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Evening Star, Issue 22379, 1 July 1936, Page 12

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FOREIGN EXCHANGES. (British Official Wireless.) Press Association —By Telegraph—Copyright RUGBY, June 30. (Received July 1, at 1.30 p.m.) The following are the mean closing rates; — : Paris, franc to £1 75 45-64 New York, dollar to £1 5.01 J Montreal, dollar to £1 ... 5.03 Brussels, belgas to £1 29.69^ Geneva,' francs to £1 35.32 j Amsterdam, florin to £1 7.361 Berlin,' reichmarken to £1 12.44 Milan (nominal), lire to £1 ... 63 13-16 Stockholm, kroner to £1 19.39£ Copenhagen, kroner to £1 22 Oslo, kroner to £1 19.90 Vienna, schilling to £1 26J Prague, kroner to £1 120 J Helsingfors, marks to £1 227 Madrid, pesetas to £1 36 9-16 Lisbon, escudo to £1 110 •Athens, drachmae to £1 529 •Bucharest, lei to £1 ... 674 Belgrade, dinars to £1 220 Warsaw, zlotys to £1 ... ... ... 26.86 •Rio de Janeiro, pence to milreas 41 Buenos Aires, pence to dollar ... 36 •Montevideo, pence to dollar ... 391-16 Bombay, pence to rupee v 181 Shanghai, pence to dollar 14J Hongkong, pence to dollar 13| Yokohama, pence to yen 14 5-64 Batavia, florin to'£l 7.35 •Sellers. ANTWERP FUTURES. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, June 30. (Received July J, at 11 a.m.) Antwerp futures are easy. October, 25 5-8 d; December, 25Jd, - PRICE OF COPRA. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, June 30. (Received July 1, at 11 a.m.) Copra: The association announces corrected prices for July and August. South Sea, 12Jd per. lb (smoked 12Jd) ; plantation Rabaul, 13 5-Bd. THE PRICE OF GOLD. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, June 30. (Received July 1, at noon.) Fine gold is quoted at £6 18s 8d an ounce. LONDON WOOL SALES. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, June 30. (Received July 1, at 1 p.m.) The fourth series of the London wool sales for 1936 commences on July 7, and will conclude on July 17. The catalogue totals 90,000 bales, and includes 46,200 from New Zealand and 32,850 from Australia. LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE. Press Association —By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, June 30. (Received July 1, at 1.5 p.m.) Bank of Australasia, £9 7s 6d; E.S. and A. Bank, 85s; Union Bank of Australia, £7; Bank of New South Wales, £25 15s; National Bank of New Zealand, 53s 6d; Bank of New Zealand, 365; British Tobacco, 32s 6d; Goldsbrough, Mort, 24s 4£d; Dalgety, 137 s 6d; P. and 0. Deferred, 21s 7jd; New Zealand Loan and Mercantile, 4 per cent, debentures, £9l, ordinary, £26. NEW GUINEA GOLD. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, June 30. (Received July 1, at 12.15 p.m.) New Guinea Gold shares' are quoted at 4s 7Jd-

DAIRY PRODUCE. The South Island Dairy Association has received the following market reports from London: —Butter: Steady; 105 sto 106 s. Cheese: Quiet; white and coloured, -57 s 6d. LONDON AND CONTINENTAL STOCK MARKETS. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright RUGBY, June 30. (Received July 1, at 11 a.m.) The stock markets are inactive, hut the tone is steady. War Loan, 3i per cent., is quoted at £lO6 2s 6d; German Dawes and Young bonds are each Is 4d higher, and French 4’s have steadily improved, and are now at £22 15s; Austrian bonds are 3s 4d tower, and Polish 7 per cents, are quoted at £63. DOLLAR AND FRANC. Press Association —By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, June 30. (Received July 1, at noon.) The dollar is quoted at 5.02 3-8 and the franc at 75 25-32. CORPORATION LEASES. Under instruction from the City Corporation, Messrs John Reid and Sons Ltd. offered at auction to-day the following leases:— Allotments 2 and 6, subdivision section 32, block VI., city of Dunedin, fronting -Princes and High streets was secured by the present tenant, Mr V. S. Jacobs, at the upset rental of £370 per annum. Allotment 5, plan of subdivision of section 32, block VI., city of Dunedin, fronting High street, was secured by the present tenant, Messrs Bing, Harris, and Co. Ltd., at the upset rental of £299 5s per annum. Allotment 1, plan No. 17, Block 111., township of South Dunedin, fronting King Edward street, was secured by the present tenants, the trustees of the Church of Christ, South Dunedin, at the upset rental of £33 per annum. A party of 50 British ex-servicemen, many of whom were prisoners of war in Germany, will be guests of honour at the rally of the Reich League of Former Prisoners of War at Limburg-on-Lahn. South Germany, at the end of this month.

SALES ON ’CHANGE: THIS DAY. Auckland. Morning .call: Mossy Creek, Is sd: Martha Mine, 18s; Hordern’s, 18s 6d; Bank of New Zealand, 40s 4id, 40s 3d; Wilson’s Cement, 41s; Broken Hill, 72s 9d (con.), 555; Australian Glass, 89s 9d, 90s; Woolworths (Sydney), £6 3s; Woolworths (Western Australia), £5 10s. Noon call: Dunlop Rubber, 17s 6d; Mount Morgan, 15s Id; Robinson Ice, 21s; Roller Skills, 255; Coles, 86s 6d, 86s 3d; Renown Coal (pref.), 3s. Christchurch. —Commercial Bank of Australia, 19s 2d; Bank of New Zealand, 40s 3d, 40s; Crown Breweries (in liquidation), 2s 6d (odd parcel); New Zealand Breweries, 51s 6d; Broken Hill Proprietary, 735; General Industries, 20s (2) ; G. J. Coles, 86s 6d -(4) ; Hume Pipe (Australia), 20s 4d (6); Skippers, 3'd (3). Reported: 3J per cent. Inscribed (1939-43), £lO2 15s (late sale yesterday) ; Commercial Bank of Sydney, £2O ss; New Zealand Breweries, 51s 6d; Australian Paper and Pulp, 36s 3d. Unlisted: Shillings Ltd. (10s paid), 15s 9d; Woolworths (Sydney, ord., cum dir.), £6 (3); Woolworths (Western Australia), £5 12s 6d (4).