Taranaki Herald. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1903.

Taranaki Herald, Volume L, Issue 12197, 21 February 1903, Page 4

Taranaki Herald. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1903.

.—. — n — ♦ THE FEOZEN MEAT TRADE. i In^their valuable and interesting review of the frozen meat trad? of last year Messrs Weddel and Co. supply a mass of information bearing upon the growth and prospects of the industry. The main feature of the past year, they say, was the heavy deficiency in the aggregate supply of meat available for. consumption in* the United Kingdom. There being a normal demand, prices advanced to a higher level than that of ordinary years, and frozen meats participated to the full in the all-round c improvement. T The United Kingdom, the United States/ and Australia' supplied less than their usual quota, and although New , Zealand, Argentina, and the continent of Europe sent appreciably greater quantities than in ' previous years, their increases did l not nearly suffice to counterbalance the < other shortages. The Home supply in 1902 fell short of that of 1901 by about. 15,000 tons, the American supply by 44,491 tons, and' the Australian by 20,849 tons. Against' this "aggregate deficiency of 80,340 tons, the continent of Europe sent 8,411 tons more than in 1901, i New Zealand 7**797 tons more, and Argentina 11,633, tons more, a total of only 27,841 tons. It will thus be easily seen why good prices were realised, especially when it is* considered that the population 1 - of the United Kingdom steadily increases >by about 400, 000 persons each year. ■ Another favouring element was the extension of the tise of frozep meat among better "class 'consumers;" and it is predicted that this demand will be further developed 0 in tjje current year, if the quality of the meat is maintained. the prospects for, the current* year^ Messrs Weddel & Co. •point oiit thai the latest^ agricultural returns of tfte United Kingdom reveal a shortage in 'both cattle and sheep. The abnormally heavy maize crop i» the United States is almost certain to result in • a marked increase in the supply of beef from that quarter and a corresponding drop in », values, which must havo an effect upon frozen mutton and lamb. An increased-sup-ply is expected from Australia, but the;

[expectation is based upon the iinpres- ' bion that the drought has broken up, while as a matter of fact there is lit- , tie chance of Australia being able to ] -pare much meat for export for an- I other year at least, drought conditions j t- till prevailing over a very great ex- j tent of country. In the River Plate | another good season is being experienced. • Supplies are plentiful, but j dearer than they were. Additional freezing power is being provided, and greatly Increased supplies are looked for. Continental supplies may be further increased, but to no greatextent. On the whole the report predicts an appreciable fall in beef, a flight fall in maitton, and a lamb trade satisfactory- to producers, provided New Zealand supplies are sent forward at the right time of year. Some hints which may be- useful 'to New Zealand exporters are given. It is, for instance, pointed oui that'; the advantage given tp colonial meat's"', by' the. official discrimination' in .' their lav- v our in army contracts is partly, neutralised by the' more Systematic: methods adopted by 1 the' .River Fla'tV" «xporters for supplying' their. ,retaij r cus- ' tomers. • The report urges the futility of sending experimental shipments to -.uch places as Liverpool, Cardiff, Newcastle, etc., where the tracle. is so systematically worked and so strongly held by River.. Plate, importers,- .until New Zealand , shippers, can mature some plan whereby the various freezing works w>ll' combine' 'to develop a steady and continuous trade witia .outports. The prospects upon the whole are good, and New' Zealand . pastoralists may confidently look forward to another favourable year. - v , , ' 'V',, ' -♦ \ « ' ,r ' * A. CONNECTING LINK. "*. ,. An important ;!ni6vement ils atcJot in, connection with tibe xoadibg •bf Me' district at the immediate 1 back 'of New 1 Plymouth. We refer to a proposal Go lay off arid foita 7 a 1 'road"' c'dnnecting the Barrett 'Road with the^ent Road. In the earlier days' qf 'tJne^set^ tlenient residents ph^'the E^nitsnt',, King and Upland,' Mangoref^^enFanc]. Albert Roadl, "radiating ( '|roiii 1 ' ' mountain to the.. 'coast, 'were under 1 the •lecessLty of coming down to the" Dev-' on Road in order to get from' one of uhese roads to another. The construction of the Junction Road, which con-, nected all these oh ' a higher. leverj' c sav-, cd these settlers many miles - of , travelling and proved a very great „ convenience. But the settlers on ■ the Barrett, Veale, Frankley, -and Carrmgton Roads have continued^ to this day io labour under a similar disadyan-^ tage, and it is to remove this that the present • proposal is formulated. The idea, we' understand, ds-that anew road shall be ' laid off .and forced; leaving the metalling. Jbr th'e I .present,' from the junction-ot the " Erjmklley and, .Qarrett Roads;- crossing 1 ' the' Carrington and Mangofei Roads, alid connect ing with the Kenfyßoad^eair -where it strikes the Junction Road. This, would give the settlers on 'all ■ - those roads much easier intercommunication.' it would provide a shorter tfoute' from the coast settlements . tp : Inglew<>dd and the districts beyond, giving a .cattle route which would avoid 1 the •town of Now Plymouth, a matter in itself of some consideration'/ ' The co.st N would not be .great and is ,no doubt the landowners on the proposed route would > he willing to faoilitaie matters, for it would, make their .properties more .accessible and, attractive, and consequently add to their, .value.. The matter is being taken up,srar,mly by a few individuals ._ and we hope that when definite proposals! 'are brought forward r th,ey,-..yi1l ( receive the support of all 1,'.,^',.1 ,'.,^',. .-.'f., »v» u ,

