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  2. MINING.

    The all-important factor of improving metal prices, extending over a week, gave a stronger tone to the share market yesterday than had prevalled for some time. This was reflected ...

    Article : 754 words
  3. BREADSTUFFS.

    Very little interest was manifested in the wheat market yesterday. Buyers' quotations for growers' bagged lots remained on the basis of 5/2 ex trucks, Sydney, equivalent to ...

    Article : 159 words
  4. FINANCIAL CABLES.

    Returns of the Bank of England for the week ended July 25 are:—Gold and silver coln, £173,222,000, compared with £173,154,000 a week ago, and £160,222,000 a year ago. The ...

    Article : 705 words
  5. FINANCIAL.

    As a nation it often seems that we in Britain excel in the art of self-disparagement. We are continually stressing and exposing our own faults, and we are continually understating ...

    Article : 1,471 words
  6. MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL.

    Well distributed, though light, investment business was recorded yesterday. Prices on the whole, displayed a distinctly firmer trend, although one or two front-line stocks ...

    Article : 684 words
  7. COMMERCIAL BANKING COMPANY OF SYDNEY.

    Profits of the Commercial Banking Company of Sydney, Ltd., announced to shareholders at the annual meeting yesterday were £653,243, compared with £556,705 the ...

    Article : 416 words
  8. LOADINGS AND STACKINGS.

    For the week ended July 21, the quantity of wheat despatched from country stations was 128,588 bags, making a total of 5,074,413 bags for the season, as compared with ...

    Article : 219 words
  9. INTERSTATE EXCHANGES.

    To-day's sales included:—Commonwealth bonds, 5½ p.c. (1933), £100/12/6; 5½ p.c. (1931), £100/7/6; 5½ p.c. (1936), £100/12/6; [?] p.c. (Dec, 1030), £101/12/8; Elder Smith, £11; B.H. Gas, 5/7; S.A. Gas, 25/; ...

    Article : 241 words
  10. CARGOES AND FUTURES.

    In sympathy with the decline in American closing prices wheat cargoes were dull and neglected and /3 to /6 cheaper. Parcels were quiet and /6 easter. ...

    Article : 77 words
  11. CHICAGO WHEAT OPTIONS.

    Chicago wheat options are quoted:—July, 121[?] cents per bushel (up /1[?] cent); September, 12[?] cents (up /1[?]; December, 127[?] cents (up /1[?] cent). ...

    Article : 31 words
  12. YESTERDAY'S CLOSING QUOTATIONS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 1,096 words
  13. BANK OF NEW SOUTH WALES.

    Important changes in the staff of the Bank of New South Wales are about to take place. Mr. W. E. Southerden, chief inspector for Now South Wales, who has been in the ...

    Article : 174 words
  14. GENERAL MERCHANDISE.

    Prices for distributing lots only. Arrowroot: In l's 7/6, in [?]'s 4/ per dozen; standard lines, in 1's 9/6, in [?]'s 4/[?]. Barley: Pearl, in sacks, 21/, in 58's 21/6 per cwt. ...

    Article : 402 words
  15. LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE.

    Quotations of shares of Australian mining companies to-day included:- B.H. Proprietary, 24/6; B.H. North, 91/10½; B.H. South, 44/; Hampden Cloncurry, 17/; ...

    Article : 87 words
  16. METROPOLITAN GAS COMPANY (MELBOURNE).

    At the half yearly meeting of the Metropolitan Gas Company held in Melbourne yesterday, the chairman, Sir John Grice, said that though the price of coal over a period ...

    Article : 111 words
  17. COMMERCIAL.

    Trade in Eastern and miscellaneous produce has continued steady, with the usual movement of winter foodstuffs. There has been no change in distributing rates during the ...

    Article : 539 words
  18. B, H. PROPRIETARY.

    The Broken Hill Proprietary Company, Limited, in a preliminary statement of the annual accounts, advises that, subject to audit, net proiit for the year ended May 31 is ...

    Article : 67 words
  19. MT. ISA MINE.

    Mr. H. H. Knox, a mining engineer and geologist, and a former president of the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy in America, has arrived in Sydney from New York. He ...

    Article : 80 words
  20. STATION PRODUCE SALES.

    The Sydney Wool-selling Brokers report:- Sheepskins.—38,313 were catalogued. A strong inquiry Mas met with for all lines, and while best-woolled mer[?]os and crossbreds were /0[?] per lb ...

    Article : 334 words
  21. UNCLAIMET COMMONWEALTH LOAN HOLDINGS.

    Some holders of Commonwealth, bonds are extremely remias in claiming repayment, Portion of matured Commonwealth loans have awaited payment for nearly five years. On ...

