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FREE DOLLAR RATE [U.P.A.— By Electric Telegraph—Copy right J NEW YORK, 3rd April. Sterling in the New York free exchange market was 3.572 dollars. The rate on Ist April was 3.552. PRICE OF SILVER LONDON, 3rd April. Price of silver.—2o 3-8 d per oz standard; 22d per oz fine. PRICE OF TIN LONDON, 3rd April. Tin is quoted as follows.—Spot, buyers. £249 10s. sellers £247 10s. Prices of other metals are unchanged. AUSTRALIAN PRODUCE PRICES SYDNEY, 4th April. Wheat prices continue steady. Silo grain Is quoted at 3s 9sd a bushel, and bagged at 4s ljd. Flour, £l2 10s a ton. Bran and pollard. £5 10s. Potatoes Tasmanian, £l3 10s. Onions, Victorian brown Spanish, £9; others, £7 10s. Maize, 4s 6d a bushel. AUSTRALIAN SHARE MARKETS SYDNEY, 4th ApriL A further improvement in share prices was recorded on the Sydney Stock Exchange to-day, chiefly ns the result of reports from various parts of the country where splendid rains are at present falling and spreading along the coast. Sales included:—Bank of New South Wales, £27 8s: Bank of Australasia, £9 2s; Colonial Sugar, £SO 17s 6d; British Tobacco, £2 6s 3d; Australian Cons. Industries, £1 17s; Ditto, contrib., 19s 6d; Felt and Textiles, £1 18s; John McGrath. £1 17s lOd; Henry Jones, £2 17s; Broken Hill Proprietary, £2 8s: Ditto, new, 17s 6d; South Broken Hill, £1 7s lOd: Morning sales included: Bank of New South Wales, £27 8s; Australian Consolidated Industries 36s 9d; ditto, contributing, 19s 6d; Bradford Cotton, 37i 3d; British Tobacco, 465; Broken Hill Proprietary, 48s 3d; Burns Philp, 51s. MELBOURNE, 4th April. Sales on the Melbourne Stock Exchange to-day included:—Com. Bank of Aust., pref., £8 11s; Com. Banking Co., Sydney, £lB 10s; National Bank, £lO paid, £l2 13 G. J. Coles, £3 9s 6d; Aust. Paper Manufacturers, pref., £ 1 4s lid; Dunlop Perdriau, 18s 8d; Mount Lyell, £1 11s 3d; Loloma. £1 12s. BEAT THAT COLD WITH “BAXTERS’* Take the proved remedy right away Don’t waste time and money experimenting Baxters Lung Preserver does i real icb in relieving soreness and promoting expectoration, and routing the cold r’ght out Dilute “Baxters” with water as directed for young children.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXIII, 5 April 1940, Page 8
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