DWINDLING FOODSTUFFS.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1896, 3 November 1913, Page 9

DWINDLING FOODSTUFFS.

PRICES SOARING UP. ißy Tolojraph-Prccs Association.) T(l?.it;o3, November 1, local food supplies are running short' and prices are rising. It was liot believed that iho smaller boats of tha Northern Steamship Company carrying cargo to ports such as Thames would bo in terfered with, becanso tho cargoes • aro usually worked by tlio vessel'# crews. Tho iron-arrival of tho usual consignment created cansidorablo consternation.' Tlio suspension, of the Aue.k-land-Paerou steamer sorvieo moans a serious matter, especially for the Upper* gcldfields district. A shortage of potatoes is not expected., local supplies being available. Tho coal supplies held are Jiot too extensivo. but it is believed there is enough on liand to keep tho mining pumping machinery, foundries,; and factories going for eoino weeks. , To Kiiltl, November 1. • . Tlio prices of foodstuffs have in. creased loeftlly tweirtjvfivo por cent, ini consequence of the _ strike. Staple sih titles sold aro restricted to smalt nuan< tides. Hamilton, November 1. Tlio Auckland str.iko is affecting the Waikato food supplies. Sugar and flour havo risen £3 per ton. There is a , •shortage in -potatoes. Tho stores r,ro 1 limiting .purchasers to IMb. sugar and 501b. of (lour. Auckland, November 1. . Mr. Davis, secretary of tlio Cartels' Union, states that if the farmers invade the town and ntienmi to break the strike, the carters will refuse to handle nnv goads for farmers to or from tlii? railway stations.

The Opera Hotiso was packed in all pa-r'ts last night when another gather" iitg was addressed by union officials, number Was u'nabte to gain admission to the building.' The WaterHide WorliMs' VSniiil pvel'aceil tho speeches with musifi, As the Mount Cook Infants' School is required for the billeting of men from the country, tho Government is, by arrangement with the _ Ivjhicatlon iioaidi t:ikintr possession of it fi'oW today, and infants will n« assemble until further notice. The Buys and' oills' iSrhools, however, are not required, and will be open as lisUftl.

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