AUSTRALIAN SHARES IMPROVE.

Evening Post, Volume CXXXIII, Issue 6, 8 January 1942, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN SHARES IMPROVE.

(By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright.) SYDNEY, January 7. The tone of the share market is improving with a better inquiry for giltedgeds Sales: Bank of N.S.W., £24 Is; Commercial Banking Co., Sydney, £16 7s 6d; National Bank (£5 paid), £5 3s; Australian Gas (A), 88s; Consolidated Industries, 38s 6d; Morts Dock 17s; Standard Cement, 19s; Wilcox Mofflin, 8s 4d; Placer Development, 465; Rawang Tin, 4s. MELBOURNE, January 7. Sales: Carlton Brewery, 58s; Heralds, 475; Imperial Chemicals (pref.), 24s 9d, Broken Hill, 31s; North Broken Hill, 34s 6d; Broken Hill South, 21s; Mt. Lyell, 23s 6d. BRITISH PURCHASE BOLIVIAN TIN. (By Telegraph—Frees Association— Copyright.) NEW YORK, January 6. The "Daily Metal Trade" announces that the British Supply Ministry has bought the entire output of the largest Rolivian tin mine, "Patino," which produces 55 P Sr ment: of the total Bolivian outtmt It adds that this purchase is meanttocompensate for a possible shortage of Pacific tin. LONDON SHARE AVERAGES. (By Teleuraph -Press Association -Copyright.) Rec. 8.30 a.m.) LONDON, January 7. "Financial Times" indices (1926 equals 100) : ~~ Govt.' Home Indus- Gold see's. Rails, trials, mines. ffi ?:::::: SB SS E «X LOCAL EXCHANGE RATES. The Bank of New South Wales quotes telegraphic rates of exchange (New Zealand currency) on overseas centres as follows >- On Buying. Selling. London, £ to £stg. 100 124 7 6 125 00 Australia £A. to £100 . 100 10 0 100 0 0 Fiji, £F to £100 ... 90 0 0 88 12 6 S. Africa, £ to £SA 100 123 0 0 125 5 0 New York, dols. to £1 . 3.2542 3.2050 Montreal, dols. to £1 .. 3.6039 3.5290 Java, fins, to £1 ... 6.187 6.004 India, Ceylon, d. to rupee 22 3-16 22% Singapore, NZd to 1 dol. 34-41-64 35 39-64 Rhodesia, £ to £RIOO . 124 0 0 126 0 0 FRUIT AND VEGETABLE PRICES. Market Gardeners Ltd., Wellington, report values of fruit and vegetables sold yester-day-.—Plums, 4s to 11s; peaches, 4s to 10s; nectarines, 6s 6d; cucumbers, 7s to 8s; Bayview tomatoes, 9s to 10s 3d; Bayvlew apricots, 9s to 10s 6d; black currants, lOd to 13 Id lb; tomatoes, Is to Is 9d 1b; raspberries, 2s 2d punnet; strawberries. Is 6d punnet; logan berries, 9s 9d 101b tins; carrots, 8s to 17s; turnips, 2s to 3s; rhubarb, 8s to 9s; beetroot, 5s to 9s 6d; radish, 2s to 3s; parsnips,- 5s to 10s 6d all per doz. bunches; cabbage, 5s to 6s; cauliflower, 7s to 15s; silverbeet, 3s 6d to 8s 6d; rhubarb, 4s to 5s 3d; spinach, 7s to lls; broad beans, 10s to 11s 3d; swedes, 10s to 14s 6d; parsnips, 15s to 20s; lettuce, Is to 5s 6d; marrows, 12s to 14s 6d, all per case; cabbage, 6s to 7s 6d per sack; green peas, 4d to 6%d lb; french beans, 5d to 8d lb.