British Banker Sees Trade Revival After Unsettled 1938
Barclays Bank chairman Edwin Fisher warned that international unsettlement dampened British trade yet urged optimism for a clearer outlook. He noted limited but steady home demand, armament-driven production gains, and restrained foreign investment due to protectionism and defaults. Fisher emphasized British capital should favor projects directly benefiting British industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fisher
Britain
Une
Brisbane Market Roundup Shows Bank Shares Gain On Exchange
Improved demand for bank stocks drove advances in Commercials of Sydney and New South Wales on the Brisbane Exchange yesterday with steady buying since last week. Australian Consolidated Industries faced price shifts in Southern dealing amid profit taking. McDonnell and East’s fine dividend and accounts to be published this month. Masonites recovered after earlier declines, Black Jacks rise on dividend list, with rem- ining reminders for today as Raub Australian closes books.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
New South Wales
Brisbane
Australian Consolidated Industries
McDonnell and
East
Elec Construction Company of Australia plans expansion
At the annual meeting chairman G. Faine outlined a year of expansion chiefly in New South Wales with profits in Queensland and South Wales. Directors consider extending Brisbane manufacturing and building a new generating plant on the Richmond River to use company coal, aiming to sustain dividends and lower consumer electricity prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Electric Construction Company of Australia, Ltd
G. Faine
New South Wales
Ball and Welch Declares Unchanged Interim Dividend
Melbourne directors of Ball and Welch Ltd announce an unchanged interim dividend of 3 percent payable March 23. Last year’s total dividend stood at 64 percent, with 3 percent interim and 34 percent final.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melbourne
Ball and Welch Ltd
New Zealand Ships Onions to Australia Amid Demand
Auckland dispatch says New Zealand ships onions to Australia to meet a spike in demand as last year New Zealand imported onions from Australia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auckland
N.Z
New Zealand
Australia
Australian Consolidated Industries bonus share tax issue
Tax implications of the bonus issue by Australian Consolidated Industries are debated. The issue involves 2,558,814 shares with resolutions claiming profits from asset sales as the source, potentially excluding the distribution from taxable dividend status under federal law, with Queensland taxes unlikely to apply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australian Consolidated Industries
Australian Glass
Colonial Sugar Refining Company, Ltd
Consolidated Industries
Queensland
Hornibrook Toll Figures Show February Decline
Hornibrook Highway Limited reports February toll collections at £1611, down from £1714 in February 1938. Year to date tolls exceed last year, with £10,665 collected from October 4, 1938 to February 26, 1938, versus £9,483 in the same period prior year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hornibrook Highway, Ltd
New Brisbane Companies Registered
New entries list several Brisbane registrations including Dux Motors Pty Ltd in Toowoomba with capital £10,600 and subscribers Hugh Falconer and Guibert Perrina. a pottery and earthenware firm with capital £290,000 including 318,000 ordinary shares and 40,000 first reference shares, with subscribers Inald Moss and Albert Boroughs. plus several Sydney and Woollahra home duties and manufacturing entries naming Robert Powler Jane Fowler Frank Fowler and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brisbane
DUX Motors Pty. Ltd
Toowoomba
Hugh Falconer
Guibert A. Perrina
R. . Ltd
Moss
North Sydney
Albert
Woollahra
Robert Powler
Roseville
Jane Fowler
Darling Point
Frank Fowler
Neutral Bay
Maclardy
Sydney
An Fowler
Dividend List Showcases Far-Flung Shares and Dates
A garbled dividend list details multiple stocks with March and February dates, including General Mortgage, Provident Unit, and Hicks-Prett, among others. The fragment mentions ordinary and preferred shares, annual percentages, and various payment deadlines, with numerous misread company names and figures.
