PRICE OF GOLD SOARING

Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 49, 26 August 1933, Page 16

PRICE OF GOLD SOARING

United Press Association—By Electric Telecraph—Copyright. (Received August 26, 10 a.m.) LONDON, August 25. The price of gold is 126s 2d per oz fine. Per oz. b. d. August 24:. 125 9 August 22 125 3 ; August 21 , 125 2 . August 19 125 o■■ . August 17 1253 August 15 124 10 . August 14 124 8 August 3 124 7 August 2 124 3 July 20 124 6 •July 11 124 10 July 1 122 4% The price of gold before England went, off the gold standard on September 21, 1931, was about S4s lOd. PRICES OF METALS STEADY. United Press Association—By Electric TeleItraph—Copyrlslit LONDON. August 24. The official London (middle) quotations for Thursday, as reported by the Australian Mines and Metals Association, compare as under witlj those previously

Mr. F. H. Hamilton in his speech at the annual meeting of the H.E. Proprietary dealt at some length with, the satisfactory position of the Luipaards Vlci, .the WilUna, antl the Blackwater Mines, New Zoaland, in which the company is largely interested. The female fashion of slimming is cited as the cause of the demand' for lean meat, and possibly smaller joints. A speaker at the Canterbury' (Kent) Farmers' Club last month advocated a campaign against this, and a recommendation of Kent sheep as a particularly fine article

cabled ■'— cal Aug. 23. Aug. 24. l'er ton. Per ton. Copper— £ s. d. £ s. d. Standard, spot .. 35 11 IO'/j 35 4 4% Standard, fonvd. 35 16 3 35 8 D Electrolytic .... 30 10 0 ■ 3D 10 0 to 40 10 0 40 0 • 0 Wile bars 40 10 0 40 0 0 Load— . ■ " ' S Vpot ' 11 17 (3 11 17 G Forward 12 2 0 12 2 G SpelterSpot ;... 16 10 3 16 16 3 Forward 1G 16 3 16 10 3 TinSpot .213 8 9 213 8 9 Fonvanl 213 2 0 213 2 0 SilverStandard, per oz. 17 15-16d 17 7-Sd Fine 19 3-Sd 19fl-.16d