Freezing, 16s 6d. Wellington. Sales Reported.—lnscribed. 4 p.e., 1955 (late sale Friday), £IOO 10s. Dunedin. Sale Reported.—Freshford, 7.id. OKARITO RETURN. DUNEDIN, August 28. The Okarito return is 39 ounces 13dwt for 114 hours’ working. GOLDEN SANDS, LTD. Golden Sands, Ltd., have been advised by the mine manager at Barrytown that the gold return was 540 z for thirty-six shifts. POULTRY AND EGGS. The Canterbury Co-op. Poultry Producers. Ltd., report that supplies of poultry coming to hand for Wednesdav’s and Friday’s sales are being well maintained. There is still, however, a pronounced shortage of good-quality hollers and well-finished chicken. A full attendance of buyers was present at both sales and all lines were readily disposed of at satisfactory prices. The following prices were realised per pair:—Hens, light to 5s 6d, heavy to 6s 9d; chicken, light to ss, heavy to 7s 6d: ducks to 5s fid; turkeys, hens to 10s. gobblers to ,16s. 6

N.Z. GOVT. STOCK 3i p.c. Inscr., 193843 101 5 0 3J p.c. Inscr., 193943 101 0 0 3i p.c. Inscr., 193952 100 10 0 4 p.f. Inscr., 1940 101 0 0 101 4 p.c. Inscr., 1946 100 0 0 100 7 4 p.c. Inscr., 1949 101 5 0 101 10 4 p.c. Inscr., 1955 101 0 4 p.c. Bonds, 1940 101 ft 0 4 p.c. Bonds. 1946 100 5 0 4 p.c. Bonds, 1949 101 0 0 4 p.c. Bonds, 1955 101 0 OTHER DEBENTURES p.c., 1-10-44 .. 101 0 0 103 0 0 Glaxo 6 5 p.c., 1945 0 0 N.Z. Refrigerating 6i p.c., 1935 .. 100 Booth Macdonald 65 p.c-., 1937 . . 40 0 0 Gisborne Sheepfarmers’ 6J p.c-., 1941 85 10 0 BANKS— 11 15 0 12 0 0 Comm, of Aust. 0 lb 9 Comm. of Aust. s 14 17 6 6 E., S. and A 5 6 6 6 Natl. of A’asia (£10 paid) .... 6 3 0 4 Natl, of N.Z. 4 32 5 ft New Zealand .... 2 S 1 New Zealand ("D” Mort shares) . . 1 6 Union of Aust. . 9 INSURANCE— National ft 17 3 0 17 6 10 0 South British 3 10 Standard (c. div.) 15 LOAN AND AGENCY— Dalgety and Co. . 8 IS ft Goldsb'rougli Mort 1 8 l N.Z. and River Plate 1 0 0 N.Z. Guarantee Corporation . . 0 6 0 Merc. (ord. stk.) 46 0 0 47 10 0 United Building Society 0 17 6 0 Perpetual Trustees SHIPPING— (cum div.) 1 9 9 1 10 6 P. and O. Deferred Stock 1 3 ft 1 4 Union (pref.) .... 1 2 6 FROZEN MEAT— Canterbury .... 9 15 0 Canterbury (pref.) 6 0 Gear 1 10 3 1 11 3 N.Z. Refrigerating (£1 paid) 0 16 1 0 16 9 N.Z. Refrigerating (10s paid) 0 7 9 0 S 2 WOOLLENS— Kaiapoi(17s paid) ft 7 ft 0 8 6 Kaiapoi (pref.) . 0 12 0 0 16 0 COAL— Grey Valley .... 0 12 0 ■Westport ...... 0 12 3 0 13 1 GAS— Auckland 1 3 3 1 3 9 Auckland (contr.) 0 17 ft 0 17 3 Christchurch .... 1 6 Christchurch (10s 0 13 Timaru 1 0 0 BREWERIES— Carlton 1 18 0 New Zealand .... 1 15 10 1 16 0 Staples 1 5 3 1 5 9 Timaru (7s 6d pd.) 0 6 0 Tooheys 1 3 6 Tooths 1 17 6 1 17 9 MISCELLA NEOUS— Australasian Papex and Pulp 1 12 6 Amalgamated Wire less (contr.) .. 1 Australian Glass . 2 9 Aust. Iron and Steel (pref.) 0 15 0 Beath and Co. . . 1 6 3 1 8 0 Beath and Co. (Is paid) 0 5 3 0 5 Beath and Co. 1 6 1 5 ft British Tobacco - i J 4 9 1 lo 0 Colonial Sugar bS 0 ft Dunlop Rubber . . 0 17 9 0 17 11 Electrolytic Zinc (ord.) 1 1 6 Electrolytic Zinc (pref.) 1 11 10 1 12 Henry .Jones Co1 6 Howard Smith . . 0 11 6 Mount Lyell .... 1 1 1 1 N.Z. Drug Co. . . 3 6 N.Z. Farmers’ Coctf). 4 5 per cent stock, 1940 .... N.Z. Farmers’ Coop. 4 5 per cent stock. 1945 N.Z. Newspapers 1 1 Wilson’s Cement Wool worths (Sydpaid, pref 1 6 0 MINING— Alexander 1 4 0 1 Alexander (13s 6d paid) l 3 3 1 3 9 Aotearoa Gold Pros0 1 1 0 2 11 Bell Hooper (9d paid) 0 9 0 0 10 Bell Ivilgour .... 1 ft 1 Big River 0 1 0 1 8 A Blackwater 1 15 0 1 16 0 Central Shotover 0 1 ft 0 1 05 Consolidated .... ft 16 0 l 3 0 Freshford 0 0 0 0 9 Gillespie’s Beach (Is paid) .... 0 2* 0 Golden Dawn .... 3 Golden Point . . . 0 0 2 0 0 25 Golden Sands (cum div.) 0 3 1 0 3 2 0 2 9 King Solomon 0 2 3 0 4 Lawsons Flat (Is paid) ft 0 8 0 9 4 Mahakipawa .... 0 0 2 0 0 M a h akipawa (pref.) ft 2 Nokomai 0 3 b, 0 3 65 Okarito (cum div.) 0 12 3 0 12 Oxenbridge Shotover (9d paid) 0 0 8 0 0 10 0 9 Waihi 1 5 0 1 b 3 Waihi Grand Juneft 4 0 0 1 Waitahu (5s paid) 0 7 4 0 7 oi

Buyers. Sellers. £ s. d. £ s. d. Bell Hill 0 3 0 Brian Boru 0 16 0 1 2 0 Claude Neon Lights 110 0 Long Trail 0 1 3 0 2 0 Maerewhenua (9d paid) 0 0 6J 0 0 71 Mining House Concessions (3d pd.) 0 0 31 0 0 4 Moonlight Nelson Creek (6d paid) 0 0 7 0 0 91 N.Z. Perpetual Forests 2 0 0 Skippers (3d paid) 0 0 01 0 0 21 paid) 0 0 OJ 0 021 Snowy River .... 0 2 2 0 2 6 Sun Newspapers .. 0 3 3 0 4 6 Temuka Flour .... 014 0 Were's Investment Trust 0 3 6