AUSTRALIAN EXCHANGES

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22847, 30 September 1937, Page 7

AUSTRALIAN EXCHANGES

STEADIER VALUES BETTER TONE MAINTAINED (Received September 20, 8.45 p.m.) SYDNEY, Sept, 2!) Without losing the improved tone shown yesterday, • investment values were steadier on tho Sydney Stock Lxchange to-day. A feature was tlie advance of Henry Jones, which are now within a few pence of the highest level this year. Sales included:—

Commonwealth Bonds.—3V, per cent, IH-13, filS 1,1s; 4 per rent, UKIK, X'lOl 17s Ud; HI 17, i'lUl los; ld(j|, XIO'J. MELBOURNE EXCHANGE The Melbourne market was more I active and firmer. Business included:

FOREIGN EXCHANGES DOLLAR AND THE FRANC (Received September 20, 0.5 p.m.) British Wireless RUGBY, Sept. I>S The following rates 011 foreign oxchanges are current, compared with the cabled quotations 011 September 27 and par:—

PARIS, Sfpt. 28 Quotations of sterling mid dollar futures linvo Ix>en temporarily discontinued in deference to the Government's hint that this is desirable owing to pressure to sell forward francs,. NEW ZEALAND QUOTATIONS The Associated Banks (other than the Bank of New South Wales) quoted the following dollar rates yesterdav, on a Now Zealand currency basis, subject to alteration without notice:— Selling: United Slates Canada ,Y , . •• -I'-Hi'/i a.M x / 3 Buying dCn ' an,] * * a On demand .. 4.01'/ ls 4.017„ Following are the latest rates for purclinsos and sales of foreign exchange quoted by the Bank of New South ales, Auckland. They are subject to alteration without notice:—

lo £i I\.Z T.T. On Demand Currency Selling Buying Selling U.S.A., dol . 3.005 H 4.0104 M.iMiiiS Canada, dol. .. 3.5.HW9 4.0114 3.U70U Austria, sell. .. 20.78 Belgium, belga 23.100 23.875 23001 Czccho vakm, cr. 11'-'.Bl Denmark, kr. . 17.81)3 18.203 ITsjvt France, fr. 115.33 i !.-> Germany, r.m . H. 820 »s3i Holland fl. 7.117 7.337 7.1 r, I Italy, lire .. 75.35 Java, fl. .. 7.121 7.311 7. Is or way, kr. .. 15.801 10.211 15 807 Sweden, kr. .. 15.1811 15.811 15.405 Switzerland, fr. 17.214 17.580 17." |<> Noumea, fr. .. 114.58 Papeete, fr. .. 114.53 penco to— Hongkong, dol. 18 13-10 18 13-32 18 13-10 India, rupee .. 22 21-32 22 11-32 22 21-32 Ceylon, rupse . 22 21-32 22 11-32 22 21-32 Japan yen .. 17% 17 1 /, Shanghai, dol. 18 31-01

Singapore, dol. 35 13-01 31% 35 13-01 C'hefoo, dol. .. 18 15-01 Mnnila, peso . 30 3-10 20 19-32 30 3-10

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

Present Price Par s d s d London, pound .. 21 10.05 20 0.00 Australia, pound . . 10 10.SI 'JO 0.00 Fiji, pound . .. 22 5.C0 20 0.00 Now York, dollar .. ."> o.:l2 1 1.:il Montreal, dollar .. 0.H5 4 1.:tl Paris, franr . . . o 2.00 0 2.2s Perlin reichsinnrk . 2 0.22 0 11.74 Copenhagen, krono . 1 1 1 1.22 Yokohama, yen .. 1 0.41 2 0.5S

