Nelson Evening Mail. WEDNESDAY, October 1, 1902. A NEGLECTED IN DUSTRY.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXXVI, Issue XXXVI, 1 October 1902, Page 2

Nelson Evening Mail. WEDNESDAY, October 1, 1902. A NEGLECTED IN DUSTRY.

NEW ZEAEA.ND AS AV at IYJPO tTER OF APtLES. tb Mr Moritzsen, a well-known Dune- | 0 din authority on the question o! fruit markets, has recently been pointing out* tp the "Otago Daily tl Times" the anomaly that, though New Zealand is an apple-producing J country, it gets large buppliesof the fruit from Tasmania. In fact this q - colony is asserted by Mr Moritzsen to depend on Tasmania for the greater portion of its needs in th.e % matter of apple coneumptiop . It jb indeed curious that, though the, conditions of climate and soil are * I alike to a great extent in New Zea- ' land and Tasmania, the latter has contrived to build up a great and 1 growing trade in apples, to say < nothing of other fruit, while the former is actually one of the customers of the little island, The fruit export trade qf Tasmania last year entailed a production of no less than 800.000 cases, of which 350,000 cases found their way to London. This result has been attained in spite of the codlin moth and other insect pests, though it has been found that with careful and unremitting attention it has been possible to keep the orchards clean. r .«.. a • The secret, or at least one of the secrets, of success in Tasmania is that the growers are gradually confining theYnselves to a few seleoted varieties of apples instead of as in New Zealand diffusing their energies in attention to about fifty sorts. As a matter of fact, for the export trade there are only some half dozen varieties worth growing at all, and the reasou why New Zealand apples are a drug in the market at one season and absent the rest of the vear is because nondescript soft varieties are grown, instead of choice early and late keeping kinds. For the export market the latter alone are worth growing. • ♦ • Rt f erring to Mr Moritzsen s view the " Time3 " says there are con siderable 1 areas in Ofcago and Canterbury where apples can be grown to perfection, and it is a gratifying sign that the fruitgrower? of the Tevidt district are again beginning to -direct theii' attention to apples. Apples of a perfect description were formerly grown at the Teviot, but ouac ount of the ravages of the codliu moth most of the trees were cut down. Now, however, that ex- - perience has been gained in dealing with the pest, there should be no hesitation in renewing the apple orchards. With the aid of a water . supply for purposes of irrigation: the finest possible apples can be grown in Central Otago. >, The i* average sunshine is sufficient to ' give the fruit that rich, ripe bloom which contributes po largely to i s marketability, to 6ay nothing of the heightened flavour imparted by abundant sunshine when the fruit-is maturing. Very fine apples can be grown even in the coastal districts, where the average^ sunshine is very much less, and our con? „ temporary sees no reason why !< Otago and Canterbury should not become in the > near futuref>pple exporting instead of importing districts. The industry when properly conducted is remunerative, and at a penny a pound weight apples will pay better than many of the crops' commonly cultivated. There is a good export market, if only the right , kinds are grown, and, as Mr Mpritz-= sen has shown, all inferior, fruit can be dried and placed on the. market at a profit. It only wants enterprise. > and intelligence to carry out an] [> industry which iwlds the promise; of proving highly remunerative. ! M * •• ' ' > •■■■, Referring to theeodlin moth^Mr Morif Z3en eaya that in the Auckland district it is very difficult to eradicate, as the climato favours two broods a yoai. He points out in this connection that while legislation is diree'ed to the exclusion of diseased fruit from places outside New Zealand, do effort is made to prevent , the spread of infection in tho colony from the distribution of fruit grown here. Kven citrus fruits from the Cook Islands, which group is now a part of New Zealand, are allowed to come in virtually uninspected, with the result that they are endangering the Auckland orchards where lemons and kindred fruit are grown. The conclusion at which Mr Moritzsen has arrived is that if it hoped to ensure for New Zealand a share of the profits in the frujt export trade— •; obtainable