A larger volume of business was effected on 'Change yesterday, chiefly at late rates. Bank of New South Wales shares rose 5/. Australian Newspaper /3, other sales being ...
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Advertising : 136 wordsVery little activity was reported in the real estate market during the week probably on account of the season's auctions drawing near a close. There were fair sales effected by private treaty, and a good demand ...
Article : 961 wordsAustralian finest butter, when the mail [?]e[?]t London, was worth 108s and 110s per cwt., which was 10s per cwt. more than during the corresponding week in 1907. 13s per cwt. more ...
Article : 213 wordsThe annual report of the Australian Mutual Fire Insurance Society shows that the income for the year ended March 31 was £45,758, the expenditure (including losses) ...
Article : 328 wordsCity buyers of wheat, seeing in yesterday's "Herald" the numerously-dotted map of New South Wales indicating the rainfall, were not inclined (had all other things been equal) to regard values as being at all ...
Article : 272 wordsA telegram from the manager of the Peter and Paul Company (Gympic) states:—"Cut 4in reef, nice quartz, 48ft; highly mineralised." The Queensland Tin-sluicing Company ...
Article : 360 wordsClosing quotations were:- Copper, spot, b £58/2/6, s £58/7/6; three months, b £58/17/6, s £59/2/6—a, rise of £1/2/6 spot, and forward, as compared with ...
Article : 356 wordsThere is no remarkable change in the Bank of England figures as cabled this week. That institution has now reserves to the ratio of [?]1.12 per cent, of its liabilities, which is ...
Article : 225 wordsThe railway returns show that in the week ende[?] May 9 the total quantity of wheat despatched from country stations was 15,497 bags, made up as followas:—Southcrn district, 9602 bags, Western 523[?], and ...
Article : 279 wordsSo far as actual business is concerned, both Charters Towers and Gympie gold mines almost disappeared completely from view yesterday morning. The only sale recorded was ...
Article : 1,034 wordsThe output of silver-lead ore from the North Mount Farrell mine last week was 75 tons. Eighty feet back from the face of the drive, a crosscut put in east has cut 3in of first[?] ...
Article : 96 wordsThe attempt to restrict the use of combination words in codes has aroused the whole commercial community of the civilised world. Protests will be made at the Lisbon ...
Article : 239 wordsAt the ninth ordinary general meeting of shareholders in the Mount Boppy Gold-mining Company, held in London on April 8, Mr. A. Hoffnung, chairman of directors, presiding, ...
Article : 289 wordsStocks in Bond.—The stocks of merchandise other than wines, spirits, narcotics, and sugar in bond on May 15, also at the corresponding period last year, and movements of the week were: ...
Article : 1,647 wordsDalgety and Co., Limited, are in receipt of cable advice from their London house that for frozen meat the market is easier, but prices are not quotably lower, excepting for heavy frozen mutton, in ...
Article : 62 wordsOn the Stock Exchange yesterday quotations of Australian mining ventures were:— Broken Hill Proprietary, b 35/, s 36/3; Brotish Broken Hill, b 13/3, s 14/3; North Broken ...
Article : 60 wordsThe wheat market did not further weaken to-day, though bul little inclination waa shown to do business. The prices of farmers' lots ramained at 4/1 for shipment, about 4/3 to 4/4 was the idea. Flour ...
Article : 556 wordsWyalong New Homeward Bound Company, May 13.— South level extended to 48ft 6in; very little reef showing i[?] face. North level extended [?]ft, to 60ft; reef averaged from 7in to Sin; great improvement in this level; big ...
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Advertising : 240 wordsThe Bank of England reserves in notes and gold are £27,027,000, as against £27,195,000 last week, and £24,500,000 last year. The proportion of reserves to liabilities is 51.12 as ...
Article : 340 wordsThe winter prospects of Blayney are not encouraging, as compared with last winter. The Blayney copper mine is entirely closed down, and the smelters are not working. ...
Article : 151 wordsFor the sale of May 18, 266 sheep vans and 104 cattle waggons have been ordered; and for that of May 21, 365 sheep vans and 130 cattle waggons. Order books closed for cattle waggons up to and including the ...
Article : 69 wordsThe Australian Mortgage, Land and Finance Company, Limited, John Bridge and Co., Limited, Dalgety and Co., Limited, Goldsbrough, Mort, and Co., Limited, Harrison, Jones, and Devlin, Limited, Hill, ...
Article : 295 wordsThe B.H. Proprietary Company continues its work of economising, and is reducing the number of men where possible. During the past two and a half weeks the number of ...
Article : 173 wordsSir,—I should like to state that after 20 years' observation of the treatment of state children I am pleased to say I have never found any half-starved or badly treated. The ...
Article : 208 wordsIn the Western market to-day fruit sold as follows:— Local apples, eating 4/ to 10/ per case, cooking 2/6 to 6/; pears, various 4/ to 7/. dessert 5/ to 12/; quinces, 3/ to 4/; lemons, 6/ to 9/; tomatoes, 4/ to 7/; ...
Article : 93 wordsQueensland Trustees, s 6/4; Queensland National Bank, [?] 20/3, s 22/6; Inscribed Stock, s 17/2; Queensland [?] per cent. Loan, s £100; 4 per cent. Treasury bills, [?] £101/10/. ...
Article : 74 wordsThere was a quieter feeling in the chaff market probably on account of the rain. Agents were asking a high price for anything prime, but sales were transacted up to £7/15/, while poorer class cuts quitted at ...
Article : 1,974 wordsAt the week-end city auction sales 240 head of pigs were yarded, comprising all descriptions porkers being in the majority. The usual attendance of buyers were present. Competition in the porke[?]s ...
Article : 126 wordsThe annual meeting of the above company was held yesterdaym when the report and balance-sheet, which we have already summarised, was submitted. Colonel Burns, in ...
Article : 314 wordsTo-day's sales and quotations were:- Western Australian mines: Associated, 19/6, b 19/6, s 19/7½; Cumberland, 3/7, 3/6, b 3/6, s 3/8; Boulder, 20/9, b 26/7½, s 26/9; Golden Pole, 1/6, Golden Ridge, ...
Article : 1,006 wordsThe mercantile markets had fewer features yesterday than the preceding day. The shock sustained by millers who had bought wheat at the recent high prices was such ...
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Advertising : 37 wordsCopper: Mount M[?]lloy, 4/2; Wallaroo and Moonta, 27/6; Mungana, 8/, 7/10½; [?].K. Copper, 4/1; Kyloe (paid), 3/10½. Silver: B.H. South (contg.), six weeks, 56/6; ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Sat 16 May 1908, Page 15
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