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Evening Star, Issue 22149, 2 October 1935, Page 14

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LONDON WHEAT MARKET. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright . LONDON, October 1. (Received October 2, at 2 p.m.) Cargoes, are, firm in sympathy with foreign markets owing to the partial drought in the Argentine. Manitoban sellers raised the limit Is and Australians 9d to Is. La Piatas were also Is dearer. ' Buyers were sluggish owing to the uncertainty and, contradictory Argentine reports. Parcels were given moderate attention. Manitobas advanced 6d to 9d, and Australians and La Piatas 9d. Russians were held fol- 9d to Is 3d over late rates. Futures: London, October 31s 6d; Liverpool—October 6s 91 d, December 6s 5Jd, March 6s 2jd. FOREIGN EXCHANGES. (British Official Wireless.) Press Association —By Telegraph—Copyright RUGBY, October 1. (Received October 2, at noon.) The following are the mean closing rates:— .Paris, franc to £1 New York, dollar to £1 4.90 5-8 Montreal, dollar to £1 4.96 J Brussels, belgas to £1 ... 29.05 Geneva, franc to £1 ... 15.08 Amsterdam, florin to £1 ... ... 7.25 Milan, lire to £1 60 1-8 Berlin, reichmarken to £1 12.18 Stockholm, kroner to £1 19.39? Copenhagen, kroner to £1 22 Oslo, kroner to £1 ... 1.9.90 g Vienna, schilling to £l 26 Prague, kroner to £1 118 7-16 Helsingfors, marks to £1 ... ... 226 J Madrid, peseta to £1 ... 35 15-16 Lisbon, escudo to £1 ... 110 5-8 •Athens, drachmae to £1 515 •Bucharest, lei to £1 624 Belgrade, dinars to £1 216 Warsaw, zlotys to £1 ... ... Rio de Janeiro, pence to milreis 4j Buenos Aires, pence to dollar ... 361 •Montevideo, pence to dollar ... 39J Bombay, pence to rupee 18t Shanghai, ■ pence to tael - 18^ Hongkong, pence to dollar ... ... 244 • Yokohama, pence to yen ... ... 14 3.32 Batavia, florin to El 7.24£ •Sellers, DAIRY PRODUCE. The Otago Farmers’ Co-operative Association of New Zealand Ltd. has received the following cable from London, dated October IButter: Finest, 116 s, 117 s; firsts, 114 s; firm. Cheese: White, coloured, 08s 6d; steady. The Dairy Board has fixed the prices on a basis of butter Is OJd, cheese sid, equivalent to 100 s 6d and 47s lOd, c.i.f.e. —Wellington Press Association. SALES ON ’CHANGE: THIS DAY. Wellington.—South British, £4 12s 7}d; Mortgage Corporation, 6s; Wellington Deposit and Mortgage, 6s; Union Bank, £9 2s Sid; Inscribed (1939-43), £lO3 ss; 4 p.c. (1939-43), £lO3 ss; 1940, £IOB 2s 6d; Sharland (pref.), £1 0s 9d; Mount Lyell ,18s 9d. Auckland,—Bank of New Zealand, 50s 6d; Mount Morgan, 36s 6d; Bonds —4 p.c. (1943-46), £lO6 10s. Unlisted: Wool worths (Sydney), £5 9s; National Insurance, 20s 3d; Wilson’s Cement, 41s; Mataki Gold, Is lid; Waihi, 34s 6d, Stock: March, 3i p.c., 1939-43, £lO3 2s 6d, £lO3 ss; 1938-52, 3i p.c., £IOB 7s 6d. Unlisted: Caley, Macintosh. Phoenix, 11s lid. Christchurch. —Commercial Bank ot Australia (pref.), £9 10s (3); Whitcombe (pref.), £9 10s (3); Whitcombe and Tombs, 78s 6d; Mount Lyell, 18s 7d (3) ; Mount Morgan (cum div.), 36s 3d. Reported; Mount Lyell (late sale yesterday), 18s Bd. Unlisted stocks: Wool worths (Sydney, ord.), £5 10s.