SYDNEY EXCHANGE

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22349, 21 February 1936, Page 7

SYDNEY EXCHANGE

BANKS REMAIN FIRM DUNLOPS AGAIN RECEDE (Received February 20, 8.25 p.m.) SYDNEY, Feb. 20 On the Sydney Stock Exchange tobanks and brewery shares were firm. Dunlop-Pcrdriaus continued to recede. This morning's sales included: —Commonwealth bonds, per cent, 1012, £IOO lis 3d;'4 per cents, 1941, £lO2 15s; 1955, £lO3 17s Gd; 1957, £lO4 2s 6d. Commercial Bank of Australia, 20s Gel; Bank of New South Wales, £35 7s Gd; Toohoy's, 335; Tooth's, 55s 9d; Anthony Hordern, 21s 3d; ditto (pref.), 265; Associated News (pref.), 24s Gd; British Tobacco, 43s 3d; Broken Hill Proprietary (5s paid), 30s 9d; Broken Hill South, £5 18s 4Jd; GoldsbroughMort, 33s 3d; Howard Smith, 18s 3d. Later business included:—Commonwealth bonds, 4 per cents, 1938, £lOl 18s 9d; 1941, £lO2 lis 3d; 1944, £lO4 ss; 1947, £lO4 17s Gd; 1950, £lO3 3s 9d; 1955, £lO3 17s 6d; 1957, £lO4 2s Gd; 19G1, £lO5 10s. Colonial Sugar, £43 10s; Bank of Now South Wales, £35 7s Gd; Adclaido Steam, 325; British Tobacco, 435; Tooth's, 565; Toohoy's, 33s 3d; Carlton, 56s 9d; Drug Houses, 31s; Australian Iron and Steel (pref.), 25s 10-Jd; Australian Glass, 88s 3d; Dunlop-Perdriau, 15s IJd; ditto (pref.), 35s Gd; WilcoxMolflin, lis 9d; David JoneS, 455; Anthony Hordern, 21s lid; Standard Cement, 23s lOld; General Industries, lis lid; Mount Morgan, 16s ljd; ditto (rights), 5s 4d; Mount Lyell, 25s 9d; Broken Hill Proprietary, 61s; ditto (5s paid), 30s 9d; liawang, 9s 4d; Larut, lis 3d; Koroere, os 2d; Mount Kasi, 12s 9d. Melbourne sales included:—Commercial Bank.of Australia) 20s 4d; National Bank of Australasia (£5 paid), £7 13s 6d; ditto (£lO paid), £ls 9s; DunlopPerdriau, 15sj Emperor, 13s sdj Loloma, 245. LONDON STOCKMARKET BRITISH FUNDS FIRMER (Received February 20, 7.25 p.m.) British "Wireless RUGBY, Feb. 19 The London stock markets generally are firm and international stocks are good. German and French bonds are steady and British funds show an upward movement. War loan, 3§ per cent, is quoted at £lO7 Is 3d, compared with £IOG 16s 3d yesterday. FOREIGN EXCHANGES STEADINESS OF THE FRANC (Received February 20, 5.5 p.m.) British Wireless RUGBY, Feb. 19 The following rates on foreign exchanges are current, compared with the cabled quotations on February 18 and par:— Feb. 19 Feb, 18 Par -Montreal, dol. .. -4.99 4.98% , 4.866 New York, dol. . . 4.98 u / ie 4.98 I Vt# 4.866 Paris, fr 74% 74% 124.21 Brussels, belga .. 29.30 ,29.28% 35.00 Geneva, fr. .. 15.10% 15.10% 25.22 Amsterdam, fl. .. 7.27 7.26% 12.10 Milan, lire . . 62% 62% 92.46 Berlin, r.m. .. 12.28% 12.28 20.43 Stockholm, kr. .. 19.39% 19.39 V, 18.159 Copenhagen, kr. . 23.39% 23.39% 18.159 Oslo, kr 19.90% 19.90% 18.159 Vienna, sch. . . 26% 26% 34.685 Prague, kr. .. 119 13 /,. 119"/,, 164.25 Helsingfors. mark 227 227 193.23 Madrid, pes. .. 3G% ? 36%, 25.221 Lisbo#, escu. .. 110% 110% 110 Athens, dr. . . 507* 515* 375.00 Bucharest, lei. .. GG9* 668* 813.G Rio de Janeiro, mil. 4%d 4%d 5.899 d Buenos Aires, dol. 35d 35d 47.619 d Montevideo, d 01... 39% d* 39% d* 51d Bombay, rupee . . 18% d 18% d 18d Shanghai, dol . . 14%»d 14V, e d Hongkong, dol. . . 15% d 15% d Yokohama, yen . . 14% ad 14% ad 21.58 d Bntavia, fl, , . 7.23% 7.23% 12.10 Belgrade, din. . . 217 216 276.31 •Sellers.

