DEALINGS ON ’CHANGE

Dominion, Volume 33, Issue 282, 23 August 1940, Page 12

DEALINGS ON ’CHANGE

Yesterday’s Business RETURN ON INVESTMENTS Sales recorded on dominion stock exchanges yesterday are shown in the following list. In the second column is given the return based on the lust annua! dividend from investment at I lie quoted price. The return of 4 per cent. Govern meat loans Includes redemption:— WELLINGTON

A FIRM MARKET Australian Stock Exchanges (By Telegraph—Press Assn.— Copyright.) (Received August 22, 9.30 p.m.) SYDNEY, August 22. Yesterday’s vigorous movement on the Sydney Stock Exchange was fairly well maintained today, although trading contracted in volume. Sales included: —

FOREIGN EXCHANGES Position Of Sterling li\ I • 'fj i;i pH i■ •- • \• j. ' oi< \ right.>

LONDON, August 21. Gold.—£S/8/- an ounce, line. Silver.—Standard. 23 5-10 d. an ounce; fine, 25 3-l Gd. New Zealand Exchanges Telegraphic rates of exchange, New Zealand on the overseas centres mentioned, were ((noted yesterday by the Bank of New South Wales as follows:— On. Buying. Selling. New York, dol. to £N'.Z. 3.25-12 3.2050 Montreal, dol. to £N.Z. 3.6039 3.5290 Greece, Drac. .to &N.Z. — 112.70 Java, florins .to &N.Z. 6.157 6.004 H. Kong. N.Z.d. to del. 183 10 1-32 India *fc Ceylon, N.Z.d. to rupee 22 5-32 22 49-«rl Manila, N.Z.d. to peso . 9-16 37 7-16 Shanghai. N.Z.d. to dol. — 54 Singapore. N.Z.d. to dol. 34 41-64 35 41.-61 Money Market Rates (By Telegraph—Press Assn. —Copyright.) LONDON, August 21. The Bank of England rate of discount is unchanged at 2 per cent. Discount and short loan rales on the London market compare with iho.se <>f August 14. as follows:— Aug. 14. Aug. 21. I p.c. p.c. I Day to day loans ..9 5 ; Fine trade bills (3 rnos.) 2A too 2i to 3 Bank bills (3 mos.) 1 1-16 I 1-16 Bank bills (6 inos.) li 11 Treasury bills (2 tuos.) 1 1 rreasury bills (3 tnos.) I I NEW YORK. August 21. Call money is unchaiig'-'i ai < per cell' Fruit And Vegetables Market Gardeners, Ltd., Wellington, report prices of fruit and vegetables sola yesterday as follows:- — Fruit. —Passion fruit 6/9 to 15/- a box. Tree tomatoes 7/- to 10/- a box. Vegetables.—Turnips 3/- to 3/6 a doze it bunches; carrots 2/- to 2/6, beetroot. 3/to 3/6, celery 2/- to 6/-, spring onions 18/- to 24/-, rhubarb 8/- to 12/-, all a dozen bunches. Carrots 2/6. parsnips 2/- to 2/6, all a sugar bag. Green peas 1/- a lb. Swedes 2/- to 3/6, silver bed 6d. to 2/6, carrots 3/- to 5/6, cabbage 2/6 to 6/4. leeks 1/6 to 3/6, parsnips 2/6 to 3/9, cauliflower 2/- to 7/6, beetroot 3/- to 3/6, lettuce 1/- to 8/-. spinach 4/- to 12/9, celery 6/- to 0/6. sprouts 1.7/- to 32/-, all a ease. Cabbage 2/to 12/-, cauliflower 5/- to 20/6. swedes 3/- to 4/-, pumpkins "/- to 13/9. all a sack. Potatoes £5/10/- to £6/10/- a ton. Onions 12/- tv 14/- a cental bag. Australian Produce Prices (By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copy right.) (Received August 22, 9.30 p.m.) SYDNEY, August 22. The wheat market is fairly quiet again. I Silo grain is quoted at 3/11 a bushel, and bagged at 4/2i|. Flour £l2/10/- a ton. Bran and pollard, £5/10/-. Potatoes. Tasmanian Brownells £l3, others £l2; New Zealand Whiteskius, £l2. Onions, Victorian. Brown, £lO. Maize, ■ndtiia StZ« & ‘bushels jellow»A/& '

