DEALINGS ON 'CHANGE

Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 153, 24 March 1939, Page 12

DEALINGS ON 'CHANGE

Business In New Zealand YESTERDAY’S SALES Dealings recorded on the New Zealand stock exchanges . yesterday were as follows, the number of shares being shown in respect ot’ Wellington sales:— WELLINGTON. No. of shares. L s. d. 100—Bond's Hosiery Mills .. *1 0 9 IGo—Woolworths Ltd., ord. “I 2 9 £500—34 p.c. Stock. 1953-57 .. 91 10 0 200 —Commercial Bank 0 16 1 100 —National Bank of N.Z. 2 7 6 100—N.Z. Breweries 1 18 0 s—Colonial Sugar IS 12 6 400—Consolidated Brick* and Pipe 0 8 8 50—Electrolytic Zinc, ord. 2 6 0 200 —Broken Hill 2 18 6 100— Ditto 2 18 9 200—Ditto (2) 2 18 6 400—Woolworths Ltd., ord. (2) 1 2 9 Unofficial list:— 100 —Woolworths Properties, nref 1 5 9 "Late sale Wednesday. AUCKLAND.

DUNEDIN. There was no sittings of the Stock Exchange today on account of the ninetyfirst anniversary of the province, the day being a publie holiday. FOREIGN EXCHANGES Position Of Sterling By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. LONDON, March 22. . Hie following mean closing rates on foreign exchanges were current today compared with those ruling on March 21:

On New Zealand Currency Basis

The Bank of New South Wales, Wellington, quoted the following rates for their purchases and sales of foreign exchange yesterday:—

The’ Associated Banks totliei than me Bank of New South Wales) quoted the following dollar rates yesterday on a New Zealand currency basis They are subject to alteration without notice

By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. SYDNEY. March 23. Wheat prices continue to fall. Silo is quoted nt 2/3J a bushel and bagged 2/7. Flour. £l2/10/- n ton: pollard. £5/5/-; bran, £5. Potatoes. Tasmanian. £lB a ton : others to £l7. Onions, New Zealand brown. £24 a ton ; Victorian, white, £2O. Maize, prime yellow. 4/9 a bushel.

• £ 8. d. Govt. Bonds. 4 p.c., 1943-40 .... 98 10 0 laser. Stock. 4 p.c., 1940-43 .... 97 15 0 Cb.'cli. Drainage Board, 41 p.c. 1941 100 10 0 South British Insurance J 3 9 . Ditto — 4 0 Wellington Gas 1 9 9 Dominion Breweries, pref •1 0 0 Broken Hill Pty IS 6 Colonial Sugar ... Fa r ni ere ’ Trading *48 12 (J 0 17 9 Hume Pipe (Aust.) .1 0 4j I.C.I., pref. ,....• Sanford, ord 1 3 9 0 ■1 0 Woolworths, Ltd •1 9 Emperor 8 9 •Late sale Wednesday. CHRISTCHURCH. ,\.Z. Breweries (2) 1 is” d. 0 Dunlop Perdriau (6) 1 1 i) Electro. Zinc, ord 6 6 Ditto, pref 9 0 Hume Pipe (Aust.) 1 0 Woolworths, Ltd. (2) .1 9 Grey River 0 18 6 Sales reported: Inscr. Stock 34 p.c., 1953-57 .... 91 10 0 Comm. Bank of Aust 0 16 1 United Building, odd parcel ... 1 0 6 Southland Frozen Meat (3) .... I 1 6 Grey River . 0 18 4

