AUSTRALIAN EXCHANGES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22822, 1 September 1937, Page 9

AUSTRALIAN EXCHANGES

VALUES AGAIN IKKEGULAU MELBOURNE MARKET QUIET (Received August HI, 8 p.m.) SYDNEY, August 31 Values again were irregular on the Sydney Stock Fxehange to-day. Sales included: —

Commonwealth Bonds.—t per cent, 10:18, .Clol lUs "d; 10il, £10_» 13s itd; 1050, JCIO2 lis 3d; 1901, £lO3 15s. MELBOURNE EXCHANGE The Melbourne investment market was quiet. Business included: — i; s d Ts'nl. Bunk A'asia (lo pd.) 7 0 0 {'arlton Brewery . . • • 3 3 O Cox Brotlicrs .. .. 1 3 0 D'.inlop-Perdriau . . . • 1 3 -J Felt and Textiles .. .. - 1 <> G. J. Coirs . . . . • • 417 U FOREIGN EXCHANGES FLUCTUATIONS IN LONDON British Wireless RUGBY, August 30 The following rates oh foreign exchanges are current, compared with the cabled quotations on August 2S and

NEW ZEALAND QUOTATIONS Tlio Associated Banks (other than the Bank of New South AYales) quoted the following dollar rates yesterday, on a New Zealand currency basis, subject to alteration without notice: — Selling: United States Canada IYL' 3.08 Vi 3.»;Sy» e On demand .. 3.'js>>b 3.05 / a Buying: . ~ . On demand .. 4.03 /8 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: —

'J ho cost in New Zealand currency of the pouiK.l sterling, aiul of the principal overseas units, on the latest quotations, is as follows: — Present Price Par London, pound .. 2;' IjJ-'j'"' H',! oon Australia, pound .. J! 10>1 - <• Fiji, prtund . .. 22 New York, dollar .. -1 n !,; 5 '} Montreal, dollar .. <> Paris franc . •• Berlin, reii'lismark . 2 OJ3 0 3 } , / )i ' ) Copennajjen, krone . 1 I..>J 1 *■-- Yokohama, yen .. 1 &.H * O,OS CUSTOMS EXCHANGE RATES Finally declared rates of exchange ruling at tlio date of departure of vessels named arc shown in the following table: —■ Ardcnvolir, Canada, dollars .. .. Anlenvohr America, dollars .. .. 4.uh Goslar, America, dollars .. . • Surrey, Canada, dollars .. •• • • Surrey, America, dollars .. •• •}••'• \Vi.irutin, America, dollars .. •• Port Brisbane, America, dollars .. - ■ i'ort Brisbane, Canada, dollars .. 4.UJ GOLD AND SILVER QUOTATIONS IN LONDON (Received August •11, <>■■> p.m.) LONDON, AtiKUst 30 Fine gold is quoted to-day at £7 Os Id an oz., compared with i'O 19s §d on Saturdav. - Silver is quoted at 19gil an ounce spot and forward, compared with 19 3-lGd on Saturday. The quotation for silver nt per fine oz. is iK);d, compared -with 20jd on August 27. Tlie following is a summary of the fluctuation in the price per ounce ot line gold this year: £ s (] HiKliest price, March n .. 2 Lowest price, August 19 .. <> •• •,j :ii I; ;> ;\% August -'•> • • • • c; HI 7 .. •• Aupriisr > •• f , w Aim list *jh .. .. •• |' 1 ; August 30 .. • • '

CALL AND DIVIDEND LIST r> • . DIIC Dividends — . . ~ t«wl-iv Doiii. J? libber— int., •> P.c. ~ > F.lder Smith —final. 1 I>« •. loila3 North \iiekland I' ;i liners Co-operative-—prof., 5 P-c. p.a. 1 ivmorrow Ncoioiiii - - lil a share _•; hj( |lt ' ,J Taupo-Totara— pref., o |u., _ AVliiUoine. Stevenson—o i>x. . . Sept. 0 Electro. Zinc—final, pref. and " c : ; . set. io palnier, Collins and "Whittaker—final, pref.. 2 1-5 p.c._ and i.omis, I 2-5 p.e.; ord., .) p.c. n „c| bonus 2*/ 2 p.e.. . . . Sept, lo Broken Hill South—ls ad a share . • • . • „ 1 J Huddart-Parker—int.. pref., J p.e.; ord., op.c. . . . . Sept. Hi Howard Smith —int., oru<l p.c. Auckland Farmers' Freezing—o oi p.c. p.a. . . •• •• b, l n - Dunlop-Perdriau —final, pref., .> p e.; ord.. 1 P-P. • • • £ (• '.(a N.Z Drue —int.. 3'/, p.c. . . Sept. 30 North Broken Hill—final. 3s (id and bonus. <>d a share . . Sept. JO Standard Insurance—final. Is .«1 a share „ r • Bank Australasia—int., 3s Od a sharp .. •• •• JJ 1 Yarra Falls —final, 5 p.c. .. Oct. 1 Ca Grcy River —third. Is 3d a share Sept. 10

