AUSTRALIAN EXCHANGES
BARRIERS RISE SHARPLY
ACTIVITY IN INDUSTRIALS (Received February 2, 8.20 p.m.) SYDNEY. Feb. 2 On the Sydney Stock Exchange today Barriers and Morris Hedstrom moved forward sharply. Leading industrials were actively traded, but the market otherwise was quiet. Sales included:— £ 8 (1
Commonwealth Bonds.—l iter cent, 1038, •ClUl 12s (id; 1014, £ 1012 1 r,s; 1017, £lO2 12s (id; 1055, £lOl ss; 1001, £lOl 10s. MELBOURNE EXCHANGE On the Melbourne market investments generally were better. Pastorals wore in demand, Younghusband's being prominent on the proposal of an increase of capital. The bond market was firm. Business included:—
FOREIGN EXCHANGES
MINOR ALTERATIONS (Received February 2, 6.25 p.m.) British Wireless RUGBY, Feb. 1 The following rates on foreign exchange?. are current, compared with the cabled quotations on January 30 and par:—
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 .. 3.03 3.93% T.T 3.02% 3.92% Buying: On demand .. 3.97% 3.97%
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: —
CAPITAL ISSUES LATEST BRITISH FIGURES (Received February 2, 6.5 p.m.) British Wireless RUGBY, Feb. 1 New issues of capital in the United Kingdom in January were of greater volume than in the previous month, but not so large as in the first month of 19150. The total was £27,614,000. For the 12 months to the end of January the total was £210,872,000, compared with £200,105,000 for the corresponding period of the previous year.
MINING SHARES IN LONDON ~ LONDON, Fob. 1. On the mining market to-day Mount Lyells sold at 32s 6d, and New Guinea Gold at 3s 6d.
CALL AND DIVIDEND LIST
Bank New South Wales 30 2 6 Commercial Bank Australia.. 1 O 0 Commercial Bank Sydney.. 21 12 0 Queensland National Bank.. 5 10 0 Dalgety 12 0 0 Australian Gas (A) 7 8 0 Adelaide Steam 1 12 }) Howard Smith 1 3 Toohey's Brewery 1 15 6 Tooth's o 17 Ditto 2 17 () Anthony Hordcrn 1 0 0 Ditto (pref.) 1 a 3 7Va Associated News 1 4 Ditto (prof.) 1 ;s lOVa Australian Glass 4 13 3 Australian Steel (pref.) 1 7 « Beard, Watson ... 0 17 British Tobacco 2 11 0 Broken Hill Proprietary .. 4 1 0 Colonial Sugar 43 7 6 Electrolytic Zinc o 14 G Ditto o 15 0 G. J. Coles 4 10 0 Henry Jones 2 7 3 J. Fielding 4 0 0 James Stedman 0 17 9 Mallcys 1 4 0 Mark Foy . . 1 10 0 Millaquin Sugar '2 o 6 Morris Hedstrora 1. 10 9 Ditto 1 10 6 Morts Dock Standard Cement 0 13 4 0 16 10% "Winchcombe, Carson 1 10 0 Emperor 1 0 6 Kuala Kanipar 1 o 0 Larut Tin 0 19 0 Mandated Alluvials 0 7 6 Mount Morgan 0 16 lO'/a Bawantr Tin 0 11 1 Zinc Corporation 7 0 0
Commercial Bank Australia £ s d 1 0 1 National Bank (£5 paid).. 7 15 0 Ditto (£10 paid) .. 15 15 0 Goldsbroiitfh-Mort .. 1 18 )) Younghusband •2 0 a Howard Smith 1 3 4 British Tobacco '2 10 G Broken Hill Proprietary .. 4 1 » Cox Brothers 3 IS o Dunlop-Perdriau 0 10 i. Ditto fpref.) 1 15 0 Electrolytic Ziuc o 14 9 Ditto (pref.) o lfi 0 G. J. Coles 4 It) 2 « Hume Pipe 1 0 Silvcrton Trains 1 IS (5 Broken Hill South 2 6 10V, Emperor 1 0 4% Mount Lyell.. 2 Mount Morgan 0 1H 10 Korth Broken Hill .. 3 17 0
Feb. 1 Jan. 30 Par Montreal, dol... 4.80% •1 ,s<)% 4.8!) 7 / a 4.800 New York, dol. 4.89% 4.80 Paris, fr. Brussels, belga.. 105 '105% a •J! (.07 105.00 •_'!>.( >2% 30.00 Geneva, fr. Amsterdam, gr. 21.39 21.40% .i.i 8.9 1% 8.9-1 y 4 12.19 Milan, lire )«■/,., 93!/,a 02.OO Berlin, r.m. :ii 7 12.17 20.43 Stockholm, kr... i 9.39% J 9.39% 22.10 18.150 Copenhagen, kr. 22.10 18.150 Oslo, kr. 11>.»0 19.90 18.159 Vienna, sell. .. '_><>% 20% 31.585 Prasrue, kr. IIO% 140% 104.25 TTelsinfffors, mark 220% 220% ] 03..3 Madrid, pes. .. 55+ 551 25.221 Lisbon, cscu. .. rioy 18 310%, 547% 110 Athens, dr. 547% 375.00 Bucharest, lei... 070 070 813.0 Rio de Janeiro, m. 4'/id* 4'/d* 5.899(1 Montevideo, dol. 39%d 39%d 51 d Bombay, rupee.. IS 3-04 d J 8 3-G4d lSd Shanghai, dol... 14 l % a d 14"/„d Hongkong, dol. 14 3 % a d 34 3 % s d Yokohama, yen i3 3 % ? d 13%d 24.5Sd Batavia, gr. .. 8.89% 8.89% 12.10 Belgrade, din... 213 213 270.31 Warsaw, zloty.. 25.93 25.93 43.38 'Sellers.