Quotations for Piret Provident Unit Trust certificates
Unit Trust Limited reports quotations for Piret Provident Unit certificates on yesterday's Block Exchange. The notes show prices for redeemable securities held by the trustees, with a repurchase rate of 10/8 in both cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Unit Trust Quotations Unit Trust, Limited
Piret Provident Unit
Terday
Bat
Eenae
Firm Conditions in Share Market Through Sydney and Melbourne
Renewed buying in Sydney and Melbourne share markets shows firmer tones with higher turnover outside loans. Banks Commercial of Sydney and Government bonds advanced, while Goldabrough Mort and Millmulin Sugar moved on lower prices. government options and debentures also quoted across varied sectors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wales
Sydney
Goldabrough
Eeven
Queensland
Burns
Philp
Bas
Bydney
Oko
Zion
LRN
LT Va
Metropolitan Water Board
Commercial of
Tooheys Fon
Toby
Newcastle
Ashewabarers
Associated Newspapers
Queensland Dairy Cheques Set Record IThis Season
Queensland dairy industry reports a record breaking season with butter and cheese output surpassing £8.5 million in value. Butter production rises 6 percent in six months and is expected to reach over 2.5 million boxes, while cheese output climbs about 45 percent in the first half. Estimated full season values place butter cheque around £8.125 million with cheese contributing to total earnings near £450,000 for the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queensland
Cyclonic storm and heavy weather sweep Australian coast
Brisbane meteorology reports a cyclonic storm centered near Clarence Heads to Port Macquarie with barometer around 23.4 inches moving southward. A surrounding high and anti cyclones sustain strong winds and warm changes. heavy rain observed in Northern and Southern Division regions with scattered thunder over Gulf, Peninsula and tropical coasts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Island
New Zealand
New South Wales
West Tasman Sea
Queensland
Brisbane
Gulf
Peninsula
Gurensland
Northern
Cape York
Corn
Moreton
Three Day Island
iBouthi
Maytown
Walah Jee
Upper Carpentaria Mount
Surprise
Barreon
Herberton
Port Deuba
Atherton
Mateeba
Molloy
Mount Carnes
Mining Market News Shows Narrow Brisbane Stock Exchange Activity
In yesterday's Brisbane Stock Exchange mining market only one forward sale occurred as Black Jacks and New Broken Hill rose on higher bids. Various listings appeared including Mount Morgan and Mount Coolon, with Blair Athol coal stocks noted amid fluctuating prices and limited seller participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brisbane Stock Exchange
Black Jacks
New Broken Hill
Falls Nile
Edon
Emperor Mines
Dolden Plateau
Cong. Co
Mount Coolon
Mount Morgan Pret
New Gales Goldfields
North Broken Hill
Broken Hill
Mount Fell
Rome
Ida Taranaki
Blair Athol
Bowen Consolidated
Tamane
Base metal shares rally while gold dull in Australian markets
Melbourne and Adelaide desks report base metal shares firming with wide gains on zinc copper tin and oil counters, while gold shares ease amid heavy falls in Pioneer. Prices show mixed activity across brokers with notable movements for Mt Lyell North Booth Cocksfield and Triton among others, as markets digest commodity demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
En BA
North
B.H. South
Zinc Corp
Arahiire
Bisid
Bulolo
Curnesi
Mt. Morgan
New BA
Percy
My. Pimi
Centre
Naplin
Ad Chewton
Redbank
Gran
Rome
Wolfram
Ko I. Beheel
Adelaide
Ad Bilver
B.H. Comsord
Booth
Blue Bird
JuJfoul
der Perrence
Clanamen
Cudgerdie Brillianc
Dundes
Empress
Groundiark
Imper
Lancefield
Soloma
Luxall
Cosion
New Golconda
Norseman
Bern
North Enterprise
J'ad
North Kalguru
Swan Bitter
Wily
Triton
Norseman approves share distribution plan in Adelaide meeting
At an extraordinary general meeting of Norseman Gold Mines N L shareholders in Adelaide a plan to distribute 100000 Norseman Developments NL shares was unanimously approved. Resolutions declare two dividends 6d per share and 1d per share payable April 17 to holders registered March 13. Shareholders will receive 2/6 Norseman Developments for five Norseman shares and one share for every 20 Norseman shares.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adelaide
Norseman Gold Mines
N.L
Norseman Developments
Norseman
Lancefield Values North Drive Extension at No 25 Level
