STOCK EXCHANGE HOLIDAY

Southland Times, Issue 23648, 25 October 1938, Page 2

STOCK EXCHANGE HOLIDAY

The Stock Exchanges of the Dominion observed a holiday yesterday, Labour Day, and there were no calls. SYDNEY (Received October 24, 9.45 p.m.) SYDNEY, October 24. Australian Glass shares provided the most outstanding movement on the Stock Exchange today, rising to the record price of £5 2/- and receding to £5 1/-. Beneficial rains in the country helped pastoral shares, but banks were less active.

MELBOURNE Today saw a quiet industrial market, although Australian Glass was much stronger. North Broken Hill shares were most active in the barrier section.

£ 8 d Sales: Commercial Bank of Australia 16 lOlls Commercial Banking of Sydney 20 4 0 Colonial Sugar 48 17 6 Associated News 1 1 6 Australian Gas A (old) 7 7 6 do. (new) 7 5 0 British Tobacco 2 8 3 Tooth’s Brewery 2 14 9 Carlton Brewery 3 5 3 Australian Glass 5 1 0 General Industries 18 0 Felt and Textiles 1 11 3 Sargents 1 7 0 W. R. Carpenter 2 3 9 Gordon and Gotch 2 13 3 Victoria Nyanza 14 9 United Provisions 8 0 Morris Hedstrom ' . 1 6 3 Paul and Gray 1 1 3 Standard Cement ‘ 1 0 0 Electrolytic Zinc 2 5 3 Mount Lyell 1 10 9 Oil Search 6 9

Sales: £ 6 d Commercial Bank of Australia 16 8 British Tobacco 2 8 6 Carlton Brewery 3 5 6 G. J. Coles ‘ 3 19 6 Australian Glass 5 1 0 Dunlop Perdriau Rubber 1 0 6 Goldsbrough Mort 1 9 6 Australian Paper (pref.) 1 5 6 Felt and Textiles 1 11 6 Yarra Falls 1 16 9 Imperial Chemicals (pref.) 1 2 7 National Reliance Investment Trust 10 fr Electrolytic Zinc 2 5 0 do. (pref.) 2 8 3 i‘ Mount Morgan 11 1 Mount Lyell 1 10 9 Broken Hill Propty. ' 2 18 0 North Broken Hill 2 11 9 Broken Hill South 1 12 6 Emperor