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SLACKNESS IN DEALINGS AUSTRALIAN SIIAREMARKETS SYDNEY, May 24. On the Sydney Stock Exchange, tlit recent slackness ill general investment dealings was accentuated to-day, when the turnover was the smallest tor some time. Price variations, however, weic negligible.
Sales. — Bank of New South Wales, £37 12s 6d; Commercial Banking, Company of Svdnev. £22 ss; National Bank ( £s'paid).'£7 13s Id; Mercantile Mutual Insurance, 51s Sd ; Adelaide Steam. 32s ; British Tobacco, 50s 6d; Tooths, 56s 3d; G. .). Coles, £5 12s; Ooldsbrough. Mori. 38s 3d; Ooldsbrough, Alort (New Zioaland delivery), 38s 6d; Millaquin Sugar, 44s 9d : David .Jones, 43s 6d ; Anthony Hordern. 20s; Australian Gcneial lusui'auce, 18s; Amalgamated Wireless n on.). 48s ; Warhurton Franki. 22s 6d ; lauhmanns. 70s; Waldas, 20s; Wool worths, sales. £7 Bs. seller £7 8s; Woolworths (New Zealand), buyer £7 17s, seller 08 Is; Mt. Morgan, 14s Id; Kuala Nampar. 22s 9d; Placer Development, jJOs : Tongkah Harbour. 23s 6d ; Taranaki Oil, 4s lOd.
On the Melbourne Stock Exchange the market was generally linn but quiet today. Darners maintain "their improved tone. Kales: Commercial Bank of Australia, 19s 4d ; National Bank (£5 paid). 07 12 s; British Tobacco, 51s: G. .1. Coles, £5 11s 6d; Drug ,Houses, 265; Dunlop-Perdriau, 21s sd ; Duillop-Ten driuu (prof.), 3-5 s 6d; Goldsbrough, Mort, 38s 6d • Electrolytic Zinc, 58s 6<l; Yarra Kails. 40s; New Broken Hill Consolidated, 18s 9d; Mt. Morgan, 14s 2d; Mt. 1 veil. 46s 3d; Broken Hill Proprietary, 33s 9d; North Broken Hill, 765; South broken llill. 52s 3d; Emperor, 17s 6d ; Loloma, 225; Cox Bros, 765.
DEMAND FOR EARLY LAMBS OPENING OF KILLING SEASON A decision that one of the district freezing works should lie asked to open early each year to receive early lambs, the works to take the earlier opening in turn, was reached at a conference of the North Canterbury district- of the New Zealand Farmers’ Union.
It was stated that many farmers had anticipated that the works would open earlier next season, and had made airangements lor it. One delegate said that the early lambs arriving on the i.ondou market would catch the higher prices now going to the North Island at the opening of the season.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19333, 25 May 1937, Page 14
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