LATE NEWS

Evening Star, Issue 21633, 31 January 1934, Page 10

LATE NEWS

COMMERCIAL LONDON WOOL SALES. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, January 30. (Received January 31, at 12.45 p.m.) At the mod! sales 7,950 bales were offered, including;'2,629 from New Zealand. About 4,280 bales were sold. There was a quieter sale with a smaller attendance of Yorkshire buyers resulting in larger withdrawals, especially cross-breds, which made up the bulk of ,the offerings. Prices were irregular. New Zealand, greasy cross-bred “ HL/W ” top 17d, average 13 £d. LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, January 30. (Received January 31, at 11.30 a.m.) Bank of .Australasia, £lO 10s; Dank of New South Wales, £29 ss; Union Bank of Australia, £8 12s Cd ; National Bank of New Zealand, 70s; Bank of New Zealand 4 per cent., £99; shares, 50s 9d; New Zealand Loan and Mercantile 4 per. cent debentures. £7B 10s; ordinary stock, £42 10s; New Guinea Gold, 5s Gd. FOREIGN EXCHANGES. (British Official Wireless.) Press Association —By Telegraph—Copyright. RUGBY, January 30. -.(Received January 51, at noon.) Paris, 5 franc to £1 79 15-32 New,York, dollar to £1 5.02 Montfealf dollar to £1 ... 5.04 : Brussels, belgas to £1 22.41 j Geneva, franc to £1 16.12 Amsterdam, florin to £1 7.77 j Milan,., lire to £1 , ... 59 7-16 Berlin, roichmarken to £1 ... ..., 15.16., Stockholm, kroner to £1 > ... ...: 19.39,} Copenhagen, kroner to. £1 ~. ...' 22.40 Oslo,’ kroner to £1 ' 19.90 •Vienna, schilling to £1 ...' 29 Prague. -- kroner i to £1 106 Helsingfors. -Afiarks, ■to £1 ... :2Z6i ■Madrid, peseta; to £1 38 13-16 Lisbon,: escudo to £1 .... ... .... HO Athens, drachmae td)£l ■ ... ••• 545 Bucharest, lei toi£l ... ... 530 Belgrade, dinars to*£l ... ... 230 Warsaw, zlotys to £1 ... —■ Rio de Janeiro, pence to milrcis 4i Buenos. Aires, pence to dollar ... 35£ pence. to dollar ... 37 Bombay, pence to rUpee 18 3-32 Shanghai, pence to tael 16| 'Hongkong, pence to dollar 18 Yokohama, pence to yen 14 5-16 Batavia, florin ito £1 . * Official. .; SALES ON ’CHANGE: THIS DAY. Wellington. Standard Insurance, 625, 62s Id; New Zealand Breweries, 40s 3d; AVoolworths (N.Z.), pref., 36s 6d. - Christchurch.—-Commercial Bank of Australia; (cum div.), 18s 3d (3); Commercial Bank of Sydney (ex div.), £l7 17s 6d; Bank of New South Wales, £34; National Bank - , of Australasia (£5 paid), £6 14s 6d; Goldsbrough, Mort, 34s lid; National Mortgage “A” (cum div.), 645; New Zealand Refrigerating (10s paid, cum div.), 9s 3d (4) ; New Zealand Breweries, 41s, 41s Id; Gillespie’s Beach, 2s 5d (3) ; Nevis Diesel. Electric, HJd. Reported: New Zealand Government 3J per cent Inscribed an odd lot, £lOl 12s 6d; Bank of New South Wales, £34 7s 6d; Dalgety and Co., £lO 9s 6d; New Zealand Refrigerating (£1 paid, cum div.), 19s'lid; Mount Lyell (late sale yesterday), £2ss 9d. - , Auckland.—Farmers’ Trading, 3s 8d; Waitahu, 6s Id: Commercial Bank, 18s Id; Refrigerating, 19s lOd; Mount Lyell, 25s 9d; Electrolytic Zinc, 26s 8d; British Tobacco, 36s 9d; Breweries, 41s; Rural Bonds, £9B 15s; Government Bonds, 4 per cent. (1940). £lOl ss; Fire Board, 6 per cent., £lO2.