The Bank of England discount rate is 2 per cent. This week's return shows notes in circulation at £529,900,000, a decrease if £1,700,000 on the figures of a ...
Article : 53 wordsSales on the Stock Exchange yesterday were:—Oil: Freney, 6/0½. Gold: Coolgardie Brilliant, 1/9¾; Empress, 12/3; First Hit, 2/11,. Unofficial: ...
Article : 253 wordsEighteen defendants were presented before Messrs. Judge and Parker, J's.P. in the Perth Police Court yesterday on charges of having committed breaches of ...
Article : 429 wordsLOONGANA, from Melbourne, 7.30 a.m. yesterday. Orient Line. DEPARTURE. LOONGANA, for Melbourne, 1.30 p.m. ...
Article : 293 wordsKALGOORLIE, Feb. 23—Producers Markets Co-Operative. Ltd.. report as follows on today's sales:— VEGETABLES.—Increased supplies of ...
Article : 319 wordsLONDON. Feb. 22.—Middle prices for Government stocks today were:—Consols, 25 D.C., 74: British Funding Loan. 4 p.c.. 4111Z; British War Loan, 31 P.c.. 99; ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 118 wordsADELAIDE. Feb. 23.—Quieter conditions ruled on the Stock Exchange today when loans and sa[?] were less active. The former held the and the chief features in ...
Article : 700 wordsNOTES ON CHART.—A slight fall in barometric readings from the West Gascoyne division to Perth and slight to moderate increase in barometric pressure in the remainder of Western Australia occurred during the 24 hours ended at 9 a.m. yesterday. The chart showed that the centre of the anticyclone affecting the southern sub-tropics ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 371 wordsNelson and Son. Ltd., report as follows for Yesterday's sale:— POULTRY.—Heavy supplies were again forward and all lines sold to a fair demand, ...
Article : 144 wordsBetween Perth and Melbourne. 5/; Sydney. R/6: Brisbane. 10/; Adelaide. 2/6: Hobart. Launceston, 7/6. Australia rates on New Zealand are:— ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 131 wordsMount Lyell Mining and Railway Co., Ltd., and Mount Morgan Ltd, Australia's largest copper producers, are expected to gain about 150,000 more profit a year ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 180 wordsRates of fixed deposits quoted by the Commonwealth Bank and the associated trading banks are as follows:—Three months, 11 per cent per annum; six ...
Article : 46 wordsMELBOURNE. Feb. 23.—Buyers dominated the market for all classes of securities on the Stock Exchange today. when prices of Industrials government securities and mining ...
Article : 394 wordsLONDON, Feb. 22.—Sellers' quotations for parcels on the Baltic Exchange today were:—Manitoba No. 1, February shipment, ex Vancouver, 31/6 a quarter; ...
Article : 48 wordsWINNIPEG. Feb. 22.—Wheat futures closed today as follows:—May. 90 1-8 cents a bushel (up ½ cent); July. 91 3-8 (up ½); October. 92½ (UP ½). ...
Article : 28 wordsThe forecast for today Is:— Fine generally, except for a few showers on the far south-west coast. Rising temperatures In the sub-tropics, with ...
Article : 41 wordsToday.—10 a.m.: Music. 10.20: Service. 10.35: Music. 10.55: News. 11.0: Music. 1130: News. 11.35: Sporting, including Victorian athletics. 2.15: News. 225: Sporting. 3.0: ...
Article : 639 wordsThe Australian Wheat Board's selling price to mills yesterday for bulk wheat was 3/9l% a bushel on trucks, natural terminal port basis. The price to retailers for truck lots ...
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Advertising : 964 wordsThe ocean forecast for today is:— Fresh southerly winds and moderates seas on the south-west and south coasts; slight seas elsewhere, with ...
Article : 48 wordsThere was a heavy offering of chaff at yesterday's auction sales in the metropolitan railway yards. None of the trucks offered was above a medium quality. Owing to ...
Article : 144 wordsSouth Australia.—A few clearing showers chiefly in the south and south-east, otherwise fine. Queensland.—Further variable rain and ...
Article : 117 wordsThe directors of Blue Bird Gold Mines, NL, have declared a dividend of 1/6 a share, payable on March 29. Transfer books will close on March 25. This will ...
Article : 60 wordsSYDNEY. Feb. 23.—A firm undertone In the investment market was maintained today. Prices were steady and there was a degree of confidence apparent. Business in Australian ...
Article : 182 wordsSupplies of fruit were steady with lower values ruling generally for most lines at the Metropolitan Markets yesterday. No special lines of peaches were offered, with steady ...
Article : 851 wordsDuring the week ended yesterday State batteries crushed 1,4321 tons of ore for 473oz. 11dwt. of gold. Details of returns are as follows:- ...
Article : 302 wordsYesterday.—Perth, max. 88.9deg., min.(during the previous night), 67.1; Adelaide, 74, 59; Melbourne, 71, 54; Sydney, 77, 68; Brisbane, 104, 73; Hobart, 63, 45. ...
Article : 27 wordsToday.—Sun rises at 6.2. sets at 6.58; moon rises at 7.27 p.m., sets at 7.52 a.m. (tomorrow). Tomorrow.—Sun rises at 6.3, sets at 6.57; ...
Article : 36 wordsThe above diagram represents the barometric curve for the 24 hours ending at noon yesterday when the barometer read 30.03 inches. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 27 wordsLONDON. Feb. 22.—Australian mining shares were sold and quoted on the Stock Exchange today as follows:—North Broken Hill. 35/: Broken Hill South. b 21/. a 22/; ...
Article : 168 wordsSOUTH COASTAL.--Denmark. 1 point; Hopetoun, 1. Eastern States. Northern Territory.—Pine Creek, 3 pts; ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 24 wordsLONDON. Feb. 22.—Official metal quotations today were:—Tin. standard. spot, buyer. £244/15/ a ton, seller £245; three months. buyer £244/15/, seller £245. Silver, ...
Article : 47 wordsLONDON. Feb. 22.—"Financial Times' indices today were (base, October 15. 1926. equals 100):—Government securities. 109.5; Home rails. 57.0; industrials. 99.8; gold mines, ...
Article : 25 wordsWhile a sedan car was being driven along Plain-street, East Perth, yesterday by a fireman attached to the central fire station, but who is now in a militia ...
Article : 83 wordsMANJIMUP, Feb. 19.—The Manjimup Road Board, resuming its sitting as an Appeal Court on Saturday. announced its findings on appeals lodged by Millar's ...
Article : 141 wordsExtensions to the Loreto Convent, Webster-street, Nedlands, comprising a large wing which completes the building as originally planned, will be blessed and ...
Article : 113 wordsSt. George's-ter. B1068, B6065. Private F2586. DONALD J. CARMICHAEL & CO., (Successors in Perth to S. W. Ward and Co.) 23 Barrack-st. Phone B2143 (3 lines). ...
Article : 85 wordsA meeting of poultry farmers will be held in the board room of the Primary Producers' Association, at 8 p.m. on March 5. The meeting has been ...
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The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Sat 24 Feb 1940, Page 13
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