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Show H ERKLT 0D St'MMABT. NBW TORK. Aug. 11 By A. P.) t.att week'a bond markat was a dull affair, tiualneee waa auependtd for ninety miautaa en Wadnaaday daring the period of funeral aarvlcea for the late Fraaldaut Harding la Washington and all day Friday, Ike national day ot mourning. Tbcae two suapanalona coupled with ft ha abaeaae en vacation, of many active trad ere. combined to make the weeks traoaactlona ao usually am a 1 1. Prtcae wate generally firm although net cbgngea oa tUe weak wara relatively unimportant Tha total cf .jtjw bond latuea offered during the weak. 4.444,444. waa tha mil lest of The year. It com par aa with 111,100,044 the prevteue waak. let ( tie naw bue.ncse ta expected during dur-ing th next few weeke. bankers having offerings in view Indicating they will defer the financing until a larger pro portloa of laveatora have returned from their vaeetlona Raperta peretet that eeveral al. com-paniae com-paniae are deal roea af floating bond la-aues la-aues ta obtala addition fun da for eon-at eon-at ruction of eterage batrtlltlee te sare (or the continued aver-prodeelloa la crude ell and gaaollne. However, bankers bank-ers atata nothing will ba done la that regard for the immediate future. A revival ef Interest la the contemplated contem-plated aaw financing by the Argentine government haa dlecloeed the fact that London bank era alee are la the field for thla particular laaue. American benkera atata they do net believe the full amount ef the 144.tt4.444 gold peeoa authorised will ba offered la the near future. The aaw Swiao government 4 per cant three year aetea traded la oa a whaa teased seete oa the New Tork Curb, sold fraat tonally under the offering price of ItT.lt. probably a eympathetla reflection re-flection of lower foreign exchange ratea aOepoait cart If tea tee covering the Mexican bond a Involved la the debt agreement between the Mexican republic repub-lic and the International committee of , bankers ware admitted to trading en the' New Tork Stock exchange. I! All of tha aew offerings la at week'i were atata and municipal laeuea Tha 1 largeet ef theae was Il.l04.00t. sixteen j to twenty-nine year 14 par cant, eiate I of North taketa rural bonda offered 1 at prices ta yield f per seat. j NKW TORK. Aug. SI Weakness of French and Belgian bonda In reflection j of tha unfavorable weak end political ; developmenta in Europe featured today 'a 1 early and Irregular bond doe I Ipse, fteina ' Ta broke naarly I pointo and atordaaus la Parta-LyoBe-Mealterrenean a aad Belgian Ta and la drapped one to one and a fcalf polnta Mealcaa 4 ware atrong. Unlt.d Statco government bontla hald ateaiy. In tha Induatrlal group, Sinclair la kroka 4 points to new lew for the year and tit 7a dropped 1 , whll Virginia-Caroline CUamlual Tit alumped 1 and tha Ta with war-renta war-renta 1 Except for a gain of 1 paints la Illinois Central 4s of 1112. the change In tha railroad group . war largely fractional. |