SHARE PRICES ADVANCE.

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20184, 12 March 1931, Page 10

SHARE PRICES ADVANCE.

PASTORAL STOCKS SOAR. TRANSACTIONS AT SYDNEY. tUWIM» *BZBS ASSOCIA.TIO*—KLXCTXIO ■ TSLKORAPK—COPTBIGHT.) (Received March lith, 7.50 p.m.) • SYDNEY, - March H-. Sharfc prices are still strongly advancing- and the volume ,of genuine business continues t<> expand. The appreciation in Federal loans is steady, while banking' 'securities have ' also firmed,; although sellers are most difficult to locate. The turnover to-day was the best for months. Pastoral tatocks have soared owing to ment that wool had risen» fifteen to twenty per cent, in London. ■ THE MARKETING BOARD. I empire butter canvass. | (HKITZD tRIJS ASSOCIATION —BT ELECTIUO TELEGRAPH—COPiatOHT.) t •LONDON, > March 10: ' The Empire Marketing Board reports that, prior -to the canvass, of Wigan, out of 272 grocers only 75 stocked Empire butter. Now 146 'more havej promised to keep it. , The proportion of grocers in Manchester selling it Jenow 80 per cent. SHOP OPENED IN BIRMINGHAM. ' ' - • '■> ' GLASGOW'S GREAT RESPONSE. A new Empire shop opened in Birnunghara on January 26th for the display of Empire goods and the sate of email samples to the public. The Empire Marketing Board has taken premises ic the mayi street of the city for si* months, and e<ach : Dominion iti turn will take over the shop < for a dieplay of its produce. Mr William Lung, M.P. (Under-Sescretary -of State for Affaire-and vice-chairman of the Empire Marketing-Board) spoke at the opening.' The % decision to organf. ise a - second shop- was taken following the encouraging results *of the Glasgow enterprise,- where the first experiment in this new and ■ practical , publicity drivd was ' conducted. ? More enquiries for Empire, goods - are - being received by -Glasgow grocers than was the case before the ! shop was organised. '. !,.■ ■ Three Good Answers. Three questions were recently put to the Glasgow Grocers'.' and Provision Merchants'• Association- by-the Board j namely: Do more customers ask for Empire goods P Are members of the Association stocking; more Empire lines? And are Empire goods easier to sellP _ The grocers replied that a definitely f,reater interest' was taken' by -the pubto in Empire goods, With one exception, all the members said that they were either-stocking, new lines, or a larger .quantity ■Of the Empire goods' already sfcx&ed.t And- it was unanimously agreed that .it was ; oasier to sell Empire goods. Several suggestions w«re pair forward. Grocers thought <tbttt.j .most elective, ithoee ,where only a few .articles were shown .and sold, and - 'was .concentrated «n pne or two things rather than spread over several 1 pro: dUCts. , Tb« . Glasgow - shop - closed down in -.and the Birmingham premises, jftre the first to be oepned;in England: 1 which . .'were - popular at, Glaa-1 Sow, ,>such as -, tli(j ; demonstration kitben Arid; aclub-rOTmand'informaiion sirojreauVfqir ,traders; are - included at fliriiyngham. y ;Now .Zealandytakes over, | *fr<pto, England attd. Wales in- the. shop \eatly> inQrebruafryf: and 1 South 1 /Africa, 1 'Australia,'lndia, -. Canada, ' Scotland, Southern - Rhodesia, ian<J the Colonies ,/ v ' ' • ' ; ' : ' ipjfRXStCpiIICHRAM -'i . ; c h- ') K' s \ ~ J , V ' , ' fENTRIES FOR THIS -TEAR. *\ The entries'for the Ohristchurch Tarn fair, 'to be" held, at'the Show Grounds on March 19th and 20th,/are as fol-. low, the order, of sale being'as set out, while a table of comparison with last year's fair is given:— XXOOK SAMS. A SALE. 1930. 1931. English Leicester .. 1105 1688 Southdown .1 -. 1168 1113 B SALE. Shropshire ... 147 82 ' Suffolk* ■■■.< —3 ' Ryelaitd . . .. 36 S3 Border Leicester i • • .. 303 459 Merino .., •. 'A 10 ' Lincoln* ... •. ■ — - 40 , Halfbred ... .. 261 480 Romney Harsh . . 405 , . , 347 Corriedale .. 2099 1351 5524 6505 1 STUD KAMA. •Romney Marsh .. 13 13 1 Shropshire .. .. 9 : 14 Border Leicester ' .. 33 87 < Halfbred' .. .. 1 1 Lincoln .. i. o 3 ' 8 [ Merino ••' .. •• 3vf..;! , Southdown ... •. 87 75 Oorriedale .. 70 '■ 44 i '. English Leicester ~. t .08 ■ 95 .