NEW PLYMOUTH

New Zealand Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 4082, 21 June 1900, Page 2

NEW PLYMOUTH

(From, ;Onr ;Qw.n, Correspondent.) The ‘builders , are' ’ busy,.. arid the archWcts 1 ' are' hhvijig ■■ a ‘good 1 time. The Tarahakr' 1 - Freezing Qompany is alifiirfc ,' Jtd ’, extend , its .. .premises considerably,’ arid lib ,’wonder," seeing how the. butter is ..coming'in—;©yen in winter, ’The;’ Old ,l\fbii’,s .'Hpinc, is, to be rebuilt}" 1 private, houses' and ' shops are going up cyprytth'e’re, ‘anil* 'freehold siljes are scarce'" m town-* Stratford people ladyeivfiijing: for , tenders; ,fqß.,an ac}l «.ip,fr. tw.eatyrthree rooms, and. for cottages, etc. A .peculiar:’feature ris/ that 1 good- shops in- the this town-are : rifflet- while small, ones are .being-built farther off. Of'’l£td' sales of property,,of all kinds, especially daify .farms,;Jiavej boerii very a ri.d -’.at, gdoil rates. In fact, there is almost a small “boom.’’. I have . been inquiring when the usual -“slump”"ma:y‘ htTSSpecled'' I d make" its unwelcome appearance, but men of business seem to bei. of.‘ opinion that the ", riso . is. genuine, and . likely to be permanent,, as being the natural result of*‘Competition .caused by‘,un influx of settlors arid.' residents',from other parts. \ • TheWhite'Cliffs Estate,, a lino farm' of some : 2000 acres' has just' been, .sold at, : Ti'ain -tdldj abput £9. to an investor from >T notice that"the Strata Ford ’coiTospopdferit, of a local'paper cstiinaies !thb. rise " ,iu ;■ values :jn ■ that parti'jaf jUiecountry,, at. 25 per;: cent, last six .months, and„l do not think 1 lie' is- lit all beyond the mark. '..’Jit. lappears., that’ ’Ke\v ' Plymouth: ex- ' ported in April and 1 May nearly throe -times- as--much"butter"as all the other ports in the colony put together, the oup. produce being'also higher tliaii...jrihai of shipments from other ports.-;;The : figures are';— New Plymouth’/y 11,050 ■ cwts., .valued ',at £49.010;' ‘other, ports,. <3962 rots., valued at £16,858, ’ Taranaki. produce thus averaged' oyer .88s, as against 89s for ,;i •. The .irHarbour Board meeting took •place -;on- -Fridjay. 1 iso thing,. However, of 1 great ■■ importance "came up. Mr INlarchant,'. the Board’s, .engineer, said there'were 1 small difficulties to be overcome ‘ before the sand-pump could be started, but. .he. appealed sanguine of its success, There are; no doubt, those who' think' *b,ut the engineer ought to know best, and your correspondent for one ■ prefers, like General Buffer, not (o prophesy until he knows. . Letters 'are / appearing ’ ib the local papers •advocs.ting -the taking of steps to lay the matter of the proposed improvements; to the.'harbour, before the country-1. u MrvHv O,■ Key states that a small rate of id;'in*-the-pound all over ■the* district* -would suffice to meet interest- ! qrj,. the, necessary ’ loan., ... He phows ( .some'' of , trie advantages the schemd';dftiirs' to .the' farmer,' arid makes the.nl-actical suggestion thatithe plans u; be v referred -to. capable; engineering authorities for further opinion;■ It ,is > ti». .be (.earnestly hoped that this l scheme will be thoroughly gone into..and oner- .