SPORTING.

Taranaki Daily News, 18 September 1917, Page 5

SPORTING.

AUSTRALIAN TURF. ~ Australian-N.Z. Cable Association,- „ Received Sept. 17, 9.40 p.m. JliL 17, Shrill and' Sweet Corn . Jiaf e>: ibgen .scratched for the Epsom (Handicap.

Auckland importers stfi.tp that there is quiffc a scarcity ia. certtt& likes pf-lm-pdtts, iijidaily iise. Glas&oils y aid wjut* load are amongst tie articles that are gradually becoming scarcer, and sheet and corrugated irons aren&w practically improcur^ble. 1 Corrugated irpii, riold'W fore the war at about £}B a ton, e&nnot bq bought now for £BO. Substatutes for this iron aa'a rooftpg milt ,teml are also greatly advaiippft in'price, an? are not so satisfactory as tho' fiiaferial they displace, Tiles, for instance, caine here through Marseilles, and were brought over generally by slow-Bailing vessels. Now they do not come at all. Wire of all grades and kinds Hits been banned as an export from Britain. A large importer of ironmongery states people do not realise the position. They iipply for certain quantities of goods, and w'e give theni perhaps a quarter of. order. They are annoyed, The position is not 'brought Kome .to them, fend it is past the time when it ghoidd be njade clear that there are no stocks of materials coming, aid what ntif lies in hand is being steadily and surejly dispersed. Sir Joseph Wa.rd'% to rcturn froih the Old Coiujtryj'eaid h0(!would pot be surprised if everything 6%pt foodstuffs was barred as exports jfroin This scenes ,to be quito trut\ We have very little in hand now, and .stocks are going to get lower and lower, till they are at a very low ebb indeed, and they will pjtftx loK for 8, loflc timi afteiLih^ww.