NEW ZEALAND PRODUCE

Gisborne Times, Volume VIII, Issue 534, 30 September 1902, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND PRODUCE

PROSPECT OF GOOD FRUIT MARKET. i _ j By Telegraph—Press Association. I Wellington, last night, i The Department of Industries and Comi merce has received a report from Mr • Cameron, Produce Commissioner in Loni don, dated August 22, regarding the market for fruit pulp and hemp. The report shows that owing to bad weather the Engfish fruit crop has been a comparative failure, and on the Continent the prospects of large supplies are poor. In California, which sends large quantities of apricots to London, the fruit this season is unusually small for bottling, and a large proportion of it will he used tor pulping. The Commissioner is inclined to urge the shipment of raspberry and black currant pulp’ from New Zealand during the next season. The price for raspberries is about 26s per cwt., and for black currant pulp about 30s, with an advancing market. Every care should be taken in regard to the quality being satisfactory, and no water, sugar, or preservative of any kind should bo added. Though the shipment of pulp is, to a certain extent, speculative, the coming seasons offers more favorable opportunity than for some years. The prices of hemp have again become firm, and satisfactory. Owing to expected large supplies of Manila, New Zealand had gone down to £2B 10s, hut has since risen to £33 to £34, which price is likely to he maintained for some time. Hemp from New Zealand lately has shown much improvement in quality, probably owing to the system of grading adopted by the Government. For some time there has 1 been less hemp arriving in England from f Manila than used to be the case. As ’ Americans are largely buying direct, this I is likely to be an advantage to shipments v arriving from this colony. b

Two young men of good family have been .sentenced to a week's imprisonment at Berlin for picking up two spent bullets on a ririe range. It was held that the bullets belonged to the person from whose gun they were discharged.

A Manchester magistrate has ruled that proprietors of cafes and restaurants who have pingpong tables among their attractions must take out .licenses on that account*