    Article : 186 words
  22. OVERSEA MARKET CABLES.

    The butter market is lifeless, New Zealand is quoted 182/ to 186/, Australian 170/ to 174/, and Danish 180/ to 182/ per cwt. Cheese is quiet. New Zealand is selling ...

    Article : 172 words
  23. LAKE VIEW AND STAR DEVELOPMENT.

    The general manager of Lake View and Star Company, our Kalgoorlie correspondent telegraphs, has despatched the following cable to his directors in London:—"Chaffers ...

    Article : 51 words
  24. INTERSTATE EXCHANGES.

    To-day's sales and quotations included:- Silver-lead: Amalgamated Zinc, b 12/5, s 12/9; Broken Hill Proprietary, 25/8, b 25/6, s 25/8; Block 14, ord., b 2/3, s 2/5; do., pref., b 4/9, s 5/2; Junction ...

    Article : 226 words
  25. BREWERY MERGER.

    At an extraordinary meeting of the Castlemaine Brewery and Quinlan, Gray, and Co., Ltd., yesterday, telegraphs our Brisbane correspondent, resolutions authorising the ...

    Article : 43 words
  26. COUNTRY STOCK SALES.

    At the municipal saleyards to-day the yarding was 951, comprising 534 fats 317 stores, and 120 springers Fats were not up to quality. No prime bullocks came forward, and the yarding consisted ot fair ...

    Article : 149 words
  27. INTERSTATE MARKETS.

    Wheat, growers' lots 5/1 to 5/1[?]; flour, baker[?]' lota, £13; bran, £6/l7/6; pollard, £7/2/0; oate, 3/3; chaff, £5/15/ on trucks at Mile End (bags included); potatoes, new 18/ to 20/, old 6/; onions, 14/ to 15/; ...

    Article : 126 words
  28. PORT JACKSON STEAMSHIP CAPITAL REDUCTION.

    An extraordinary meeting of shareholders of the Port Jackson and Manly Steamship Company, Ltd., yesterday approved the directors' recommendations concerning the ...

    Article : 119 words
  29. BITTEN BY DOG.

    Walter Edward Atterton, a youth, proceeded in the Central Summons Court yesterday against William Birkett as owner of a dog which in Burton-street, Darlinghurst, attacked ...

    Article : 267 words
  30. HOMEBUSH TRUCKINGS.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 30 words
  31. PRODUCE.

    Few changes were apparent in business done by city dairy produce houses yesterday. Most lines saw quiet business at unaltered rates, the usual end-of-month conditions, ...

    Article : 1,410 words
  32. WOMAN TAKES STRYCHNINE.

    About 2.30 p.m. on Thursday Mrs. Florence Farrall, aged 36 years, of 28 Underwood-street, Paddington, died at St. Vincent's Hospital shortly after admission. ...

    Article : 128 words
  33. AUTOMOBILE SUPPLIERS' ASSOCIATION, LTD.

    Automobile Suppliers' Associated, Limited, discloses a net profit for the year ended June 30, of £24,979, and with £494 brought forward there was £25,474 available. Dividend of 10 ...

    Article : 95 words
  34. AUSTRALIAN TEA IMPORTS.

    The following statement shows the quantity of tea imported into the Commonwealth, according to the country of origin, during June, 1928, as compnred with June, 1927: ...

    Article : 145 words
  35. BROOK HOUSE, LTD.

    Brook House, Ltd., which owns a building of that name in O'Connell-street, shows a profit of £1046. A sum of £311, the whole of preliminary expenses, is written off, and with ...

    Article : 127 words
  36. Advertising

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    Advertising : 186 words
  37. LONDON METAL QUOTATIONS.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 137 words
  38. COMMONWEALTH LOAN INTEREST.

    The 5¼ per cent., 1933, 5¼ per cent. 1938, and 5¼ per cent., 1943, transfer books of the registry of Commonwealth Government Inscribed Stock (Commonwealth Bank of Australia, ...

    Article : 57 words
  39. CARILLON RECITAL.

    The carillon recital at the University to-morrow will be the fifteenth of the series. The programme will contain hymns and national songs, and for the first time "The ...

    Article : 98 words
  40. COMPANY NEWS.

    P. and O. deferred stock was quoted in London on Thursday at £239, a rise of £[?] on the day. DIVIDENDS. ...

    Article : 61 words
  41. DISCOUNT AND FINANCE, LTD.

    Discount and Finance, Ltd., which last year changed its name from Automobile Investment Company of Australia, Ltd., shows a profit of £8663 for the year ended June 30, ...

    Article : 171 words
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