AUSTRALIAN EXCHANGES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22579, 18 November 1936, Page 9

AUSTRALIAN EXCHANGES

IRREGULAR VALUES INDUSTRIALS FAIRLY STEADY (Received November 17, 8.1 5 p.m.) SYDNEY, Nov. 17 Values moved irregularly on the Sydney Stock Exchange to-day. Gold and tin shares were stronger, hut Barriers «ere quieter. Industrials showed little change. Business included: £ s d Hank New South Wales .. 35 lo 0 Com. Banking, Sydney .. ti 1 II o Hank Adelaide . . (i 4 o Australian (.'as A, old . . 7 7 0 Tooth's Brewery . . . . 2 is ;l Ditto . . . . . . 2 IS 0 Toohe.v's .. .. .. 1 13 I) .• uslralian Glass (ex. div.) . . 4 13 :$ Associated Newspapers (pf.) 1 4 0 British Tobacco . . . . 2 7 l> Broken Hill Ply 4 3 3 Colonial Sugar .. .. 43 15 () Amal. Wireless (con.) .. 2 3 0 Cash Orders . . . . 14 3 Henry Jones . . 2 (> (i G. J. Coles . . . . 319 O Dunlop-Perdriau (pf.) .. 11l 0 Lustre . . . . . . 13 1) Ku ml oh Cement . . .. 13 3 Morts Dock . . . . . . 014 0 Sargents .. . . ~ 10 0 Meurgitts . . . . . . 110 0 Peters Ice . . ~ .. 2 0 0 Victoria Nyanza .. .. 0 14 11 Mount Morgan .. .. 0 15 IV a Kuala Kampar .. .. 017 0 La rut .. .. .. o 13 5 Placer Development .. 4 IS 0 Satupulo Tin (N.Z. del.) .. 1 13 3 Kenong .. .. .. 1 If! 0 Punchonfj . . .. .. 18 0 Kampong Lanjut .. .. 10 0 Peninsula Tin . . . . 10 0 Commonwealth Bonds.—4 per cents. 1041, £IOO 15s; 1017, £lOl 17s Gd; 1050, £IOO 12S (Id; UK.I, £lOl 2 s 0(1. MELBOURNE EXCHANGE Tho Melbourne market generally was steady, with interest in gold centred in leading Victorian stocks. Sales included. —• £ s d Commercial Dank Anst. 0 10 5 Nat. Bank A'asia (£5) ..• 713 0 T'nion Bank .. .. 10 2 O Howard Smith . . . . 110 Carlton Brewery .. ~ 3 3 0 Australian Glass . . . . 4 12 J) Aust. Iron and Steel (pf.) . . 1 f! !t British Tobacco . . . . 2 7 3 Broken Hill Ply. . . . . 4 3 0 Drug Houses . . . . 15 0 Electrolytic Zinc .. .. 2 7 r> Ditto (pref.) . . . . 2 0 o 0. J. Coles .. .. 3 IS r? General Motors .. .. 13 0 Melb. Klectric Stock .. 0 10 3 Mount Morgan .. .. 0 15 3 Mount Lycll .. .. 1 Hi 0 Emperor .. .. .. O 10 10 Sulphide Corporation . .. 0 JO 7 PRICES OF METALS TIN DECLINES AGAIN COPPER RATHER FIRMER LONDON, Nov. 10 Following arc to-day's quotations on the London metal market, compared with thoso of November 13:— Nov. Hi Nov. 13 Per Ton Per Ton £sd £ s d Cop., Man., spot 43 0 4 ,/ a 43 5 7V» Cop., stall., 3 nios. 43 10 10Mi 43 13 I'/a Cop., electrolytic . 47 15 0 47 10 0 to to 4S 5 0 4S 5 0 Cop., elect., wiro bars .. .. 4S 5 0 4S 5 0 Lead, soft, spot . 20 15 0 20 17 6 Lead, soft forward 20 13 O 20 17 0 Spelter, spot .. 15 17 t> 15 15 0 Spelter, forward . 10 2 0 10 I 3 Tin, stan., spot . . 234 1 5 O 230 7 6 Tin, stan., 3 mos. 232 10 0 230 2 6 FOREIGN EXCHANGES LONDON, Nov. 16 On the foreign exchange market today the following quotations ruled, Saturday's rates being given in parentheses: —New York, 4.89 dollars (4.88); Paris, 1013 5-32 francs (105 5-32); Batavia, O.Oli guilders (9.015). 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 States Canada On demand .. 3.!t2'j U.W2 T.T 3.02 3.01 /a * On demand .. 3.00% 8.00 V» Following aro the latest rates for purchases and sales of foreign exchange quoted bv tho Bank of New South Wales, Auckland. They are subject to alteration without notice: ToX'tNZ T.T. On Demand Currency Sellinsr Buying Selling U.S.A., dol. .. 3.01% 3.00% 3.02% Canada, dol. .. 3.01% S.'.JUA Austria, sell. .. 20.1 H Belgium, belga 23.00.) 1 [' Czecho'vakia, cr.. 100.04 DM •»» Denmark, kr. . 1/.503 IS.-03 J,'.!France, fr. .. 84.23 8 / Germany, r.m. . O.OSB J. Holland, fl. .. 7.221 Italy, lire .. ' 71.30 ;4 ;U Java, fl. .. 7.185 jJ; Norway, kr. .. 15.801 10.241 10.00 l Sweden, kr. . . 3.>.480 lo.bll 2-',,;,', Switzerland, fr. Hi.noo ',- (1 Noumea, fr. .. Papeete, fr. .. 53.01 Hongkong, dol. 18 57-Ot 23-04 ISK India, rupee .. 22 21-32 11-3- 2-4104 Ceylon, rupee . 22 2D3'_ 2V 11-32 _ = 41-01 Japan, yen .. 17 1 <-32 Sharghai, dol. . 17_o-3-Singapore, dol. 35 13-04 34/« 'i' .. Chefoo, dol. .. IS 20-04 1,20-32 18

