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  2. Advertising

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    Advertising : 21 words
  3. MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL.

    A larger amount of business than usual was carried through on 'Change yesterday, but prices did not vary at all in cases where actual business was effected. Buyers offered ...

    Article : 786 words
  4. BREADSTUFFS.

    The wheat market was a shade firmer, but buyers were only able to secure a few small parcels at odd pinces, for which 3s 1d to 3s 1½d per bushel Darling Harbour was paid. Holders generally were aking ...

    Article : 216 words
  5. LONDON WOOL SALES.

    Messrs. Schute, Bell, and Co. have received the following cablegram from their London agents, under date 5th inst:—"Prospects for the ensuing sales are bright. It is expected there will be an all round ...

    Article : 62 words
  6. INTERSTATE MARKETS.

    Nearly 5000 bags of wheat were sold to-day from 3s 0½d 3s 1d. About 20, 000 bags were sold at an advance. Flour was worth £7 5s; bran, from 10½d to 10½d; pollard, 9½d to 10d; barley, prime, rather ...

    Article : 313 words
  7. MUNICIPAL EXPENDITURE FURTHER CONSIDERED.

    When this advance in expenditure is reckoned per head of the population the result for Great Britain is an increase from 35.62 to 72.53S per head, for Prussia from 17.38s to ...

    Article : 461 words
  8. GENERAL MERCHANDISE.

    Tea.—The market continued fairly active, and with the hardening tendency unabated. Sales were noted of 100 packages Indians at 7d to 7½d, 50 Indians at 7½d to 9d, 150 Ceylons (for export) at 9d to 10½d, and 180 ...

    Article : 994 words
  9. LIVE STOCK MARKETS.

    Messrs, Elder, Smith, and Co., Ltd., report regarding to-day's sale:—Cattle: 600 were yarded, forming an excellent selection, 27O coming from Queensland, SO from New South Wales, 270 from the north, 80 from the ...

    Article : 427 words
  10. STANDARD OIL TRUST METHODS.

    The world's most noteworthy trust is the Standard Oil Company. Its ramifications are world-wide in extent. Australia comes within its grasp, and for years the bulk of the ...

    Article : 319 words
  11. THE LIBERAL AND REFORM PARTY.

    Sir,—Good organisation consists of simple mothods—secrecy and persistent vigour, and also in conserving ample time for the steady, growth of support. The one political ...

    Article : 596 words
  12. MELBOURNE FRUIT MARKET.

    In the Western Market to-day fruit sold as fol lows:—local apples, eating 2s to 5s per case, cooking 1s to 2a 6d ditto; plums, 1s 6d to 3a ditto; pears, eating 1s 6d to 4a ditto, cooking 1s 6d to 2s 6d ditto; ...

    Article : 151 words
  13. LOCAL WOOL SALES.

    At the mid-week's sales three catalogues, totalling 5552 bales, were submitted to the usual attendance of buyers. Competition was as keen as ever, and prices for all good ...

    Article : 76 words
  14. WHY THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE SLEEPS.

    "A Chamber of Commerce Councillor" writes:—"What you say in regard to our body has been noted. If a member of the chamber complains of the inactivity of the council of ...

    Article : 180 words
  15. PRODUCE INWARDS.

    The following is a list of produce received at Sydney, Clyde, Homebush, Burwood, Ashfield, Peterahnm, and Newtown, per rail, for the week ended March 6, together with the total to date for the year, and with ...

    Article : 202 words
  16. STATE POLITICS.

    Mr. W. Scott Foll, who intends to contest the Middle Harbour seat in the Legislative Assembly at the approaching general elections, opened his campaign on Tuesday night ...

    Article : 514 words
  17. PRODUCE MARKETS.

    Despite the observance by retailers of the Wednesday half-holiday, a goodly volume of business was put through in Sussex-street yesterday demand showing marked improvement for the majority of lines. ...

    Article : 2,052 words
  18. NOTES AND COMMENTS.

    The steamer Empire, which left Sydney yesterday, took 14 boxes of gold coin of the value of £8608, the shippers being Chinese merchants, to Hongkong consignees. ...

    Article : 85 words
  19. SHARP PRACTICE AT THE CUSTOMSHOUSE.

    Merchants who have dealings with the Customs-house well know the practice of the department where it has been discovered that short payments of duty have been ...