only by tfce production oi the best and. least etahtfifl fruit—^the provisions of th% Orchards and Gardens Pests Act must be made to apply within the coton^ in regard to the distribution of fftijt from one district to another. In addition it is urged that the cultivation of almost numberless varieties Of fruit leads to loss, in abundance at one period and dearth at another. That ia to say, as there are not sufficient of any one variety in abundant and regular supply no ; especial market can bo established.' Indiscriminate excess of podixction at one season leads to gluts, while jf this production were spread over various periods, suitable to different varieties, few in number but always in demanS, there is no reason 'wily New Zealand should not share with Tasmania, in the export trade, i I * * ."'■-.■■ \M~

i Pr Hudson informs as that tbe rainfall for last month registered 2.97, aa com. p red with 6.92 f0r the same month oi the preiious year The rainfall for today was 0.40. rhe f jllowing Cint>nie duties were colkct dat Nelson dnri »g the month of September :-Spirils,£flM3 t(fc4d, Cigars £15 18a Bd, Cigarettes £9» 8s 9d, Tobacco £794 17a Od, Wines, etc, £82 9s 2d, Ale, Beer, etc, £36, Tea £14 sa, Chicory, Cucoa, etc, 53 3d, Sugar, etc., £105, Glucise £49 83 4d, Goods by Weight £U'l 19a lid, Goods ad valorem £1415 2s, Other duties mt specified £45 2s 9d. The beer duty collected last month totalled £144 3ssd, as Compared with £155 for the co responding month, of the year. Fhe Customs duties also show a decrease on the same month of last year by £1322 17s tOd. In .connection with, the proposed cooperative distributing company iriJWellington Mr A. Leigh Bunt, the organising secretary, in a recent couirminicati'n, states that the movement is meeting with success in all direction's in the North t Island, and it is hoped to hare the first j meeting of directors daring the -present , month. The provisional board are being J drawn Irom the following districts :— \ Wanganui, Rangitikei, Falmerston N., + Otabi, Baeh Districts, Master! or, Hott, Nelson, fllotueka, and Marlborofgh c The board is complete wit h the exceptio of the South Island representatives. Mr Bunt requested Mr Haycock, of Biigbtwater, to nominate a Nelson representative, and that gentleman, after consultation with ot hers, has forwarded the name of Mr W. Anstice, the secretary of the Brightwater branch of the Farmers' Union. Tenders for lab >nr andiron work in connection witb t'ie extension of tbe Motuekft wharf are called, to be in at the „, Molueka Wharf Board's office by noon on at Wednonday nest. Specifications, etc., c j are on view at Mr akeretenV, the Port, 0 ] aud at the Molueka wharf. o: ..-.„ .■ C Mr W. 3. Worley is to deliver an g addre9B on Agiicultur*l Science, urder B bhe auapkesof, tbe Wakefield' branch of { the New Zealand Farmert' Union, in the { Oddfellows' Ball, Wakefield, on Friday \ 3vening. t t In the Supreme Conr', in Chambers, ] ;he Begifetrar, on ihe motion of Mr E. B. ] tfoore, granted probate of the will of j Stephen A very, late of Richmond, de- ] •eased, to Arthur A very, Joshua Fred. ( ?app», and »as. Hunt, fie executors j lamed in the wil 1. Tbe vital statistics registered at Nel ... •on during last month were 23 births, 5 marriages, and 3 deaths. . - Ihe, Garrison Band>ill plajr selections it the Asylum to-morrow evening for tbe jntettajnment of the patients. Tbe old-established cordial factory business tarried on under the name of James Hamilton has been purchased from A. E. Scott by Mesßrs J. R. Dodaon & Son. A District Order, which appears in Our advertising colamns, incites all officers to attend a meetipcr to be held in tbe Militia and Volunteer Office, Government Buildings, on Saturday evening. Infattry training for lUO2 will be held in tbe district from tbia date. Formal instr notions through general orders are withheld pending the preparation of the Hit of alteiations, etc. 