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  2. MINING

    Mining stocks participated in the general weakness evident on 'Change yesterday. On a moderate turnover all fluctuations were in a downward direction. Among Barriers, ...

    Article : 527 words
  3. FINANCIAL CABLES.

    Returns of the Bank of England for the week ended September 3 are:—Gold and silver coin £158,921,391 compared with £159,303,212 a week ago, and £141,099,631 a year ago. The ...

    Article : 849 words
  4. COMMERCIAL.

    Distributive trade in Eastern and miscellaneous produce has been rather quiet during the past week. A shipment of desiccated cocoanut which arrived from Ceylon, being ...

    Article : 501 words
  5. PRODUCE.

    Eggs had a slightly brighter tone yesterday, as is usual immediately before the weekend. Sales, however, were not of a very brisk nature, and, with production still increasing, ...

    Article : 1,276 words
  6. FINANCE and COMMERCE

    The investment market sank into new depths of depression yesterday, when nervous sellers accounted for the biggest day's turnover for months. In their anxiety to ...

    Article : 514 words
  7. FINANCIAL.

    John Bull is a slow and illogical thinker, with an amazing gift for confusing an issue, especially when it is a matter of politics, and our foreign neighbours may well be puzzled ...

    Article : 1,064 words
  8. YESTERDAY'S SALES.

    The following investment sales were recorded yesterday, and appear in listed order, morning sales first, then noon sales, preceded by the letter (n), and afternoon sales denoted ...

    Article : 386 words
  9. CASTLEMAINE-PERKINS STEADY DIVIDEND.

    After providing £32,000 for taxation, Castlemain-Perkins, Ltd., a Queensland brewery company, shows a net profit of £70,834 for the year ended July 31, ...

    Article : 152 words
  10. DIRECTORS REDUCE THEIR FEES.

    At the annual meeting of Discount and Finance Ltd. the chairman of directors (Mr. E. Campbell) said that the principal assets item in the balance-sheet, sundry ...

    Article : 297 words
  11. LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE.

    Sales of shares of Australian mining companies to-day included:- B.H. Proprietary, 12/; North B.H., 37/6; Mt, Lyell, 20/4½; Boulder Perseverance, ord., /5¼; ...

    Article : 50 words
  12. FEDERAL SALES TAX.

    Mr. George Wright, president of the Retail Traders' Association of New South Wales, writes:- Sir,—Th proposal of the council of the ...

    Article : 515 words
  13. TINSONGKHLA, N.L.

    Until the price of tin improves, the directors of Tinsongkhla, N.L., Siam, do not consider it advisable to resume work on the company's property. This information was given by the ...

    Article : 67 words
  14. PAPUAN GOLD AREAS.

    The directors of the Papuan Gold Areas, N.L., state that owing to the report of the mining engineer on the leases applied for in Papua not being satisfactory, they have ...

    Article : 284 words
  15. YESTERDAY'S CLOSING QUOTATIONS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 1,020 words
  16. DUJNLOP-PERDRIAU DIVIDEND.

    Dunlop-Perdriau Rubber Co., Ltd., has declared a final dividend on ordinary shares of 3 per cent., making 6 per cent, for the year ended June 30. In the previous year, which ...

    Article : 47 words
  17. DIVIDENDS REDUCED.

    The directors of Carlton Breyvery, Ltd., announce that the interim dividend of the company will be at the rate of 11 per cent. per annum. This compares with the last ...

    Article : 108 words
  18. INTERSTATE EXCHANGES.

    To-day-s sales included:—Commonwealth bonds, 5[?] p.c. (1933). £97/17/6 £98: 5[?] p.c. (1935), £97/7/6: 5[?] p.c. (1938), £93/5/; 6 p.c. (1938), £101/10/. £101/12/6: B.H. Pty., 7 p.c. (1940), ...

    Article : 217 words
  19. SOUTH AUSTRALIAN OIL WELLS.

    South Australian Oil Wells reported yesterday that no water detrimental to the oil was coming into the No. 4 bore. On Thursday, 150 gallons of pure oil were bailed, and ...

    Article : 118 words
  20. CIVIL SERVICE CO-OPERATIVE.

    Mr. A. W. Butterell writes:- Sir,—As a director of the Civil Service Cooperative Society of New South Wales, Limited, in reply to Mr. Alexander Stoole, I would ...

    Article : 79 words
  21. BREADSTUFFS.

    The wheat market was again weaker yesterday, opening with bulk parcels offering at 3/3 for prompt delivery, Sydney basis, without attracting buyers; but later in the day ...