The cost in New Zealand currency of the pound sterling, and of the principal overseas units, 011 tho latest quotations, is as follows: — Present Price Tar s (I s (1 T nndnn nonnd • • *4 10.05 20 0.00 W"Kr" d :: « §8 B:SS New York, dollar .. 5 3.17 4 1.31 Montreal, dollar .. 6 1.17 4 1Paris, franc .. 0 J.M 0 Berlin, reichsmark .. 2 ()•;>■» o ]'/,.» Copenhagen, krone .. 1 J * ~r~ Yokohama, yen .. l 6.4<> 2 o.os CUSTOMS EXCHANGE RATES Hates of exchange ruling at the announced dates of departure of vessels named are shown in the following table. Tlie.v aro subject to confirmation by the Customs Department when the exact time of departure is learned. I' inally declared rates are marked*: — Port Bowcn, America, dollars .. Tekoa, America, dollars .. .. 4.hu Tekoa, Canada, dollars .. •• Aoransri, America, dollars .. Aoranffi, Canada, dollars .. . • .jrf Sydney Maru. Japan, yen .. .. I<lu CALL AND DIVIDEND LIST Dividends— u0 Bruce Woollen—pref., <• 3-r> P-c.; ord., 3 p.c. . . • ■ • • To-d»> Anthony Ilordern —ord.. 1 p.c Macky, Loffan, Caldwell—int., 0 ,; c p.u. N° v - National Ins.—final, r.d a sharo Nov. '-!<> T/ejiand-O'Hrien—s p.c. p.a. . . Nov. 'J-> West port Coal—final, 'id a share; bonus, 5s a sharp . . • • Tsov. Nat. Bank A'asia—int., r,y 2 p.c. p.a. . • • . . Nov. 25 Tatters field,' Ltd.-—* p.c. !'•»■ •• Nov- -•"> Broken Hill l'ty.—half-yearly. Is JJd <1 share; con., •">(! w share INov. _•> National Timber int., 'J',, p.c. Nov. 'Jo K„ S. arid A. Hank--final, 'J'/j p.c. (sterling)) ■ ■ Nov. '_'ti Dalfcety—final, :i", p.c. . -- Nov. »| (Gillespie's Mearh —M a share .. Tsov. -.(> Bank N.B.W.- (jnarterly, (is a share, niakitiK .V,4 p.c. for year • • N° r - 1 Wilsons Cement -int., nil a share Nov. Farmers' Trading-pref., A and H, r. :t-5 p.c.; (', •"> pc. . . Nov. ,t>) Dnncdi'n Brewery -ink, i p.c. Nov. 3u Henry Jones —final, Is (kl a sharo Dec. 1 Claude Neon—final, I p.c. . . Bee. 2 North Broken Hill Is a share Dec. 8 N.Z. Breweries —int., I p.c. . . i>ec. JJ Placer Development int.,.">(» cents Dec. TO llulolo- -int., 1 dollar 10 cents Dec. 10 llrokon Hill South - 'Js fid a .'hare Dec. 11 Bank N.Z.- -int., ord., Is a share; D mort., 3'; pc. .. Dec. 1L Kuuri Timber—r> [i.e. Dee. l'_ .Mount l.yell final, Is (id a share Dec. J .Morris ileilstrom —int., ~Vi P-c. Dec. :U Calls Dominion Breweries —new, :2s Gu a sharo .. .. ... Nov. 30