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  2. CHEAP FRUIT.

    Sir,—As a primary producer, I have been interested in the various letters appearing in recent issues of the "Sydney Morning Herald" regarding cheap fruit, and I venture ...

    Article : 478 words
  3. FINANCIAL.

    Australian borrowing in relation to its fiscal system is discussed in an article in a recent number of the "Statist." Generally the article is sympathetic, and the writer ...

    Article : 841 words
  4. MONETARY AND COMERCIAL.

    A slackening was noticeable in the volume of investment business yesterday, buying orders coming to hand less freely. Prices, in consequence, lost their upward swing to ...

    Article : 742 words
  5. TEA IMPORTS.

    Imports of tea during December, 1927, according to the country of origin, as compared with the corresponding month in 1926, were as follow: ...

    Article : 165 words
  6. AUSTRALIAN BANKING STATISTICS.

    An abstract of average liabilities and assets of the undermentioned bank in its Australian business for the quarter ended December 31, 1927, prepared in accordance with the ...

    Article : 183 words
  7. INTERSTATE MARKETS.

    Wheat, growers' lots 5/0½; flour, £13/2/6; bran, £6/15/; pollard, £7/7/6; oats, 3/6 to 3/7; chaff, £6 on trucks at Mile End (bags included); potatoes, 6/ to 7/; onions, 10/; pines, 18/ to 20/; bananas, 30/ to ...

    Article : 123 words
  8. HOMEBUSH TRUCKINGS.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 31 words
  9. MINING.

    Though the turnover was very small, the mining share market was partly relieved of depression by a recovery in Barriers. As the slightest movement in the price of lead ...

    Article : 559 words
  10. PRODUCE.

    Demand for butter was definitely healthier among city dairy produce houses yesterday, buyers operating with more freedom since Thursday's price reduction. Cheese continued ...

    Article : 787 words
  11. LONDON METAL QUOTATIONS.

    Following are the official London (middle) quotations for Thursday as received by the Australian Mines and Metals Association:- Ton. ...

    Article : 138 words
  12. COMPANY NEWS.

    The following companies have been registered, shares being of the value of £1 each:- European Goods and Travellers' Luggage Insurance Company, Limited, capital £5000. ...

    Article : 285 words
  13. INTERSTATE EXCHANGES.

    To-day's sales included:- Commonwealth Bonds, 5½ p.c. (1936), £100/17/6; Commercial Bank, rights, 7/; Bennett and Fisher, pref., 20/6; Goldsbrough, Mort, 47/7½; Adelaide ...

    Article : 227 words
  14. BEEADSTUFFS.

    The wheat market was lifeless yesterday, with an absence of buying interest. Limits for growers' bagged lots were on the basis of 5/3 ex trucks, Sydney, equivalent to 4/7½ ...

    Article : 144 words
  15. DIPHTHERIA PREVENTION.

    Sir,—In your columns to-day I read the writing of "Periodontist" re above. It is more than passing strange how many professional men constantly keep straining at a goat and ...

    Article : 169 words
  16. YESTERDAY'S CLOSING QUOTATIONS.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 939 words
  17. LOADINGS AND STACKINGS.

    For the week ended January 28, the quantity of wheat despatched from country stations was 164,923 bags, making a total of 1,855,032 bags for the season. ...

    Article : 245 words
  18. FINANCIAL CABLES.

    Returns of the Bank of England for the week ended February 1 are:—Gold and silver coln, £154,998,000, compared with £155,295,000 a week ago and £119,752,000 a year ago. The ...

    Article : 567 words
  19. LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE.

    Quotations of shares of Australian mining companies to-day included:- B.H. Proprietary, 22/3; B.H. North, 79/0¾; B.H. South, 41/3; Hampden Cloncurry, 11/1½; ...

    Article : 85 words
  20. A MONUMENT TO LA PEROUSE.

    Sir,—Several eminent French navigators and explorers have visited Botany Bay and made records of their visit on the La Perouse memor[?]al. Would you allow me to suggest ...

    Article : 258 words
  21. EASTERN TIN YIELDS.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 88 words
  22. CARGOES and FUTURES.

