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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 5627, 11 September 1889, Page 2

Tm__ is nothing new to bo said on the question o? the 'Frisco mail ~rvioc. The Subsidy was orypnally granted with the idea that it would open up a trade with Amerfca. I" that respect it has been a total failure, and why wo should continue to maintain a servic'i at a heavy cost,, that is only for tho supposed benefct of AucKlaad, is bsyond our comprehension, j"* year tho line has been of use to ocaiu exporters ; they wore enabled to mairo shipments to Sydney at low rates of freight the grain coming into competition wun that supplied from this colony, bo long as .00 United States keeps out our wool by a heavy tariff wo can never hope to do a large expoit trade to that country. Nor wouldaCanad an mail service be any better. Caiiada when compared with the poorest of all the -Austxalian colonies, is seen to bo but a pool "durable conotry, with no trade worth t be name.. From the Canadians we coud not import manufactured goods, for Jien. ext X like our ovrn, aro of raw material, l _„__* in the wain of farm products. A, "bo n Canada and New Zealand are ex- ™ -tors of cereals, there tan bo no trade in fZ _ and thus it is that a subsidy for a &* „ian mail service, in tho expectation of a pro "table trade following, would lead to „„ vr «at disappointment as has beea **- ner£n, Ted in tbe matter of tho 'Frisco; service We u " u * fc ' £0 see Mr, Ward's amendment carried.,,,„...,",a ¥

We again refer to the removal of weighbridge near the Marine Parade,-and which has lately been described as sightly for its present position. On behalf of the general publid*we protest against the sale of same, 6r' its being done away withi Napier is already too badly off in the matter of tho public getting satisfaction with "regard to weights and measures. The testing of scales and weights has become obsolete, and whatever is given in weight tothe public has to be taken for whatever it may represent. Nothing in the way of inspection has taken place for many years past. We doubt if such a state of affairs could be found in" any other!"part"of the civilised world, yThe weigh-bridge in question is the only public and independent article of the kindin the borough, and to- alldw'of its being sold is to part .-with the last pretence 'to fair.trading We hold in tthe town/ All loads of hay and coals, as at present, can be purchased by weight if desired by the purchaser, but should this* weighing machine bo abolished as a public concern, the last item of satisfaction will be gone iv the line indicated. ~ ;y -~->.