NEW ZEALAND QUOTATIONS The Associated Banks (other than the Bank of New South Wales) quoted the following dollar rates yesterday, on a New Zealand currency basis, subject to alteration without notice:Selling: United State# Cannda T.T. .. ... 4.00 V. 3.99% On demand .. 4.01% 4.00% Buying: On demand .. 4.05% 4.04V a Following are the latest rates for purchases and sales of foreign exchange quoted by the Bank of New South Wales, Auckland. They are subject to alteration without notice:— T.T. On Demnnd To £1 N.Z. Currency Selling Buying Soiling U.S.A., dol. . . 4.00 4.05Va 4.00'/ 2 Canada,, dol. . . 4.04% 4.00 V; Austria, sch. .. 20.67 Belgium, bclga . . 23.401 Czechoslovakia, cr. 94.19 Denmark, kr. .. 17.893 18.263 17.903 France, fr. . ; 59.75 G1.03 59.79 Germany, r.m. .. 9.797 Holland, fl. .. 5.792 . 6.002 5.790 Java, fl 5.753 5.973 5.757 Norway, kr. .. 15.895 10.215 15.905 Sweden, kr. .. 15.489 15.844 15.499 Switzerland, fr. .. 12.038 12.413 12.04.1 Noumea, fr. .. 58.38 (12.83 58.44 Papeete, fr. . . 58.53 62.83 58.59 N.Z. pence to—

Hongkong, dol, .. 20"/ i« 18 a %„2220 2 y 32 India, rupee . . 22 a %, 22'4 2 22 57-64 Ceylon, rupee .. 22 3 %, 22'/ 3a 22 57-64 Japan, yen .. 17% Shanghai, dol. . , 18% 17Y la 18 39-64 Singapore, dol. .. 35'%, 3435 29-64 The cost in Now Zealand currency of the pound sterling, and of the principal overseas units, on the latest quotations, is as follows: — Present Price Par sd s d Australia, pound .. 19 10.81 20 0.00 London, pound .. 24 10.65 20 0.00 Fiji, pound .. .. 22 5.66 20 0.00 New York, dollar .. 4 11.86 4 1.31 Montreal, dollar .. 4 11.82 4 1.31 Paris, franc .. .. 0 3.99 0 1.98 Berlin, reichmark .. 2 0.30 0 11.74 Copenhagen, krone 1 1.33 I 1.22 Yokohama, yen . . .. 1 5.45 2 0.58 CUSTOMS EXCHANGE RATES Rates of exchange ruling at the announced dates of departure of vessels named are shown ; in the following table. They are subject to confirmation by the Customs Department when the exact time of departure is learned on arrival of the vessel in New Zealand, Finally declared rates aro marked*:— Cnpe York, America, dollnrß . . 5.01 Cape York. Canada, _ dollars 4.96 Port Brisbane, America, dollars . . 5.01 Vie Golden State, America, dollars . . 5.01 Mariposa, America, dollars . . 6.01'/ a Melbourne Mnru, Japan, yen . . 15% d Canadian Scottish, Canada, dollars 4.97% CALL AND DIVIDEND LIST Dividends— Due Bank N.S.W. - quarterly, 5s a share . . . , . . . . Feb. 26 National Mortgflg<!~final, 2} p.o. Feb. 26 Mhtnki— Id t" share . Feb. 26 Kuala Knmpar Tin—3d sterling n share and bonus of 3d . . Keb. 27 Kuala Lumpur Tin—ls a shlire Feb. 28 Carlton Brewery—final, 5 p.c. . . Feb. 28 Elder Smith—int., 6 p.o. .. . . Mar. 'i Standard Insurance—int.. Is 3d a share Mar 2 Broken Hill South—div., 2s 6d a share; bonus, 2s 6d a share Mar. 14 Elect. Zinc—int., ord. and pref., 4 p.o. ,*. . . .. .. Mar. 19 Gillespie's Beach—s p.o Mar. 19 Hume Pipe (Aus.). int., 5 p.o. p.n Mar KO CallsBroken Hill Pty.—2nd instalment, ' 5s a share Feb. 28 Mortgage Corp.—sb a share . . April 1 WHOLESALE EGG PRICES Wholesale egg prices are as follows: Hen, first grade, Is 7id a dozen; B grade. Is 44d; C grade, Hid; duck, Is 6id, Is sid and Is lid.