COMMERCIAL NEWS

Northern Advocate, 8 June 1933, Page 9

COMMERCIAL NEWS

BONDS AND SHARES, AHSTRA LI AN TRANSACTIONS. I SYDNEY, Juno 7. j On flic* .Stock Exchange today buyers operated - with great confidence, and tlit* turnover was exceptionally large. Drives invariably disclosed further hardening. Banks were much more active at enhanced rates, but bonds were still comparatively quiet. Morning sales included: —Commonwealth 4 per cent bonds: 3DBS, £lO4 11/3; !!*<)!, £ln;: 17/0. Lank of New South Wales, £32; Union Bank, £8 10/; Commercial Bank of Sydney, £l7 2/0; Associated News, 9/8; ditto, preference, .19/0; Broken Hill Bty,, 34/101; British Tobacco, 30/11; Dunlop I’erdrean, IS/lOi; GoldsbroughMort, '-’O/3; Morris lledstrom, 17/0; Uitt, Son and Badgery, 38/; Toohoy’s

Brewery, 24/9; Tooth’s Brewery. 39/: Wilcox Molfliu, 7/0. Afternoon sales included: —Bank of New South Wales, £32; Commercial Bank of Sydney, £l7 2/0; Knglish, Scottish and Australian Bank, £5 2/0; Union Bank, £8 10/; Bank of Australasia. £ll 4/; (Queensland National Bank, £3 7/0; Associated News, 9/3; ditto, preference, 19/4-i; Howard 1 Smith, 10/3; British Tobacco, 30/H; Australian Blass, 30/3; Dunlop .Perdrean, IS/lOi; Goldsbrongh-Morl, 20/0; Henry Jones, 39/0; Tooth’s Brewery, 39/; Toohey’s Brewery, 24/9: ditto, N.Z. delivery, 24/9; Carlton Brewery, 37/1-1; 'Wilcox Mofflln, 7/10; Morris Hedstrom, 17/0; Broken Hill Pty., 33/; South Broken Hill, 30/; North Broken Hill. 81/9; ditto, New Zealand delivery, 81/9. Commonwealth 4 per cent bonds: 1938, £lO4 7/0; 1941, £lO3. 7/0; 1941 and 1947, £lO3 2/0; 1933, £lO4 10/; 1937, £103; 1939, £lO3 7/0; 1901, £lO4. Melbourne sales included: Metropolitan Gas, £l3 Electro Zinc, 20/3; ditto, preference, 32/9; Goldsbrough mort, 20/3; Mt. Lyell, 22/9; North Broken Hill, 82/.

BRITISH WAR XiOAN. SLTCIiT AD V ANf'F,. (Hritisti fiflleia 1 Wireless.) XiUOIXY, dune (5. War Loan, 2i per eenl., is quoted today at £9!) ■>/, compared with L 99 2/0 on June 2.

GOLD AND SILVER. LATEST QUOTATIONS. . LONDON, Juno 0. Fine gold is quoted today at £0 2/0 an ounce, compared with £0 2/4 on June 4. Silver is quoted at I9]d an onnef spot and forward, compared will 19 7-iOd and 19-id on June 3. "The quotation for silver at per lint ounce is 20:,-d, compared with 20 9-Ku on June 3,

HIDES AND SKINS, STEEP RISE IN f’li’lGES. (Per Press Association. —Copyright.) NEW PLYMOUTH, This Day. A sharp rise in the prices ot ! wool, hides and skins is recorded at sales at .New Plymouth and Stratford. Auctioneers express the opinion that there is every hope of increased returns to growers from now on. Values for hides improved ltd to 2d per lb, and for sheepskins by 1/ to 1/0 each. There were, commensurate rises in other cases. SALE OF RABBIT SKINS. ISIC OFFER!NO IN OTAGO. (Per Press Association, —Copyright.) '.DUNEDIN, This Day. Ai Uie fortnightly rabbit skins sale of a local firm, the total weight of offerings was :52,0001 bs, representing about 200,000 skins at ruling prices. The total value is about fOOOO.