Su "f price Yield p.c OU investment. shares. s. d. fl. 1(K) Bank td N.Z. .. - 0 -1 1.) - 75 1"ulon Bank ... 7 0 o ■ 0 0 250 N.Z. Breweries i2> 1 14 fi 0 0 100 Broken Hill Pty. a2 «) 4 11 11 150 G. J. Coles ... 3 1 ■ . 1.1 GO Uitto 3 (i • 12 It) 110 N.Z. Drug a4 200 Woolworths Ltd. 1 3 18 <1 1<; to , i 11 a Reported after last call Auckland. £ 8. d. X H. d. Govt. Stock, 4 p. c., 15'2/4.",-Ill 101 17 6 3 11 f) Auek. Harbour, 1} p.e., o 9/7/41 ‘I”? 17 — .Auek. Gas. perp. deb. 101 tj 0 9 Bank of N.Z *- 1 ■J 4 lf» I'nlon Bank 1 National Insurance ■ *<• IS 0 0 4 u 4 Fnnn. Anet., A pref. . 1 1 3 4 14 1 Renown Coal. pref. .. O • > Taupirl Coal, odd lot 1. <i (i ■ 6 4 Oaniaru Woollen .... *1 11 O t> 0 Dorn. Breweries 1 0 14 10 A.C. Industries *1 15 6 3 IS .10 Broken HUI Ppty. (2) 2 6 4 14 1 Ditto - 9 1 6 6 4 11 11 Farmers Trading .... 0 19 0 7 7 4 ♦Late sale Wednesday. (Il 1USTCHVKC1I. & 8. d. £ e. d. Govt. Stock, 34 p.e., 15/1/53-57 W» / 6 3 10 S N.Z. Partners Co-op., 13 •14 p.c„ 18/5/49 ... 80 0 11 7 2 Ditto, 44 p.e., 1950 . 80 0 0 s 15 3 3 19 , i Ditto (2) 1 15 6 3 18 10 Broken Hill Ppty. ... 2 9 4 J 3 6 Ditto 2 * i 6 4 14 1 Colonial Sugar 48 15 0 3 8 Ditto 48 . i 0 3 111 National Electric .... 0 17 10 14 DUNEDIN. v 8, d. B b. d. Govt. Stock. 4 p.c.. 15/5/49-52 104 15 0 3 10 10 N.Z. Befrig.. cont. ... 0 8 9 '• ,» 8 Donaghys Rope 2 12 « 3 111 National Electric ...- 0 Ju 9 15

Bank of Australasia £ s. 0 <1. 0 Austr. General Insurance 0 14 6 Morris Hedstroin . 0 19 6 Burns, Philp 2 8 3 Peters 1 0 Morts Dock ........... 0 15 9 Woolworths, Ltd. ....... 0 17 0 William Adams . 0 12 0 Mt. Lyell . .1 7 6 MELBOURNE, August. 22. Sales on the Melbourne Stock Exchange today included : — £ S. d. Metropolitan Gas . 13 0 Cox Bros . 0 .1 Mort 1 •< 0 Mt. Morgan 0 R 3 Loloina 1 2 8 Taranaki Oil . 0 4 0

LONDON. August 21. The following mean closing rates on foreign exchanges were current today Par. August 21. New York, dollar .. to £ 4.86*5 4.03 Montreal, dollar ... to £ 4.866 4.45 Paris, francs to £ 12-1.21 V Geneva, francs .— to £ 17.70 Stockholm. kroner . to £ 23.43 16.1)0 Lisbon, esc to £ 100 L 10.25 Milan, lire to £ 92 —. Athens, drac to £ 375 346 Rio de J., d. to mil .... 4.99 — B. Aires, d. to pesa 47.02 17.065 Monte Video, d. to peso 51 — Calcutta, d. to rupee ... 18 IS Yokohama, d. to yen .. 24.582 141 Shanghai, d. to dollar .. — Ltong Kong, d. to dollar — 15 •Dealings suspended.