AUSTRALIAN EXCHANGES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22620, 7 January 1937, Page 5

AUSTRALIAN EXCHANGES

BARRIERS AGAIN EASIER REACTION TO METAL PRICES INDUSTRIAL ISSUES STRONG (Received January 0, 8.5 p.m.) SYDNEY, Jan. <i 'With falls all round in overseas prices for base metals, Barriers tended to ease tin the Sydney Stock Exchange to-day, liut, in keeping with the firmness of the wool market, industrial shares were ■strong. Sales included:—

Commonwealth Bonds.—l per cent, 103S, £lOl 3s 0(1; 1011. £lOl 17s ltd; 1044. £lOl 17s (id; 1047. £lOl ss. MELBOURNE EXCHANGE Bonds and investment issues wero steady on the " Melbourne Exchange. Barriers were practically unchanged, in spite of a further fall in metal prices. Gold shares wero quiet. Sales included: —

LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE DEBENTURES AND SHARES LONDON, Jan. 5 Sales of debentures and shares on the 1/ondon Stock Exchange to-day included the following, the prices on December 22 being given lor comparison • Dec. 22 Jan. 5 £sd C s d Dal set v (4 p.c. deb.) 101 <» o lot o o British Tobacco .. 118 0 117 <i C.eldsbrough-Mort .. IH> <> ' " | Dalpety • • «17 0 <J 2 > P. and O. (def.) . . 1 0 '■ 1 J 0 FOREIGN EXCHANGES FLUCTUATIONS IN LONDON British Wireless RUGBY, Jan. 5 The following rates on foreign exchanges arc current, compared with the cabled quotations on January 4 and

NEW ZEALAND QUOTATIONS 'J'lic Associated Banks (other than the Bank of New South Wales) (|Uoted the following dollar rates yesterday, on a New Zealand currency basis, subject to alteration without notice: — gelling: United States Canada On demand .. 3.'. H% T.T 3.1)37, 3.03 ft Buy On ! demand . . 3.08% 3.08% Following are the latest rates for purchases and sales of foreign exchange quoted b.v the Bank of New South Wales, Auckland. They are subject to

The cost ill New Zealand currency of the pound sterling, and of the principal overseas units, on the latest quotations, is as follows: present Price Par London, pound .. | Australia, pound . • ()) ()(M) !SS l -on-:: "» «g ; : ;i! Montreal, dollar •• •> O •>•>« Paris, franc . • ]' - ~ () ,J Berlin, rcielismark . - Copenhagen, krone . j •• • q r) y Yokohama, yen .. 1 "- 1 ' CUSTOMS EXCHANGE RATES Kntes of ruling at the announced dates of departure of vessels r i , .;::;Si n are shown in the ollowin* t.,1,10 Thev arc subject to confirmation I,'v the Customs Department when the osact time of departure is learned. Kinnilv declared rates arc walked . Limerick, Canada, dollars .. • • ,4 ; »» Limerick, America. dollars OLD POTATOES DUMPED Unsaleable because of arrival on the market of the new season s potatoes, ,3000 sacks of last years potatoes which have been m store at T.vttelton for some time have been dumped Ihe potatoes were owned by Christchurch firms, and are stated to be useless for seed \ large quantity of potatoes uas similarly disposed of at Timaru recently.

Bank N.SAV: C s (1 :u> 1) Com. Bank Sydney •21 11 0 Com. Bunk Australia 0 If) 1) Union Bank in li O Queensland National Bank . !( 0 Dalgrety 30 17 0 Australian Guar. Corp. 1 s 0 "Winehcombe Carson 1 1 li !) Adelaide Steam 1 !•_' 0 Tooth's Brewery •j 17 :? Ditto •_> 17 0 Carlton Brewery H 7 o Queensland Brewery \ 5 <; Anthony Ilordern .. 0 1!> 7! 3 Ditto (prof.) 1 :! Associated Newspapers 1 l 7 V'j Ditto (pref.) 1 i o' Australian Gas (B shares) . 7 11 ii Australian Glass .. t vj !) Australian Iron (pref.) . . 1 ti Colonial' Sucar l r, i) Dunlop Perdriau is a Electro. Zinc 14 (i Ditto in » Ditto (pref.) Fairy mead Sutra r .. jti (> 0 0 Henry Jones ,s I) Goodyear (pref.) 11 i! Mauri Brothers 111 :i Morris Hedstrom . . 1 <» 0 Saraents 1 I'J 0 "Wilcox Mofflln 0 rj 0 Mount Morgan II 1 7 Mount Lyell ■J 1) i) Bulolo 7 It ii Kuala Kampar (1 1!) » /a Hawaii? Tin Larut Tin 0 1 t 1 It)'/, 0 17

