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Issue. Mill, ahead ■ Associated Minerals Con.isolidated, Ltd, one of the r major members of the Con- > solidated Gold Fields Aus-i ’ tralia group, expects that its: s 1973-74 net profit \Will be 1 substantially above last Ji year’s sl.6m after a sl.2m : December half-year net , (profit, 95 per cent above the (result for the corresponding 1972 period. The riso comes' after three years of declining earnings anti the re- .| suit for the full yea/' to June; .130 should easily ellipse the: . record sl.9m net profit of! t 1969-70. The sfcarp half-. .year gain stent ned fromj i. larger deliveries, higher; . selling prices and increased (production volutnfie.

New Zealand.—New Zealand United Corporation. Ltd. daily: index base 100, January 21, 1957. Jan. 28 .. 345.75 Jan. 29 345.08 L Jan. 30 343.38; Jan. 31 341.17. Feb. 1 340.391 Sydney.—Sydney Stock Ex- : change (July, 1931, June 1939i. | Retail Ind AU Ords; Jan. 28 .. Public Holiday, Jan. 29 .. 416.98 431.61 500.90 ; Jan. 30 .. 415.90 429.68 498.47i Jan. 31 .. 411.82 425.62 493.82: Feb. 1 .. 411.08 426.10 493.70! New York.—Dow Jones. Ind. Tspt T'over Jan. 25 859.39 188.95 14,860,0001 •Jan. 23 853.01 187.48 13,110.000' Jan. 29 852.32 136.05 12,850,000! Jan. 30 862.32 187.56 16,790,0001 Jan. 31 855.55 187.52 14,020,000 Feb. 1 843.94 184.15 12,480,000.1 London.—••Financial Times. 1 IndusL Gvt Gold 1 Jan. 25 .. 316.0 58.32 282.3 Jan. 28 .301.5 57.45 298.1 Jan. 29 .. 304.1 57.44 296.8 Jan. 30 .. 309.7 57.68 283.5 Jan. 31 .. 316.2 57.67 272.9 Feb. 1 .. 316.1 57.86 27.5,4, 1