A BRIGHTER TONE

Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 226, 20 June 1936, Page 12

A BRIGHTER TONE

Australian Share Markets

By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright

(Received June 19, 9 p.m.) Sydney, June 19. The Sydney Stock Exchange developed a brighter tone to-day and buyers took advantage of the lower selling quotations. The turnover was not heavy. The wool position is causing restraint. Government bonds were steady. Sales: Bank of New South Wales, £33 2/6; Commercial Bank of Australia, 19/4}; Colonial Sugar, £42/7/6; Automatic Totes, pref., 23/-. Howard Smith, 19/3; Australian Gas, A, £7/11/-; Tooths, 53/9; Tooheys, 31/9; G. J. Coles, 79/6. Australian Glass, 91/6; Dunlop Perdriau, 17/7; Goldsbrough Mort, 31/6; Wilcox Moffilin, 11/4; Morris Hedstrom, 26/-. Electrolytic Zine, 39/9; ditto, pref., 42/-; Hume Pipe. 19/9; Wunderlich, 20/3. Woolworths Ltd., ordinary, buyer £5 15/6, seller £5/16/6, sales at £5/15/6. Mount Morgan, 15/1*; Broken Hill Proprietary, new issue, 50/-; South Broken Hill, £5/8/6; Lnrut Tin, 10/3; Emperor, 12/11; Lady Shenton, 3/1.

Woolworths (New Zealand), cum bonus issue, buyer £9/10/-, seller £9/15/-. Morning sales included: Commonwealth bonds, 4 per cent., 1938, £lOO 17/6; 4 per cent., 1941, £lOl/5/-; 4 per cent., 1947, £lO2/5/-: 4 per cent., 1950, £lO2/5/-; 4 per cent., 1957, £lOO/12/6; 4 per cent., 1959, £101; 4 per cent., 1061, £lOl/10/-; Commercial Bank of Australia, 19/4} ; Tooths Brewery, 53/9; Anthony Hordern, 18/7}; Associated News. 22/6; Broken Hill Proprietary, 73/-; ditto, new issue, 50/3; Colonial Sugar, £42/5/-; G. J. Coles, 79/-; Morris Hedstrom. 26/-. Melbourne, June 19. Sales on the Melbourne Stock Exchange to-day included : Australian Glass, 91/6; Amalgamated Zinc, 8/6; G. J. Coles, 79/3; Mount Lyell, 25/-; Mount Morgan, 15/3 ; Loloma, 18/3 ; Emperor. 12/9.

Wellington Eggs Market

Prices in the Wellington egg market this week are quoted by W Burbidge and Company as follow : —A grade. 2/- to 2/1 : mediums, 1/11 ; preserved, 1/6 a dozen.

Gold Mining Returns

By Telegraph—Press Association Dunedin, Juno 19. The Worksop Extended Dredging Company reports a return of 690 z. for 131 hours’ work, 10,500 cubic yards bein'.’ handled. Invercargill, June 19. The wash-up at King Solomon mine this week was 46 ounces.