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Evening Star, Issue 22047, 5 June 1935, Page 12

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FOREIGN EXCHANGES. (British Official Wireless.) Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright RUGBY, Juno 4. (Received June 5, at 12.20 p.m.) The following are the mean closing rates: — Paris, franc to £1 74 17-32 New York, dollar to £1 4.93 1-8 Montreal, dollai to £1 4.93 i Brussels, belgas to £1 ... 29.00 Geneva, franc to £1 ... 15.07£ Amsterdam, florin to £1 7.27 Milan, lire to £1 59 3-8 Berlin, reichinarken to £1 12.15 Stockholm, kroner to £1 19.39 A Copenhagen, kroner to £1 „. ... 22 Oslo kroner lo £1 ]9.90i Vienna. schilling to £1 33 Prague, kroner lo £1 IJ7 9-16 Bckiivrfors, marks to £1 225'; Madrid, peseta to £1 35 j3.] 6 Lisbon, escudo to £1 no 1-8 "Athens, drachmae 1o £1 512 Bucharest, lei to £1 4.82£ Belgrade, dinars to £1 215 Warsaw, zlotys to £1 ... ... ... 26.25 Rio ds Janeiro, pence to railreit 4.1. Buenos Aires, pence to dollar ... 36£ *Montevideo. pence to dcllar ... 39 7-8 Bombay, peace to rupee 18 1-8 Shanghai, pence to tael 19 7-8 Hongkong, pence to dollar 28 5-8 Yokohama, pence to yen H 1-8 Batavia, florin to £1 ... : 7.24^ ♦Sellers. DAIRY PRODUCE The Otago Farmers' Co-operative Association of NeAV Zealand Ltd. has received the following cable from London, dated Juno 4: —Butter: Market firm: finest, 83s. Cheese: Market quiet; prices unchanged. SYDNEY STOCK EXCHANGE. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright SYDNEY, June 5. (Received June 5, at 2 p.m.) Bonds: 3J per cent. 1942, £lO3 7s 6d; 4 per cent. 1944, £104; 4 per cent. 19-47, £lO5 7s Gd; 4 per cent. 1953, £lO5 15s; 4 per cent. 1959, £lO5 12s 6d; 4 per cent. 1961, £lO5 15s. Shares: Tooth's, 52s 3d; Associated News (pref.), 24s 3d; Broken Hill Proprietary. 55s 9d; Dimlop's, 16s 9d (pref.), 33s 3d; Lustre, 26s 3d. PRICE OF GOLD. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, June 4. (Received June 5, at noou.) The price of gold is quoted at £7 Is lid per 07.. DOLLAR AND FRANC. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright , LONDON, June 4. (Received June 5, at noon.) The dollar is quoted at 4.92.!, and the franc at 74J. SALES ON 'CHANGE: THIS DAY. Christchurch.—E.S. and A. Bank, £5- Bank of New Zealand (cum div.), 50s lOd (3) : Tooth's Brewery, 52s (2) ; Dunlop Rubber, 16s 8d (2) ; Mount Lyell, 20s; Skippers, 2%<\. 'Wellington.—Bank of New Zealand, iiOs 9d, 50s lOd, 50s lid; Commercial Bank of Australia, 15s 3*d; Union Bank of Australia (Melbourne register). £9 Is 6d; Wellington Gas (orcl.), £2 3s 3d; 3£ per cent. Inscribed—--1935-52, £lO7 ss; 1941-43, £lO5 2s 6d. Auckland.—Timaru Breweries, 8s 2d; Commercial Bank, 15s 3d; Gas (cont.), 20s; Waihi, 38s 6d; South British, 96s 9d; Stock (1946), £lO7 10s; Amalgamated Brick. 7jd; Hauraki Plains (G per cent.), £lO4.