'the alterations included will mainly consist of portions to be deleted, and will not be very extensive. Tbe angling season opened unanspiciously this morning ia the midst of rain and a. gale of wind, deterring all but tbe most ardent irom going out. The rain, however, should freshen the streams and improve prospects for tbe week end. There will be a dance ia (be Rechabite Hall this evening. I Messrs W. Rout and Sons will sell I piano, furniture, etc., in the late Mis Howard's eatato, on the premises, Colling wood-street Eoutb, to-morrow, commencing at 1. p.m. sharp. In regard to his agercy for Manning's Chriatchurch beep, Mr Hounsell, wine and spirit merchant, Hardy-street, esires it explained that he is bottling onlv, and not distributing in kegs or demijohns. ft is probable (hat two New Zealand representative teams will play against Lord Hawke's team, and in that case one pf the games will be playtd at Wellington. There will be a dearth of repre sentative games in Wellington during the com in? season, the programme being confined to a fixture against the Englishmen and the Noith and South Island match. A Wangaratfca telegram in the Melbourne "ArgUß" reports the death of Austin O'M alley, an old character, resident at MHawaand Greta for many years, who lived in a miseiable condition. Deposit receipts fpund in his hut showed that he was possessed of £3703, earning interest* in various banVs. Tbe dectassd was a confirmed miser, and accumulated bis wealtfe mainly by parsimony and hard work od a laboorer. He wa9 about 70 years of age, and worked until a few days before his death, only de isting when absolutely forced to do so by weakness. He was found dead lil;a paddock near his residence. Deceased, so far as is known, had no relatives in Australia. It was his practice never to lend money fc;> any person. " By the fait mail from New Zealand " (writes the editor of London " Truth ") '?;! received a batch of • free portrait ' plrcnlara addressed by the man Tanquerey to people in that colony, who, luckily for then., happened to be readers of " Truth/' As, howerer, tliere may be eome other colonists who have not that advantage, it seems desirable to point oat for the benefit; of New Zealanders gene ally that the testimonial described as 'Truths f 10m "Truth/' ' by Mr Labouchere, Editor, is an- impndent fabricatjon, which is equaUy^rue pf others, and, I believe, of an the preaa notvues on the same sheet. The circulation pf a foFgtey pf this Mnd ought \6 bo a »nigci[6n^ warning as to the character of the individual who offers the free portrait. Will New Zealand newspapera kindly note these remarks?" Sev> erafc* £ 4/hese circulars have beea received in Nei«on. "A nice little game is all the same though played in a different way," was exemplified at the meeting at tbe Provincial Hall, when the wor4e " atf-per plan " were sought to be included in a resolutlonr—but the meeting is to vbe congratnlatedcon emphatically ajbaftiog they were "not^taking any," but decided to leave the matter in the handi cf tbe railway authoritießl Natnrally there will be some diversity of opinion as to a (-ite, but we are pleaped to eay that everyone is agreed that Lock, the (jn;vetsal Provider, has ihe largest," beat, and most yarjed stock of uy.to-date Furniture and Furnishings n Nelson. He not only sells much cheaper than others, but gives customers practically their own terms of payment. Large direct shipments of Carpa s, Cork Liaoleaniß, Bugs, Bedsteads, Curtains Bliodp, Sewing Machines, and Crockery just to band. It is no wonder that Lock aces such a large business— be bas sm^ll expenses, and gires the widest choice and best value in the city — advfc Ex Waiwera and Gothic Messrs Bisiey Bros and Coy have received heavy ship* moots of carpets, carpet squares hearth rugs, mats, linoleums and cnrtaicß direct from tbe makers. The above are the latent designs, and will be offered to the public t exceptionally low prices. AlsaexBeira, a 3rd shipment of 20 u Le Boy"' bicycle which we are offering for this week only* at £9 10s. The public are in riled to inspect our furniture Sale Rooms —A vt House, Fabh and Station Rbquibites The recent extensive alterations in Messrs Bisiey Bros, and oo.*B peemiseV enables them to cany larger stocki of gr ceries, hardware, and^produoe, which they are now offering tp nfpi pdbuc at WHOLKBAIBBATBB. Paxoela delivered to any part of the Cif y, Ba^lway Station pr Port. Stock* include SOO bags Ai sugar at 7a per 401b bag, flour at 21s 9a per 2001b sack, best Ceylon teas in 51b, 101b, and 20lb tins and 601b chests irom U 3d pr Ib, Price's sperm candles from 6JoV NelfOn soap from 6s Qd per 4jox, ricet : oatmeal, eoffep, etc. PxbduojHrJiraa . Etollard, chaff, wheaj, ba«ley, . vjge^toesa frass seeds. Also, fo^ fabm ANp s^tTiON, trsK— fencing wir», wire nptlifgirpm Qt set roll of SO yards, xooung iron, roofing < felfc, i 4aU«>~'^' [l ?J uit ! B QROCebt Depal- 1 nent Bisley Bro? ; Bc ■■■<?•>. H<»rdy. t*et.