LATE NEWS

Evening Star, Issue 21916, 31 December 1934, Page 10

LATE NEWS

FOREIGN EXCHANGE

ON NEW ZEALAND CURRENCY BASIS i ■ • The Bank of New South Wales, Dunedin, quoted the following rates for purchases and sales of foreign exchange

Singapore— N. penpe. to 1 •. '} 't ‘ _ r , ■ dollar ... ... T.T. 34 7-16 35j ; O.D. -34 5-16 35 5-16 T.T represents telegraphic transfers. O. represents on demand transactions. The abore rate*; are subject to alteration. FOREIGN EXCHANGES. (British Official Wireless.) [ • Press Association—Bv Telegraph—Copyright RUGBY, December. 29. (Received December 31, at noon.) Paris, franc to,£l ... 7* New York, dollar to £1 ... ... 4-93 9-16 Montreal, dollar to £1,... ... J- 9 ®* Brussels, belgas :to £1 ... Geneva, franc' to £1 .... ... ••• “"i Amsterdam, florin to £1 ... ... Milan, lire to £1 .... ... ... ••• 57 19-32 Berlin, reichmarken to £1 ... ... Stockholm, kroner to £T ... ... Copenhagen, kroner to £1 Oslo, kroner to £1 ... Vienna, schilling ,to £1 Prague, kroner to £1 ... ... ••• 1115 Helsingfors, marks to £1 ... ... 226? Madrid, peseta to £1 ... ... ... 36 1-32 ■ Lisbon, escudo to £1 ... ... ... 110? Athens, drachmae to £1 ... ... 517 Bucharest, lei to £1 ... ... 490 Belgrade, dinars to £1 ... Warsaw, slbtys to £1 ... ... ... 26.18 Rio de Janeiro, pence to milreis 4i Buenos Aires, pence to dollar ... 36i Montevideo, pence to dollar ... 39| Bombay, ■ pence to rupee ... ... 181-16 Shanghai, pence to tael , ... ... 16| Hongaong, pence,,,to dollar ... .... 19* Yokohama,,,pence to yen ... ... 14 Batavia, florin to £1 ... ...

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Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright

LONDON, December 29. Friday’s dosing prices were as follow: ' ' : ’

Cotton: Spot, 7.20 d per lb; January, 6.87 d. , J • Rubber; Para, sd; plantation smoked, Bid. ; ~ ' Jute: January-February, £l7 7s 6d. Copra: January-February South Sea, £9; smoked,'£9; plantation. Rabaul, £9 12s 6cl. . 1 Linseed oil,‘£l9 15s. Turpentine, 44s 6d. SHIPPING SAlLED.—December 31. Waitouaiti, s.s. (1 p.m.), 3,926 tons, jWatson,-for Bluff, Sydney, and Newcastle. . TELEGRAPHIC ADVICE. AUCKLAND, December 31.—Arrived: Cambridge (7 a.m.), from Falmouth; Waipiata (6.45 a.m.), from .Wellington. , TIMARU,. December 31.—Sailed; Wainui (10 a.m.), for Dunedin. i ‘ MELBOURNE, December 31. Sailed: Sydney Maru, for Wellington. SUEZ,; 'December 29.—Arrived : ' Strathaird, from; Fremantle. PORT SAID, December 29.—Arrived: Waimana, from London. SOUTHAMPTON, December, 29. Arrived; Tainui. from New Zealand. GLASGOW, December 29.—Sailed: Port Hunter, for Auckland. ■ LONDON, December 29.—Sailed: Port Hobart, for New Zealand.

France — ’ £1 , :. ' Francs 'to 60.63 59.33 N.Z. T.T.. O.D, 60.93 59.38 Noumea— £1 Francs to 61.58 ' 58.58 ' N.Z. . t/h O.D. 61.93 ' 58.63 Papeete— £1 Francs to 61.58 58.58 N.Z. T.T. O.D. 61.98 58.63 Belgium— £1 Belgas to N.Z. T.T. 17.268 . 16.568 O.D. 17.368 , 16.583 Germany— Reichsmarks to Bl 9.638 9.643 N.Z. T.T. O.D. Italy— £1 Lire to 45.60 N.Z. T.T. .— O.D. — 45.64 Switzerland— Francs to £1 12.443 12.043 N.Z. T.T. O.D. 12.518 12.053 Holland — Florins ■ to SI 5.990 5.740 N.Z. ■ — T.T. O.D. 6.040 5.744 Jar.a — £1 Florins to 5.947 5.722 N.Z. T.T. O.D. 5.997' 5.726' Japan— to 1 N.Z. pence yen T.T. - - 17 21-32 Shanghai N.Z. pence dollar to 1 T.T. 20| 21 11-16 O.D. 20i 21| India and Ceylon— N.Z. pence rupee to X T.T. O.D. 22 5-16 22 5-16 - 22 21-32 22 19-32 Hongkong— to I i N.Z. pence, dollar- '. t!t.- : 25 7-16 264 i ■ ■ .. O.D-: 25 5-16' •26 7-16