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Evening Star, Issue 22147, 30 September 1935, Page 12

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FOREIGN EXCHANGES. (British, Official /Wireless.) Press Association —By Telegraph—Copyright RUGBY, September 28. {Received September 30, at noon.) The following are the mean closing rate*:—' Paris, franc to £l.; ... 74-41-64 New York, dollar to £1 4.91 9-16 Montreal, dollar to £l 4.96 J Brussels, belgas to £1 ... 29.09 Geneva, franc to £1 15.13 Amsterdam, florin to £1 7.27 Milan, lire to £1 ... 60 3-16 Berlin, reichmarken to £1 12.21 Stockholm, kroner to £1 19.39 i Copenhagen, kroner to £1 22 Oslo, kroner to £1 19.90 i Vienna, schilling to £1 26 Prague, kroner to £1 - 118| Helsingfors, marks to £1 ... ... 226 n Madrid, peseta to £1 35 31-32 Lisbon, escudo to £1 HO 5-8 •Athens, drachmae ,to £1 516 •Bucharest, lei to £1 622 Belgrade, dinars to £1 216 Warsaw, zlotys to £1 Rio de Janeiro, pence to milreis 4{Buenos Aires, pence to dollar ... 36) ,i: •Montevideo, pence to dollar ... 391-16 Bombay, pence to rupee 181, Shanghai, pence to tael 18 7-16 Hongkong, pence to dollar 241, Yokohama, pence to yen 14 5-32 Batavia, florin to £1 •Sellers. PRICE OP BEEF RISES. Owing to the increase in the demand for chilled beef for export reducing the supply for local consumption, stock prices have increased, and the retailers have been obliged _to pass on the increase of Id per lb in the wholesale price.—Wellington Association telegram. SYDNEY STOCK EXCHANGE. Press Association —By Telegraph—Copyright d SYDNEY, .September 30. (Received September 30, at 2.30 p.m.) Bonds: 3| p.c., 1942, £lOl 7s 6d; 4 p.c., 1938, £102; 4 p.c., 1941, £103; 4 p.c., 1947, £102; 4 p.c., 1950, £lO2 10s; 4 p.c., 1955, £lO3. Shares: New Zealand Insurance, 635; Australian Gas (A), £7 16s; Tooth’s, 54s 9d; British Tobacco, 39s 3d (ex div.) ; Broken Hill Proprietary Rights, 21s 4Jd: Dunlop’s, 16s 4)d; Wilcox, Mofflln, 9s 9cl. SALES ON CHANGE; THIS DAY. Wellington^—Bank of New South Wales, £32; stock {1946')/£lO6 12s 6d; stock (1949), £lO9 7s 6d; stock (1935), £lll 10s, £lll 7s 6d; Mortgage Corp., 5s lOd, 6s. ~ Christchurch. —Bank of Now South Wales, £32' (two); Associated Newspapers, 22s 3d; Dunlop Perdriau Rubber, 15s 2d; Mabakipawa, lid (five). Reported: N.Z. Newspapers,,4ls. Unlisted: Argo Gold Dredging, Is 2)d. Auckland. —Commercial Bank, 16s 6d (2); Union Bank, £9 2s 6d; Taupiri Coal, 17s; Tui Brewery, 42s 6d; Broken Hill Proprietary, 54s 9d; Broken Hill (rights), 21s 9cl; New Zealand Newspapers, 41s (3) ; Sharlar d’s (pref.), 20s 9d; Golden Dawn, 3s 2d'; Wool worths (Sydney), £5 12s, £5 11s 6d; Bank of New South Wales, £32;. New Zealand Breweries, 51s 3d; Australian Glass, 80s; Stock (1943-46, 4 per cent.), £lO6 10s; Stock (1946-49, 4 per cent), £lO9 10s; Stock (1952-55, 4 per cent.), £lll 10s.