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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 20 August 1924, Page 5

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FOREIGN EXCHANGES. BY CABLE—PBEBB ASSOCIATION— COPYRIGHT LONDON, Aug. 18. Waihi shares, 28s 9d and 29s 3d. The price of gold is 91s per ounce. Brussels (franc), 88}- (25.225); Paris (franc), 82.35 (25.225); Stockholm (kroner), 17.03 (18.159); Christiania (kroner), 32.43 (18.159); Copenhagen (kroner), 27.85 (18.159); Berlin (mark) 19,000,000,000 (181 billions on July 10); Rome (lire), 101 (25.225); Calcutta (rupee), Is 7 l-10d (2s); Yokohama, Is 9 /-8d (2s 0 l-8d); Hongkong, 2s 42d (2s); Montreal (dollar). 4.56} (4.866) New York (dollar), 4.52 1-8 (4.866) Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. BRADFORD TOPS MARKET. LONDON, Aug. 18. . Iu the Bradford tops market there is a confident tone and prices are hardening. CARGOES MARKET. LONDON, Ang. 18. ''beat cargoes are firm in sympathy oi merica ' se^ers asking advances of 9d to' Is-, but buyers are not following. Parcels opened firm, but the market closed with quotations 3d down.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. LONDON PRODUCE MARKETS. The Bank of New Zealand produce department has received the following advice from its London office under date August 15:— Butter.—Upward tendencv; 200 sto 202 s per cwt. Cheese.—Slow. White. 94s to 96s per owt; coloured. 92s to 945. Frozen Meat.—Moderate business has been done in wether mutton, and the market is firm. The market for ewes is quiet- but firm. Lambs are expected to remain firm at quotations. No eructations for beef. "Wethers, light 7kl to SJkl per lb. Heavy 6sd to fid; ewes, 5d to 6}d ; lambs, under 42’s 102 dto lHd, over 42’s 10$d to 10*d, seconds lid to llgd.