AUSTRALIAN EXCHANGES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22538, 1 October 1936, Page 7

AUSTRALIAN EXCHANGES

WIDE RANGE OF BUSINESS GOLD DEALINGS CONTRACT . (Received- September 30, 7.55 p.m.) SYDNEY, Sept. 3C Business in investments on the Svd noy Stock Exchange to-day was wid< in range rather than heavy j n volume Prices were inclined to harden. Banli shares were steady. Dealings in gol< shares contracted and Mandated Allu vials received another heavy setback Sales included:— Commercial Bank Sydney .. ij» 17 0 *<•. S. and A. Bank .. 5 ic o .lank New South Wales . . a*} 12 « Ditto New Zealand register 3a id 0 Australian Gas (A) ~ • 7 7 « ioothn , t t) 1/5 <> Ditto .. ;: • • tVi „ Tooheys (ex div.) .. .. Tub Carlton' Ilrewery .. .. 3 0 (5 Anthony llordern . . .J 018 0 Associated Newspapers .. 13 10% Ditto (pref.) .. 14 0 Britishl Tobacco (ex div.) 2 4 0 Burns-Plulp .. < > 312 0 Colonial Sugar .. 43 7 (j Dunlop-Perdriau (ex div.) 17 TV, • J? 1 '! 0 J v ,r f:> •• •• 113 o (ash Orders .. 1 3 .3 Oeneral Industries (ex div.) 019 3 Gibson and Howes .. .. 1 v 6 Goldsbrough-Mort .. .. 113 toy, James Stedman .. .. 0 lo 7V. Sargents ISO Winchcombe Carson .. 114 3 Mount Morgan .. .. 0 14 10 Broken Hill South .. ... 0 2 0 Zinc Corporation .. .. 4 3 0 Taranaki Oil .. .. 0 1 3y. Mandated Alluvials . ~ 017 G Commonwealth Bonds.—l per cent, 10-11 CIO2 10s; 1955, .t 101 17s Od; 1057, jClOi 7s Gd; 1901, £lOl 2s 6d. MELBOURNE EXCHANGE On the Melbourno Exchange Barrie: Reefs and general investments were it strong demand. There was some profit raking in goldmining issues. Sales in eluded:— £ r d Commercial Bank Australia 018 7 National Bank (C 5 THiid) 7 3 0 Ditto (£lO paid) .. 14 10 0 Kauri Timber .. .. 15 0 Yarra Falls .. .. 2 0 3 Aust. Iron and Steel (pref.) 1 0 4% Australian Glass .. .. 4 13 0 Drug Houses .. .. 1 11 3 Dunlop-Perdriau (ex div.) . 017 8 G.-J. Coles (ex rights) .. 3 17 O Ooldsbrough-Mort .. .. 114 0 Elcc. Zinc (ord.) .. .. 2 3 0 Ditto (pref.) .. .. 2 0 0 Mount Morgan .. .. 0 14 11 Mount Lye 11 .. .. 3 in O North Broken Ilill .. !• 13 (! Broken Ilill South .. 0 2 0 Emperor .. ' .. . • 015 4 FOREIGN EXCHANGES GUILDER AND SWISS FRANC British Wireless HUGBY, Sept. 2( The following rates on foreign ex changes are current, compared with tin cabled quotations on September 28 am par:— t , Sept. 20 Sept. 28 Par Montreal, dol- .. 4.05% 4.03% 4.800 New York, dol. 4.04 4.04 4.80'S Paris, tt. ... t 1 ~ l-t-21 Brussels, bfcga.. 20.27 20.10% 35.1M1 Reneva, fr. .. 21.46 15.48 25.22 Amsterdam, gr. 8.80 7.41«V4 Milan, lire .. t 04% 02.40 Berlin, r.m. .. 12.00 12.00 20.43 Stockholm, kr.... 10.30% 10.30% 18.1 of (Copenhagen, kr. 22.40 22.40 18.1-»! Dslo, kr. 10.00 10.90 18.15$ Vienna, sch. .. 20% 27 34.58" Prague, kr. .. HOVs 12-lVa 30-1.2." Helsingfors, mark 227 227 193.2. Madrid, pes. .. 55+ 551 25.221 Lisbon, cscu. .. 110% „ 11t>K« 110 Athens, dr. . . 548* 545" 3<5.0C Bucharest, lei... 2 075* 813.0 ftio (!e Janeiro, m. 4%d 4%d o.BiWK Bilenos Aires, pes. 17.72%+ 17.72/41 11.4u Montevideo, dol. 38"/j«d* 88y,*d* Old Bombay, rupee.. Shanghai, d 01... 