NORTHERN DEVELOPMENT.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19413, 23 August 1926, Page 7

NORTHERN DEVELOPMENT.

WORKING OF COAL DEPOSITS. PROSPECTS AT WHANGAREI. [BY TELEGRAPH.—OWN CORRESPONDENT.] ' . WHANGAREI. Saturday. The directors of the British Standard Portland , Cement Co. met in committee with the Whangarei'Harbour Board yesterday. It is stated that the business discussed was chiefly the need for borings ashore and under water at Urquhart's Bay, where the mill and wharf are to be erected, and that the disclosures made signified that Whangarei is to benefit by the institution of a township at the heads. - . ,

A further development in the district will be the opening "this month of a new mine at Karno. The works will be on the Ruatangata side of the hill and quite distinct from the development to be undertaken by the new cement company, which is also about to develop collieries on an extensive scale in the same field. A coal prospecting license has also been taken out by a syndicate over 170 acres near the site of the proposed port at Kioreroa,- so, that .indications for future development are most promising.

ALL-WOOL PACK FOR WOOL.

DEFECTS IN FIRST BALES.

IMPROVED TYPE DEVISED. [FEO3I our own correspondent.] LONDON! July 16. A number of sheep-owners from overseas had an opportunity to-day of examining the bales of wool brought from Australia in the all-wool pack. The bales on exhibition seem to have stood the journey very well indeend. A good dear of criticism, however, had been received from Australian farmers, and Mr. F. A.' Akroyd, chairman of the, Bradford Chamber of Commerce, dealt with this in detail. The main purport of his statement was to the effect that a new wool cloth had now been made which would not be open to the objections levelled against the bales sent out to the Dominions a year ago. With, regard ,to the price,• Mr. Akroyd said the packs supplied last year had cost them 18s 6d. . They were now in a position to supply them at 16s 6d. A new type of loom had. been invented, eight of which could be attended by one man, and in due course he considered that the price of the pack might be brought down perhaps to 14s or even lower. The financial aspect of the matter seemed .all in favour of, the , grower.., . The buyers had promised to pay, per lb. mofe for the wool contained in' the all-wool pack. The wool catalogues would specify that jd extra per lb. would have to be added to the auction price of all wool thus packed. , A jute pack cost 6s 6d and, taking a bale to weigh 3201b., that would mean 13s 4d added to "the market price of the bale. He would point out; too, that ;if the amount ,at present expended m burling were .largely done away with, the benefit would naturally be. passed down to the grower. Mr. B. Parkinson, president of the Wool Federation, produced portions of jute packs and New Zealand wool which had been contained therein. The red and blue colouring . in the, packs had badly stained the wool. No scouring had been able to remove the stains and worsteds made' from the wool had retained' the stains. Both the stained raw wool and the: stained worsted were produced to show what had happened in the case of this New Zealand crossbred wool. Mr. Parkinson explained that the matter was more serious in New Zealand wool as the wool packs were, double ; dumped. The. colouring matter "whicli had been produced by the - Brad-; ford experts and sent out for use on the all-wool bales was perfectly,, harmless to the wool and would come out in the ordinary process of scouring.

PUBLICATION OF STATISTICS.

SHEEPBREEDERS' . CONFERENCE.. [from our,;' own correspondent.] < : LONDON, July 15. Mr. Bernard Tripp and Mr! R. E, Alex-' . ander,. director of - Lincoln Agricultural College, attended; the conference of the International "Shieepbi-eeders'. Association on the afternoon prior to the Royal Agricultural Show at Reading. The former officially represented the. New Zealand Sheepowners' Federation and the latter was present- by invitation. < A' number of interesting; tfechrtital papers were read on breeding, but. mainly applicable to : this . country. ' • ■ • ' Mr. Tripp brought- up the question of : the publication, t of, statistics relating to produce in store in this country. This is a subject ' which : has occupied the attention of Sir James Alien, Mr. R. S. Forsyth, Sir Thomas Mackenzie, and a number of other representatives of the; Dominions a long time, past without success." Mr. 'Tripp Said that France, the tJnited States and Germany had. all inaugurated statistical bureaux for the pur- , pose : of obtaining" and' 'publishing ' the amount of meat and butter in' store in their respective countries. The , absence of 'such a biireau in' Great Britain was a serious drawback 'to "the Dominions and ■ also to the English? farmers, because .nothing stabilised prices so much as statistics giving the araotini of produce in store. He irioved thnt the chairman of the Board of Trade be requested to establish an Empire statistical' bureau to give monthly returns of what,was in store. . Mr. Alexander, in seconding, said, he thought it "wag the most, important resolution to comet before tbe The : chairman. and delegates, however, did not seem over : anxious to deal with the subject and the resolution was not even put 'to the . meeting.,

A SURPRISED HOSTESS. • The Secret of t"he ' Little Bottles. A Wellington lady gave a party the other evening in honour of a friend who was being transferred to the South Island. Owing to -the *■ fact that so many of her friends had influenza she was rather dubious as to how many would turn up and she was more than gratified, when practically all of the invited ones came along. -■> , • During the evening she had occasion to go into the dressing room and was rather surprised to find three or fou:r girls, each of whom had a small bottle in her hand. She had visions of cocktails. and other naughty things,, but her mind was relieved . when one of, .the, girls explained that they had all had bad throats after the .'flu and this was merely'a well-known cold remedy which they had brought-with them. One girl had purchased a large 4s 6d bottle of Baxter's Lung Preserver and had divided it aniong .her' friends, giving each of them a small bottle. Perhaps no other article has been in such demand this winter as Baxter's Lung Preserver. People who have used it know how good it is for coughs, colds and influenza and it is riow the general favourite throughout the Dominion. It quickly eases sore throats, relieves chest and.bronchial affections. " Baxter's" has unusual tonic properties which help' to build up the svstem against future attacks. You can get a generous-sized bottle of "Baxter's" from-any Chemist or Store for 2s 6d,. or, better, still, obtain the more economical family size at 4s fid. Be sure you get " Baxters"—no other will do.— Advt. :