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  2. SATURDAY HALF-HOLIDAY.

    Mr. W. Lowe, who has been associated with the various movements for a universal Saturday half-holiday for some years, in the course of an interview yesterday, said: ...

    Article : 316 words
  3. MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL.

    A moderate amount of business was done on 'Change yesterday, chiefly at unaltered rates. Bank of New South Wales shares eased £1/10/; Goldsbrough, Mort rose 2/9; ...

    Article : 486 words
  4. GENERAL MERCHANDISE.

    Private cables stated that the quality of teas offered at Wednesday's Colombo auctions was very poor. All low priced teas continued firm, but medium kinds, o[?]ng to th[?]r quality, were irregular. The demand ...

    Article : 2,039 words
  5. INTERSTATE MARKETS.

    Wheat was steady to-day, with still very little business. A line went through at 3/10, but farmers' lots are not worth more than 3/7½ to 3/8. Flour was dull at £[?]/5/. Bran and pollard were quoted at 1/2½ to ...

    Article : 325 words
  6. HALLEY'S COMET.

    Sir,—This morning at 5 [?]ock, from an altitude of about 5000ft, I observed this celestial stranger through a 16 magnification prism binocular, and in the clear bright morning ...

    Article : 129 words
  7. MELBOURNE.

    The following prices were obtained for fruit in the Queen Victoria Market to-day:—Almonds, /[?] to /8 per [?]; apples, 1/3 to 5/ case; figs, 2/3 to 2/9 half-case; grapes, 5/, to 12/ case; oranges, local, 6/ to 7/6; lemons, ...

    Article : 93 words
  8. FLUCTUATION OF PRICES.

    The following are the prices which rule for a few of the chief commodities at the first day of the month, and also the last day, showing the movement in prices for the last three months: ...

    Article : 81 words
  9. PRODUCE MARKETS.

    It was freely rumoured in Sussex-street that a large shipment of maize was expected to arrive in Sydney at an early date from Queensland. This is not altogether unlikely, as the consignments of Wallangarra maize ...

    Article : 2,200 words
  10. TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD.

    Sir,—Many of the local popular writers in the press, and indeed elsewhere, in endeavouring to describe Halley's comet and its visit, fall into a singular error concerning the rise ...

    Article : 228 words
  11. STOCK TRUCKINGS.

    The following truckings have been ordered for the forthcoming sales:—May 9, 517 sheep vans and 98 cattle waggons; and for May 12, 614 sheep vans and 1[?]7 cattle waggons. ...

    Article : 38 words
  12. STATION PRODUCE SALES.

    The Sydney Wool-selling Brokers' Association, viz., Australian Mortgage, Land, and Finance Company, Limited, John Bridge and Co., Limited, Dalgety and Co., Limited, Goldsbrough, Mort, and Co., Limited, ...

    Article : 185 words
  13. COMMERCIAL.

    Since Epps' cocoa has been added to the Convention list, there has been a movement to include some other lines, which have been the subject of keen competition. Quite a number ...

    Article : 384 words
  14. TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD.

    Sir,—Halley's Comet has been under close observation at Waratah since the 20th ult, and many interesting changes have been recorded in its physical characteristics. ...

    Article : 328 words
  15. HOMEBUSH STOCK MARKET.

    Upwards of 63,027 sheep (including lambs) were listed for sale from 200 consignors, and 57,712 head were penned. A number of stock trains were late in arriving, and sheep perforce had to be offered out of ...

    Article : 4,165 words
  16. AUSTRALIA VERSUS JAPAN.

    The oversea trade of the Commonwealth, with her 4¼ millions of people, is considerably in excess of the trade of Japan, with her 40 millions. Here are the official figures ...

    Article : 108 words
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  18. LONDON BUTTER MARKET.

    Dalgety and Co., Ltd., are in receipt of a cable from their London office advising that their market for butter was quiet at the following prices:—Danish finest, 116/ per ewr.; ...

    Article : 95 words
  19. LIFE ASSURANCE COMMISSION.

    Continuing our criticism of the report on the Royal Commission on Insurance, Recommendation No. [?]2 reads:- 12. That the Commissioner may refuse to register ...

    Article : 597 words
  20. BREADSTUFFS.

    The cabled improvement in London gave a firmer tone to the Sydney wheat market yesterday. Shippers were prepared to pay 3/9½ per bushel for parcels and 3/9 for small lots. Growers, however, would not ...

    Article : 213 words
  21. WHEAT LOADINGS AND STACKS.

    For the week ended April 30, 121,782 bags of wheat were despatched from country stations—69,632 bags from the Southern, 3[?],984 from the Western, and 12,166 from the Northern lines. ...

    Article : 266 words
  22. INTERSTATE EXCHANGES.

    Quotations:—Brewing Co., b 26/, s 26/6; Broken Hill Water Supply, b 1[?]/, s 20/; Melbourne Trams, b 42/6; [?] 43/; National Bank, ord., b £5/12/6, s £5/14/6; Perth Gas, b 46/, s 49/. ...

    Article : 94 words
  23. Advertising

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    Advertising : 198 words
  24. FINANCIAL.

    The report of the A.M.P. Society for 1909 is in most respects [?] highly satisfactory document. It shows a satisfactory increase in new business, a higher rate of interest ...

    Article : 1,114 words
  25. UNION S.S. COMPANY.

    The directors of the Union Steamship Company have declared a dividend of 9½d per share for the half-year ended March 31. ...

    Article : 28 words
  26. NOTES AND COMMENTS.

    It is pleasing to hear that the Federal Treasurer is prepared to enter into a financial agreement with the States on a 25s per capita basis for 10 years. ...

    Article : 586 words
  27. UNITED STATES POSITION.

    Reports from the winter wheat States were distinctly more favourable than they had been during recent weeks when the mail left London. Mr. Inglis, the crop expert, says that the area in Kansas that will ...

    Article : 194 words
  28. LONDON MARKET CABLES.

    The visible supplies of American wheat and flour east of the Rocky Mountains is estimated by "Bradstreet's" at the equivalent of 47,485,000 bushels of wheat, as compared with ...

    Article : 163 words
  29. Advertising

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    Advertising : 76 words
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