AUSTRALIAN EXCHANGES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22539, 2 October 1936, Page 7

AUSTRALIAN EXCHANGES

INVESTMENTS FIRM GOLD SHARES WEAKEN (Received October 1, 7.40 p.m.) SYDNEY, Oct. 1 On the Sydney Stock Exchange today the market for investments was fairly firm, with prices holding well. Gold shares were not quite so strong. Sales included:— £ s d Commercial Bank Australia OIS 7 1 /, E.. S. nnrl A. Bank .. 5 Ifi o Rurns-l'liilp .. 3 I'> o Howard Smith .. !" ois r Huddart-Parker .. .. 110 6 Australian Has (A), new .. 7 O o Ditto (H) 7 7 6 Commonwealth Wool .. 017 0 Goldsbrough-Mort .. 1 M n Queensland Brewery (pref.) , 12 0 Tooths .. '2 ir> j) Anthony Hordern .. 'o 18 9 . I)itto . , XI O iS 6 Associated News (pref.) . . 110 Australian Glass .. ,i v? British Tobacco . . .. '2-10 Punlop-Perdriaa .. ' nl7 fi Ditto (pref.) .. j lin f{ Electrolytic Zinc . . . . 2 3 0 Farmers .. 'T 13 <» General Industries .. 0 19 *? Ditto 0 19 o Hume Pipe .. .. o 19 o John McGrath . . 1 i<> (l Kandos V Mark Foy . . .i v \ 0 Millaquin Sugar . . 2 ° <» Permanent Trustee . . .! 0 18 0 Wunderlich .. .. 143 Mandated Alluvials . .. 015 0 Mount Lyell . . . . Ito 1% Mount Morgan . . . . 014 3 New Guinea Goldfielda .. 0 411 Placer Development .. 4 10 0 Zinc Corporation .. .. 4 4 6 Commonwealth Bonds.—3VJ per cent, 1018, £OO 10s; 3 3 / i per cent, 1051, £9S 10s- 4 per cent, 1038, £lO2 7s fid; 1059, £lOl. MELBOURNE EXCHANGE On the Melbourne market bonds were unchanged. A firm tone was maintained for industrials. Barriers Mere easier on a report of labour troubles. Business included:— r, ■ , £ 6 il Commercial Bank Anstralla . OIS 0 E., S. and A. Bank .. 510 0 Carlton Brewery .. .. 3 4 0 Kauri Timber .. ~ 15 0 Australian Glass . .. 413 3 Broken Hill Proprietary .. 317 6 Ditto (rights) .. .. 0 2 7 Electrolytic Zinc .. .. 2 3 9 Ditto (pref.) .. .. 2 0 0 G. J. Coles .. .. 3 18 0 General Motors .. .. 13 0 Herald and Times .. .. 3 9 0 Hume Pipe .. .. 0 19 0 Myers .. .. .. 116 T/, Sulphide Corporation .. 0 10 8 Yarra Falls . . .. 2 0 0 Emperor . . . . .. 0 15 0 Loloinu . . .. .. 13 3 Mount Lyell .. .. 110 0 Mount Morgan . . .. 0 14 3 North Broken Hill . . 9 14 0

