AUSTRALIAN EXCHANGES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22619, 6 January 1937, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN EXCHANGES

MARKET BUOYANT INDUSTRIALS AGAIN IMPROVE BARRIERS REACT SLIGHTLY (Hcccivt'il January s.:io p.m.) HVDXKV, Jan. Tlio investment market on 111 o Sydney Stock Kxclianye to-dav was J buoyant ami iti<in>Lrials continued to improve. JJarrior shares, however, suflered a slight reaction. Sales in- ! eluded :

Itawang Tin . . . . dill I.a rut (i I 7 Io 1 '. 2 Commonwealth Homl.s. per cent, HUM. !_•!)*> .".s; ;t'.. per eeril, i:»i:t, t:>:> r_'s (id; 1 per rent, I!ills, .(.Kil .">s; lull, ill)I 1 .",s; 1 111 I. L 1111 I :!s 1 ill; I!l 17, i till ; liir.o, LI 1)1; lil.Vi, I'll 10 r>.s; 111.",!), ,tl( ID J lis (id; l'.Mil, X I (11 7s (id. MELBOURNE EXCHANGE A firm tone ;n industrials was maintained mi the .Melbourne Exchange. lJarriers reacted to the tall in the price of lead. Gold shares were quiet. Jiusi-

FOREIGN EXCHANGES LITTLE CHANGE IN RATES (Received January r>, fi.r> p.m.) British Wireless RUGBY, Jan. 4 The following rates 011 foreign exchanges are current, compared with the cabled quotations on January 2 and par:

NEW ZEALAND QUOTATIONS j The Associated Banks (other than the Bank of New South Wales) quotccl the following dollar rates Yesterday, on a | New Zealand currency Wis, subject to i alteration without notice: Selling:: United .Slates Camilla On demand .. a.m I T.T. .. .. 1 Buyim?: On demand . . a.its Following are the latest rates for pur- i chases and sales of foreign exchange quoted hy the Bank, of New South; Wales, Auckland. Thcv nre subject to i alteration without notice:

The cost in New Zealand currency of the pound sterling, and of the principal overseas units, on the latest quotations, is as follows:—-

CUSTOMS EXCHANGE RATES Juntos of exchange ruling at the announced dates of departure of vessels | named are shown in the following i tahle. They are subject to confirmation ' hy the Customs Department when the exact time of departure is learned. Finally declared rates arc marked*: Canadian Constructor. Canada, dollars *4.88 Limerick, Canada, dollars .. .. *1 .HO Limerick, America, dollars .. .. *4.01 MINING SHARES IN LONDON LONDON, Jnn. 4 On the mininu market to-day Mount Tivclls s()ld at -i'Ss IUI and Bulolos at £(i Is 10jd. BRITISH WAR LOAN (deceived January 5, (i.."i p.m.) British Wireless RUGBY, .tan, 4 War Loan, >"li per cent, is (piotcd today at £ 10") IMs 9d, compared with JL'lO5 7s (id on Decern her .'SI. CALL AND DIVIDEND LIST Dividends— . Duo Howard Smith—prcf., quarterly, • > p.c. p.a. . . . . . . Jnn. SI N.Z. and River Plato—3 p.c. (sterling, less income tux) .. Jan. 12 G. ,T. Coles —quarterly, Is a share . . . . . . . Jan. 15 woolworths, Ltd.--ord., quarterly. p.c. . .. Jnn. 15 Knniatn Reefs -int.. ;id a share Jan. Mi Yic. Xyanza p.c. p.a. . . Jan. 27 British Tobacco—ord., special Imiiuis, iid a share . . . . Jan. 2t» Calls - Wellington Alluvials— ton., second 3d a sharo ... ... Feb. 21

