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Edinburgh Courant

Location

Edinburgh, Midlothian, United Kingdom

Date

Nov 15, 1884

Page

28

Edinburgh and Glasgow stock market report on Friday night

The Edinburgh and Glasgow markets closed firmer with gains in home and colonial rails and American shares. Oils and gas equities mixed while money markets showed higher call rates and reduced sterling liquidity amid broader European and American financial moves.

Edinburgh Knighton Brium Glasgow Tial Railways Grand Trunk Tericans New York Central Omo Philadelphia Im Bank Hiviland Comsoits Australia Scottish Trust of Ceylon Lanarks West Lothian Edinburgh Street Ief Smuh England New York Rand Holland Bank Amsterdam

Aberdeen transactions record

Northern Assurance paid 42 pounds 12s 6d in cash. North of Scotland Bank 10 pounds 108. Aberdeen Newcastle and Hull Steam 38s twice. Bon-Accord Distillery 6 pounds 2s 6d. Davidson & Sons New 18s 14d twice. North of Scotland and Orkney and Shetland Steam 2 pounds 5s.

Northern Assurance North of Scotland Bank Aberdeen Newcastle Hull Bon-Accord Distillery Davidson & Sons, New North of Scotland Orkney and Shetland

Financial notes and stock market telegrams from Constantinople to New York

The report details Turkish debt receipts for October and October figures for Eastern Roumelia, with totals compared to 1883. It also notes New York and Western market activity, alleging artificial gains by Gould-backed pools, unsettled railroad rate talks, and mixed movements in stocks like New York Central, Lake Shore, and Illinois Central, amid easy money and standard bond activity.

India Canada Cape of Good Hope New South Wales South Australian Tasmania Buenos Ayres Guatemala Uruguay Metropolitan District Great Eastern Brighton Metropolitan Sheffield Great Northern Caledonian Great Western North British Chatham North Staffordshire London and North-Western Midland North-Eastern New York Central Central Pacific Chicago Milwaukee St Paul Erie Buffalo Lake Huron Scinde Punjaub Delhi Tasmanian Rio de Do Sul Alagoas Bahia San Francisco Rosario Rio Australia China Bank of Rio de Commercial Consolidated Gas Light Mysore West Basset Mason & Barry Richmond Consolidated Rio Tinto United Mexican National Safe Deposit National Discount Company Ouvah Coffee East and Weat India Dock Consol, Money Co Caledonian Railway Gate & S.weetern Great North of Scotland Lon So.-West Man. Scheff., & Lin Railway Invest Oo Ee Clyde Trust Grand ‘Trunk of Canada P.c Alidianad Eee Milw St Paula Denver and Rio Grande Hilo Central Tn Invest Lake Shore & Michigan Louisville and Nashville Ae - Y. Cent Had. R. R Grand Trunk of Canals N. Y L. Erie N.Y Ontario London Revis P.c. Guar Ohio Mississippi Canadian Pacifique Secon Oregon California Pennsylvania Philadel Wabash, St L Pac Rios Penn Rie Wepseesees Exican Way Tino Central Wneeeenens Id. Co Laxo Shore Ace Union Bank of Scotland Uuavilie & Nash Caledonian Fire N.eae City of Hudsons Oregon & Cat Si Oye Gold “Mines Lig Ik Marbella Monktland Iron Company Wabash & St Louis Oe Steel Company of Banke. Co Alliance Bank Broxburn Oi Beret Burntisland Lanark Oil Cuart Deican Young's Hongkong & ‘Shanghai State Steamship Co Aperia Ottoman Foe Anglo-Amer London and County London & Provincial River Plate Telegraph Longon & Westminster - Glasgow Austral Vale Clyde Wndon Distillers Com England Indiarubber & Tel National African Imson Bank of London Oo Nobel Partick, Hallbelch Maryt Vombardo Varna Sheebmves Dundee Brazhan Chutian Tian Darasin He Oregon Rail Dun. Mort.& Trusting Amer Lexus Lratian Matador P. c Powder River Council of Foreign Bondholders Constantinople Eastern Roumelia Financial News New York Illnois Central Lake Shore Gould Clique West Shore Daily News New York Telegram Gould Trunk Linea Western Connections

Holmes Oil Company approves stock issue and governance changes

A special meeting in Glasgow chaired by Mr John Millen approved deleting certain articles and adding a clause prohibiting directors from using company funds to buy company shares. New stock is issued at par to present holders, based on 1037 shares. Works advance with distillation begun and new seams found, boosting prospects. Pennsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company to announce a dividend of 7 percent for the year, including sub components.

Holmes Oil Company Glasgow John Millen Pennscular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company

Glasgow iron market shaken by bear raids and delays

The Glasgow iron market faced excitement and anxiety as weak jobbers overextended positions, causing a price drop after oversales were squared. Exports fell to 6755 tons with a year-to-date loss of 67085 tons. One furnace restarted at Lungloan, now 96 blowing, while shipbuilding and marine engineering slow.