Lancefield values from Western Australia report the north drive at No 25 level extended 80 feet in average values of 1dwt per ton with the full ore width not exposed. The south drive extended 23 feet at the lode centre carrying values of 10dwt. Incline tunnel length is 851 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancefield
W.A
Australian Development Seeks to Develop Norseman Lease
Australian Development N L Adelaide reports iron has been taken over lease 1528 Norseman Western Australia from Copeland Mines N L under the same terms as Copeland holds on its two leases. The Copeland supervisor records a favorable view of the lease and actions are underway to proceed with development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australian Development
N.L. Adelaide
Norseman
W.A
Copeland Mines NL
Copeland Company
Norseman mine progress report from No 4 and No 6 levels
NORSEMAN, W A reports progress at No 4 level with an 8 drive section 26 40 percent to 1830 ft averaging value on Jadet over B3ip, rise section 4 Tit to Bf, faces Vydwt. Hanging wall not ox ed. No ff lvel B drive section 74 art to 824 ft in country with quarter stringers. Wine section 32 f1 to 100 ft holed through to Wo 78 section 2 yerage valueso faces Jietet jin. No B drive sectionm 23 S2 ft under 1547 ft are QUAFLE stringers Winac. sens e TL to 60 ft assays 107 percent to Tl. Over 22 AIL to Bit Baw over diin. No 6 level drive off in B2gtt Sdnc 8810. Diamond drill commenced first hole from surface 63071. 8 presente face of No 4 level. Iron King mine compressor installed power lines electric scraper equipment nearing completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norseman
W.A
Vydwt
Jedwi
Jin
Iron King
New Gympie Tribute Work Ends March Report
The Gympie tribute report notes work ended in March with West Crosncut Mok at 198 ft unchanged. Rise a 240 fl and a southeast drive Loom level up to 30 percent above back level. Grey fossiliferous shales with conglomerate Middle band Phoenix higher due to steep north dip. No 4 reef banging wall, Winat No 8 reef north drive TOOf level deepened to 2hft. Grey country at bottom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gympie
Phoenix
Otrata
Winat
Ievel
Dairying Outlook Improves as Weekend Rains Help
Weekend rains lift dairying prospects in Queensland coastal areas with lighter falls on the Downs. NSW sees easier post work conditions enabling herds to be prepared for winter. Victoria reports bounteous rains except in the west, with rapid pasture growth and assured autumn production. South Australia notes cream supplies still in decline and a shortage of top quality for local needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queensland
Prescott Pty., Ltd
Sydney
New South Wales
Victoria
South Australia
Fich Markets Prices and Trade Details Listed
The excerpt records yesterday's Fich Market prices for mullet and various seafood items with unit costs, plus overseas currency notes from New South Wales. It also lists Advance Truckings schedules for cattle and sheep, noting truck capacities and March dates, and includes mining samples advertisements and several business notices from Brisbane.
Market Glutted With Pines and Fruit Prices Fall
Melbourne and Adelaide markets report heavy arrivals of pineapples bananas and various fruits. Weather is rainy with slow sales easing prices. bananas and pines show limited improvement expected after midweek as fruit stocks shift and local produce remains largely unchanged. Nearby listings include apples citrus peaches grapes and pumpkins with prices noted across plusieurs items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rydney
Simen
Queensland
Melbourne
Uoten
Owyndoh Iemons
Adelaide
Cannon Hill Draw in Stock Sale Ledger Fragment
A fragmented ledger entry lists firms and stock sales figures with scattered company names such as Dalgety and Co and PPCA Ltd. The readable items mention cattle calves, brokers, and various totals, implying a public auction or stock sale record with incomplete data. The legible pieces hint at event timing and participating firms amid damaged OCR text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tang and
Piga
Moreheads
Lia
The
Aus
Katalen Co
Carmon
AML. & F. Co
Lta
Oil Biurmielay
Ppca, Ltd
Dalgety & Co, Ltd
Martin Snelling & Co
Qppca, Ltd
Wil Mactagmarc
PPCA
Comotoit
Ieee
Strong Market For Cattle at Homebush Pens
In Sydney at Homebush 24 000 cattle including Men and Jamba were in pens. Prices held near the day’s average with good quality showing strong demand after lunch. Quotations ranged from good to prime vealers to heavy bullocks with cows trading around 33s to 38s and a robust overall market tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