FOREIGN EXCHANGES FLUCTUATIONS IN LONDON (Received October 1, 5.3r» p.m.) British Wireless RUGBY, Sept. f<o The following rates on foreign exchanges are current, compared with the cabled quotations on September 29 and par:— Sept. 30 Sept. 29 Par Montreal, dol. .. 4.04% 4.05% 4.86Q New York, dol. 1.96 4.0-1 4.866 Paris, fr. ♦ I 121.21 Brussels, belga.. 20.30 20.27 35.00 Geneva, fr. .. 21.51% 21.46 25.22 Amsterdam, gr. 8.08 8.56 12.10 .Milan, lire t t 02.16 Berlin, r.m. . . 12.57% 12.60 20.43 Stockholm, kr.. . 19.39% 10.30% 18.159 Copenhagen, kr. 22.10 22.10 18.150 Oslo. kr. .. 1 !>.OO JO.no 18.159 Vienna, sch. .. 26% -*>% 31.585 Prague, kr. .. 122 11"% 161.25 Helsingfors, mark 227 227 103.23 Madrid, pes. .. s,"it s">t 25.221 Lisbon, escu. .. 110% S 110% ll<» Athens, dr. . . 517%'t 518* 375.00 Bucharest, lei... I I 813.6 I Rio de Janeiro, m. 4'/d <IVSd 5.899 d Buenos Aires, pes. I 17.72%t 11.15 Montevideo, dol. I 38% 0 d* sld Bombay, rupee.. 18% d lS%d 18d Shanghai, d 01... 1 14 u / 32 d Hongkong, dol, 14 3 % a d 14 Yokohama, yen 14d 14d 24.58 d Batavia, fl. . . 8.07% t 12.10 Belgrade, din. » J 276.31 •(Nominal. 'Sellers. JNot quoted. NEW ZEALAND QUOTATIONS Tlio Associated Banks (other than the Bank of New South Wales) quoted the following dollar rates yesterday, on a Now Zealand currency basis, subject to alteration without notice: Selling: United States Canada On demand .. 3.07% 3.07% T.T 3.06% 3.96% Buying: On demand .. 4.01% 4.01% 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: To £1 N.Z. T.T. On Demand Currency Selling Buying Selling U.S.A., dol. .. 3.96% 4.01% 3.07 Canada, dol. . . 3.90% 4.01% 3.97% Belgium, belga 23.125 Czccho'\akitt, cr. 96.66 Denmark, kr. . 37.893 18.263 17.903 Germany, r.m. . 10.063 Holland, fl. .. 7.170 Java, fl. 7.145 Norway, kr. . . 15.891 16.241 35.901 Sweden, kr. . . 15.189 35.844 15.499 Switzerland, fr. 17.192 N.Z. pence to — Hongkong, dol. 18 23-32 18 3-10 18 45-61 India, rupee .. 22 21-32 22 11-32 22 41-61 Ceylon, rupee 22 21-32 22 11-32 22 41-61 Japan, yen 37 31-64 Shanghai, dol. . 18 5-61 17 35-64 18 1-16 Singapore, dol. 35 13-61 3-1% 35 3-16 The cost in New Zealand currency of the pound sterling, and of the principal overseas units, on the latest quotations, is as follows: — Present Price Par (id s d London, pound .. 24 10.65 20 0.00 Australia, pound .. 19 10.81 20 0.00 Fiji, pound . . 22 5.66 20 000 New York, dollar .. 5 0.33 4 1.31 Montreal, dollar .. 5 0.18 4 1.31 Paris, franc . .. r - _ A Berlin, reichsmark .. 1 0 11-74 I Copenhagen, krone . . 1 3.33 1 1.2_ ; Yokohama, yen 1 5.41 2 0..>8 The quotations for the franc are at present suspended. 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. Finally declared rates are marked*: — Canadian Highlander, America, dol. *5.03 Canadian Highlander, Canada, dol. *5.03 Golden Cloud, America, dollars . . *5.06 Mariposa, Canada, dollars . . .. *5.01 Mariposa, America, dollars . . *5.06 Dessau, America, dollars . . . . *5.06 City of Brishano, America, dollars 5.06% CALL AND DIVIDEND LIST Divlricndn— Due Bank of Australasia—int., 3s 6d a share . . To-day Howard Smith—pref., quarterly, (i p.c. p.a . Oct. 6 Thames Theatre —5 p.c. . . Oct. 6 Amalgamated Zinc (De Bavnys), Ltd. —half-yearly, 5 p.c. p.a. Oct. 9 Milne nnd Choyie—ord. and deb. stock, 1 pc. .. .. Oct. 10 Farmers A net —pref.. 5 p.c.; ord, 4% p.;'.. .. Oct. 10 Amalgamated Wireless —final, 6 p.c. and 1 pc bonus .. Oct. 12 G. J. Coles— rd.. quarterly, 2% p.c. Oct. 15 Martha—interim. Is n share (English cuirenc.v) • Nov. 8 MINING SHARES IN LONDON LONDON, Sept. 30 On the mining market to-day Mount I/ye!ls sold at 23s 3d, New Guinea Gold at 4s 3d, and Bulolos £5 12s 6d. WHOLESALE EGG PRICES Wholesale egg prices, as announced by the Auckland F.gg Marketing Committee, are unchanged as follows: Hon, first, grade. Is OJci a dozen; B grade, llid; C grade, BJd. Duck: First grade, Is Old a dozen; B grade. Hid; C grade, B{d. Country storekeepers' buying rates aro unaltered at 9d a dozen for first grade duck and hen PgftS.