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  2. PRE-SELECTION BALLOT.

    Arising out of a disturbance outside the Glebe Town Hall on August 4, during the progress of a Labour ballot for the selection of candidates for the forthcoming municipal ...

    Article : 175 words
  3. MINING.

    In a quiet share market yesterday Barriers, which were not dealt in, had firm quotations. A factor favouring this tendency is that the employees at the mines ...

    Article : 629 words
  4. MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL.

    A brisk run of Investment business yesterday ended the day with the listed turnover maintaining recent standards. The basis of ruling prices was largely accepted, and price ...

    Article : 378 words
  5. FINANCIAL.

    Winchcombe, Garson, Ltd., in its annual report, shows a profit of £56,073, being £1524 above that of the prec[?]ing year. The dividend is 10 per cent., and accounts for £[?]9,821, ...

    Article : 529 words
  6. YESTERDAY'S SALES.

    The following investments sales were recorded, and appear in listed order, morning sales first, then noon sales, proceded by the letter (n), and afternoon sales denoted by ...

    Article : 389 words
  7. BUTTER EXPORT TRADE.

    During the week ended August 11 the Commonwealth graders examined at Sydney for export 1106 boxes of salted butter. Exports for the week amounted to 903 boxes. ...

    Article : 33 words
  8. LONDON METAL QUOTATIONS.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 136 words
  9. OBITUARY.

    The death occurred yesterday of Mr. John Heine, of Dalhousie-street, Haberfield, at the age of 71 years. Mr. Heine was a native of Devonshire, ...

    Article : 169 words
  10. BRITISH TRADE RETURNS.

    Our Landon correspondent cables that the monthly returns of the Board of Trade disclose that during July the value of imports into the United Kingdom showed an increase of ...

    Article : 205 words
  11. BREADSTUFFS.

    Although the wheat position oversea was reported to be a little steadler, the local market was not responsive. Quotations for farmers' stored lots were from 4/8 to 4/9 ex ...

    Article : 162 words
  12. MR. C. E. SAWKIN[?].

    The death occurred on Saturday at Muswellbrook of Mr. Charles Edward Sawkins, an old resident of the town, at the age of 78 years. Mr. Sawkins was born in Sydney, and had ...

    Article : 105 words
  13. CARGOES AND FUTURES.

    Wheat cargoes were steady to-day, sellers asking advances of /3 to /6, but buyers refused to follow. Parcels were steadily held for a threepenny ...

    Article : 52 words
  14. AUSTRALIAN RANK OF COMMERCE.

    Revised articles of association were adopted by shareholders of the Australian Bank of Commerce recently at the annual meeting. This adoption was confirmed at an ...

    Article : 36 words
  15. LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE.

    Quotations of shares of Australian mining companies to-day included:- B.H. Proprietary, 24/1; North B.H., 95/1½ B.H. South, 46/3; Hampden Cloncurry, 17/; ...

    Article : 85 words
  16. FOREIGN EXCHANGE.

    Rates of foreign exchange on London on Monday our correspondent cables compare with rates previously quoted as follows:- Aug.9. Aug.13. Par. ...

    Article : 165 words
  17. CHICAGO WHEAT OPTIONS.

    Chicago options are quoted:-Septem[?]er, 111 cents per bushel (up 1½ cent); December, 116 cents (up 1½ cent); March, 120 cents (up 1½ cent); May, 122 cents. ...

    Article : 33 words
  18. YESTERDAY'S CLOSING QUOTATIONS.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 1,106 words
  19. MELBOURNE WORKS LOAN.

    The Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works is issuing a public loan of £1,500,000, of which £1,000,000 will represent new cash, and £500,000 will be reserved for application ...

    Article : 95 words
  20. MRS. JAMES MARSHALL.

    The death occurred last week at Turramurra of Mrs. Eugene Marshall, wife of the Rev, James Marshall, minister of St. Margaret's, Turramurra. ...

    Article : 210 words
  21. GENERAL MERCHANDISE.

    Prices, except where otherwise stated, are for dis tributing lots. Sugar, 1A, ½-ton lots, net cash £87/6/8 per ton; credit terrns, £38/18/8 per ton. ...

    Article : 489 words
  22. CONSOLIDATED ROMA OIL, LTD.

    A message from Dalby (Q.) says that fully 300 people were present at Brigalow yesterday to witness the turning of the first so[?] [?] connection with the commencement of ...

    Article : 115 words
  23. COMPANY NEWS.

    The following companies have been registered. Except where otherwise stated, shares are of the value of £1 each:- Art Metala, Ltd., capital £[?]000, general ...

    Article : 386 words
  24. PRICE OF GOLD.

    Gold was quoted in London on Monday, our correspondent cables, at 84/10½ per ounce fine, a decrease of /1 on the price ruling since Thursday last. ...

    Article : 29 words
  25. AUSTRALIAN SECURITIES PRELIMINARY EXPENSES.

    At the annual meeting of Australian Securities, Ltd., Mr. Peter Mcwilliam, chairman of directors, made reference to the balance-sheet item of preliminary expensos of £40,373, as ...

    Article : 178 words
  26. NOTES.

    Phin Soon Co.'s plant worked 359 hours for the first half of August, and treated 21,000 cubic yards for a yield of 20.3 tons tin oxide, valued at £2450. Working costs amounted to ...