Glasgow States Portland Australia Genoa Hamburg Rotterdam Antwerp Cronstadt Dunkirk Lungloan Shipbuilding Marie Engineering Clyde Bombay Calcutta Buenos Aires Trinidad Melbourne Italy

Wool sales in London catalogue totals 6693 bales plus 408 pockets

Yesterday's catalogue lists 6 33 bales New Zealand 1070 Queensland 1043 Sydney 812 Adelaide 38 Tasmania 11 Cape 10 Swan River and 1 Jamaica totalling 6693 bales and 408 pockets New Zealand. Sales progress well at full prices though faulty sorts tilt slightly toward buyers.

London New Zealand Queensland Sydney Adelaide Tasmania Cape Swan River Jamaica

Pears Soap Advertises Gentle Skin Care

An advertisement touts Pears Soap as pure fragrant and refreshing for toilet and nursery use. It claims benefits for delicate skin of youths and children and those sensitive to weather, with a claim to prevent redness roughness and chapping. Sold in tablets and larger sizes with prices listed.

Heavy Failure In London Sparks Creditors Meeting

The session of Spartak & Co at 26 Old Broad Street was announced with liabilities estimated between £500,000 and £600,000. Some portion of the estate is not expected to be claimed. A circular from Hallame Son & Coward states Messrs Spertali & Co are convening a creditors meeting, with books placed with Cooper Brox to prepare an affairs statement and summon the meeting at the earliest possible day.

S Sion Messrs Spartak & Co Old Broad Street London Messrs Hallame, Son, & Coward Mincing Lane E.C Messrs Spertali & Co Messrs Cooper Brox. & Co George Street Mansion House

Sequestrations and Discharges in Scottish Bankruptcy Notices

Edinburgh Gazette lists sequestrations and applications for discharge including James Stewart bookseller Aberdeen and John Campbell Young provision merchant Glasgow. examinations for commission and petitions for creditors in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Airdrie, Stirling, and other towns with dates in November.

Edinburgh James Stewart St Nicholas Street Aberdeen Mann's Palace J. C. Bennett John Campbell Young Merkland Street Partick Faculty Hall Glasgow Brownlie, Watson Crs&io James Gillin Charles Street Greenock Grorae Hoacay Bread Street Neilson Love North Frederick Street John Jack Harmony Row Govan Hobert Street William Fraxe Cowfeeder Stonefield Blantyre Hamilton Ronald M.allister Cumberland Street South Side Alexander A. Pollock Milngavie Stirling W. R Hutton Waterloo Street W. Hutton & Company James A.nere North Street William Macfarlane Burnbank Sheaff Court-house Joann Magtrx Cumnock Ayr

Yesterday's Markets Spotlight Mixed Tin and Cotton Activity

Market reports show corn trading sluggish due to hefty arrivals of wheat flour and oats with oats cheaper by about 6d. Cotton sales reach 2000 bales at various qualities while prices hold at full values. other commodities including sugar coffee tea and oils show softness and uneven support. Copper and tin futures remain firm with broad price dispersion across metals. Potato supplies ample with moderate trade. Billingsgate fish markets report varied catches and prices. Hop trade remains dull with prices favoring buyers.

Emnewelly Tinnevelly Madras Western Northern Woconada Surdi Dhokerah Oomrawattes Sid Scinde Bengal Tate Martineau Duncan Schwartz Demerara West India Porto Rico Mauritius Arracan London Rangoon Continent Hull Y.C London Metal Exchange G.O Billingsgate Sussex Old Hove Haddington Montrose Glasgow Stirling Leeds Lincoln Oregon Makefield America Dublin Mac Dull Cork

Provincial Corn Markets See Varied Prices Across Regions

Reports from Haddington Kelso Montrose Glasgow Stirling and Perth detail mixed wheat barley and oats trading. Wheat prices range from 25s to 36s per quarter with top weights and changing averages. Barley and oats show smaller gains and losses, with beans and flour also noted. Livestock sales at Perth show strong showings. cattle and sheep prices listed amid a busy store-stock sale.

Cattle and Sheep Trade Outlook in Edinburgh and Glasgow Markets

Weekly live stock report notes larger home fed cattle supplies in Edinburgh and Glasgow with generally steady prices, but cheaper quality stock. Sheep supplies exceed demand. best descriptions fetch higher prices while middling and inferior struggle. Trades at Haymarket and Hallow Fair show slow demand with intensified packing and improved clearance later in the week.

Messrs John Swan & Sons Edinburgh Glasgow Denmark Haymarket Hallow Fair Oliver & Son Cross Wethers Thomas Rose

Liverpool Markets and Trade Notes Across Commodities

London reports show steadier cotton futures in December and November contracts with limited price movement. Liverpool produce markets mix palm oil and cheese steady to softer while sugar eases. coal and iron trade in South Wales remains quiet yet with improving demand signs. shipping volumes rise at Cardiff and Newport as coal and ore flows continue to key markets.

