CONDENSED CABLEGRAMS.

Manawatu Herald, 3 January 1895, Page 2

CONDENSED CABLEGRAMS.

London. iNew Zealand long>»berried wheat, ex warehouse, 25s 3d ; market quiet and business restricted. South Australian do, 25s 3d ; nominal. Victorian do, 255. The Bradstreet Circiilar states that the stocks of wheat in America and Canada east of the Rockies outside the fanners' hands amount to 113,000,000 bushels, which has never hitherto been equalled. Frozen mutton — Fii'3fc quality, Bs d ; second quality, 3H. Lamb, first quality, 4fd. Hemp is unchanged. The salesmen recommend that shipments of ducks, fowls, goslings and turkeys should ba timed to arrive Home between the middle of March and the- end of April. Turkeys, when sent Horn", ought to have the necks wrung, and not the throats cut, as the blood spoils tha appearance of tht heads, They ought to be wrapped in absorbent paper. The geese by the Austral brought Cd per ib. Messrs Weddel's annual report states tint the meat export trade from the Australasian colonies has largely increased during the past year, but it is difficult to maintain even the present moderate net returns, as irregular supplies have cost serious losses. The New Zealand and River Plate Land and Mortgage Agency Company has written off the reserve and carried £220,000 to a depreciation account, which, after £20,000, the balance of the profit and loss account, is deducted, stands at £200,---000. Lord Randolph Churchill's condition shows a slight improvement, but it is believed to be of only a temporary character.