CABLEGRAMS

Horowhenua Chronicle, 12 October 1915, Page 2

CABLEGRAMS

I iiLiamuc fßLttUitAi'U'—coryiuuHT.J IriiK HIJSBB ASaWiATIOM.'j ('Received This Bay 8.20 a.m.) AIfcSIIIALIAN S&W6. byttiioy, Uu.-j i.''^\. I.he L'uiniJiudities UoinnUi;sion nae iuoeuijfd the price ol liam.i Id per lu. liic increase Jias uccn grained io meet tiie situation niiereuuucr hauit> from other States and -\ew Zealand aru allowed tu come in ivitiiout resti'icUon ao i-egards price, -wliilo lo;;il jjfo'luceio had to sell undei , tho procluiijicdf.^iice. The Commercial Coinniissioner in liij last report says that marked attention is being paid in Japan to the manufacture oi munitions lor the Allies. lie predicts that in view oi the largo demands, prices ior lead, copper, zinc, and other, metals will roach record iig-ii'i-es. Senator Pearco announces that tenders for the manufacture of eightoenpounder shells have been accepted, from Ihi! New South Wales wovemniunt, the Queensland Railways, nine Victorian firniK, the Newport Workshops, tho South Australian Government, the War Munitions Company in West Australia, and two other firms. Tho date for the earliest delivery is Ist November.