AMERICAN ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 5 January 1929, Page 5

AMERICAN ITEMS.

CALL MONEY. (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright). NEW YORK, Jan. 3. ('all-money rate of renewal opened to ten, high level being ten and lou leven seven, at which the market closed. INCREASED FREIGHTS. IMG COST TO AUSTRALIA. MELBOURNE. January 3. Importers and Customs officials cal dilute that increased shipping freights on imported goods "ill cost Australia an additional CIO.().';(),00(1 a year. GERM AM X UN EM PLOY ED. BERLIN, January 3. Tho number of unemployed increased by 2(5 per cent in. December. Tho tota 1 throughout Germany is 1,300,000. CANADIAN POLITICS. (Received this day at !) a.in.) OTTAWA, January I. Parliament meets on February 7th. ' lively session is expected, particularly in regard to immigatioii. Tho whole policy is likely to hi* thrashed out. Likely proposals include asking Australia to extend favourable treatment to Canadian lumber, in return for consideration regarding the impel I alien of Australian wines.

CANADA’S GRAIN CROP. OTTAWA, January I. A Winnipeg report staes NorthWest Grain Dealers Association made a final estimate of the 1928 wheat crop as 540,739,700 bushels, with wheat in fanners hands to market 17,481,000 bushels. Some of the wheat is consul ored tough and of lower trade value than former years.