To £1 N.Z. T.T. On Demand Currency i Selling Buying Selling ■U.S.A., dol. .. 3.02% 3.07% 3.027, ■Canada, dol. .. 3.0 2VS, 3.07% 3.03 Auxtriu, sch. . 20.58 — 20.00 Belgium, belga 23.181 — 23.102 Czecho'vakia, cr. 111.87 — 111.02 Denmark, kr. . 17.85)3 IS.203 17.003 France, fr. .. 84.10 — .84.20 Germany, r.m. 9.704 — 0.700 Holland, fl. .. 7.138 — 7.140 Italy, Jiro 71.51 — 74.50 Java, fl. 7.085 — 7.089 Norway, kr. .. 15.801 10.241 15.001 Sweden, kr. . . 15.180 15.844 15.40!) Switzerland, fr. 17.007 — 17.102 Noumea, fr. .. 82.70 — 82.85 Papeete, fr. .. 82.04 — 83.00 N.Z. pence to— 1813-16 18 9-32 Hongkong, dol. 18 51-04 India, rupee . 2211-10 22% 22 43-04 Ceylon, rupee . 2211-10 22% 22 43-04 Japan, yen .. 17 20-04 — 17 7-10 Shanghai, dol. Singapore, (lol. 18 25-64 17 55-64 18% 35 7-32 34 41-04 35 13-04 Chefoo, dol. .. 18 17-32 17 55-04 IS 33-04 The cost in New Zealand currcncv of the noitnd sterling, and of the principal overseas units, on the latest quotations, is as follows: — Par Present Price s <1 s d London, pound .. 21 10.05 20 0.00 Australia, pound .. 10 10.81 Fiji, pound . -- 5.00 New York, dollar .. 0.03 20 0.00 20 0.00 4 1.31 Montreal, dollar 5 0.1)2 4 1.31 0 2.28 Piiris. franc . 0 2.80 Borlin. reiohsmark . 2 0.54 0 11.74 donennaircn. krono . 1 l-M 1 1.22 Yokohama, yen 1 5.37 2 0.58
Dividends Due Com. Banlc Aus. —int., pref., 2 Feb. 5 p.c.; ord., 3 1-3 p.c. Auckland Gas—final, 2 3 / p.c. .. Feb. 0 N.Z. Insurance —int., Is a share Feb. 10 N.Z. Rcfrifc. —5 1 / 3 p.c. .. Feb. 17 Giltespio's Beach —Id a share .. Feb. 21 Ban'; N.8.W. —quarterly, Gs a Feb. 25 share Nat. Morr, —5 p.c. and bonus. Feb. 25 1 y 4 p.c. .. Christchurch Gas—int., 4 p.c. .. Mar. 1 Elder Smith—int., 0 p.c. p.a. .. Mar. 1 Electrolytic Zinc—ord. and prcf. Mar. 18 int.. 0 p.c. Broken TTill South —quarterly, 3s Mar. 24 a sharo Calls— Austral N.Z. Mining, Lid. —first To-day •Js a share Wellington Alluvials—con., secFeb. 21 ond, 3d a share Demi. Breweries—new, third, 2s Feb. 27 6d a share ..... i «.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22643, 3 February 1937, Page 9
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