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  2. MINING.

    Several circumstances conspired to produce a quiet, as well as a weak market on Saturday. In the first place, private cables announced that in London on Friday copper ...

    Article : 766 words
  3. MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL.

    Last [?] closed with a fair amount of business Change; Australian Gas rose 2/6, and [?] Shore Gas 6d, other sales being at late [?] ...

    Article : 867 words
  4. GRAFTON COPPER MINE.

    The manager of the Grafton copper mine reports for the week ended March 28:- "Work proceeded steadily during the past week, both in the mine and at the furnaces ...

    Article : 123 words
  5. MILDURA DRIED FRUITS.

    Prices for the new season's Mildura sultanas and lexias have been made available, and are as follows:— Sultanas, five-crown, /7¼, four-crown /[?], three-crown, two-crown /6¼, one-crown /6, plain /5½, muscat sultanas ...

    Article : 293 words
  6. ROSIN AND TURPENTINE.

    Even such normally uninteresting markets as rosin and turpentine are not, it seems, without their exciting periods. Messrs. James Watt and Son's annual review for 1907 states ...

    Article : 272 words
  7. WATTLE FLAT FIELD.

    A report from Wattle Flat states that the want of rain is felt severely, and crushing would be stopped if precautions had not been adopted by some of the millowners, At the ...

    Article : 178 words
  8. FIRE INSURANCE DEVELOPMENTS.

    Onr are company vies with another to attract customers through the granting of special privileges. In some cases those consist of such extra prlvileges as the protection of ...

    Article : 147 words
  9. YAMBULLA FIELD.

    At the Wangrabelle Gold and Silver Company's mine sinking was suspended at 75ft, on account of water, and drives are being put in at that level. The bottom of the shaft ...

    Article : 96 words
  10. PRODUCE MARKETS.

    The usual Saturday's business was reported, with rates practically unaltered. Maize and oats were [?], while mill offal was scarce. Forage lines were [?], and vegetables moved steadily, with prices unchanged, ...

    Article : 1,188 words
  11. NATIONAL MUTUAL LIFE.

    An extraordinary meeting of the policyholders of the abovo association was held in Melbourne on Friday to receive the report of the actuary (Mr. E. J. Stock) on his ...

    Article : 423 words
  12. INDIAN JUTE INDUSTRY.

    The extent of the Indian jute industry is explained by an article in the "Economist." At the present time there are 38 jute mills, with a capital of nearly five and a half ...

    Article : 160 words
  13. BROKEN HILL MINES.

    The despatches of the B.H. Proprietary mine last weok totalled 5688 tons, viz., 132 tons of oxidised ore, 1738 tons of zinc concentrates, and 3878 tons of mill prpducts, ...

    Article : 70 words
  14. LONDON SHARE MARKET.

    On the Stock Exchange yesterday quotations of Australian mining ventures were:— Broken Hill Proprietary, b 46/3, s 47/6; British Broken Hill, b 14/6, s 15/6; North Broken ...

    Article : 77 words
  15. TREATING LOW-GRAPE GOLD ORES.

    This company, which has leases situated at Cadia, near Orange, has had a difficulty in profitably treating what is believed to be an immense deposit of low-grade ore. The ...

    Article : 268 words
  16. A HAT SHOP ABOARD SHIP.

    As an experiment the directors of the Hamburg-American line equipped a hat shop on board their gigantic new liner Amerika, when she made her maiden trip to New York a ...

    Article : 243 words
  17. MINING YIELDS.

    During the week the following yields were reported:- DREDGING RETURNS. Buckland River South Extended, 11oz for 130 hours. ...

    Article : 350 words
  18. STOCK EXCHANGE SALES.

    Copper.—Mount Elliott, one month, 5l/; Mount Molloy, 5/7; Wallaroo and Moonta, 28/; Mount Morgan, 66/. Silver.—B.H. Junction North, 16/6, 16/3; one ...

    Article : 50 words
  19. LONDON MARKET CABLES.

    The following were yesterday's quotations of the Frozen Meat Trade Association at the Smithfield Market, and were for parcels fairly representative of the bulk of the shipments ...

    Article : 437 words
  20. NOTES AND COMMENTS.

    The Commonwealth, which sailed for London on Saturday, took six packages of gold, valued at £5810. The Sydney Chamber of Commerce is ...

    Article : 97 words
  21. MINING NOTES.

    Jembaicumbene Middle Ground has won 39¾oz smelted gold for 125¾ hours. Buckland River South extended has won 11oz for 130 hours. ...

    Article : 421 words
  22. INTERSTATE' EXCHANGES.

    To-day's sales were:- Western Australian Mines.—Associated (col.), 15/6, b 15/6, s 16/; Boulder, b 25/7½, s 25/10½; Lake View Consols, b 9/2, s 10/; Princess, 1/2, 1/3, b 1/4, s ...

    Article : 687 words
  23. MINING DIVIDENDS.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 265 words
  24. COMMERCIAL.

    There was a good output in many of the loading lines on Saturday, buyers in the country being evidently anxious to secure deliveries in case the industrial position might ...

