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Evening Star, Issue 21013, 29 January 1932, Page 12

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SALES ON ’CHANGE: THIS DAY. Christchurch.—Government 5£ per cent. Inscribed Loan (1937), £99 12s 6cl; Commercial Bank of Australia, 15s Id; Bank of. New Zealand, 44s sd; Goldsbrough, Mort, 23s v 6d; Golden Dawn, 7s 7d, 7s 6d. Wellington.—per cent. Government Stock (1938), £94 15s. FOREIGN EXCHANGES. (British Official Wireless.) Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. RUGBY, January* 28. (Received January 29, at 11 a.m.)

CHICAGO WHEAT QUOTATIONS. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. NEW YORK, January 28. (Received January 29, at 1 p.in.) Chicago wheat: March, 55 3-8 cents per bushel; May, 57 7-8; July, 58 J; September, 59 7-8. P. AND 0. SHARES. Press Association—By Telegraph-Copyright. LONDON, January 28. (Received January 29, at 1 p.in.) P, and 0. shares, 21s-6d. THE WOOL MARKET. LONDON SALES POSTPONED. LONDON, January 28. (Received January 29, at 1 p.m.) The wool sales were postponed owing to fog. At Bradford the market is linn. Severities, 26id; sixty-fours, 23id; sixties, 22d; fifty-sixes, 17id; fifties, 12Jd; forty-sixes, 9Jd; forties, 9d. PRICE OF GOLD. LONDON, January 28. (Received January 29, at 1 p.m.) Fine gold is quoted at £5 19s 3d per

SHEEPSKIN SALE£3, A LONDON, January 28. (Received January 29, at 1 p.m.) At the sheepskin sales 7,700 bales were offered and about 5,000 sold. There was a good home and Continental demand. Compared with the December pates merinos were par to 5 per cent, dearer; comeback combings, 5 to 10 per cent.; others unchanged. All were in poor condition. Short skins were neglected. BUTTER AND CHEESE. LQNDON, January 28. (Received January 29, at 1 p.m.) Butter: Firm. The watermen’s strike is somewhat retarding deliveries. Danish, 1265; choicest salted New Zealand, 100 s and 102 s; Australian, 98s and 100 s; unsalted New Zealand, 110 s and 114 s; Australian, 104 s and 108 s. Cheese: New Zealand coloured, 60s; White, 625; Australian, 56s and 58s. BEET SUGAR. • LONDON, January 28. (Received January 29, at 1 p.m.) ■ Beet sugar: February, 6s Bid.

Jan. 27. Jnn. 28. Paris, franc to £1 88 13-1G 88 1-lli Brussels, belgas to £1 24 24 13-1G Oslo, kroner to £1 18} 18s Stockholm, kroner to 17} 17.90 Copenhagen, kroner to £1 ... 18} 18} Geneva, franc to £1 175 17! Berlin, reichmnrken to ;£1 „. 14 11-16 14.Ga Montreal, dollar to £i ... ... 3.99$ 3.98 New York, dollar to £1 ... ... 3.46$ 3.46} Amsterdam, florin to £I ... ... 8.59$ 8.61 Milan, lire to £\ ... 69$ 60S Prague, kroner to £1 ... ... 116$ 11CJ Vienna, schilling to £1 ... 30 32 Helsingfors, marks to £1 230 230 Madrid, peseta to £1 41$ 415 Athens, drachmae to 270 275 Lisbon, escudo to £1 109$ ■109} Bucharest, lei to £1 580 580 Rio de Janeiro, pence to milreis 4$ 4} Buenos Aires, pence to pesos ... 40$ 4UJ Montevideo, pence to dollar ... 31 31 Shanghai, pence to .ael 22 11-1G 22 11-1G Yokohama, pence to yen 32$ 24} Hongkong, pence to dollar ... 17 1-16 17 1-16 Bombay, pence to rupee 18$ 181