14"/ ?: d 14 I % a d Hongkong, dol. lt 3 % a d 14 a % 2 d fokohama. yen lid 141-G4d 24..>Sti latavia, fl. .. ' I J 2.10 Belgrade, din. J 5 2 <0.31 ■*. JNot quoted. 'Sellers. NEW ZEALAND QUOTATIONS The Associated Banks (other than the 3ank of New South Wales) quoted the ollowing dollar rates yesterday, on r S'ew Zealand currency basis, subject tc dteration without notice: — Selling.- United States • Canada On demand . . 3.90% 3.90% T.T 3.00% 3.90% Buying: _ On demand . . 4.02 4.01 A Following are the latest rates for pur •bases and sales of foreign exchange juoted by the Bank of New Soutl Wales, Auckland. They are subject tc vlteration without notice: — ro£lN.Z. T.T. On Demand Currency Selling Buying belling U.S.A., dol. .. 3.97% 4.02% 3.0-/4 Canada, dol. . . 3.97% 4.02 * 3.9'% Belgium, belga 23.3<3 2J.JH4 Germany, r.m. 10.087 i Holland, fl. .. 7.070 Java. fl. ■ • 7.024 Switzerland fr. 17.100 Hongkong, dol. 18 47-04 1813-64 18 23-3 India, rupee . . 22 21-32 -- 11-32 -- 41-u Ueylon, rupee . 22 21-32 22 11-3- £- 41-0 Japan, yen 17 31-04 Shanghai, dol. . 18 .>-32 ti/m 18 9-W Singapore, dol. 3a 13-l>4 34/ i 30. 3-1G The cost in New Zealand currency o the pound sterling, and of the principa averseas units, en the latest cjuotations ls as follows:- Tma London, pound .. M ]«* ™ °» Australia, pound . . 10 10.81 -0 "J* Fiji, pound . -• ;>•<>! 2 « V' New York.' dollar .. 5 0.43 4 1.3 Montreal, dollar . - 5 0.27 Paris, franc . . - nll 7 Berlin, reichsmark . 1 IW>|> V i<> Copenhagen, krone . 1 l-« £ •*'£ Yokohama, yen 1 1 - Ur> The quotations for the franc are a present suspended. CUSTOMS EXCHANGE RATES Rates of exchange ruling at th< unnouuced dates of departure of vessel* named are shown in the following table They are subject to confirmation by tin Customs Department when the exac time of departure is learned. Finally declared rates are marked*: — Canadian Highlander, America, dol. *5.03 Canadian Highlander, Canada, dol. *5.03 Uolden Cloud, America, dollars . . *5.00 Mariposa, Canada, dollars . . . . *5.01 Mariposa, America, dollars . . • *5.00 Dessau, America, dollars . . *5.00 City of Brisbane, America, dollars 5.00 1 , PUKEMIRO COLLIERIES ADOPTION OF THE ACCOUNTS There was a fair attendance at tht 26th annual meeting of Pukeniiro Col' lieries, Limited, yesterday. Mr. A, Howov Walker, chairman of directors, presided. The annual report and balance-sheet, ivhicli appeared in the Herald of September 17, were adopted. The retiring directors, Messrs. J. Catchpole and E, ■s. Wright, were re-elected. The final dividend of 3J per cent recommended by the directors was idopted. CALL ANQ DIVIDEND LIST Dividends— Due Whittome, Stevenson—s p.c. .. To-daj United Buildiig (Chch.). —int., 2% p.c. .. .. .. To-daj Bank of Australasia —int., 3s Cd a share To-morrow Howard Smith—pref., quarterly, 6 p.c. p.a Oct. ( Amalgamated Zinc (De Bavays), Ltd.—half-yearly, 5 p.c. p.a. Oct. £ Milne and Choyce—ord. and deb. stock, i pc. .. .. Oct. 1C Farmers Auct—pref., 5 p.c.; ord, 4% p.c Oct. 1C Amalgamated Wireless—final, 6 p.c. and 1 pc. bonus .. Oct. 12 O. J. Coles—ord., quarterly, 2% p.c. Oct. If Martha—interim, ls a share (English currency) .. .. Nov. S