Commercial.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3204, 14 May 1889, Page 2

Commercial.

< Bombav, May 11; The steamer Bothwell Castle it loading wheat here for Sydney anc Hobart.

London, May 11. It is Btated that freights to the colonies will be reduced by 2s Gd at once, >

The English wheat market is depressed and the Continental is unchanged; the American has an upward tondency. Australian flour, stone made, 'averages 275; New Zealand ditto, 255, Wheat, forward business is active, The arrivals of foreign wheat is large.' Australian off-coast oargoes realised 33s sd,

Kaye_ d Carter's weekly report of the Christoliuroli grain-and produce market:—Wheat,—Tuscan, 4a Id; Pearl, 8s lOd, Hunter's, 8s 9£d to 8s lOd; fowl wheat, good whole, 2s 6d; broken, 2s 9d; Oats, milling, 8s; bright short, 2s lOd; duns, 2a 8d; Danish, 2s 83, firmly held; Barley, prime malting, 4s3d;good, 8s lOd to 4s; feed, 8s 4d; Cape, 8s; pearl, £2O 10s; Peas, Prussian blue, 4s; split, £l4; Beans, good whole, 8s fid; medium, 8s sd; Flour, best roller, sacks, £lO 15s; halves, £ll ss; quarters, £1110s; stone, £9 15s to £10; Bran, 90s;sharps, 105s, scarce; Oatmeal, (in 25's),£14;(in 7's) LIS 10s; Jtyecorn, 8s 8d; Linseed, Ll7; Ryegrass, machine dressed, 8s Gd to• 8a 9d, scarce; Cocksfoot, prime, B}d; good seed, 2fd to 8d; Oalsheaf chaff, £4 6a; Hay, oaten haled, L4los; Butter, IOJd, for prime quality; cheese, loaf, s|d to 6d; medium, 4Jd.to sJd;' hams, 9Jd; H and 13,8 d; bacon, 7|d (cloth); Lard (in kegs), 4d; in bladders, 4Jd to sd> The above prices are all f.0.b., Lyttelton; sacks and packages extra except when otherwise, specified. Business generally quiet,

Alleged Bigamy,

A most flagranti and scandalous l case of apparent bigamy having boon brought under the notice of Inspector. Weldonafew months ago, says the Dunedin Star, that offioer on February 6th last despatched a letter witli a photograph and particulars of thai supposed bigamist to the ohief constable in the county of Leicester, England,- with a view to being supplied with' necessary particulars. Bythe San Francisco mail, winch arrived last week, a reply was received to the effect that the.man had been married some twelve years ago in Leicester, and that he has a wife' and three ohildren there. - His second wife is now in Dunedin. The fact that tho reply from the authorities afcHoniewasreceived within three months of the inquiries being- instituted here shows that the matter has been treated with great expedition—indeed _we doubt whether similar expedition has ever been exhibited in dealing with criminal cases arising in England. Haviog been permitted to become acquainted with the, facts of the matter, we have no'hbsitation in saying that they-.disclose a.most flagrant and: deliberate.:' case''-of bigamy, to the. detriment of-'"a very respectable young girl, and although the Eunishing of tho criminal will necessitate -the bringing "out-from England tho first wife; doubtless ; the Government, vto whom the" matter will in due' course; be reporte'di'will/ under the 'cironmstanoes,' Banotiori .the.a&Wßsaryexpepse,>; ■

1 N?w^Z&d|||a^^Ma|f|pl / Mr! H. I .P.;Bfttl)B^ t who returned to !/Bfvs Auoktanrr.frntn; rAmqrioa, : bySihe/t£|s Zeaianiliiijhas/giveu;. the Star: Bome>£fS»|; inforobation -as--to./ the:■oiauso' of: demand for New -Zealand flax.-whiclr has lately been very great, givert his /views'. to/a", .repMeY;aß/://f /: FollowH '," The' secret of the rise in flax," he: said, wus a'corner in sieal- heuipi grown;.:/:; //j in Mexico;: 'The largest'of the > cOra'a'ge ./^ : si companies for ffled: selves into a.' trust/and those- whbjnmke, Wnder : latter > put-up 'the dißarencfl'„;l»/flil/those .who':-used:• : ' H /// binder/ m^chinos,) anfl the result : iyasj/i( ijf / that in States! binder machines-are hot ■ used/-//<:; at all.; The farmers are using in their' ; ' ■ stead \ what they call ■ headers, large,/machines::which are' diiven .through a field of wheat, taking off the -A tops, and leaving the stubble behind. 7 This header also threshes the grain Hnd-tttrnß.it.into bags. The machine is jpushe'd .by horses instead of: being drawn, and in this-,way tho^grain■ iB - not trod down by the animals, The flax is Used: as a.substitute for -jjfc making rope and such purposes. Flax P* ordinarily: coats inore than sisal. But as good as..the new Zealand' product, is notso/long as thatof New Zealand flax, but owing to the corner in sisal it could not be got at all whon v *"**

