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Australian Share Markets By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. (Received May 21, 9.5 p.ni.) Sydney, May 21. 'Die Sydney Stock Exchange was iess active to-day. with a reaction from the recently elevated levels in several leading industrial iwpties. Brewery shares. however. maintained their strength, as did British Tobacco and Sargents. Sales: Commercial Bank of Australia, 19/8; Bank of Adelaide. £6/15/-; Queensland National Bank, £5/6/-; Colonial Sugar, £4l/12/6. Howard Smith. 17/7J; British Tobacco, 41/-; Tooths, 52/3; Carlton Brewery, 55/-; G. J. Coles, 78/-; Australian Glass, 90/-. Goldsbrough Mort. 32/9; Winchcombe Carson, New Zealand delivery. 32/-: Henry Jones. -10/9; Millaquin Sugar, 39/3; Fairy-mend Sugar. 40/-; Anthony Hordern, 18/6. Hume Pipe. 18/-; Sargents. 25/6; W. R. Carpenter. 43/-; Richardson and Wrench. 30/-: Woolworths.- second pref.. 26/-; Standard Cement. 21/-. Broken Hill Proprietary. 63/3; ditto, now i.-ssue, 39/3; Placer Development. £5 15/6; Rawang Tin. 9/3; Emperor. 12/5; Koroere. 3/10. Morning sales included; Commonwealth bonds. 4 per cent., 1941. £lOl 10/-: Bank of New South Wales. £32 12/6; Anthony Hordern. 18/4 j; Associated News, pref., 23/9: Broken Hill Proprietary, 63/6; ditto, new issue. 3/6; Goldsbrough Mort. 32/9; Howard Smith. 17/7J. Melbourne. May 21. Sales on the Melbourne Stock Exchange to-day included: Goldsbrough Mort. 32/6; Dunlop-Perdri.au. 17/5: <l. J. Coles, 77/-; South Broken Hill, £5 13/6; Emperor, 12/2: Mount Morgan 10/3. Base Metals Market By Telegraph—Press Vsn.—Copyright (Received May 21. 9.5 p.in.) London, May 20. The official London (middle> quotations for Wednesday, as reported by the Australian Mines and Metals Association, com pare with those previously cablml ns fol low: —

May 19. Per ton May 20. Per ten 'upper— ‘ •» 1 1 «-■ * 1 Standard, spot . tin 11 101 3d 5 7J Ditto, forward ... 3(1 18 u 30 10 7} Elect roly tic .... 40 15 0 III 10 0 to 11 5 0 11 0 0 Wire bars Lend- .... 11 5 1) 11 0 0 Sp<it .... 15 10 0 15 7 0 Forward ... .... 15 11 3 15 10 0 Spelter— Spot .... 14 10 fl 11 7 0 Forward ... .... 1 1 13 9 1 1 12 0 '1 inSpot .... 200 12 (» 19S 7 0 Forward ... .... 195 12 191 0 0 Standard, per oz. . 20J, d. 20 5-Kid. 1 ine .... 22 1-Sd. 21 15-lGd.