GENERAL CABLES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 264, 17 April 1915, Page 8

GENERAL CABLES.

THE PRICE OP MEAT. fly Cable—Press Association—Copynprv Sydney, April lii. It has been, decided that the current pricos of meat for Imperial requirements shall prevail to the end of May. AUSTRALIAN WHEAT. POSITION IN THE VARIOUS STATES. Sydney, April 10.. Mr. Hall states that the New Zealand and Tasmanian Governments will be inked to return the wheat borrowed from New South Wales. While the legality of the Wheat Act was being considered farmers held back their grain, A spurt lias now taken place in the arrival of wheat at milling centres. He attributes the slackness at some mills to the smallness of the harvest compared with previous years. Brisbane, April Ui. The Agricultural Department anticipates that the Queensland wheat crop next year will greatly exceed previous yields. It is expected the wheat area will lie 22."),(1U0 uures, ail increase of nearly 11)0,00(1 acres. Sydney, April hi. The Minister of Agriculture now say.4 lliat the supply of seed wheat and fodder is ample to meet the .State's demand. He anticipates a record wheat acreage, and record crop. The area includes •2"),(1(10 acres of the (.lovernmcnt experimental farms. I'RUSIIKI) TO DivVTir.

Allahabad, April lli. Twenty persons were cnisheil to death during a lair at Ihmlwar. Tliey \vjve endeavoring to reach a bathing poo! at the auspicious moment when 3i;i 1 f a million pilgrims were attending a fair. The Melbourne Clothing Company's g/eat sale has only another week to As a fitting climax to the. greatest sale ever held, extraordinary bargains I,jive lieen brought forward, and the hist few days of sale bid fair to eclipse the opening days. Suits, ties, hats, rugs, shirts, overcoats and blankets and a number of mweellaneous items will all show marked reductions.