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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XIII, Issue 16, 7 August 1885, Page 16

m Messrs. Masters and Co., Princes St., Dunedin, call attention to their very superior stock of hats. The truly Catholic spirit which pervaded the men of the 18ih Royal Irish Regiment, is testified to in a letter to a western provincial paper from a correspondent in the Soudan. Writing from Korti on the 18th March, he says : •' By the bye, the Royal Irish would have their chaplain with them, and that whatever General Buller's objections to chaplain might be. He might refuse to allow a chaplain of the Established Church to accompany the Guards to the front, but good Father Brindle, well-known in the West of England for his large-ueartedness and devotion, must go with them (the Royal Irish) And he did, and no doubt in his own quiet way rendered them many Some diplomatic friction is reported from Rome to exist between Russia and Italy. The former, it is alleged, is the only Power Which has backed up the protest of the Porte ag .inst the Italian occupation of Massowah, describing it in a circular addressed to the Powers as an encroachment. This would help to explain Italy's abstention from the steps taken- at Constantinople recently by Germany, France, and Austria to secure the neutrality of the Black Sea in the event of an Anglo- Russian war. France is believed to regard with secret satisfaction Italy's technical infringement of the rights of the Porte in the Red S<ja as affording a precedent she may herself eventnally follow with regard to Tripoli. Mr. J. n. Kilgoub, grain and produce broker, reports nnder above date as follows :— Wheat : The market remains about the same as reported last week. Prime milling is wanted, both for shipping and local requirements, but the demand so far has not affdeted prices to any appreciable extent, I quote white velvet and rJ^o^ 381 ! 10 3s . 2d ' but anyfttog exceptionally prime might fetch 3s 3d ; other milling sorts, 2s 9d to 3s. Fowl feed is scarce, and would fetch from 2s 3d to 2s 6d.—oats : The market is rather bare of milling and bright short feed, which I quote at Is lOd : ordinary feed, Is 7£d to Is Bd, at which prices I have cleared out all lots on hand ; discoloured, Is 6d to Is 6d.— Barley : No sales — Chaff : My sales have been at £2 17s 6d and AS for best quality, well cut; ordinary, £2 16s. Prices vary according as supplies happen to come in.— Potatoes : Prime Derwents, £3 ss ; kidneyß, £2 to £2 10s, with very slow sales.— Eggs : Is 6d per dozen!—Turnips : 18s 6d for best Swedes, by the track-load.— Butter • Shipping demand has slackened, but small lines sell locally at ud to 9sd ; fresh, Is to Is 3d for prime.— Grass Seed : Ryegrass is wanted at 3s 6d to 3s 9d for farmers' lots, and 4s 6d for machine.dressed.