HIGH COMMISSIONER'S CABLED REPORT

Evening Post, Volume XC, Issue 93, 18 October 1915, Page 2

HIGH COMMISSIONER'S CABLED REPORT

The Department of Agriculture, Industries, and Commerce has received the following cablegram from the High Commissioner for New Zealand, dated London, 16th October, 1915 (Note.—Quotations, unless otherwise specified, are average market prices on spot) : — Meat — There is a poorer demand for mutton and lamb owing- to a large supply of Scotch, which is selling at a low price, sometimes less than frozen Canterbury. _ Mutton — Canterbury, 7|d per 1b for light weight ; heavy weights, 7d ; other than Canterbury cannot be quoted. Lamb — Canterbury, twos 8&d per lb, heavy weight fours 7£d ; other than Canterbury best quality is _ not quoted; ordinary quality, 7|d for light weight. Beef — Prime New Zealand beef is not available. Second-class quality, hinds 6d per lb, fores sd ; chilled beef, a moderate supply; hinds 7gd, fores sgd. Butter — The market is very unsettled. Pricea are irregular. There is practically no demand for Danish on account of high prices Official quotations are suspended this -week owing- to Germany touymg heavily — are reported to be paying at the rate of about' 2705. Nominal price here is 184s to 190s; Siberian, a good demand for finest ; low grade, slow, 136s to 1425 ; Iriah creamery, the market is dull and_ at the decline, per cwt, 168s to 1765 ; United States, ,a good demand, London and Liverpool, cost, insurance, freight, 148s to 1545; spot market, 150s to 1655, according to quality. ' Cheese — The market is firm, with an upward tendency. Canadian, steady demand, market stronger, white and coloured, 77s to 80s;' English Cheddar, firm, a good demand, 94s to 965 ; Cheshire, 96a to 100s ; New Zealand : The spot market is practically cleared, white and coloured, 76s to 78s ; United States, 72s to 765 ; fine, 68s to 70s. Hemp — The market_ is very quiet. There has been nothing doing during this but to-day business is_ apparently improving, and the market is firmer. New Zealand good fair, per ton, £33 10s ; New Zealand fair, £31 10s. Manila new graded fair, £38 10s. Forward shipment : New Zealand good fair, per ton, £33; New Zealand fair, £31. Manila new graded fair, £38 10s. The output from Manila for the week was 15,000 bales. Wheat — The market remains firm. October to November shipment, Canadian, per quarter, 525 ; American, 52s 6d. Oats — The market remains firm. Argentine, October to November shipment, per quarter, 28s.

The Rev. D. J. Murray, of Feilding, has received by the English mail a letter from his son, Private Rainton Murray, who is in military hospital at Devonport (says a Wanganui paper), showing the big development of modem surgery. Describing his wound, he says that a section two inches long of the main nerve of the right arm was shot clean out, and also a smaller piece in another place. The doctor, who is the nerve specialist of Guy's Hospital, joined up the main nerve by grafting in a piece, splicing one end, and binding the other with fat and a blood vessel from another part of the arm. Another operation has yet to be performed, and then it is a matter of time till the ends have grown together. A few years ago this operation would have been impossible. It will be a long business, but ultimate success will be the 1 result