    Article : 58 words
  25. IRON SLEEPERS.

    The rapid consumption of timber suitable for sleepers gives a little interest to a question now being discussed in Germany—that of substituting iron sleepers for railway ...

    Article : 113 words
  26. MANAGERS' REPORTS.

    C.S.A. Mines, April 1:—Main shaft down 626ft. East crosscut No. 8 level in 126ft; ground remains the same. Face sample taken at 101ft gave: Copper 1 per cent, silver 0.434oz., gold 0.054oz., and at 106ft ...

    Article : 155 words
  27. THE BRANDING OF WHITELEAD.

    Recently, in London, the whitelead corroders approached the London Colour, Paint, etc., Trades Association with a view to some arrangement being arrived at for the branding ...

    Article : 171 words
  28. PROPERTY SALES.

    Arthur Rickard and Co., Limited, report that at the auction held on Saturday last on the ground of Wright's Estate, Hurstville, there was a large attendance, and notwithstanding the fact that several ...

    Article : 250 words
  29. MINING IN THE STATE.

    An assay of ore taken from the bottom of the winze of the Snowball Copper mine shows it to be worth 17 per cent. The winze is 83ft deep, and is showing high grade ore ...

    Article : 328 words
  30. INTERSTATE EXCHANGES.

    Quotations:—[?] s 25/6; inscri9bed stock, s 17/3; Queensland per cent. loan, s £100; Savings Bank, 3½ per cent. [?] s £100; 4 per cent. Treasury Bills, b £101, s [?] ...

    Article : 62 words
  31. AUSTRALIAN FREIGHTS AND JUTE.

    A cominittee of the Jute Fabrics Shippers' Association of Calcutta, having considered "the very unsatisfactory position in which shippers are placed in connection with the ...

    Article : 579 words
  32. LONDON HIDE MARKET.

    Dalgety and Co., Ltd., are in receipt of the following cable from their London office, under date of 3rd inst:—"The market for hides is dull, and there is an easier tendency noticeable at the leather sales. Prices ...

    Article : 54 words
  33. TASMANIAN TIN-MINING.

    The Briseis Company has taken up a large area of deep ground near the Pioneer mine,and it will probably be used as a dredging proposition. It was recently prospected, with good ...

    Article : 71 words
  34. FINANCIAL.

    Some illumining figures were recently compiled by the pr[?]dent of the British Board of Trade, giving [?] value of imports and exports of food, [?] material, and manufactures, ...

    Article : 229 words
  35. LONDON WOOL SALES.

    Messrs. Hill, Clark and Co. have received the following cable from London in reference to wool sales:- "The market closed firmer, with more inquiry, 78,000 bales being withdrawn. There is very little confidence ...

    Article : 46 words
  36. HOMEBUSH SALES.

    At to-day's fat stock sales to be held at Homebush the offerings will be 695 cattle and 10,513 sheep. ...

    Article : 21 words
  37. STOCK TRUCKINGS.

    For the sale of April 9, 230 sheep vans and 70 cattle waggons have been ordered; and for that of April 13 237 sheep vans and 83 cattle waggons. Order books closed for cattle waggons up to and including the ...

    Article : 61 words
  38. BREADSTUFFS.

    Wheat was unchanged in the local market on Saturday, the price being nominally 4/5 per bushel. No sales of any importance were reported. Flour was quoted at late rates. ...

    Article : 50 words
  39. WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MINING.

    The March output of the Gwalla South was 1908 tons for 1333oz, valued at £5185. Some 854 tons of slimes, worth 9/ per ton, were stacked. The Mararoa (Norseman) crushed ...

    Article : 275 words
  40. MELBOURNE FRUIT MARKETS.

    In the Queen Victroria Markets on Saturday the following prices ruled:—Almonds, /6 to /8 per lb; apples, 3/ to 7/6 per case; figs, 3/ to 3/6 per half-case; grapes, 4/ to 10/ per case; oranges, importted 25/ to 27/6 ...

    Article : 103 words
  41. Advertising

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    Advertising : 1,391 words
  42. EUROPEAN IMPORTS.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 84 words
  43. PENSIONERS' DIFFICULTIES.

    In a letter written to the Sydney Labour Council by and inmate of the Liverpool Asylum it was stated that several applications had been made to the Government authorities under the new law extending the ...

    Article : 173 words
  44. HILLGROVE FIELD.

    The report of the Baker's Crook mine for the week ended April 3 states:—"Cleaned up Wednesday; the copper plates werr not sealed. At the 18ft level the drive on Smith's ...

    Article : 108 words
  45. GENERAL MERCHANDISE.

    Messrs. R. M. Lauchlan and Co. report having received on Saturday a cable quoting Messrs. Blundell and Spence's genuine raw linseed oil at 1/9½ per gallon f.o.b. London, package extra. The price is a ...

    Article : 256 words
  46. THE JAPANESE BUDGET.

    In view of the attempt recently made to [?]ace Japanese 5 per cent. bonds among Australian investors, some brief accound of the Budget of that country for the year 1908-9 ...

    Article : 242 words
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