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Evening Star, Issue 22351, 29 May 1936, Page 12

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FOREIGN EXCHANGES. (British Official Wireless.) Press, Association —By Telegraph—Copyright RUGBY, May 28. (Received May 29, at 12.30 p.m.) Tho following are the mean closing I'ates:— Paris, franc to £1 New York, dollar to £1 ... ... 4.99,) Montreal, dollar to £1 4.99 J Brussels, belgas to £1 ... 29.53 Geneva, francs to £1 15.45£ Amsterdam, florin to £1 7.39), ' Berlin, reichraarken to £1 12.41 Milan (nominal) lire to £1 63J Stockholm, kroner to £1 19.39£ Copenhagen, kroner to £1 ... ... 22 Oslo, kronor to £1 19-904 Vienna, schilling to £1 <’.oj Prague, kroner to £1 ... 120) Helsingfors, marks to £1 227 Madrid, pesetas to £ 36 19-32 Lisbon, escudo to £1 110 •Athens, drachmae to £1 529 •Bucharest, lei to £1 674 Belgrade, dinars to £1 219 Warsaw, zlotys to £1 ... ... ... 26.53 *Rio de Janeiro, pence to niilreas 4J Buenos Aires, pence to dollar ... 36 •Montevideo, pence to dollar ... 39ft Bombay, pence to rupee 184 Shanghai, pence to dollar 14 7-16 Hongkong, pence to dollar 155 Yokohama, pence to yen 14 3-32 Batavia, florin to £1 7.34) •Sellers. SALES ON ’CHANGE: THIS DAY. Christchurch.—TJnited Building Society, 21s 6d (2); Australian Glass, 90s Cd (cum div.); British Tobacco, 41s 6d; Broken Hill Proprietary, 645; Broken Hill Proprietary (cont.), 40s Cd; Consolidated Brick, 10s; Dunlop Rubber, 17s 7d. 17s 8d (2), 17s 7d; Electrolytic Zinc (pref.), 39s 4d (3); Argo, Is Gel; Golden Point, Id; Lawson’s Flat, 2)d; Mount Lyell (cum div.), 24s 6d; Mount Morgan, 14s 3d (2); G. J. Coles, 78s lOd, 78s Cd. Unlisted: Woolworths (Sydney), ord.. ex rights, £5 4s, £5 ss, £5 7s 6d (2). £5 8s (2), £5 7s 6d. Reported: 100 New Zealand Newspapers (ex div.), 435. Auckland,—Morning call: Consolidated Brick, Ids Id; Mount Morgan, 14s 3d; National Timber, 17s 9d; Commercial Bank, 19s; New Zealand Newspapers, 435; Queensland Insurance, 60s 3d; Broken Hill. 64s (id. 64s 3d; Woolworths (Svdney), £5 4s. £5 4s 3d; Stock (1946-49). £lO4 7s 6d. Wellington.—Bank of New Zealand, £2 5s 6cl; Wellington Gas, 41s; New Zealand Breweries. 53s 9d; Australian Glass. £4 10s, £4 10s 3d; Coles, 78s Cd, 78s 6d; Howard Smith, I,Bs 9d; Mount Lylel, 24s 4cl; Mount Morgan. 14s sd, 14s 4d: Rotary Knitt Weave, 90s; Taranaki Oil, Is 3d; D.T.C. (pref.), £1 3s 4Jd; Broken Hill (ront.), £2 0s 6d; Burns Philp, £3 11s; Consolidated Brick, 10s Id; Selfridgcs, £4l 0s 4d.

Auckland.—Sales, noon call: Renown Coal (pref.), 2s lOd ; Talisman. 10s 9d ; Devonport Ferry, 21s 9d; South British Insurance, 90s; Amalgamated Brick (7J per cent.), £IOO 10s.