U.K. MONEY MARKET GIVEN FURTHER HELP AT NEW RATES The Bank of England said it provided the market with further assistance during the afternoon, buying bills worth 166 mln stg at the lower rates introduced this morning. It bought 45 mln stg of local authority bills plus 27 mln stg of bank bills in band one at 10-3/8 pct together with 94 mln stg of band two bank bills at 10-5/16 pct. The bank also revised its estimate of the market shortage up to 300 mln stg from 250 mln this morning. It has given total assistance of 213 mln stg today.