Sir Sdhall Tara Ny Leicester Perth Liverpool Dune Daly Oold Seston Manchester Clyde Glasgow South Wales Newport Swansea Cardiff

Firing at Belfast church and Tipperary farmhouse violence

Gunfire disrupted nightly services at Natchew's Church in Ballymacarret Belfast during Redemptorists mission as bullets shattered windows and alarms rang. In Tip darin Ireland a landlord’s eviction of a tenant led to a mob tearing doors and gates from a farmhouse, blocking access with barricades and putting six caretakers on alert.

Ballymacarrets Belfast Tipperary Shite

Shipping Intellighor Leith Imports and SAILINGS NOV 14

Shipping reports list vessels with cargoes and destinations for November 14. Entries include Leith imports to Antwerp and Odessa grain shipments, ships like Queen of 82 and St Nicholas with general cargo or passengers, and ballast movements from Hull and other ports.

Brealau Eee A Elford Antwerp Centrét Enndle Young Odessa Scott Lerwick Warsewer Robinson Newcastle St Nicholas S.s Angus Aberde North Jason Erstadt Kinghorn Dam Windsor Dunkirk Marmion London Tuilochgorum Clackmannan Pight—Schwabe Hull

Shipping Cargoes and Vessels Listed in Nov Shipments

A fragment lists multiple vessels and cargos including Laura s.s. bound for Faroe and Iceland with general goods, Pierremont s.s. unloading ballast to load coal, and other entries like Libau Nicolai Schiedam and Damielsen Hangesunegal.

Sant Raived Libau S.3 Nicolai Schiedam Saitep Laura S.s Jansen Faroe Iceland Ae Anegers Pierremont Roberts Coal Framatyr Damielsen Hangesunegal

Maritime Freight Listing from Burntisland Annuivep

A brief shipping record from Burntisland dated Nov 14 shows Albion at 545 and Phillige at 366, with Anglien listed as a vessel agent or destination. Elements mention Elizaoeth at 277, Copenhagen bound cargo with Landers at 713 and Thoméa cardino noted as part cargo espurto.

Burntisland Annuivep Albion Phillige Oran

Shipping Notices Include Carron and Stupa Cargoes

Arnivep reports Carron Charl from London with general cargo Bear Hawrie Middlesbech iron SalLep coal carrier and Stupa Bundy Judon coal Caroline Hardie London general cargo Rotterdam Gentle Middlesbrough signal cargo.

Grangemouth Arnivep Carron Charl London Bear Hawrie Middlesbech Iron SalLep Stupa Bundy Judon Caroline Hardie Gener Cargo Rotterdam Gentle Middlesbrough Gnal Cargo

Shipping Movements Report From Nov 13 14 Ports

Inbound and outbound vessel movements listed include Concordia from Montreal to Glasgow, Clutha from Rosario, Allan Lixg, Nova Sco from Liverpool to Halifax and Baltimore, Norwegian from London to Montreal, Peruvia from Moville to Halifax and Baltimore, and Anchor Line routes from Alexandria to Palermo and Genoa, with others noted at Liverpool Glasgow and New York ports.

Glasgow Annmotp Nova Sco Liverpool Halifax Baltimore John's N.F London Montreal Quebec Peruvia Moville Alexandri Catania Palermo Italia Gibraltar Genos Hesperia Calcutta New York

Mail and Steamship News Briefs From Ports and Ships

Nov 11 to 14 shipping notices report arrivals and departures of multiple liners and troopships including Primipire hanghai city of Montreal and Peninsular and Oriental Nepaul. Vessels from London Cardiff Liverpool and Calcutta make port calls as far afield as Buenos Aires and New York.

Brom Lloyd's New Yoas Rio Monte Video Buenos Ayres Bousar H.M Serapis Natal Matta Peninsular Orient Nepaul London St. Clay Mornisk AOE St. Cuba Cardiff Arriv Dovas Furness Lincoln City Hull Quagxstown Celtic Liverpool New York Pinagtek St. Lepanto Tyne Mapras Hartington Middlesbront Madras Sard St. Vellorophon Shanghai Persian Gulf Azpco Pany’s St. Bussorab Brettan Romer

Indictment for capslaughter shocks Quigam area

Harry Avies was indicted for the capslaughter of Ed mund Kerguns at Quigam after a quarrel at a home. A jury returned a guilty verdict and a sentence of twenty years' permanent servitude was passed.

Wocheater Hott Harry Avies Edmund Kerguns Quigam Atrack Guiley Dockskar Barry Cardiff Lord Windsor Ker County Downs Clearucz Schexein Prince Buamarck Wilind Gloucester Lata Mer Wilam Cripps M.P Wynstay Burton Waskin ‘Milliams Wyne Bismarck

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