CRIPPLING GERMAN TRADE.
WOOL EXPORTS WATCHED. ACTION IN AUSTRALIA. i Received October 25, 5.5 p.m.) Melbourne, October 25. A proclamation which has just been issued prohibits the exportation of wool to certain places without. the consent of the Minister for Customs. The Woolbrokcrs' Association notifies that exports will he permitted to Britain, Canada, India, Now Zealand, Belgium, and France, in British or French ships: to Japan in British or Japanese ships. Regarding shipments to America, Italy, and other countries, the permission of the Customs authorities must be j obtained- i j NO IMPORTS OF SUGAR. | BRITISH PROHIBITION. | CONTROL OVER SUPPLIES, j Wellington, October 25. I The High Commissioner reports that with a. view to crippling tier- j many's trade, the British Govern- j ment has prohibited the importation j of sugar into the United Kingdom. It is stated that there is no danger of a shortage. Supplies are available to meet the demand for seve- J ral months. The price will not ex- j ceed 3sd, and probably will be fur-1 i ther reduced. This action is neces- | sary owing to Germany selling beet sugar to neutral countries and the latter selling to England. STEAMER RELEASED. NO DANGER FROM DENMARK. Washington*, October 24. Sir Cecil Spring Rice, British Ambassador, has announced that the John P. Rockefeller has been released, as Denmark prohibits the shipment of oil to Germany. The nil steamer John D. Rockefeller was seized off the Orkneys when hound to Copenhagen from New York with a cargo of oil. DEMAND FOR HORSES. SPAIN WILL NOT SELL ! ACTION" BY GOVERNMENT. ! ] Madrid, October 24. | The Government has prohibited the export of horses and mules, | which had been started on a large scale.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15749, 26 October 1914, Page 6
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282CRIPPLING GERMAN TRADE. New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15749, 26 October 1914, Page 6
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