INDUSTRIAL NOTES.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 3367, 20 November 1872, Page 7

INDUSTRIAL NOTES.

I OTA HO KXIiriUTS AT t:JIKIKTi:HUUai. ; At an agricultural show held at Christchurch on the Prince uf Wulos's birthday, , Messrs M'Leod, Robins, and M'Leod, of : Dunedin, wore highly commended for ; their exhibit of soap. Their scouted soap | excited much attention. The tweed from ; Messrs A. J. Burns and Co.'a Mo.^giel Factory was very much admired, and I took first and second prizes. i SoUTIfI-AM) TIMHKK. i Referring to the growing importance of 1 the timber trade of Southland, an Invercargill paper says :—" ft may probably surprise some of our readers to learn that , during tho last month (October) no less ; than I,O'U,:J''2 feet were carried by rail- ! way, the freight on which amounted to £285 17s 4d. This traffic wan created by five mills only, and we understand that j four others will shortly bo in full working I order." | The Southland Nows states that "it j has been found that tho piles (black pine) j of the old railway bridge over tho Pimi Creek (built in 18(»!5) are, with the exception of the sap wood, perfectly sound. | They are therefore being used for the now Mataura lino bridge—thus ettecting a very considerable saving in the cost of the work — each pile representing several I pounds in value. The fact speaks voj lumes in favour of the durability of nativo i timber." J'OILT CIIAL.UKJUj COD MVKK OH,. A .sample of cod liver oil, manufactured by Mr luuos, of Port Chalmers, was recently submitted to Professor Black for analysis. Tho following favourable report has boon made by that gentleman :— " I have analysed a sample of cod liver oil forwarded by Mr Junes, of Port Chalmers. This oil, expressed from the fresh liver of the Loltllu Bacchus, one of tho (liuluhv, or truo cod, is prepared and bottled by Mr Junes with due attention to purity and cleanliness. In these respects it bears favourable comparison with the similar preparations now in the market—Langton, Do .lough's, &c, &c. Tho specific gravity of the oil is 0.027; tho percentage of glycerine, 0.1.0; oloic acid, 72.0 approximately; margaric acid, 15. It behaves well with such tests as sulphuric acid, caustic potash, and aqua regia. I have great pleasure in recommending it as above." Mr Innes intends to send a large quantity of this oil to America by the outgoing mail steamer. LMIOX'H IN OTAOO. The language of complaint against the omnipotence of camtal, which sounds true enough from the mouth of a Manchesteroperative, has a ridiculously unreal twang about it when used in Otago, where the boot its so decidedly upon tho other leg; and, in the matter of unskilled labour at any rate, the worker with his hands is the real master. It is worth while soaietimes to contemplate the immense change which takes in place in the position of a labourer transplanted from, pay, Dorsetshire to Otago. It is not merely that tho amount of his income is multiplied by three ; for that might be balanced by an increase in the price of the commodities that ho requires. It is a literal fact that his purchasing power is increased in all matters but that of buying clothes, in an even larger proportion -than his mere money receipts. Nor is that all : the period of his labour m reduced by about one-third. Tn Otago, with meat at fourpence, he receives seven shillings per day of eight hours. In Dorsetshire he rereceives two shillings per day of twelve hours. These are the sort of facts which render it so surprising that there should be any difficulty in securing an almost unlimited supply of our class of emigrants. OTAOO'.S WOOI-LUN -INDUSTRY. In noticing the fact that Dunedin,'**a town but a few years old," has taken . the lead of Tasmania in the establishment of a woollen manufacture, tho Hobarfc Town Mercury says :—" On Saturday wo wore shown, at the establishment of Mr Pearson, in Elizabeth street, some samples of the cloths made in Otago. These cloths are of the very best texture. They vary in colour from light to dark brown and almost black, and tho prices which are attached to the samples range from 23 7d to 6» 2d per yard. Tho proprietor of the Dunedin Woollen Manufactory is Mr Burns, who appears to have gone tho right way about his work when the pro- | jeet had been fully determined upon by him, for ho went homo and purchased suitable machinery* and brought out men thoroughly up to the business. By obtaining machinery of the very best kind, and workmen of acknowledged ability, ho is now enabled to turn out cloths tvhich, for appearance and durability, are equal to any which hare yet been manufactured in the Colonies. They are strong, though some of them rather coarse, but we bolieve that Mr Burns is now erecting machinery for making finer cloths, stockings, and other articles. It certainly is no credit that Tasmania, with all its natural facilities for a woollen factory, lws not yofc mustered up sufficient pluck to establish one."