r s d Com. Bank Australia lit !l E., S. and A. Bailk lit 0 Nat. Bank A'asin if 10) . 1 ."> 7 () Australian Glass i:s o B.H. Pty. 1 0 i:t »; Electro. Zinc Ditto (pref.) Hi « G. J. Coles 10 0 Howard Smith :t » General Motors :i 7 1o t United Provisions Sulphide Corporation ir> (i Mount Morgan J 7 2 Mount Lyell ;> o IS 0 North Broken Hill South Broken Hill 7 0 Zinc Corporation l(i 0 Emperor 10 t a a Loloma il

partJan. 5 Jan. 4 Par Montreal, dol... 4.91% 4.90% 4.90/a 4.SCO New York, dol. 4.91 Vi 4.80 Piiris, fr. 3 < 15 V, n 10.>/!« 29.1 ~>/i 195.00 Brussels, belga.. 29.10 35.00 Geneva, fr. 1 .US 21.30'/ a 25.22 Amsterdam, gr. 8.97 Vi S.OO'/a 12.10 Milan, lire 03 s /,, 93% 92.00 Berlin, r.in. J 2.21 V'j 1 'J .'JO 20.43 Stockholm, kr... 19.39/a 19.39/a 18.150 Copenhagen, kr. 22.40 22.40 18.159 Oslo, kr. 19.90 19.90 1 8.1 59 Vienna, sch. .. 20Va 20% 34.585 Prague, kr. IIO/4 3ioy I(l 101.25 Helsingfors, mark 220% 220% 193.23 Madrid, pes. .. 551 55 ♦ Lisbon, escu. .. 110 V, a 1 10/ia 11(1 Athens, dr. 54 1 Va 517 Vj 375.00 Bucharest, lei... (820 (WO 813.0 Rio de Janeiro, m. 4/,d 4%d 3!J%d 5.899(1 Montevideo, dol. 39%d 51 d Bombay, rupee.. ] 8V3./I lfs% 2 d 18d Shanghai, dol... 14/id liy-d 14"/i«<l [ 1 1 27 ]2 ( J Hongkong, dol. Yokohama, yen n'y.od 14 55-011 24.58(1 Batavia, ffr. . . 8.91 Vi 8.9'JVa 1'j.iO Belgrade, din... •J 115 213 127(i.iil Warsaw, zloty. 20.00 {Nominal. 20.00 4a.;i8

alteration without notice: — To £1 X.Z. Ourre'ney 'j'.T. On Demand Selling Buying Selling U.S.A., dol. .. I',.!).", x 'i :5.0s:; i , A Canada, dol. . IS.'JS'/a < 1.!' 1 1 A Austria, sell. ■ 'JO. liT — 20.0! • Belgium, bclga 1 1 — fl 1~08 Czccho'vnkia, cr. ,111 .Oil — Denmark, kr. . 17.81)3 1 8.203 I 7.00,'J 81.27 11.7-17 7.H>7 71.81. 7. Ml 15.001 15,100 1 7.00 I France, fr. .. — Germany, r.ui. 0.7 12 — Holland, fl. . . Italy, lire Java, 11. Norway, kr. Sweden, kr. . 7.10.'! 71.70 7.1M7 15.81)1 15.<18!» 10.211 15.811 Switzerland, fr. 17. OS!) — Noumea, fr. . . Papeete, fr. .. 82.80 8U.01 — s;l.o7 N.Z. pence In — Hongkong. dol. 18 '27-32 •_"2 15-111 •22 15-0 1 1 7 25-0 1 IS 10-01 i!.-. 1 .*{-*> 1 is i:i-:t2 i s 5-1 n 22 25-0-1 22 25-0 1 IS 5H-0-I 22 11-10 22 11-10 1 7/n India, rupee . Ceylon, rupee . Japan, yen Shanghai, dol. Singapore, dol. Chefoo, dol. . . 1 7 <10-01 :uy„ 17 17-01 1 s 0-.T2 :(5 :i-io 18 25-01