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Evening Post, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 25, 29 July 1942, Page 3

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WELLINGTON STOCK EXCHANGE

Sale today First Call.—lo Colonial Sugar, £48 Sales made after going to Press yesterday.— £500 3 p.o. Stock (1952-55), £99; 300 National Electric, 245; 20 Colonial Sugar, £48. (P.A.) AUCKLAND, This Day. Sales (morning call) : Westport-Stockton (pref.). 8s 3d; Auckland Gas, 6s sd. Noon call: Bank of New Zealand, 39s 3d; South British Insurance, 58s 3d; N.Z. Guarantee Corporation, 2s lOd; Liberty Loan (15/9/1952-55), 3 p.C, £99 2s 6d. CHRISTCHURCH, This Day. Sales on 'Change: Liberty" Loan, 3 p.c. (1955), £99 10s;Westport (ord.), 3s; Colonial Sugar, £48. TOBACCO DIVIDEND. British Tobacco Co., Ltd., Melbourne, has advised the Stock Exchange by cable today that the preference dividend for three monthß to July 31 is payable August 21. GOLD RETURNS. Gillesple's Beach wash-up, 430z lodwt for 130 hours and 14,180 yards. Rlmu gold dredge return, 385.7 crude oz for 204% hours and 152,713 yards. Moonlight Goldflelds return 30oz for 228 hours. Blackball Creelt return, 40oz for 212 hours. Okarito wash-up' was 20oz ldwt for 84 hours. DOW JONES SHARE AVERAGES. (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright.) NEW YORK, July 27. Dow Jones (1926 equals 100) :— 20 30 Shares Rails. Indus. sold. July 2 ...... 21.60 108.73 343,000 July 25 26.00 106.37 262,000 July 27 26.10 106.66 260,000 Industrials, 1941: High, 133.59; low, 106.34. LONDON SHARE INDICES. LONDON, July 28. "Financial Times" indices (1926 equals 100) :— Govt. Home Indus- Goldsec's. rails, trials, mines. July 1 ...... 113.6 55.0 97.4 147.0 July 25 114.3 57.4 102.3 146.9 July 28 .*. 114.2 57.3 102.0 146.8 Industrials, 1941: High, 105.9; low, 83.0 LONDON, July 28 New Guinea Gold shares quoted 10 %d. FRUIT AND VEGETABLES. Market Gardeners, Ltd., Wellington report values of fruit and vegetables sold as follows—Passion fruit, 15» to 20s; Poorman oranges. 15s to 20s; tomatoes (per 1b), 2s 5d to Ss: leeks, Cs to 12s; carrots, 2s to 4s; beetroot. 2s to 3s; rhubarb, I6s to 245; all per doz. bunches; cauliflower, 5s to 13s 6d; swedes. 4s to 7s; cabbage, 4s 6d to 7s (all per sack) ; parsnips, 6s to 7s 6d; carrots, 7s to 9s 9d; celery, 9s to 10a 9d; leeks, 6s to 12s 3d: awedes, 3s to 4s; sprouts, 6a 9d 20s; cabbage, 2a 6d to 3s; silver beet. 5s to 5s 6d; lettuce, 12s to 18s; spinach, 18s to 22s 6d (all per case). FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES. ■ Telegraphic exchange rates on overseas centres, supplied by the Bank of New South Wales, are as follows:— T.T. T.T. On Busing. Selling New York, dol. to £NZ 3.2512 3.2050 Montreal, dol. to £NZ .. 3.6039 3.5290 Ceylon, pence to rupee .. 22 3-lfi 22% India, pence to rupee ... 22 3-16 22% S. Africa, £SAIOO to £NZ 123 125V 8 London, SstlOO to £NZ 124% 125 Australia, £NZIOO to £A 100% 100 Fiji, £NZIOO to £F .. 90 BS%