HELPING SOUTH TARANAKI.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLIII, Issue XLIII, 18 October 1923, Page 8

HELPING SOUTH TARANAKI.

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i By last night's mail the following! letter was i<sot*ived toy tiie editor txvm j J\ir w. tu. s>amsbury, ot tno arm of J ivlessis. \> . i!i. feainsoury and Co., pro- ; <lucei\s and auctioneers, i Jeith, western' AustruJui. as will be teen, tiie wide publicity gamed tor feoatii laranaki by xhe supplement, wmcii we were ab^e to! $)roduvo tnrough tue support ot the tiairy factories who cani^ into tne scheme, must be vary \am able ana a .help to South 'laraaiiKi. Tne letter is <fated October 5 : — | "Having just read jour many articles «0H dairying in South Taranaja and ou«»erved the very hue supplement, dated July 5, i92iJj 1 desire to itirorm you ihat this paper has been handed to jnauy of "my iriends in Perth. 1 can assuie you that it lias caa&td quite a aiumwer of our people to .wonder at the vast production of butter, cueese, etc., from you.r district and from iSew Zea- ■ land generally. Having stayed with, any cousins, Mr. and Mrs. Con Strack, quit© recently, your paper gave me all the greater pleasure. WelL may we over here in this vast country of West Australia ask ourselves is it any -wonder that your country is generally mown as 'God's Qwu Country.' Such. interesting and instructive articles as' .you have produced are most valuable Jto those who live far away from that wonderful country. <Some of my friends were1 amazed'at the figures quoted ;by you. But, having travelled from Auck- ' land' to the Bluff, naturally I know .eomet'hing about your wonderful country and its many industries. 1 for on© <©an only exclaim the great possibilities that still lie at the doors of such a. rich country. Combined with the splen- j •did climate, there is no doubt that. - your country is ideal. i "We in this State have tremendous •distances between our farms,, and ■each farmer holds very large tracts of , country. My business being in the toade which takes me into the wheatjjproduoing centres, naturally I know ■something of the wheat, wool, fruit, j •and timber, gold, pearl shell, etc., j which this State produces. You will j pardon me for giving some slight in- j ■formation regarding the activities of' this State. There are several farmers here holding 10,000 to 15,000 acres of €.P, and in some cases freehold lands. I personally know of four farmers who this year,, have 4000 to 5000 acres of wheat ready for the strioper; besides this they fallow 2000 to *3000 acres as well as running several thousand sheep. *Fwo years ago one farmer stripped 26,000 bags of wheat (each 3-bushel bag). Most farms' comprise 1000 to 4000 acres of land. Wool sales hold this week in Perth resulted in about 20,000 bales being disposed of at prices ranging from 24d to 29£ d per lb. This is one. of our best industries, and the home of th© souatter is in the great North-West. station runs being from 100000 to 1,000,000 acres of leasehold, land. Here we have a some what- different climate to that of which I found at Hawera. "I must apologise for speak'n? of West Australia, my . desire being to merely compliment you on your excellent production, which has given so much pleasure to many friends as well 9$ to myself. > , "Your panoramic view from Hawera, looking west towards Mount Egmont is really perfect, this being one of my favourite spots when staying at the good old school, where its scholars well ' Inow: how to salute the Flag, and where; loyaJto, is displayed by all. \ It is with pteasji*e that I x&h say I love New. Zealand and her people more than any country of which I have visited. "Trusting your district will still prosper, and when you have other interesting views do not be afraid to post one to t"be>sbf?uve address. With best wishes, youfcsifta>eT»eiy, W. E. SAINSBTTRY. P.S. —Your paper is now in the hands of our Director of Agriculture, Riid I guess the Minister will be the next one to read all those very^ interesting accounts of past and present New Zealand life.—W.E.S. Up to September 30 there was contributed or promised to the Sir Arthur Pearson Memorial Fund a total 6um of £37,297 Is 2d. This leaves still a sum of £8000 required to yield the £45,000 for which the original appeal was made. Comparatively few districts remain to be worked. There has - so far been handed to the trustees of the Jubilee Institute for the. blind under the terms of the trust in cash and securities a total sum of £26,205 14s, and the Institute has already used a portion of the revenue .towards assisting blind men to become established in aiseful professions—men who otherwise would probably have had to abandon their hard struggle to become established in a self-supporting occupation. Expenses of the memorial fund to September 30 totalled £618 10s 7d, which included secretary's salary, travelling expenses, printing, postage and- telegrams, bank exchange* and other bank and brokerage claims. This must be regarded #s a remarkably low cost.