EXCHANGE RATES.
London Quotations.
Dollar Ratos. The Associated Banks (other than the Bank of New South Wales) quote the following dollar-sterling rates to-day, subject to alteration without notice:— U.S.A. Canada, dollars, dollars. Conversion of dollar bills received for collection and sale of dollar drafts and telegraphic _ transfers 4.8 a 4.86 Purchase of dolar bills 4.89 4.94) On a New Zealand currency basis these rates are equivalent to: U.S.A. Canada, dollars, dollars. ■3!Sf“ 3.891 3.90 S On Demand ........ 3.895 3.90 J demand 3.93 J 3.93 J DOLLAR AND FRANC. United'Press Assn.—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. (Received February 16. noon.) LONDON, February 15. The American dollar opened at 4.87 11-16 to £1 sterling, and the franc at 73 15-16.
YESTERDAY’S SALES. The following sales were completed In other centres yesterday afternoon:— Wellington—N.Z. Refrigerating. (El paid), 19s 7d; Dunlop Rubber, 18s 9*d, 18s 9d; King Solomon, 4s (February 14). Dunedin —Sale on ’Change: Bank of New Zealand, £2 10s. Sales reported: Bank of New Zealand, £2 10s; N.Z. Refrigerating (£1 paid), 19s 7d; New Zealand Inscribed, 3* per cent, 1938-52, £lO7. Sydney—On the Stock Exchange yesterday values continued to ease. Leading industrials, including Broken Hill Proprietary and Colonial Sugar, slackened. Afternoon dealings were: Colonial Sugar. £4l 10s; Bank of New Stjuth Wales, £3O 10s; Comm. Bank of Sydney, £l6 ss; National Bank (£5 paid), £6 8s; Union Bank. £8 12s 6d; Associated News, 22s 9d, pref. 23s 4* d; Howard Smith, 16s 3d; Huddart-Parker, 38s 6d; Australian Gas A, £7 18s; British Tobacco, 38s 9d: Tooths Brewery, 48s 6d; Tooheys Brewery, 29s 3d; Carlton Brewery, 55s 3d; Australian Glass, 61s; Dunlop Perdriau Rubber, ISs 9d: Goldsbrough Mort, 28s 6d; Winchcombe, Carson, 26s 6d; Fairymead Sugar, 375; Electrolytic Zinc, 21s 10*d; David Jones. 40s; Anthony Hordern, 18s: Lustre Hosierv. 26s 9d; Standard Cement, 19s 4*d: Drug Houses, Aust., 24s 10*d; Australian Iron and Steel (pref.), 22s 10*d: Broken Hill Proprietary, 51s 9d ; Bulolo Deposits, lid; Placer Development, £2B ss; General Industries, 14s 6d. Melbourne—Comm. Bank of Aust., 16s 9d, pref. £9 19s; National Bank (£5 pd.), £$ 8s; Goldsbrough Mort, 28s 3d; Australian Glass (pref.), 435; Australian Iron and Steel (pref.) # 22s 9d; Broken Hill Proprietary, 525; Dunlop Perdriau Rubber, 18s 8d; Howard Smith, 16s 6d: Mount Lyell, 17s lOd; Electrolytic Zinc, 22s 2d; Tongkah Compound, 22s 3d-
British Official Wireless. RUGBY,* February 14. London on men lone New York. dol. 4.86 2-3 4^88 4.88 i-16’ d ° ’ 124“21 73 3i-32 Brussels, belga 35 20.99 Geneva, fr. 25.225 15.08 74 1-32 15.08 Milan, lire ’ 92.46 57 7-16 57 7-16 Stockholm, kr. 18.159 19.40 Copenhagen, kr. 18.159 22.395 Oslo, kr. 18.159 19.905 Vienna, sch. 34.585 26J Prague, krone 1641 1161 Helsingfors, f. marks 193.|3 19.40 22.395 19.905 26J 1163 2265 35 23-32 Lisbon, esc. 110 1H>1 1101 Bucharest, lei. 813.6 4855 Belgrade, dinars 276.32 216 485 216 Rio de Janiero, d. to-mils. 5.899 4Jt Buenos Aires, d. to peso. 47.62 36it Monte Video, d. to peso. 51 39 31 Batavia, florins 12.11 7.205 Warsaw, zlotys 43.38 25.87 Value in pence 4lt 365t 39it 7.225 Bombay, rupee lSd. 18 5-35 18*5-32 Bong Kong, dol. * 21 9-16 nj 1 21 11-16 1 4 •Pence per local unit. tSellers. Bank of New South Wales. Buying. Selling. nonuun it i.i. 1*.-* to £100 stg.) O.D. 1235 Australia (£ A. to T.T. 101 1248 1005 Fiji (£ F. to £100 T.T. 90 8 S9 0i JCew York (dol. T.T." 3 94g 3908 Montreal (dol/ to T.T. 395 5 3914 France (francs to T.T. 60.08 58.78 Noumea (francs to T.T. 61.03 58.03 Papeete (francs T.T. 61.03 58.03 Belgium (belgas T.T. 17.163 to £1 N.Z.) O.D. 17,263 Germany (reichs- T.T. — 16.463 9.550 9.55 5 Italy (lire to" €1 T.T. — 45.45 Switzerland (f’cs T.T." 12.326 l 4 /926 Holland (florins T.T. 5.929 5.679 Java (florins to T.T. 5.883 5.65*8 Japan <N.Z. d". to T.T. — 17 21-32 Shanghai (N.Z. d. T.T. 21S to 1 dol.) O.D. 215 22 15-16 22 S Ind N.Z ail d. to^ru! 1 O.D." 22 9-32 22 11-16 27 29-32 Hong Kong (N.Z. T.T. 26 27-32 d. to 1 ru.) O.D. 26 23-32 27 27-32 Singapore (N.Z. T.T. 34 7-16 d. to 1 dol.) O.D. 34 5-16 35 5-16
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Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20541, 16 February 1935, Page 9
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