MINING NEWS.
[Per Press Association.] SYDNEY, March 30. The Broken Hill Sulphide Mining Company, with a capital of .£IOO,OOO in 10s shares, has been floated. It is intended to work silver leases in the Barrier district, and generally to treat sulphide ores. PERTH, March 30. The Coolgardie Municipal Council is considering a scheme for supplying the town with several million gallons of fresh water daily. It is proposed to pump it from beyond the Darling ranges, a distance of thirty miles. AUCKLAND, March 30. The market keeps firm. Sales—Cardigan Is 6d, Hftzelbank 3s lOd, Victoria 3s lid. Queen Waihi 2s lid. Sovereign Is 3d, Talisman 113 ,3d, Waihi Silverton 735, Bunker’s Hill 9s 6d, Midas 2s, Young New Zealands Is sd. Buyers—Kapai Vermont 6s lOd, Midas Is lid. Welcome Find 2s Bd, Bunker’s 9s, Talisman Is, Waihi Silverton 725, Woodstock 235, Waitekauri fours Is 9d, Sovereign Is 3d, Queen Waihi 2s lOd, Hazelbank 3s 9d, May Queen’s 7s 6d, Moanatairi 9s 9d,Albumia 4s 6d, Victoria 3s 10d. There are buyers also for many of the cheaper stocks. WESTPORT, March 28. The coal export for the week ended today was 2856 tons 19owt, as follows: Westport Coal Company 1760 tons, Cardiff Company 661 tons 14cwt, Knights of Labour 645 tons 6cwt.
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Lyttelton Times, Volume XCV, Issue 10920, 31 March 1896, Page 5
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210MINING NEWS. Lyttelton Times, Volume XCV, Issue 10920, 31 March 1896, Page 5
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