GOLD AND SILVER

QUOTATIONS IN LONDON

(Received September 20, 0.5 p.m.) LONDON, Sept. 28

Fine gold is quoted to-day at £7 Os 6}d an oz., compared with £7 Os 4Jd jx-sterdaj'. Silver is quoted at 19Jd an oz. s|jot. and 19id forward, compared with ID lti-16d and 19 13-lGd yesterday. The quotation for silver at per fine oz. is 21 7-lGd, compared iyith 21 Jd yesterday. CALL AND DIVIDEND LIST Dividends— uo Dunlop-Perdriau—final, pref., 0 p.c. p.u.; ord., 1 p.c. .. To-dav orth Broken Hill—final, Is Gd and bonus, Od a share .. To-day British Tobacco—ord., quarterly, J p.c. . . . . . ~ To-day General Industries—int., pref., r a^,",;f, v! ,rd - f) " c -, To-day tell and textiles—quarterly, 10 p.c l>.a. . . . . . . To-day Hawanif Tin—Od (sterling) a sliaro .. . • .. To-day Bank Australasia—int.. Us Od a share . . . .. .. To-morrow Yarra 1- alls—final, 5 p.c. . . To-morrow United Buildinur, Christchurcb—ri ,!«»•. r'/*, l )C i • • • • To-morrow Death and Co.—final pref. and u < t? rt i'*' „■ • • • To-morrow Bartholomew limber—final, 2% p.c. Oct •{ Farmers' Auct.—ord., 0 p.c. p.a. Oct' ;j C. L. I lines —pref., 0 2-5 p.c. .. J'v a -; or( l- s. P.c. p.a. Oct. 4 NZ. Newspapers—int.. 8d a share Oct (i Milno and Choycc—final, prer., 3 p.c.; B pref., 3'/ a p.c.; ord. and deb., 3 p.c. Oct «) Mt. Morgan—int., 4'/ a d a share Oct! 11 Woolworths (Sydney)—int.. or«l - P- (! ' • .. Ort 15 Woolworths (N.Z.) —pref., 4)' a p. c . Oct! 15 Calls— Dom. Breweries—7s Od a sliaro To-day Australasian Paper and Pulp—--2s (id f share .. .. To-day Golden t.'rovn—second, 3d a „ share To-day Burns, Philp—new, 5s a share To-morrow larra Falls —10s a share .. To-morrow

Commercial Bank Australia. s (I 17 a Ditto (prof.) (i 0 Commercial Banking Sydney 1 1 0 Bank of New South Wales . . (i Wilcox MofTlin VJ Australian Gas (A) (i 0 a Howard Smith (I Toolieys Brewery (ex div.) .. 1'J i 1 oot lis Jo a si a Associated Newspapers Ditto (pref.) a 0 a Broken Hill Proprietary 17 Colonial Suirar 10 a 0 Dunlop-Perdriau (N.Z. deliv.) Electrolytic Zinc (pref.) Kt <'t 1' airymead Sutfar ia !• arniers 15 a <i a Kelt and Textiles General Industries .. 0 a Henry Jones (N.Z. deliv.) . . in 0 James Stedman lit i) J. McGrath ' . . id it M illinium Siiffar 17 a Morts Dock J 1 8 Newbold Brick lo 0 Tarnnaki Oil United Provisions 7 lit Kuala Kainpar 1) li Larut Tin 17 0 Mount Morgan 10 8 North Broken Hill 11 1) Placer Development 10 0

Bank A'sia (£5 paid) £' s d :* 0 (!oldshroiifrh-Mort i 15 0 c Unmet Giuss l 10 (i Drusr Houses 1 ■if, Dunlop-Perdriau 1 ;t Electrolytic Zinc • > 15 i) G. J. £olcs 1 17 0 Myers Taranaki Oil i 17 0 o Broken Hill South r> 3 Emperor 0 13 10 Loloma 1 1 ■i% 0 Mount Lveli o 1 Mount Morgan 6 in I) North Broken Hill .. 3 12 0

Montreal, dol. .. Sept, 2S Sept, 27 Par 4.05 s /,, 4.80G New York, dol. 4.vr,y ia 4.80 Paris, tr. Brussels, belga,. 111'/,. 20.37% 1-11% 20.15 1 05.00 30.00 Geneva, fr. L'l.ol'/i 21.50% O-jOO Amsterdam, pr. Milan, lire 8.08% 8.0,-)% l'.Mu 1)1 MVS 02.00 Berlin, r.m. Stockholm, kr... 12.32'/ 12.31% 10.30% 20.13 18.1551 Copenhagen, kr. 22.10 22.10 18.1.">!) Oslo, kr. Vienna, sch. .. Prague, kr. 10.{>0 18.150 2t»Va 20% 31.585 Ml 1 /, 1-1 l"/ la 101.25 Helsingfors, mark Madrid, pes. .. u»>t 103.23 or, • >•> i Lisbon, cscu. .. Athens, dr. 3® Jioy,. njT'/a 110* 375.00 813.0 5.8U0d Bucharest, lei... 07 >JX 072% •IVid* Kio de Janeiro, m. 4'Ad' Montevideo, dol. 3n°/i,d* Old Bombay, rupee.. 3S'/ a d 18%d 18d. Shanghai, dol... Hongkong, dol. M%d 1 5d 1-J31.ll 3 5d .1 okohama, yen Md 3 Id 24.58d Batavia, gr. .. Belgrade, din... Warsaw, zloty.. 8.113% 210 20.21 8.04 21 (J 20.21 12.10 270.31 43.3S tNominai. 'Sellers.