A MANUFACTORY OF WOOLLEN GOODS (From the Yeoman, August 16.)

Otago Daily Times, Issue 214, 27 August 1862, Page 5

A MANUFACTORY OF WOOLLEN GOODS (From the Yeoman, August 16.)

ken it uig^i s . Jae UO nth3 a<?o, iv the pa-es of the J coman, that iaa.iufiictories should be c übli.sheci here for spianintr our wo >! and inanuftct«rin«cioth, v.-c v,-ere favored with a visit from s-vwii -e-i----tieinea. who stated ihsir i itention to s,tart ?o:ne^-x----tensive works without delay. Since t:"»i how-v-r we have heard nothing of tin, matter. inSou^i AuVtraha aud jn Tasmaaia tho propriety of st*rtin" woJlrtj matifactorifs is beins discussed,"whilst ia New South Wales such establishments are in a ilourishiii^ condition. It must be evident that wliafeve- era bdone in Xew South W.-»!es,caa be dove h-r«. -Ml tV^ is wauled is the necessary r-auitfi!, and w-nt is of eq^al mq*ort;»nce, sutiicient enterprise. xho f^ilo-.ving letter has bceu publhri^d v\ the Adelaide Obntrver, and, as it contains some useful inioniiatioH, it v.'iil doubtless bo read with interest It would have been more satisfactory had t*>e wr^^r gone lully into calculations; but he has. &t at any rate, furnished some data which may hi useful to others:—

"Sir. —In audition to mv 1-u.t. in wMeh Irp>. voured to sShkt tint a m-mulactory of wooUens'mi^lit ba now established ia the cohnv with a reruonabprospect of sucie^s, mil as no* opposition to timse views and statements has heea raised by your carna-p-mdents, siiid if the purposes conteaiptat-d h-'ve u.reauy u r shali have public approbation, "in our^r* the subject it niil now be uwe sarv to «ir? you <oai~ uetau*, Kho-.vhis- ho*- it may be carried out Vhat -~apitaiwiHbe required as aVinoiencenient' how tV same mi-uf be obtained, and i» what manner di*»os*-i of, what description of goods woaid be most derivable to produce, the probable annual return over a periol ot turn- years, rate of averaac- profit, number of Wife required from Yorkshire and "Lancashire suitable for tbe various uepartments and introduction of native youth 01 both sexes into practical operatives of ti-e worts:— The buildings requisite I will put down at .. 4*looo -uachinery and laud .. ~ SOU w r - Sesag fixed l>roPerty • - -. £18ffO Wages for six months . l 70 1 Wool, dye wares, oil, ie ... " ** oiln Unappropriated ... .. .. " "'" "^ The sum required as capital .. LGOOO * " Description of <roo.is proposed to be manufactured as a commencement :-Bbnkets. flannels bro£l and narrow tweeds. Capital used in ~oods of til cV racttr can be returned three times a vwr wVch wou d give a prorifc of thirty per cent. Middi» ou^ities of eiotl., thrice; superfine, twice only.^£4 Font upon the goods proposed to 1* made, tenfer &nt. i umber ot hands from England, ,ay twe.ftvfive.; all married- if possible, one voud? ia ea^h iami;y able to work. ProlKible amount of «wds maI nufactuml the first year, £10,000 (this vSr woul?be i ™$^ h? Pr?Paratio«); p^l u ,e of thS wondvear" £f-'^9 5 proauce of the third year, £ » 030 * Uuve oil bemcr used very extensivelvia th- m-n- Uftctun! of woollen;, the wu3llcn fade "of }Vhn 5 J•uppliea from Palermowith tfaSartSte ?i"^v^ extensive bu^ess. Dye wares, such a^ fostic, S'l 3 ' aa=Hadiao. are alsoextenV'ni -T 1- 4V tUllef CeplioaofillJian ' there may "^' °r °ar k ' or other vegetable matteF, ffiotnaj; wtos province whi.-h wil! nro=nce^>:- Hsupp! y> th IS ia;or,uation. If any co-ild'be pro:»=i^-l knowle W' aS, Infp3r{4l .^'l«j^tion to our store"of Knjwie i fe e. fcewiag-inuchiaes luviuij almost u< iru-d the common ne^ile, i think that sJop apoois ri» t £ produced from native manufacture \oe~S imparted. Tnere are other details, some^ofmW j^tance, but suSicicnt, 1 PKSUIMf isi^^ '•'I am. Sir, ice, " A Maxufactcrbs."

. A.. CIERGYKAS OS BILLTART*. — «XeW To-*-April 2otb ISG2. My dear Mr. Boauerli'm tv rouble, and M » many of your readers appeal to you SiE?* and >doiDgs of this **** wan neeile^ to say, always come off victor. But at last I am concerned. The report that H W B S present at the billiard tournament hSer^i'a^t nexotoentamongns. I have taken JfctoSilS TnL mK^ S bad » position asß^etani -nd thp-l'^ls' that if Henr-V Wsad BJchep b™« i 1 rard tollrna;'jent, it was for some ©,od S '^i I* f°r the liJe of me sustain the reaaer. A Church Woman. As our readers are a-nare, we always endeavour to publish the bes *]•»* ,Y c. «»» giye or procure to the various questions to which we reply in this department. On receiving the above letter we immediately sent it to Mr. Beecher himself. He retained the folloirine brief, oil-hand reply, written on the flv-kaf of oucorrespondent's note. It was not intended ftpubhcauon but merely for the benefit of "A Church Woman." Thinking, however that it would interest a large num'>er of otr readers, we obtained permission to publish it •-" MV dear Bonn-r,-Had I gone to see Morphvplav a cVfabfut^'^Tlll6ll^ 6 "T 1 a *£ «S crj aDout it « eh—l went to see the jrreat bi!ihrd cbamiiions play mjust the same way. There Wa mixed motive. I was as ignorant ai a man couldV and supposing the place that was good enough for respectable ladies and gentlemen tote good enough forine,l went there as I would to any oortTer public exhibition. It was not at a gambling nor at ab L lard saloon, but at a public liafl (IrvingY used for all respectable Hssemblie., and at which the religious a n niversaries of May are advertised to be Belt? 1 wished also to see what company assembled at 'such exhibitions, and what sort of men these great billSd players were. Ido not apologise or excuse-I do not even defend it. I take my right for granted I exercised v openly and above-board. It is for other people to make remarks upon my Christian liber£ as seems best to them. As to bUl^rd saloons, I tldnk them bad f-r j oung men, not on account of billiard* but of liquor, and oimen whose business it is to seduce the young. But the game of billiard? is fiS and not to be condemned. It is only pronVtuTf should add, that I never saw a church or public meeting more well-behaved and entirely -entlemanl v than that at Irving-hall. If there wj SJbSSS there U was secret. There was no appearance^ of v" I was pleased with my visit. Kor do TseVanv r£~ jSrkL^^ y°UrS ' H- W" B-