The Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) Suivant la verite. FRIDAY, JULY 27, 1883. A WOOLLEN INDUSTRY.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 197, 27 July 1883, Page 2

Manawatu Standard (PUBLISHED DAILY.) Suivant la verite. FRIDAY, J ULY 27, 1883. A WOOLLEN INDUSTRY.

We trust, whan, times itnprore, some effort will be made to launch a woollen factory; in/<or near Palmerston. No more profitable industry can be estab,lished, and the success of others|in thje Jjjolpnjr, ib^a^olear proof that they ar" remunerative. To shareholders theJa-r vestment would prove lucrative, * *md to the general and busiaess public . the benefit would be immense and direct, m, the increased circulation. Wf fnoney, the' extensive employment of labour, and tbe enhanced vajlue of a staple product' —wool* The) Wellington enterprise bids fair .to be^itended with success, and qne is also spoken of m Wanganni, Palmerston or its immediate neighbourhood possesses sjpeoial advantages and facilities m tjie way of climate,, situation, <fee., which"' should' be eagerly taken advantage {of. We would like to see publio attention devoted to the urgenoy of such' questions as the importance to the district of local industriesHad' they been ej tablished and m working order, employing labor and yielding returns, we should not now be •offering from 1 the heavy depression thit is looming opainously over the place. Local, industries are essential to perm meht prosperity j without them the, tide will ebb and flow, but not to our; lasting advantagi. •■--