TRADE AND THE WAR

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2266, 28 September 1914, Page 6

TRADE AND THE WAR

CARGOES SEIZED IN GERMANY •.■■'.;'. London, September 25. British cargo in German ports at the outbreak of the ,'war has now been sold by order of the German Government. Reprisals are therefore afoot in England.. .Hitherto, a distinction has been made in regard, to such cargo captured. It is proposed to establish a clearinghouse to receive the money for German cargo sold, and.mako payments to the merchants whose cargoes liave been sold in : ; REPLACING GERMAN TOYS. ' ■ •'. . London, September 25. . The Board of Trade Exhibition of German-made toys was a great success. Unemployed women and girls are being taught similar toy-making. Manufacturers in the Potteries (North Staffordshire) are entering the toy trade. GERMAN BOYCOTT. Amsterdam, September 25. Dr. Freuhd, in an article in tho "Vossische Zeitung," says that after, the war no Gefnian patriot should buy British products. ..England would suffer by the boycott. -'.'He adds that a powerful'organisation has been projected to exclude England from the German cugar market. ."■■;'■ PLENTIFUL SUPPLY OF GRAIN. ' ■". (Rec. September 26, 5.45 p.m.) ' ' '-.'■■■'■'.." London, September 25. . The -removal of. the Russian prohibition against the export of ; grain means that an enormous supply of grain is now in sight. The vast, stocks in England have been'augmented by tho cargoes diverted from Germany, and grain continues to arrive in largo quantities from tho Atlantic and Pacific coasts — ("Times" and Sydney "Sun" services.) INQUIRIES IN AUSTRALIA. (Rec. September 28, .1.35 a.m.) .;.'-. Melbourne, September 27. ' The Trade Commission is asking the Chambers of Commereo and trado organisations to information regarding the articles usually imported from Germany and_Austria, with'a view to obtaining substitutes in Australasia or the British Dominions; also whether the cancellation of patent rights held by the enemy's subjects would assist in the produoti6n and supplj by Australasia. .