Homebush
Prices Fluctuate At Adelaide
Adelaide market report shows cattle slightly more plentiful than a week ago with improved quality including many good bullocks from the southern districts. Total yarding 1630, down from 1880 last week. Prices per 100 lb vary, prime light to medium ox beef 40s to 46s, prime heavy 17s to 40s, other grades lower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adelaide
Country stock sales in Rockhampton report
A rough summary of Rockhampton stock sales highlights a mix of meat classes. Prices ranged with heavier beef cattle fetching around 23/ to 33/9 per 100 pounds, reflecting parity with the previous week’s market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockhampton
M.E
Australian Clay Products Conference Opens in Brisbane
The sixth annual Australian Clay Products Association conference meets at Queensland Bowling Association rooms Warren Buildings Wharf Street at 10 am. A luncheon follows at His Majesty's Hotel Queen Street and a civic reception at 11 am Friday. Delegates include R Allott Evans Parker J Mack Royle J Upford E J T Mashman E J Swain J Craig M Martin G Paynter P G Dean nis Collin Campbell and 10 Newcastle delegates plus nine from Queensland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australian Clay Products Association
Queensland Bowling Association
Warren Buildings
Wharf Street
Brisbane
His Majesty's Hotel
Queen Street
R. Allott
Rose Garden Pruning and Feeding Tips for Bloom
Garden note advises pruning rose bushes after flowering, cutting shoots back to two or three buds from the main stem. In this climate pruning after every bloom cycle is preferred. Bone dust should be scattered around each plant and worked into the soil, about a handful per plant.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Edwin Fisher
Barclays Bank
London
Raub Australian
Mr. Faine
Ball and Welch
P.c
H. W. Herbert
Trustee Company OF Aust., Ltd
Townsville
Hornibrook
Pam
Pirat Provident Unit
Trent
Weohen Will
South—Ho
O Or
Idaho Hicks—Pret
J P.c
Luci
Annin
Berua
Catimtine Peraias
Tnt
Haare A Inc
Garden Platexu
Iar
Tanciteia
Nerpeman
Nis
Lon Pref
Group Mar
South Wales
Mort
Millaquin
Port Jackson
Amal
A. Hordern
Anal
Securities
Aula
Totalina
Bon Marche
Eis
Broken Hill Pty
Cumberland Paper
Dunlop
Perdrinu
Lectra Zing
New
General Industries
Goldebrough Mort
D. Wile Geet
Hampton Court
Tieng Jones
Howard Smith Iielding
Marcus Clark
Do. Jat
Mark Prefy
Maponite
McNiven
S Millagulney
Mort's Dock
Fiewneta
Bnan’s Properties
Ormenolde
Spencer's
Taubman
T. i Jehards
United Provisions
É . Boul
W. Whitfield
Winism Adams
Woolworth’s
Carpenter
Wunderlich
New York
Carutm
Thisteen
Ulty
Huddart
Argus
Lerie
Avoir
Rtn
Art
Ae Ghitiuha
Ents Jones
Ane Herald
Holent
Hoyta
Apf
Myr
Gotth
Adelan
Ava
Muscath
Ean
Gas
Adelaide Stam Fystverkiner
B.A. Brewing
Reid
Brock
Ps i
Burscotta, Co
Conig
Carricks
Chas Roy
Clifford
Claude Neon
Ba Duniop
Ferdring
Dunlop Io
Fairymead
Evans, Deakin
Te Vadee Pe
Finney, Isles
Banks
Ah CG
J. Coles
OG. J. Grice
Vilay
Gibran & Howes
Aribe
Union
Gordon & Gatch
Insubraece
Hanchck
Gare
Bankers & Trany
Henry Jones
Wu Arbeert
Cliy
Howard
Smith
Australien
Thandler
King
Bhp
McDonnell
Maryborough
Peter Northern
Cantiomaina
Te Peters
Ils Qurenalan
Ole Qland
Toohris
Old Mach
Brisbane Perm
Wonlen Ihae
Ink Oy
Rothwella Guefil
Reb Reid
United Mfetala i
United
Ana
Nyane
Aunt Con
Indu
Walter Reta
Ana Wilcox
Mofflin
Brverit
Werner Bros
Sae
Tinterim
Fai
Helen
Courier-Mail
Tabooba Junction
Tallebudgera
Tewantin
Olawah
Oeeal
Woodford
Yendina
Balde Hille
Botanic Gardens
Cache
Toowong
Hillmere al
Rutherfield
Darling Bowns
Clifton
Dalyeen
Emu Vale
Jimbou Killarney
Dalby
Stanthorpe
Toowang Warwick
Jimbour
Springbrook
BAING
Fratotell
Bourd
Wentworth Sam Dale
Katoomba
Clarence Eage
Port Macquarie
Mewcastle Arches
Jervis
Marlys Macdaie
Om Cape
Mullumbimby
Moi
Wantaida
Barraba
Tamworth
Irindi I
Tenterfield
Glen Innes
Ee Cooma
Casing
Metropolitan
Darling Downs
Ueensland
Canberra
Hobart
Perth
Lane
Fanon
Hill
Dee
Norseman Report
Bu & Cigar
Neva Ming
Bank of New Both Wales
Neaengaxs
Bellin
Belling
Laon
Montreal
Dal
Austria
Belgium
Bele
Oslovakia
Denmer R
France
Finland
Gireece
Holland
Italy
Deva
Oom
Sweden
Nor Wa
Switzerland
Noumea
Papeete
Chefoo
H. Kong
Ceylon
Mon Lm
Anghal
Dat Uh
Germany
T.T
Daollar
Nice
Ris
Quarte
wategurler-Matt
Aace
Columon
Wevitt
Ms Hoek
ANN & CO
Broters
Parbury House
Eagie
Gourlar
Elican Claphos
Ourie
Artians
UCU
Caowl
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