MEETINGS AT FORTROSE.

Mataura Ensign, Volume 6, Issue 296, 9 October 1883, Page 3

MEETINGS AT FORTROSE.

„.-^THB.S.B. INO. A meet^g%^yeneii -by' Kr.-R. A. Elliot was helii.>n Friday^fternoori at the Fortrose ?-Sptel]f. The meeting was assembled fo^thi^purppse ,of endeavoring to float a compßny^^f'cbaS&^he.s.?. Ino, and the -jConjqnoir .took tke ! chair.'. The aUendanoe ' '.was not large.' at the hour fixed for meeting t ■. -.; ; bu,V ifc ; «?t«^v»Tds considerably-increased. y . lt ' - ; "The chairman- stated that thej present owners h«f sUted . "their iatention of taking the steametottf the Fbftrose trade. He thought .that wonld-'be. a^calataity to the district ■"• • vJEfefcad thei-6for« consulted the settlerß and *' : ' : '. Winers attd^they-all exprwtsed- themselves as 1= v »-ibeing*f the same opinidn.i .Nomberaqf basine?B': people .in. Danedia, -would take. shaies and he thought that if only a majority could : be taken upVin the district they could secure .t& balance of Vowcrlocalfy.o Already three tfchts of . the/ vessel was owned at 0 £ftHgb& > iKf to«wtr to ,some ;etiq\uries b^y gentlemen pre^nV* B ; to .c*? 8086 of warkitiif ibA ino," the. chairman further stated • that. -,' three trips a month could be ran to Dunedin and oae \o the B)^*^.? U TO9S co9t o£ Ll3< * per monW?*t Sta^wento^ were also submitted which allowed, that -wijih three parta of a cargo to*, yortrostf' iji^with the return cargo of timber the sum 61' Ll7O could bfi earned i$ tie fame time. '.The.se figures were based hpon the present rates charged for freight but he considered by reducing, them.aayby ' one-third the rerenne would be increased to L 263 15« per month, 'tit they ' would secure / th^wEdle of the trade. ■<•-.-■ t k .'r Mf'Hoiiris questioned whether they could

compete with other means -.of transport. * Hexonld get Material by rail and river mueb cheaper from Dunedin than coait-wise. .Mr Milne^thoiight that fanners in the dis--1 tiict woul&iio't pay higher rates than at prey ' The eha&R|i;ejhiied Win' that if a .good number o^»ro«*wfe»=*»ken np in thedis- ■ 4rjct< the shape'holdera : wo-nld all give the Bteamcr their .cargo and thun concentrate the tra^ind reduce frisi^hk/. . •" gnperior p»ncttt^iity(Of a steam' servic.' lie ■ Jiimselfihad. lost 6d a ; bushel on. a large qaan- : '; ;tky ; of ; .whfeait .through d»)iiy by the IGood fh Tttaplte(a;«chooii«r;then lying in. the( har-'■;;W-r'V^-: ■ • ■•' : -' :-'i-r«\ : .'„;,''/ i^r^.ihbfjk,ad3«urmmfentMrßllio^ pn.thf ;'?'",'-.« i^wimptio^' of .ihe meeting, said he hejieyed •'-■ \i ..-,' : ;r ! ll®ift r Gt«gotyjKidd»md M^Kenxie: hav.,r^ fibig' B^bkfen . and : ifelegrams ofering ■ stipport ■.'■;"«jnMt tliw meeting canhoj; , Bee iW' way at jie- : - * • Mnt to take over .the ino,T>ut.woaid ! Biggest .tkatthe owners try her for thr»e : nionths i ' •Vr!?ducVd fteighti to see what support they; Jfjel^i^'pdnf. I .•'-''.■''!'; .... . .^.'-.. : " "•';■'!'••' ••• j i«iflllr King' having lecbnded. the motion .ft ';' ; .wlß^ut 7 *ii<lcarned7i!eOT. -eon. ' ;■'X i / ' j "i*iie. m^ft^Qg; 1 : ;tKen ' , Adjourned ' after the .V:'-luraai oompliment to thf chair., , , '.. , ' ityril,=>:f ..." .^DAIKT FACTORY. - ! , r^2^)»eetttg then rjeselved into one to coa- ' "V^^4»ritheproprieiy ©f start^ig a dairy factory, ** Jit Millerbuiag in the chair, , ; ,- { . a^cliaiiniiui Bt»tec(:,that^'sinca~laßt]meet. -- -wjd-he afEorded-themjfacilitiea for prosepntiag •Bquiriesiato the method adopted there. jfr Bll^raMih^ Mr M'Caliu^ waautt- * doubt he could have given m^^C^^w information. A long tad deiill&^c^llßatioii ensued during >, it. was. .elicited. that £550 had been , U>t«njified.,i» the district. It. was rtititnately ! :hWeT.%;tb.-^itt vtcTr of *he season "' ■' b^_ng.^^t ;^vanoehrandlhe\compftTftively • ftaiail a&^port -to; be accord®! to th?x factory, the proposal shoald be held ovor for *> 'fftfcttr© eoniwd«ration.