The Stock Market

Sydney Stock Exchange share price in dex for “Ordinaries” on Mar - 2° was 369.49, on February 21, it was 376.40.

Mr. Alleyn Corbitt has arrived in Suva as manager in Fiji f°r BALM Paints Pty. Ltd., and ICIANZ Ltd.

He succeeds Mr. Ray Ramm, who is now on long service leave after 20 years with BALM, the last two spem

in Fiji.

Sydney Sales

Prices

1 Feb. 21 Mar. 20 Bali Plantations . . 6/5 6/2 Burns Philp ... 98/- 97/9 Burns Philp (SS) . 63/- 63/- Choiseul Plntn. . . 89/- 88/-

C.S.R. Co

79/9 77/- Dylup Plantations . 8/9 8/6 Fiji Industries . . . 17/3 18/6 Hackshall’s ... 18/9 19/- Kerema Rubber . . 4/1 4/1 Koitaki Rubber . . 17/- 17/- Lolorua Rubber 10/6 10/6 Makurapau Plntn. . 5/- 4/- Mariboi Rubber . . 6/10 6/- Pacific Is. Timbers . 3/3 3/9 Palgrave 2/7 2/1 Plantation Holdings . 3/10 3/9 Queensland Insurance 100/- 98/- R'ubberlands ... 5/1 4/9 Sandy Creek ... 6d 6d Sangara lid 1/2 Sogeri Rubber . . 7/6 8/4 Sthn. Pac. Insurance 32/- 33/- Steamships Trading . 14/10 14/2 W. R. Carpenter . . 36/- 35/— Watkins Consolidated 3/- 3/8

Oil And Mining Shares

Dec. 4, Feb. 21, Mar. 20. 1958 1964 1964 Emperor . . b9/- Loloma . . b30/s7/l bl9/6 s6/9 S23/3 Bulolo G.D. b32/s52/s56/- N.G.G. Ltd. b2/3 s3/s3/- Oil Search . b9/9 s2/l s2/- Ent. of N.G. slid s6d s3d Pac. I. Mines — s5/l s4/2 Ditto Opt. . — s2/6 s2/- Papuan Apin. b4/6 Placer Dev. b91/- Timor Oil . n.q. s6/s265/s9y 2 d s5/9 s285/slOd