    Article : 166 words
  20. LONDON FINANCIAL CABLES.

    Australian Mortgage, Land, and Finance Company 4 per cent, debenture stocks, unchanged at 101. Queensland Investment and Land Mortgage ...

    Article : 108 words
  21. STOCK TRUCKINGS.

    For the sale of March 11, 83 sheep vans and 80 cattle waggons; March 14, 222 sheep vans and 61 cattle waggons. ...

    Article : 28 words
  22. LONDON WOOL MARKET.

    The first scries of the London colonial wool auctions for the year, which began on January 15, were concluded on January 30. The quantities catalogued were; ...

    Article : 840 words
  23. HOMEBUSH SALES.

    At to-day's fat stock sales, to be held at Horp bush the offerings will be:—Cattle, 995; sheep, 38,467. ...

    Article : 22 words
  24. STOCK AND STATION PRODUCE.

    The Australian Mortgage, Land, and Finance Co., Ltd, John Bridge and Co., Ltd., Dalgety and Co., Ltd., Goldsbrough, Mort, and Co., Ltd., Harrison, Jones, and Devlin, Ltd., Hill, Clark, and Co., New ...

    Article : 483 words
  25. SHIRE COUNCILS.

    BLAND.—The council sat for over eight hours on Friday. The valuers, who had been appointed, had withdrawn from the work, and it was decided to invite applications at an advanced allowance on that ...

    Article : 210 words
  26. COMMERCIAL.

    A steady volume of business Was reported in the import, markets yesterday. Tea again sold well at the advanced prices. Distributing trade in groceries continued good, the ...

    Article : 128 words
  27. INFORMATION "LEAKING OUT."

    Other details of Customs administration are on all fours with that in respect of the nonpayment of legitimate refunds. Right through there is a secretiveness that is totally ...

    Article : 308 words
  28. PUBLIC HOLIDAYS.

    Public holidays have been notified as under.—Districts of Cowra, Camden, Campbelltown, Picton, Glen limes, and Eminaville, Wednesday, March 13, districts of Glen hines and Emmaville, police district of ...

    Article : 150 words
  29. ROMAN LETTERS ON JAPANESE GOODS.

    A month ago an order issued by the Customs explained that silk handkerchlefs mnde in Japan are imported bearing Roman lettors, such as are used in the ...

    Article : 97 words
  30. THE SHERBROOKE SEAT.

    Sir,—Your correspondent "Elector" appears to be much annoyed with both Mr. B. B. O'Conor and Mr. Sydney Smith over the Shorbrooke eleetorate, and takes both gentlemen ...

    Article : 572 words
  31. SYDNEY WOOL SALES.

    Sales were held yesterday at the Sydney Wool Exchange, Bridge-street, when the quantity catalogued totalled 5552 bales, and the Bales, Including private transactions, amounted to 6540 hales, as under; ...

    Article : 1,234 words
  32. Advertising

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    Advertising : 327 words
  33. FROZEN MEAT EXPORTS.

    The exports of frozen meat from sydney last week were small, comprising but 1000 carcases mutton for South Africa, 800 carcases mutton and 150 quarters beef for ...

    Article : 99 words
  34. KILLING THE COMMERCE ACT.

    That the Commerce Act and its regulations have within them some germs of good we thoroughly believe. where they are calculated to impede the operations of the ...

    Article : 180 words
  35. INTERSTATE EXCHANGES.

    To-day's sales were:—Peth Gas, 50s 6d MELBOURNE, Wednesday. Today's Exchange sales were:—Victorian 3½ per cent, Stock, £100, City of Wellington 4 per cent, £100; ...

    Article : 64 words
  36. FINANCIAL.

    We have already expressed the opinion that the increased production of gold in the world is largely—we do not say solely—responsible for the general advance in prices. In this ...

    Article : 561 words
  37. THE POSSIBILITIES OF SOAP.

    The maximum concumption of soap in a highly civilised nation, where the average man is well paid, has been put down at from 121b to 151b per head of the populallon per annum. ...

    Article : 359 words
  38. FINANCIAL POSITION OF MUNICIPALITIES.

    During the past two years English ratepayers have come to regard with growing disfavour the municipal management of tramways and other industrial enterprises on account ...

    Article : 444 words
  39. LONDON MARKET CABLES.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 210 words
  40. Advertising

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