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Waikato Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 2979, 18 August 1891, Page 3

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RISE IX WHEAT. (l!V r.UX'THIC TKLKCltAl'll—COl'Vllinur ) JIKULi.v, August 14. Owing Id llinii prohibiting the export i>l , rye, the price r> f th.it artioleluis advanced considerably, and is now lfls doiiriT than wheat. Tli , . , increase Las caused ;t panic in the grain market. August 1.5. Tlir , Council of Ministers, of P.erlin, luis decided not to reduce tho corn duties iit, present, but will agree to u reduction in the freight charges for cereals on the State railways. Londox, August ]■'>. The Russia inhibition has caused a general ri.-ie in tho wheat market. England has advanced further, fid ; French, Is (id ; Gorman is active ; red winter, New York. 100 cents. There is an enormous advance at Amsterdam, Vienna, and Berlin. Owing to the action of tho ''boars," the agitation is increasing in Germany for the reduction of duties on corn and other food grains. The cargoes of wheatox Lismore and Nith, from Lyttelton, have been sold for export to the continent. Tho Lismore realised 40s, and Nith's IDs 3d. Diamond-back moths arc ravaging the crops in the north of England. Clouds of moths obscured for a whole night the light from the lighthouse on Faroo Island.