The Stratford Evening Post WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE EGMONT SETTLER. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14, 1911. THE IRONSAND INDUSTRY.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 97, 14 June 1911, Page 4

The Stratford Evening Post WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE EGMONT SETTLER. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14, 1911. THE IRONSAND INDUSTRY.

The fact that Mr Charles S. Curtis has. identified himself with the ironsand industry on behalf of an American company should bo a sufficient guarantee that there is something very sound in the proposal made to the Waitara Harbour Hoard on Friday last. Mr'Cuit.is’s integrity as an upright and successful business man cannot bo impugned, ana while he will strictly safeguard ins own interests there need bo no hesitation in taking his word as to the intentions of the company on whose behalf he appeared. Probably the reason for Mr Curtis taking an active part at this juncture is the return of a son from America, where ho has undergone a sound training as an cled.vic. l engineer, and while in the. United States has probably created such an interest i,ii ni tl'P large and valuable deposits on the Taranaki foreshore as to induce the formation of a company to endeavour to succesfully smgU the sand. One thing is ceitain: :i the ironcuad on ' our beaches is capable of being converted into a marketable article a* a reasonable cost, then we believe the Americans will do it. tlp.uld the present undertaking ho l iongnt to a successful ’ssuo, Waitara will iccoivc an enormous pusli forward, and not only will the townspeople benefit largely hy an additional expenditure in their midst, nut the works must of necessity cause improvements to be made iii the -iver, which will be of importance ro ibo district at a v.held. Wo sincerely l ope that the company will be’able *o prove that, the Taranaki beaches uio the valuable asset to the province as from the caily days it has so frequently been maintained.