Com men ial Hanking s d Sydney •J i III ii 1 Ditto . . •JI 11 11 | Commercial Bank A trali.t . . ii 1!) ii i Hank -New Smith U ales . . ;[(j Ii Hank New Zealand . •j 1 ii Goldshrough-Morl T 111 II ' Wirichcomhe-Carson 1 HI ii 1 Tooths . . 1 7 ll | Ditto 1 7 :t j Howard Smith I ;t .! 1 Anthony Ilordern II tii !l Australian Class 1 I'j II Ditto . . ■I l: Ii Associated News 1 I <1 Ditto ipref.) 1 HI' Ditto 1 I 11 British Tobacco Hi ll Broken Uill 1'ty. 0 '•») ;; ;; 1 1 II Derlei . . 1 IS (i Dimlop-Perdriau 0 Is 1 Colonial Sugar i ■' i 1r, ll Electrolytic Zinc I t <i Ditto (pref.) •_> II! II Ditto ■J Hi .'! G. .1. Coles .. 1 111 (i General Industries . II 111 (1 Henry .Tones . •_> ,s II .lames Stedman II 17 ;s iMillaipiin Sugar I II Farmers . . 1 1 1 ii Permanent Trustee . 1 ii i: Sargeuts . . 1 I'J 0 Mount Morgan II 17 ii Mount I,.veil •J 1 ii Dulolo Deposits 1 1

noss included: — £ s (I () 1!> !) 7 0 I (i 1 IS JO 4 1(I t <> ■\ :i I 7 !> t 1 (i Hi (I • 1 Hi (1 Ills II I :i (i 0 17 :t 1 ii :i 17 !» 7 (i 7 Hi 11 II t!l 1 1 : i ii i) l! 0 Commercial Bank Australia . National Bk. A'asia (t'i) . . Ditto ( t in) Gohlshroiitfh-Mort Australian (;lass Australian Iron <<• Steel (pf.) Broken Hill Proprietary .. Druu Houses Kleetrolylio Zinc Ditto ipref.) Ci. J. Coles Melbourne Klectric . . General Motors Mount Moriran Mount Lyell Xortli Broken Hill South Broken Hill . . Zinc Corporation Kmperor Loloma Upper Watut .

J a n. 1 Jan. 'J I'ar Montreal, dol... -1.11(1% ■1 .tH i- 1 ; 4.8(10 New York, dol. ■I.! It' 7 , 4.(10% •t.NO Paris, fr. )H.V,„ l(ir> (MM 1 ().">.()() Brussels, liclga.. 'JH. 1 .V 1 1% :!.'),(tit (ieneva. fr. ■j i.;{(!'. •Jt.;i7 Amsterdam, gr. S.IKi'j 8.!)(>'/£ 1 10 Milan, lire tin 1 ; my. (I'J.OO Berlin, r.m. I'.'.m", j !i.:m% •jo. j:< Stock holm, kr... 18. i r.n Copenhagen, kr. lit 111 ] 8.1."ill Oslo, kr. HUIU 1!I.!M) 1 r>!) Vienna, sch. . . •Jti'.j •-'(!' 3 :t i .r.sr, Prague, kr. i in 5 -;. 1 lll'i KM.IT. Helsingfor.s, mark nia.'ju Madrid, pes. . . t r,r, ( I Lisbon, escu. . . 11"'.# r» IT 1 a tin Athens, dr. r.17', ■ H75.O0 Bucharest, lei... (>•_'< i < i Mii.i; Rio de Janeiro, m. •r <d ■r.d :>>!»:>(] Montevideo, dol. liii'id :!'i 7 „d* .-.Id 1 Bomha.v, rupee. . 1 v .1 is', d lsd Shanghai, dol.. . 1 1 '• ,d i r ,<i Hongkong, dol. 1 I 11 ipd 1 I 15 , rd Yokohama, veil 1 I" i: d 1 t- : " ,..d LM.oSfJ ' Hntavin, gr. S.J CJ 1 j .s.li:;' j rj.io Belgrade, din... I:! •Jl.'t •JT(i.;u ; Warsaw, zloty. . •_'<>.< KJ '13.;3S ; tXomiiial. Sellers.

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Present Price 1 ar S (1 s d London, pound . L'l lot;.", 0.00 Australia, pound . . in in.si '_>( 0.00 Fiji, pound ■j'j r,.ci! L'O 0.00 Xoiv York, dollar . ."> o.7s 1 i .at Montreal, dollar o.7.S ■1 l .:t I 1 *;i ris. fra.'ic . 0 'J.S'J (1 ■j.'js lirrlin, reirlismark o. IT 1) 1 1.7 1 Copenhagen, krone l J 1 Yokohama, yen I (i. 1!) 'J 0..)S