    Article : 71 words
  27. PAYMASTER-LIEUT. H. A. TANNER.

    Paymaste Lieutenant H. A. Tanner, of th[?] Royal Australlon Navy Reserve, died at Springwood, after an illness lasting some weeks. ...

    Article : 136 words
  28. INTERSTATE EXCHANGES.

    To-day's sales and [?]uotations Included:- Silver-lead: Amalgamated, b 12/10; Broken Hill Proprietary. 25/3. b 25/2, [?] 25/6: Block 14, ord., b 2/, s 2/4; do., pref., b 5/6, s 5/8; Junction North, b ...

    Article : 242 words
  29. PIG SALES.

    About 1200 pigs were forward at the abattoir saleyards yesterday. These comprised all descriptions, but consisted chiefly of porkers, and the general quality was fairly good. The usual buyers were present. ...

    Article : 87 words
  30. SARGENT'S, LTD.

    Sargents, Ltd., shows on an increase of £29,167 in capital a profit of £37,022 for its year, a reduction of £1836, following a reduction of £12,987 in gross profits. At the same ...

    Article : 355 words
  31. COUNTRY STOCK SALES.

    At the Albury stock market the sheep yarded totalled 10,000. The fat sheep market opened to good competition. For good and prime sheep, values Were firm, and for inferior or middling discretions ...

    Article : 203 words
  32. OVERSEA MARKET CABLES.

    Imports of lead into the United Kingdom during July aggregated 22,253 tons, of which 6305 tons were Australian. Exports totalled 3271 tons. ...

    Article : 49 words
  33. MANSLAUGHTER CHARGE.

    Leslie Thomas McPherson, 23, a taxi cab driver, was found not guilty at the Parramatta Quarter Sessions yesterday on a charge of having feloniously slain Michael Clement ...

    Article : 227 words
  34. TWO MEN CHARGED.

    Hugh James Cavanough, 19, a farm hand, pleaded guilty at the Parramatta Quarter Sessions yesterday to a charge of having broken and entered the post-office at Kurrajong on ...

    Article : 187 words
  35. MELBOURNE STOCK MARKET.

    At to-day's sales of fat sheep fluctuations were apparent, especially in second and lighter descriptions, while with an increased proportion of all grades of fat ewes prices for such showed an easier tendency, ...

    Article : 229 words
  36. INTERSTATE MARKETS.

    Wheat, growers' lots. 4/7 to 4/8; flour, bakers' lots, £12/2/[?]: bran, £6/17/6: pollard, £7/2/6; oats, 3/3: chaff, £5/15/, on trucks at Mile End (bag[?] included); butter, choice factory, bulk 1/6[?], be[?]t ...

    Article : 175 words
  37. INTERSTATE EXCHANGES.

    To-day's sales included:—Commonwealth Bonds, 5 p.c. (1928), £102; 5½ p.c. (1936), £100/15/; 6 p.c. (1929), £101/10/; 6 p.c. (Dec., 1930), £101/15/; 6 p.c. (March, 1930), £103/[?]/; Bank of Adelaide, £9/12/; ...

    Article : 194 words
  38. FATAL GAME.

    The light-hearted game of two small boy[?] playing in the backyard of their home at Kensington on Monday, had fatal consequences for the younger child. He died in St. Vincent's ...

    Article : 121 words
  39. HOUSING SCHEME.

    Mr. George Crowley writes:- Sir,—Mr. Bavin has shown all along such a strong commonsense grip of matters that I am surprised he did not give instructions to ...

    Article : 665 words
  40. HOMEBUSH TRUCKINGS.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 29 words
  41. PRODUCE.

    With production increasing fast, heavy stocks of eggs continued to accumulate in city dairy produce houses yesterday. Although demand had begun to respond to the latest fall ...

    Article : 1,368 words
  42. DANGEROUS DRIVING.

    Norman Jackson, 24 years of ag[?], butcher, was Charged at the Kogarah Police Court yesterday with having driven a motor car in a manner dangerous to the public on August ...

    Article : 179 words
  43. COMMERCIAL.

    Conditions continued steady in the wholesale grocery distributing trade, demand being generally for current requirements. Very little interhouse buying is reported. There is a ...

    Article : 291 words
  44. ADULTERATED MILK.

    At the Kogarah Police Court yesterday, Ernest Marx was fined £20 for having sold milk that was shown to have been adultered. Mr. Laidlaw, S.M., said, "Defendant has ...

    Article : 88 words
  45. LAND SETTLEMENT.

    The Western Australian Minister for Works, (Mr. McCallum), who is returning on the Niagara, conferred with the British Government concerning a settlement scheme ...

    Article : 115 words
  46. Advertising

    {No abstract available}

    Advertising : 232 words
  47. ALLEGED THREAT WITH RAZOR.

    When Frank Winter, 28, butcher, was charged at the Balmain Police Court yesterday with having demanded money by menace, and with having used threatening words, it ...

    Article : 161 words
  48. ENGLISH ASSOCIATION.

    On Friday evening next, the Australian. English Association and the Classical Association, will met in Latin I room, at the, University, to hear Mr. F. W. Robinson, or ...

    Article : 46 words
  49. JAPANESE SILK.

    The Japanese raw silk market remains firm, but prices are quoted at yen 1280.00, which is the same as last-week. The silk piece goods market has become ...

    Article : 74 words
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