THIRD EDITION P.B. LIME REQUIREMENTS

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17233, 12 April 1930, Page 19

THIRD EDITION P.B. LIME REQUIREMENTS

DEPOSITS AT REPONGAERE PROPOSALS FOR WORKING On a number of occasions the possibilities of working lime deposits at Repongaerc for use on Poverty Bay pastures has been brought before the local Farmers ’ Union, and to-day if was decided to make further investigations into tho matter, mention being made of the formation of a company to work the deposits. Mr. J. C. .Field, who brought the matter up, mentioned the bonetits pastures derived from dressings of lime. He quoted a Matawai man who had dressed with crushed lime and other fertiliser and had had splendid results, while later when he topdressed with manure only the results were not nearly so pleasing. He urged that a committee of two or three should, be tormed to dismiss with the Public Works Department the prospects of producing burnt lime at Repongaerc. It could be proved that lime could be produced as cheaply there as anywhere else in the Dominion. * The president, Mr. F. S. Bowen: Who is going to start a company? Mr. Field: We will have ,o go into that. The secretary, Mr. (’. Blackburn: I saw the Public Works Department' a short time ago. and .1 re rived no encouragement. He had e:.plained that lie believed that the unh '• would take some financial interest in tin' concern, but apparently no aid would be received from tho railway. Mr. H. B. Bull said he had used burnt lime, but had had ea results. Mr. Field replied that it aught appear so. but men who hu 1 u-0.l lime missed it for the pastures when they dispensed with it. Jdr. M. T. Trafford said ho had topdressed land with superphosphate with no result, but when he added lime the results were wonderful. Messrs. ,T. 0. Field, (>. V. Smith. .1. E. Benson. M. T. Trafford, and the president were deputed to go into the matter of opening up the lime quarry.