Show IN Buying Not Aggressive Advances Ad vances Limited Foreign Lists Up e By DONALD C. C DOLLES BOLLES Associated Tress Financial Writer NEW YORK Feb 20 O IP IT After quietly forward In expanded activity in the thO previous session bond trading suffered n. n relapse Friday and nd the dullness wa was evident In the hesitancy displayed by investment Some of the railroad obligations that hat have been favored recently by investors maintained their advance but the market as a whole was more mort steady teady than firm The bullish tone of shares encouraged a little buying of stock privilege bonds bonda but it was wa not ot aggressive and advances were limited The United States government list totally Ignored the action by the senate sen sen- ate tc after the tho market closed Thursday Thursday Thurs Thurs- day In sending the soldiers soldiers' bonus bill to the president with its overwhelming over over- whelming approval Trading in these obligations was only nominal and the changes that occurred were unimportant Most of Ot the changes In the foreign list were on the upside and Brazil 6 l Bulgaria 7 l Uruguay and Col Cologne ne 6 l showed marked improvements Australian bonds still sill sick and resumed their decline Australian governments City bonds and several other were under pressure The announcement that New York City will offer the tho largest single piece of financing in its history next month planning to sell bonds on March 4 4 caused no surprise surprise sur sur- prise in investment banking circles There was considerable speculation however on the tho marketing of the huge issue with the prospect held not unlikely that the two powerful New NewYork NewYork York banking syndicates that usually I Ibid bid for New York bonds would submit submit sub sub- mit a joint offer |