TRADE AND FINANCE

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2227, 13 August 1914, Page 5

TRADE AND FINANCE

PRICES NORMAL IN BRITAIN FISH AND FRUIT CHEAP (Rec. August 12, 9.40 p.m.) London, August 12, moriiing. A perfect calm prevails throughout Grcnt Britain. The fixing of maximum prices i'or foodstuffs is apparently unnecessary, and pi'iwfl are practically normal. Fish amf fruit arc ridiculously cheap. BANK OF ENGLAND. ' RHCEIVES NINE MILLIONS IN GOLD.: i London, August it' . The, Bnnk of England has received a further quarter of a million of gold., Ths. total receipts Me nine millions since August 5. Couditioas are etsadily improv--

aad the bania are paying oat in , The Transvaal output for ' July ' was 3,lll,39Bozirtho"larg&st sincoTJußie, 1913. Bar silver, .is quoted: at'2(!sd.: per ounce standard. pRoM DENMARK. LARGE WEEKLY SUPPLIES (Roc. August 12, 8.80 p.m.) ■'! v ' Copenhagen) August 11. ; ■' It is officially announced that Denmark will continue to send, to England 40,000 hogs weekly, and 2000 tons of '.butter. ..'.! gemerous aid; 'v, GOOD CREDIT FOR FRENCH FOOD- .. Par.is;.Aiigjisf: "Le Matin" slates that the French and. American Bank has opened a gold credit of thirty million francs (.£1,250,000) to the Government's account -to -purchase' corn . and other foodstuffs."'' The paper adds ' that large quantities of grain in tko United States a!nd Argentine have.lifeen"" already .bought for .shipment l to"'France and Great Britain. . PRICES RISE IN AMERICA, ' ! ' INVESTIGATION LIKELY;: ; ::v -' j (Sec. August 12, 11.20 p.m.) New York, August. 11. The prices of foodstuffs are steadily rising /throughout, the. United .States, .as. > fornjers and stockmen are. expectation, of higher values ruling. : Con- -, gress will probably be asked to investi- , gate the.existence of oombines. The Ar-'' mour Company, explain that the raising of"j>riees is partly "due to' the want of stability in the. import of meat from Australia, ; while .American' stocks, ib <prtsent-"». arc very low. , : • MEAT - SUPPLIES, >. •. - A QUEENSLAND' BILL.' ' ' ' . Brisbane; August 12." : In the Assembly a Bill has been introduced' to enable' .the -Givenimdht' cure , meat supplies for .the use.of the Imperial authorities.7 It.,.only..applies to meat' intended,, for: export,., whether live stock .or canned. - The. penalty . for -a- - : breach of.the Bill is. .<£11)0(1, or a year's im-' prisonment.- . MARKET/FIRM:' •; (Rec. 'August i2j 8.35 p.in!) "" ; London, August 12, morning. Wheat.—Tho market is firm, with fair liiqijiry for arrived and near to the coast cargoes. • . • THE EMPIRE OVERSEAS- i HANDSOME CANADIAN GIFTS ONLY PICKED TROOPS TO' GO (Received .August 12, .515. p.m.) Ottawa, August 11. ■ Mr. Patrick Burns, the cattle .kiiif '.. of Oalgarry, offers fifty thousand dollars ( (.£10,000) to equip a Legion of Frontiersmen. Winnipeg, August-11. >. The Alberta province has offered a full supply of Albertan oats to the British " Army. . • ' Vancouver, August'll" ; ' British Columbia is offering- supplies " of apples and canned salmon for the Brit, ish troops. Owing to the rush to enlist, the Ottawa authorities are raising the standard. Only picked, troops will_.be sent from Canada. AUSTRALIA. AUTHENTIC WAR NEWS.' 1 . A GOVERNMENT^B^ Melbourne, August, lby, , Tho~ Premiers' Conference has consid- -- ered .the circulation of.-authentic-war . news, and 1 is" securing its' own -budget 'for distribution. Steps are being taken to secure as much information as possible " from- thi High Commissioner, with a view •>' of'making.it available to the:- public . 'through the usual channels, : AUSTRALIAN LUTHERANS., • - •-'Wrth, August'l2.' ; The president of the Evangelical Lathei-in •Synod has written to the Goyernor-Goh-eral, assuring liim 9.f the loyalty of tho congregations in all States to Great Britain, and that numbers am prepared to defend tho King and country with theil goods, body, and life.--- i-. coal' minerß7dl£ v '" ' ' SLACKNESS IN NEWCASTLE DISTRICT. (Rec. August 12, 9.40 p.m.) Sydney, August 12. Over five thousand miners are on strike or hove been rendered idle owing -to . slackness of-workun the Newcastle and ; Maitland districts""' . "" "THE KAISER HAS GONE MAD." Melbourne, August 12. A young German, in applying for naturalisation, declared that the Kaiser had gone mnd in. trying to fight all the world. There was no other explanation possible. : ,;The contributors in .aid of the Expedi■tionary Force include'Bensdorp and Company, 42,000 packages of cocoa. ' SYDNEY FUN'D. ~ (Reo. August 13, 1 a.mj'' V "" ' Sydney, August 12. '. The Stock Exchange' has ' contributed .£2OOO to the Lord Mayor's patriotic, fund. . .. .SOUTH AFRICA. , . - COMMITTEE TO FIX PRICES. •r, 4 :.Capß-Town,'.'A\igust;.:TiC/r:; The citizens in Cape Town have formed! a committee to" regulate '..the; prices' . of,-. .. foodstuffs. ' , - The-,Government has.issued; a.messago -■ to. tho_ Natives explaining, '"of ,* the' WaK ....Tha.Qoyernmen.tJias guaranteed tho in.,,. saranoe on wheat' consignments ex Aus- • tralia. iNDiA.' LOYAL NATIVES OFFER SUPPORT. Bombay, August 10. Fresh offers have bsen received of sup« port-from-the Native States.---Enthu. siastic "meotibgs ate being llicld.t'evcrj' where in India.