    Article : 303 words
  22. HACKETT BROS., LTD.

    Hackett Bros., Ltd., tanners and fellmongers, of Melbourne, shows a loss of £689 for the year ended June 30, compared with a loss of £12,444 for the previous year. Adding ...

    Article : 100 words
  23. OVERSEA MARKET CABLES.

    The butter market is quiet. Danish is quoted 148/; choicest salted New Zealand 126/ to 128/, Australian 124/ to 128/, unsalted New Zealand 146/ to 150/, and Australian ...

    Article : 184 words
  24. NOTES.

    Tongkah Harbour dredges treated 325,000 cub. yards in 1349 working hours during August, for a return 88,6cwt of tin oxide. Output for July was 115 tons. ...

    Article : 138 words
  25. SALES TAX HANDBOOKS.

    Two publications we have received deal with the operations of the Sales Tax Acts, which have caused a great deal of confusion in commercial circles. The first "The Sales ...

    Article : 224 words
  26. INTERSTATE EXCHANGES.

    To-day's sales included:- Silver-Lead B.H. South. 28/4½, 28/3 2B/6: North B.H., 37/7½, 37/3, 37/1[?] 37/, 37/6 37/7½, 37 9, 37/10½ (forward), 37/7½, Sulphide Corporation ord., ...

    Article : 131 words
  27. STATION PRODUCE SALES.

    The Sydney Wool Selling Brokers report:- Sheepskins: 70,611 were forward. A good demand was met with for practically all lines at a generally unchanged level of values. Quotations: Merino, ...

    Article : 323 words
  28. GENERAL MERCHANDISE.

    Prices are for distributing lots only. Arrowroot, in 1's 9/. In ½'s 4/9 per dozen; standard lines, in 1's /1O[?] Barley: Pearl, in sacks 17/9, in 56lb bags 18/3, ...

    Article : 413 words
  29. FREE EXCHANGE RATES.

    Mr. G. F. Davidson writes:- Sir,—Perhaps the best way to deal with "Ex-Banker's" proposition to let the Australian pound slump as far as it will, is to ask ...

    Article : 374 words
  30. WHEAT LOADINGS AND STACKINGS.

    For the week ended August 30 the quantity of wheat despatched from country stations was 165,991 bags, making a total of 6,225,091 bags for the season, against ...

    Article : 200 words
  31. LEWISHAM SHOOTING.

    Sidney Walter Denson, 50, sailor, was before Newtown Police Court yesterday, on remand, charged with having maliciously shot Florence Millard at Lewisham on July 28, ...

    Article : 335 words
  32. COMPANY NEWS.

    Mr. A. J. Symons, secretary, John Sands, Limited, has been appointed to the board of directors. At a meeting of the Btitish Association of ...

    Article : 67 words
  33. DIVIDENDS.

    Amalgamated Zinc Coy. (de Bavay's), Ltd., half-yearly, 8 per cent. per annum, payable October 10. Carlton Brewery, Ltd., interim, half-yearly, ...

    Article : 104 words
  34. ELEMINGTON TRUCKINGS

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 35 words
  35. CARGOES AND FUTURES.

    Wheat cargoes were easier to-day in sympathy with America, and trading was inactive. A part shipment ex Erviken (Fremantle, July 23) was sold to the Mediteiranean at 33/6 per ...

    Article : 129 words
  36. Advertising

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    Advertising : 193 words
  37. INTERSTATE MARKETS.

    Wheat, growers' lots, 3/1½ to 3/2½; flour, bakers' lots, £9/10/, cash; hran, £6/2/6 on trucks at mill door: cats, good feed Algerian 2/6 to 2/8, growers' lots: barley No. 1 English 2/9, feed 2/3 to 2/4, ...

    Article : 210 words
  38. NEW REGISTRATIONS.

    The following companies have been registered, shares being of the value of £1 each. SYDNEY. The Top Hole Miniature Golf Co., Ltd., ...

    Article : 100 words
  39. AUSTRALIAN BANNER LOSS.

    For the half-year ended June 30 Australian Banner Knitting Co., Ltd., discloses a loss of £1397, compared with a net profit of £5890 for the corresponding half-year of 1929, and ...

    Article : 313 words
  40. CHICAGO WHEAT OPTIONS.

    Chicago wheat options to-day closed:—September, 81¼ cents per bushel (down 1¼ cent); December, 87[?] cents (down [?] cent); March, 9[?] cents (down ? cent); May, 94[?] (down ...

    Article : 43 words
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