THE New Zealand Mail. PUBLISHED WEEKLY. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1895. THE PROVINCIAL MARKETS.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1197, 8 February 1895, Page 20

THE New Zealand Mail. PUBLISHED WEEKLY. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1895. THE PROVINCIAL MARKETS.

Mu. Pauling’s suggestion is especially apropos at the present time. The colonies have passed the beginning of a mortal struggle with Continental producers for the possession of the great Produce At the outset of that struggle the colonists, who have demonstrated the superiority of their products under every head, are directing their efforts to one market, in which they get badly into each other’s way. Their enemies, on the other hand, pass their cargoes into all the great ports of Great Britain. To succeed we must follow them and meet them and fight them in every field into which they set their foot. Our products are superior, and their numbers are swelling up enormously year by year, increasing the force that drives us outwards and homewards to seek for the income of colonisation. The buyers who want cheap food and cheap

raw material refuse to give us any fi sca l advantages. We are discovering that we have sufficient advantage in climate and soil to beat the foreign competitor who is so much nearer the market. But to bring those advantages to bear with full force we must go into every market. Mr Pauling is amazed that We do not send meat and dairy produce to the Humber, from which a vast population with easy roach is served. Why not ? It is vitally necessary that we should meet the enemy in that great market, and beat him there. Our main object, if we cannot open fresh markets, is to drive the foreigner out of the Home markets, which will absorb our products for the next half century. The sooner we begin the better. It is a question for combined action from the Chambers of Commerce.

The first issue of the new woman’s paper, The Daybreak, appears to-morrow. It will, we believe, command the services of several able writers, and should, if prudently and energetically conducted, prove a financial as well as a literary success. We shall refer to its contents in detail in next week’s Mail. The Daybreak is printed at the New Zealand Times office.

The Napier Telegraph, which celebrated its 25th anniversary a fow days ago, lias been considerably enlarged, and is now one of the largest evening papers in the colony. Under the able editorship of Mr J. McDougall, who for some years was a member of the Hawke’s Bay Herald staff, the Telegraph has wonderfully improved of late. The “Outside World/’ a daily series of paragraphs dealing with the cable nows, is a capital feature, being “ newsy,” and full of a crisp, timely comment which shows a basis of deep reading and considerable intellectual grip. Although wo are opposed in politics to our Napier contemporary we recognise in it a progressive and able journal always welcome amongst our exchanges and full of quotable matter. Congratulations!

The Family Herald is one of the oldestestablished and most popular of English weekly periodicals, and that its merits as a compendium of healthy .fiction and good reading generally for the family circlo have not diminished is well evidenced by the two last quarterly parts sent us by the publishers. Since the Family Herald was first established a host of competitors have sprung into existence, but none of these have surpassed the old favourite in their claims for popular support, and the circulation of the paper has, we believe, inci’oased rather than diminished, a fact which speaks volumes for its reputation as a popular household magazine.

W e would draw the attention of our readers to a price-list published in another page and emanating from Messrs E. B. Crespin and Co., Co-operative Cash Stores, Cuba street, Wellington. The firm are amongst the most enterprising of our city tradesmen, and offer goods to the town and country public at prices which, they assure us, are the lowest in the market.

A Gazette Extraordinary, further proroguing Parliament to the 11th April, was issued on Wednesday night. The Shaw, Savill and Albion Company’s steamer Maori ai’rived at Auckland from London, via Melbourne and Sydney, yesterday. She brings about 500 tons of cargo for Wellington., Captain Mbffatt is in command of the Maori, and the officers with him are —Chief, G. Adams; second, A. W. Wightman ; third; C. Stokes ; fourth, J. Reed; Avliilst Mr C. Wilson is in charge of the engineering department, his ass'ociatos being Messrs Kelly, Dibbs and Campbell in the order named. The Gothic, which arrived at Home last week, took to England the first shipment (a very large one, by the way) of New Zealand graded butter. The Government will most probably have a special report made upon it at Homo. Messrs Abraham and Williams announce that their annual ewe fair will be hold at tho Borough Saleyards, Palmerston North, on Thursday, 14-th inst. Intending vendors are asked to send early note ot their entries. Our Mastert-on correspondent writes on l Tuesday:—There was a moderate attendance at the Masterton Agricultural and Pastoral Association’s Ram and Ewe Fair to-dav Lincolns were the only class of sheep offered. There was fa very poor demand, and most of the lots entered were passed in. The highest prices ivere realised by J. Macara and Perry Brothers. One stud ram sold privately by the latter realised 15 guineas.

St Marie’s Parish Magazine for February says The great event ot the past month was the consecration of Dr Wallis The New Zealand Times gave a very full description of the services, and displayed a generosity as to space which has hitherto been denied to ecclesiastical subjects m the local press. Only in Wellington papers are the Church questions treated with scant courtesy.” The Australian wine trade has assumed such large proportions during the past few years, that Continental vignerons have had to bear defeat in many contests with their Australian competitors. Penfold s wines have passed into a household word m New Zealand during the past 20 years. The great care taken to use only the best and finest product of the vineyards has secured for Messrs Penfold a firm hold on the wine trade of the Colony.

The Rev A. GhodoWski, lately minister of the Canterbury Hebrew congregation, has been elected to the charge of tile Hebrew Congregation at Brisbane;