Stratford and Ngaire.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XX, Issue 2468, 30 June 1893, Page 4

Stratford and Ngaire.

, (FROH OTJB OWN CORRESPONDENT.) ' \ It is quite, true, as reported -in i y6ui columns, that !fr Marshall, of thq "Cardiff .ipairy .Company, is about tot leave fol;'Blenheimf 01; ' Blenheim to assume control otj a factory for tbe Loan and Mercantile, I believe. Mr Marshall will be a loss to ; thedistrict, but it is satisfactory to learn that bis only reason for leaving is adeaire to get to a drier climate. By his skill as a chee3e-maker he has rendered excellent service to the dairy industry in this part, and will carry with him plenty, of godd wishes. The Cardiff Company are in communication with Mr Sawera on the subject of a manager to fill the vacancy. V- Kowin, of Lxivell and Chrißtmas, is not going to be frightened away from our market by one unfortunate season, letters recently received from the firm advising his departure from London in about a fortnight's time, to arrive towards the end of August. The Kailway.Commissioners have been bringing a test case in the R.M. Court here to decide the right of the public to cross tho lines of rails at the station in order to make a short cut to the other side. ' Few persons probably have any doubt as to what tbe right of railway authorities may be in such a matter. There would be outcry enough if an accident happened through their neglect to exercise a reasonable check. The Licensing Committee have had another meeting to further consider the" qnestion of granting a license to Watkins' store, opposite the Stratford Hotel. The matter was farther adjourned, but the man at tbe corner says there is no doubt that both that house ana McKenzie's will be lioeusea. Five hotels in Stratford, and six in New Plymouth ; you may deduce from that a variety of conclusions, first according to the bent of your mind and the state ot your biliary secretions. Tbe Bank of Atratralasia has removed into handsome new premises of its own in Central Broadway, and Mr Gome is building himeelf commodious premises for his wheelwright and blackamithing business, nearly opposite. Dwellinghouses continue to increase and multiply in all directions and of all descriptions, from tho modest Httle two-roomed lean-to, to the handsome and commodious ten or twelve-roomed villa. Part of Mountain road in tbe north riding is in a very bad state, but there is no money to make a good 30b of it without borrowing. The councillors for that riding therefore, Messrs Brown ana Mackay, have issued circulars inviting the ratepayeia to meet them at the Midhirst hall and diaenss the question of a loan for the purpose, The amount of interest payable on account of these loans must be now becoming a seriouß drain upon our resources, and I would suggest that we get up a requisition to tbe Government praying that all such money be reexpsnded in the district. It would be curious and instructive to Ben what fate such a reasonable request would meet with ; those who are londest in demanding that port oi thing for the colony at large would be tbe first to snub tbe unfortunate locality which should venture to put forth a similar claim. I wonder whether Parliament will ever find time to enact that rates shall be paid upon the unimproved instead of upon the improved value of land ? We are asked to strike attitudes of admiration at so called reforms which interest us only in the slightest possible degree, hut a matter like this, which is of more consequence to the bonafide occupants of the soil than all tbe rest put together, is severely left alone. It would not ticklo the ears of the city crowds sufficiently, no doubt.

[Oar correspondent sends an account oi Mr Vecht'a proposals, but it is unnecessary to repeat them except, perhaps, tho following par. :— ]Some of tbe knowing ones may think that they will be able to " have " Mr Vetch, as it appeara he is *• bo called, but it seems not. He is prepared to bowl them out in a very curious way. When a pig is topped up in the mauner specified there is a thin layer of fat formed of peculiar quality, under tbe _ skin. Now Mr Vecht's process consists in putting his pig (after he's dead) into a very hot oven for so many seconds, which has the effect of melting this fat and causing it to run into the opened pores of the skin; then the carcase is plunged into cold water, tbe fat congealed, and tho pores ot tbe akin hermetically sealed. Then follows a preserving process with' some specisl gai, and it that leaks through, the pig kas not been properly fed ; penalty, no more pigs bought from that man. The pork is not salted in casks, but is packed in crates and keeps fresh and sweet for an unlimited period. _________________