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Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 87, 9 October 1937, Page 11

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TREASURY BILLS KATE. (British Official Wireless.) (Received October 9, 2 p.m.) RUGBY, October 8. The total amount applied for in .tenders for £50,000,000 worth of Treasury Bills was £81,745,000. The average rate per cent, for Bills at three months 10/9.43 d against 10/9.02 d a week ago. SHARE MARKET (By Telegraph— Press Association.) AUCKLAND. This Day. Sales.—Newton- King (pref.), 9s; Colonial Sugar, £47; Wilson's Cement, 19s 9d; W. R. Carpenter, 475; Woolworths Holdings (South Africa), 14s lid; Central E.P.B. (1/1/1952-59), £106. Unlisted. — Woolworths (Sydney), 30s. Sales, afternoon call: British Tobacco, 48s; Broken Hill South, 41s; Placer, 735; Taranaki Oil, 7s 3d. CHRISTCHURCH. This Day. Sales: Bank of New Zealand, 44s (2); Goldsborough Mort, 33s 9d; New Zealand, Breweries, 49s 7d; Grey River (6s 3d pd.), 8s (2); Broken Hill South, 40s (3); Mount Lyell, 39s 6d (3); Mount Morgan, 10s 6Jd. Unlisted: Woolworths (Sydney, 5s paid), 29s 6d (2). DUNEDIN, This Day. Sales Reported:—Bank of New Zealand, 445, 44s Id; Bank of New Zealand, Long D, 26s 3d. Sales on 'Change: Bank of New Zealand, 445; G. J. Coles, 935. SYDNEY STOCK EXCHANGE, (By Telegraph—Press Assn. —Copyright.) (Received October 9, 2 p.m.) SYDNEY, This Day. Sales on the Sydney Stock Exchange include:—Bonds, 4 p.c. (1938), £101 15s; 4 p.c. (1941), £101 12s 6d; 4 p.c. (1944), £103 10s; 4 p.c. (1947), £101 17s 6d; 4 p.c. (1950), £102 6s 3d; 4 p.c. (1953), £102 12s 6d; Commercial Banking Co of Sydney, £20 4s; Toohey's Brewery, 32s 6d: Tooth's Brewery, 55s 3d; Australian Gas (A), £7 7s 6d; British Tobacco, 48s 6d; Broken Hill Proprietary, 78s; Electrolytic Zinc, 53s 6d. MINING RETURNS. (By Telcjrraph—Press Association.) GREYMOUTH, This Day. The Argo return was 420z for 123 hours, with 12,000 yards excavated. The Golden Sands return was 360z for 36 shifts. DUNEDIN, This Day. The Gillespie's Beach return was 670z 15dwt for 133 hours. MATAKI JUNCTION. The Mataki Junction return for the week ended October 7 was 41 ounces of smelted gold for 131 hours and 21,000 yards dredged.