I wasin the' States, New Zealand ,' flax was being used in its stead, As to whether the. demand-(or flax will remain good for another..yearis an open question. The cordage companies - do not' know whether, having once used New Zealand flax as a substitute for sisalj .they, may, not continue to do ~ p so. They complain ? bitterly' of the '•'' quality of seme of the/New Zealand flax, uselias ends! that should never have been sent being included in the shipments, - ' /'

A New_ Mode of' Attack. ""

(TLb' Age.) ; ■; ;.,''.. A new method'; of propagandisralis •■"• * being initiated by officials of the '•'■ Salvation Army, and .which they ought speedily to discover will be /•' more honored ,in the breach than the jk observance. Not content with having acquired a fair following among the masses, they are aiming at gaining a n footing in " Bolgrayia," and the plan they sre adoptingi for the' purpose assumes the ;shape of' a number of ■* -', domiciliary visits in the fashionable suburbs. Taking care to call at an ' hour when the master of the establishment is generally absent, a couple of grim looking strangers in the ' ' familiar livery of'! the army," present themselves before the astonished ■ mater familias with the query as to whether' there are any " Christians" in the house, followed' by a demand ; to learn what she conceives to be the state of her immortal soiil. Borne ladies are noc-prepared' to answer these " perplexing questions on the instant, aud areaptto become alarmed lest their \ interrogators, who may be resently • s converted criminals, should not havo ' fully overcome the promptings of the flesh, and should have a renewed attack of the 'old Adam, . The Con- , * fessional w once an' institution 4} greatly approved of by Engliaa j people, although ithasjto be admitted that the fair sex liked it best, but had a desire, as a rule, to select their own father confessor. The front .door step and. a couple of promiscuout; .callers .were never selected for,, the purpose in the most ecclesiastical.agea. There are fitting times, places and persons for all things, but the obtrusive Solvationiata who commit themselves to this labor are lacking in fitness of any sort. The customer in the story who had put himself in the barber's hands for a shave, and'was unexpectedly asked by the operator, who was of a religious turn of mind,. "Are you ' prepared to die?" waited.for no further controversy, but, all lathered : " ' as he was, rushed out of the shop 1 . Our "immortal souls", cannot be momentarily bandied about during the ordinary occupations of life with-, out danger of turning piety into " burlesque and making subjects of solemn import ridiculous.

If the soldiers of salvation are to bo tolerated in this' new departuro wo insist that, measures shall be adopted by the authorities to compel accredited aqents to take out a license and wear a badge • with an appointed; number conspicuously emblazoned thereon. The customary garments of the band are as easily donnediby unconvorte'd criminal as by converted ones, and' how aro the nervous housekeepers to kuovr when thoy are confronted by wolves in sheep's clothing'! Ordinary ltofers on premises where they have no business can be threatened with' tho terrors of the police, hilt what is to be dons when they come in the much abused name of religion. If the mania for making these impertinent inquiries grows, all the sects will be assorting their right to take part in it, and the lives of Bimple unaffeoted people, who seek mainly to do their duty .and act kindly by their neighbors, will become unendurable. Clarksou, tho originator of British slavo emancipation, late in life mis asked by a fanatical acquaintance if ho had ever saved his sou]. The genial old man, nibbing'his'bees as he aat in a characteristic way, answered:-"Well, to tell you the truth, I have been up fully, occupied rescuing tho'bodies of the poor negroes that I bavo bad no time to think of my own soul." Possibly. Olarkson's chance of salvation was as good as that: of some of these suburban inquisitors. ; .,