Par. Mar. 21. Mar. 22. N. York, dol. to £ 4.860 4.689-3 4.68 9-16 Montreal, dol. to £ 4.860 4.70J 4.705 Paris, francs to £ 124.21 176 53-64 176 53-64 Brussels, bel. to £ 48.611 27.82 27.825 Geneva, fr. to £ 25.225 20.835 20.84 imst’dam, fl. to £ 12.107 8.821 8.82 Berlin, mks. to £ 23.43 11.70 11.71 C’hagen, knr. to £ St'holm, knr. to £ 18.159 28.40 28.40 23.43 15.42 15.42 Oslo, knr. to £ 18.159 19.50 19.50 Ilels’ki, mks. to £ 193.23 226.75 226.75 Prague, knr. to £ 134.25 Madrid, pes. to £ 25.223 — — Lisbon, esc. to £ 100 1101 1101 Milan, lire to £ 92 891-16 89 1-16 Athens, drac. to £ 375 54i.50 547.50 Bucharest, lei to £ 813.00 660 660 Belgrade, din. to £ 270.31 209 209 Bio de J., p. to mil. 4.99 31-10 3 116 B. Aires, p. to nesa 47.62 20.25 20.305 If. Video, p. to peso 51 184 18i Calcutta, p. to rup. 18 17 31-32 17 31-32 Shanghai, p. to dol. 18 — —— H. Kong, p. to dol. — 14 29-32 14 29-32 Y’hama, p. to yen Batavia, fl. to £ 24.582 14 14 12.107 8.81 8.805 LONDON, March 22. Gold.—£7/8/5 an ounce, , fine. Silver.—Spot, 19 15-lGd. ward, 1911-16d. an ounce; for-

New Zealand Buying. Selling. on London T.T. 124/7/6 125 £N.Z. t ;o £stg. 123/18/9 100 ... O.D. ’T.T. 124/19/6 Australia 100/10/100 £A to £N.Z. 100 O.D. 100/10/ 100 Fiji .... T.T. 00 88/12/0 £F to £N.Z. 100 O.D. 90 SS/12/6 New York T.T. 3.775S t>. ( Doi. to £N.Z. . O.D. 3.7808 3.7335 Montreal T.T. 3.7022 3.7523 Doi. to £N.Z. . O.D. 3.8009 3.7533 Belgium T.T. 22.472 22.162 Bel. to £N.Z. . O.D. 22.547 22.167' Denmark T.T. 18.140 17.830 K.rn. to £N.Z. . O.D. 18.200 17.832 Finland T.T. 181.79 178.99 Mks. to £N.Z. . O.D. 185.19 179.09 France . T.T. 143.08 140.58 Frs. to £N.Z. . O.D. 144.33 140.60 Germany T.T. — 0.297 -Mks. to £N.Z. . O.D. — 9.299 Greece T.T. — 129.20 Drac. to £N.Z. O.D. — 129.35 Holland T.T. 7.165 7.015 FIs. to £N.Z. . O.D. 7.205 7.017 Italy ... T.T. — 70.97 Lire to £N.Z. . O.D. — 70.99 Java ... T.T. 7.142 6.992 FIs. to £N.Z. . O.D. 7.182 0.994 Norway T.T. 10.126 15.836 Krn. to £N.Z. . O.D. 16.1 SO 15.839 Noumea T.T. 145.58 138.83 Frs. to £N.Z. . O.D. 147.08 138.87 Papeete T.T. 144.9.8 138.98 Frs. to £N.Z. . O.D. 146.48 139.02 Sweden T.T. 15.73-1 15.439 Krn. to £N.Z. . O.D. 15.794 15.-112 Switzerland T.T. 16.86(1 16.590 Frs. to £N.Z. . O.D. 16.960 16.593 Hom; Kong T.T. 1.8 27-0-1 18 51-64 N.Z. d. to Doi. O.D IS 25-64 18 51-61 India and Ceylon T.T. 221 22 17-32 . N.Z. (1. to Hup. O.D. 22 7-32 22 17-32 Japan .. T.T — 17 37-64 N.Z. d. to Yen O.D — 17 37-64 Manila T.T 31 35-61 32} N.Z. d. to Peso O.D 31. 29-04 • 32} Shanghai T.T — 11 1-32 N.Z. d. to Doi. . O.D —- 11 1-32 Singapore T.T. 34 31-64 34 31-32 N.Z. d. to Doi. . O.D. , 34 25-64 34 31 i 32 South Africa . T.T. 123/ 1 12o £N.Z. i to £S.A. too . .. O.D. 123 125

U.S.A dollars Canadian dollars. Sei ling O’er liN.Z . Per UN.Z.) T.T. •> 7‘* 1 3.7-1 p 0.1 ;; 7’* A Buying0.0. 3.78 1-1G :;.soi Australian Produce Markets (Received March 23, 10