£ ,s d 13ank of Australasia . • ] I s 0 Commercial Bank Australia 0 17 H»/2 Commercial Banking Sydney 21 ! 2 (» Goldsliroush-Mort I Hi :$ Australian Gas (A) 7 ,"> i; Howard Smith 1 1 t> Toolicy's Brewery 1 lit 0 Tooth's 'J Hi (i Anthony IJordcrn (1 1 !> a Associated Newspapers 1 M ;i Australian Glass ■t 17 0 Broken ilill i'.ty. .. ■4 •J !l Ditto (X.Z delivery) •1 1 (i Colonial Sutra r •IS 17 (> Electrolytic Zinc 0 0 Ditto 0 Ditto (pref.) n <1 Hume Pipe (Aust.) 1 1 (i Lustre Hosiery l :t (i Ditto 1 f! 7Va Stedmans 0 17 a Tnubmans 10 0 \V. 1?. Carpenter 'j S 0 AVoolworths (Syd., 2nd . pf.) i s 0 Broken Hill South .. 2 !) Kuala Kampar 1 1 <) Mount Lyell . o <> Mount Morgan () 1 1 0 North Broken "Hill a '17 (> Hawaii!? Tin . u 12

par: • Aug. 2S Par Aug. no Montreal, dol. . . •I .OCT a •1.00% 4.806 New York, tlol. ■l.!)8Va ■t.oov; ■1:8( i Paris, fr. J 132% 1 (!.">. 00 Brussels, hclRa.. 20. Ki 20. IO'/ a 35.00 Geneva, fr. 2 1 .<> 1 Ya j Amsterdam, gr. "(.do 1 ,; 0.011% 12.10 Milan, lire 0 1/ in 0 I 7 io 02.00 Berlin, r.m. 12.:!7 I Vi •_'().!:! Stockholm, kr... 10.30 '/a 10.30 1 /., 18.1 ,">0 Copenhagen, kr. 22.10 •jj.to 18.1 50 Oslo, Ur. 10.00 J 0.00 18.1 .">0 Vienna, sell. . . •Jfi'/j 'JU'A Ml .585 Prague, kr. 1 12% ' 112% KM.25 Helsingfors, mark 221 >% 22(114 103.23 Madrid, pes. . . Lisbon, eseu. . . Tio% 3 10% I uT" 1 Athens, dr. .. ntTVa r.17% 375.00 Bucharest, lei... 070 (>70 81:!.o n.soud R io de Janeiro, 111. •l/ad* 4 '/all* Montevideo, dol. :$o 13 / 18 d 30"/,«d 51 d Bombay, rupee. . 1 S'/„d 3 SVfid lSd Shanghai, dol... 1 -Id t 3 1%<H — Hongkong, dol. Yokohama, yen 1 r.d 1 Id 3l%d n id 21.58(1 Batavia, gr. . . 8.88 S.OOVa 32.10 270.31 Belgrade, din... 217 217 Warsaw, zloty.. 20.1 2(>M 43.38 1 Nominal. * Sellers.

To £ 1 N.Z. - T.T. On Demand Currency Selling Buying Selling U.S.A., dol. .. 3.0842 ■1.(1313 3.0SS2 (.'lunula, dol. .. 8.08,-,a 4.0327 3.0SSJ3 Austria, sell. . . '20.!) 1 — 20.05 Belgium, belga r,(io 23.015 23.•_> i 1 Czccho'>akia, cr. 113.50 — 1 13.01 Denmark, kr. . 17.803 18.203 17. Si 10 France, fr. 105.8'J IOS.-IO 105.! »3 Germany, r.iu. . 0.807 7.3S3 11.872 Holland, a. .. 7.103 7.107 75.70 7.101 Italy, lire ;. Java. fl. 7.'>.71 7.1-".7 7.:i 17 Norway, kr. .. 15.802 10.212 15.S!lS Sweden, kr. .. 15.4 SO 15.SI4 15.105 17.3(17 Switzerland, fr. 17.302 i.7.077 Noumea, fr. . . ID.".. It 1 111.3 1 11)5.1S Papeete, fr. . . 305.00 J 10.31 105.13 N.Z. pence to — Hongkosig, dol. IS 53-01 IS 23-01 IS 53-01 India, rupee .. Ceylon, rupee . •J'.i 2 1 -32 22 21-32 22 1 1 -32 22 11-32 22 2 I -32 22 21-32 Japan, yen . , 17V a — 1714 Shanghai, dol. 1 S 3-01 — *— Singapore, dol. Manila, peso .. 35 13-01 30 17-01 31% 20 43-01 35 13-01 30 17-01