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Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 208, 30 May 1936, Page 14

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Australian Share Markets

BREWERIES IN DEMAND (Rceived May 29, 9.5 p.m.) Sydney. May 29. Operations on the Stock Exchange today covered a wide range of issues. There was considerable support for brewery shares, and a firm lone was maintained for chief industrial issues. Bales: Bank of New South Wales. £.33: National Bank, £5 paid, £7/5/-; Bank of Adelaide, £6/14/-; Adelaide Steam, .30/9; Howard Smith, 19/3; Burns Philp, 71/-; British Tobacco, 41/9. Tooths, 52/3; Tooheys. .31/6; Carlton Brewery, 57/9; Coles, 80/-; Queensland Brewery, 29/4}; Drug Houses of Australia. 30/74; Dunlop Perdriau, IS/-; Greater J. D- Williams. 6/10: Henry Jones, 41/3; Millaqnin Sugar. 40/-; Anthony Hordern. 18/10}. Lustre. 25/3; General Industries, 19/4J; Amalgamated Textiles. 10/7; Edwards Dunlop. 42/6; Queensland Insurance. 61/-; Commercial Bank of Australia. 19/6; Hume L’ipe, 19/6. Broken Hill Proprietary. 65/-, new 41/-; South Broken Hill. £5/13/-; North Broken Hill, £B/8/-; Zinc Corporation. 84/3; Placer Development. £5/12/6; Emperor. 12/8; Loloma, IS/10}. Unlisted sales: Woolworths, ordinaries, ex bonus issue, to-day, £5/8/, £5/11/6, £5 19/6, and back to £5/15/-. Morning sales included: Commonwealth bonds. 4 p.c.. 1938. £lO2/16/3; 1941. £lOl/3/9; 1955. £lO2/10/-: 1957, £4OO/17/6; Tooheys Brewery. 31/6; Anthony Hordern, 18/10}; Associated News, 22/3; British Tobacco, 41/9; Broken Hill Proprietary. 65/-; Burns, Philp, 71/-; Lustre, 25/I}. Melbourne. May 29.

Sales on the Melbourne Stock Exchange to-da.v included:- —Commercial Bank of Australia. 19/3; National Bank. £5 paid, £7/7/-; Australian Iron and Steel, pref.. 24/3; Australian Glass. 90/-; Howard Smith, 19/2; Mt. Lyell. 24/6; Emperor, 12/9; Mt. Morgan, 14/6.