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Evening Star, Issue 21715, 9 May 1934, Page 12

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FOREIGN EXCHANGES. (British Official Wireless.) Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. RUGBY, May 8. (Received May 9, at noon.) Paris, frane to £1 77 9-32 New York, dollar to SI 5.11 1-8 Montreal, dollar to £1 5.09 J Brussels, belgas to £1 21.854 Genera, franc to £1 15.74£ Arasterdam, florin to £1 7.534 Milan, lire to £1 60 Berlin, reichmarken to £1 12.944 Stockholm, kroner to £1 19.40 Copenhagen, kroner to £1 22.394 Oslo, kroner to £1 ... ■ 19.904 Vienna, schilling to £1 28 Prague, kroner to £1 112 3-8 Helsingfors, marks to £1 226 J Madrid, peseta to £1 37 5-16 Lisbon, escudo to £1 HO Athens, drachmae to £1 ... ... 530 Bucharest, lei to £1 510 Belgrade, dinars to £1 225 Warsaw, zlotys to £1 Rio de Janeiro, pence to milreis 4-4 Buenos Aires, pence to dollar ... 364 Montevideo, pence to dollar ... 384 Bombay, pence to rupee 18 3-32 Shanghai, pence to tael ... ... 154 Hongkong, peace to dollar 17 Yokohama, pence to yen 144 Batavia, florin to £1 ... ... ... SYDNEY STOCK EXCHANGE. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. SYDNEY, May 9. (Received May 9, at 1.45 p.m.) Stock Exchange sales: 4 per cent. 1938 bonds, £lO6 Is 3d; Anthony Hordern, 16s 3d; Dunlop Perdriau, 18s 9d (pref., 36s 2d); Lustre, 23s 6d; Wilcox, Mofflin, 13s 9d. , AUSTRALIAN WOOL PRICES. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. SYDNEY, May 9. (Received May 9, at 1.35 p.m.) The prices for wool sold in Australia in the ten months to the end of April averaged 16d per lb for greasy and 24.1 d ioi scoured. VICTORIAN ELECTRICITY LOAN. Ipress Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, May 8. (Received May 9, at 12.5 p.m.) The State Electricity Commission of Victoria is issuing £600,000 3J per cent, stock at £96, repayable in 1954, of which £265,153 is offered to holders of Melbourne'Electrics 6 per cents., which are being redeemed on June 1. LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE. —t Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, May! 8. (Received May 9, at 11.45 a.m.) New Guinea Gold, 6s lOJd; B.ulolo, 127 s 6d; Bank of Australasia, £9 10s; Bank of New South Wales, £25 (ex div.); Union Bank of Australia, £7 12s 6d; National Bank of New Zealand, 655; Bank of New Zealand 4 per cent., £100; Shares, 46s 10}d; New Zealand Loan and Mercantile 4 per cent. Debentures, £BO 10s; Ordinary Stock, £42 iOs. SALES ON ’CHANGE THIS DAY. 'Auckland.—Pukemiro, 24s 6d; New Zealand Drug Company, £3 14s 9d; Mahakipawa, lOd; Mount Morgan, 22s 6d; Bonds, 1940, £lO5 ss; 1946, £lO5 ss; 1955, £lO6 \ Amalgamated Brick (debentures), £9B 10s; Northern Steam, 6s; Bank of New Zealand, £2 11s 6d; Waitahu, 4s 9d; Skippers, Is; Gisborne Slieepfarmers, £92 10s., Wellington.—Sales on ’Change:— First call: Skippers (paid Is), Is; Colonial Sugar, £64 7s 6d; Bank of New South Wales, £35 ss; Bank of New Zealand, D shares, 34s 4d; 4 per cent.* Stock, 1940, £lO4 17s 6d; 1949, £lO4 10s; 1955, £lO6 15s. Second call: Bank of New Zealand, £2 18s 3d. Christchurch.—Bank of New Zealand (cum div.), 51s 6d; Goldsbrough, Mort, 33s 8d (3); Henry Jones Co-op. (cum. div.), 32s (4); Goldfields Dredging, 8d (2) ; Hatters Flat (Is paid), 6]d (2) ; Mahakipawa, 9£d (2) ; Mahakipawa (pref.), Is 4jd (2) ; Skippers Ltd. (Is paid), Hid; Christchurch City, 4i per cent., 1/10/55, £lO3 ss. Reported: Okarito, 8s 5d (2).