    Wheat cargoes remained quiet and unchanged to-day. Some Continental inquiry was forthcoming for La Platas. Parcels, in small demand, were occasionally ...

    Article : 68 words
  23. AUSTRALIAN RADIUM CORPORATION.

    Directors of the Australian Radium Corporation, N.L., in their annual report, state that owing to non-payment of calls, sufficient money was not available to send the ...

    Article : 151 words
  24. FRUIT MARKETS.

    Little of feature was manifest at the Bathurst-street fruit exchange, where business pursued a quiet trend. Plums were, if anything, slightly cheaper. A trainload of new ...

    Article : 716 words
  25. SYDNEY FERRIES, LTD.

    Sydney Ferries, Ltd., at the outset of its report for 1927, records with profound sorrow the disaster of November 3, when the outward-bound R.M.S. Tahiti collided with ...

    Article : 365 words
  26. CHICAGO WHEAT OPTIONS.

    Chicago wheat options are quoted:—March, 129½ cents per bushel (down [?] cent); May, 130 cents (down 1 cent); July, 127½ cents (down [?] cent). ...

    Article : 32 words
  27. DIVIDENDS.

    Austral Malay Tin, Ltd., (24) 1/ per share, payable February 25. Transfer books close February 17. Asam Kumbang Tin Dredging, Ltd. (24), 1/6 ...

    Article : 35 words
  28. GENERAL MERCHANDISE.

    Quotations are for distributing lots. Acids: Borac[?]c, 67/[?] per cwt; carbolic, English, 92 per cent., in 5-gallon lots 6/6, in 10-gallon lots 6/4½, Australian, 5/6 per gallon; citric, 2/3; tartaric, 2/; ...

    Article : 522 words
  29. ST. LEONARDS TO EASTWOOD.

    Sir,—According to rumours in circulation and reports in the Press. [?]t would appear that the Railway Commissioners have decided to make an alteration in the route of the ...

    Article : 258 words
  30. INTERSTATE EXCHANGES.

    To-day's sales and quotations included:- Silver-lead.—Amalgamated Zinc, 11/10, [?] 11/9, s 11/10; Broken Hill Proprietary, b 23/3, s 23/6; Block 14, ord., b 2/1, s 2/6; ditto, pref., b 4/11; North ...

    Article : 173 words
  31. MANGROVITE BELTING.

    Mangrovite Belting, Ltd., in its half-yearly report shows a little better profit, £4097, after making provision for taxation, against £3779 the previous half year. Dividend of ...

    Article : 375 words
  32. UNQUALIFIED ENGINEERS.

    The Minister for Works and Railways (Mr. Buttenshaw) yesterday decided to recommend to the Cabinet the introduction of legislation to prevent the operation of unqualified ...

    Article : 114 words
  33. COUNTRY HOTELS.

    Sir,—It is pleasing to note that Mr. Lee, Minister for Justice, proposes to demand very drastic alterations in the sanitary arrangements as a condition of the renewal of ...

    Article : 195 words
  34. COMMERCIAL.

    Distributing trade in Eastern and miscellaneous produce has continued on steady lines, with no variation in prides. All seasonal commodities have been in demand. The ...

    Article : 371 words
  35. Advertising

    {No abstract available}

    Advertising : 205 words
  36. OVERSEA MARKET CABLES.

    Butter is receiving more inquiry. Retailers' stocks are becoming reduced, and the quantities arriving at present are moderate. Choicest salted New Zealand is selling at ...

    Article : 202 words
  37. STATION PRODUCE SALES.

    The Sydney Wool-selling Brokers report:- Sheephills.—48,218 were catalogued. The usual buyers were present, and a very strong iquirv ruled for all descriptions at prices which were fully /0½ to /0½ ...

    Article : 332 words
  38. SALVATION ARMY CHANGES.

    Important changes are taking place at the Salvation Army headquarters in Sydney. Lieutenant-Colonel Tindale is the new financial secretary, Colonel Fisher having had to ...

    Article : 81 words
  39. GOULBURN GAS.

    A profit of £407 is shown by Goulburn Gas for the half-year. Dividend of 8 per cent. per annum takes £400, and with £115 brought forward, there is £122 carried forward. Sales ...

    Article : 80 words
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