la the Police Court this morning^ a ; first offender for- insobriety was coiivicfcqd und discharged. . - . ( ,- , . v Mr J- Jones, architect, K3wiPlyj»ovth invites tenders for the erection of a. <?onvent school at Opunake;' ' '■ - -= ■ * Mr J. 11. Bentley, 'draper," has k re- ; jTiinder in this ifEUe. ' H'fs sale ' cfos«s on the 28th mst. t / ' , Messrs Bollringer Brothers advertise a T large collection of carpenters' tooluiDow on view in -%hoir«' ■windows, j JThe l < firin i iovite inspection."' ■ •' '"''., ■ Tho Dißtribt ijie J Borough of Ne\v •pjympnth'is nevV'beirif co.-npiled. Residents' should -'riote,, the advertisement in- this jssue. ... { „o' ■ ■ Messrs E. J. Cartbew and C 0. ,. landngents, ropor,t that' they havo a' rdiabU list of good » cbesp^^rms ."CromUheij' Iliiijilton, Waikato, office; Buyers sliould i-.ill and got full particulars* / ' A{ a public meeting iv. Wellioglbu'-bu Friday > called, byrtho Major- at re quost of Mr yeddoa, it was derided tc> Toroi a branch of tho New Soldiers' Graves Guild. The 1 Auckland " Weekly News Hex* ivetk will be a '-New Plymouth-.' number, a large, number of ( illustrations of the town and local instilutions, as well 'an portraits of leading citrons, pecuoyiug a prominent placo mi^he edition. , A case of alleged cattle stealing" is ro ported from tho Huirangi district. A >**arrant was issued on Friday, f6t y the iimost of Frank Jugley for the alleged thsft of 17 hoad of cattle belongiog.to "iotoroa t a Maori. : - . A correspondent asks whether Miss Fitzuiiiurico <>ill p.ayod in New Plym!out,h i i the " Ladder of ' ife." ybs ; s*»e. to.ok the part of. Qlga a Spbin3l«v,, v a refugee, when the Andersou 1 Company staged <tho play hero. ' , •„!-/ Mr' Follett Carrington, secretary of die Ambulance Brigade, acknowledges the receipt of 10s each from Mrs Henry Gray and Mr Thomas Further donations will be' thankfully received towards 'purchasing "lie'oesflary articles for the Brigade. • "*'' *v> p "* ; "'■ The Egmont Settler, > writing upon the harbour question, does not the ratepayers will withhold their cogent to, loanproposila,, provided .thpy^cirVy' fullj mea&ure of justice >for" allVparts? of ?the district;, if the. Harb^ujc, Board de,c^<|oa iv favour of extension. ,«^ .„ •• , -

Whifctiley Memorial f Church. 6/ J. Serpell's subjects for* ' Sabbath' are asrollo^s : Morning;" Peter' it' Penteeoab; and Paul at\^th J M^ci^ ! con(^aSfr^V r eveQij ing, ' (! Chmfc'alMaen6e:u^oa nfin^"^ - f ' Thflißov. fT^T^ixoaA^iil .j>r : u^e^ on Sunday, February. ,23iid, in . Q^eon-sfcrce't' Church, morn ing and evening. All Seats £re&.* , I

Th'j 'lowa Ckrk has completed- 4 h* v.tluu^un of the borough, but as there is ,i month in which to loJgo objections hts ul it-rS he cannot givo any official information till ins valuation has been confirmed.

I Tho luglewodd dist. ict schools picnic jhjkt at ihe oroik water oa Friday was an : njoyablo outing, judging by tho eviduit v ippiuess of ihu scholars. The educaiional authorities in town state that they •v-jre not noilied oj the picnic, otherwise ■.hoy v ould uavo made j reparations i'ur !,'iu visitors. vtess s Skoatss Bros, jewt-Kers. \ii»U :o reuiad th-jsj seckug' for bargains thit their gro-.it sal« i-i drawing to a ck-s. . ■i'id ihit Sloaday next' is abao-iutdy the list day of Ujo sale i^ioy tubu ooeo up a frutih stock of all their lines. Particulars of the above arc to bo seen in m oth-r part of this issu?. Through n a misunderstanding, tb-s iiuiie o£ ,vlf J 15. Con'ueH" was "included 1 1 6 g ihose v )U^ent ng to nomination as cmdidates for the furthcomtug eleutiou. if tho 'I'ar.iUdki '.licensing Committee. Vlr F P. Oorkill has, we uuderstood,, jo'i>onted t> ac6opt no nination in conjunct o.i with the other gyutleoien named yusterdd}'. One of those, fcranspoa-.ttona which will^ oour i.i the b -at regulated newspaper o'fices appeard in Friday's flaw-Ta tttar. c\irt oi a notice of the late Hon. W. toHcstoii has gi>fc wedded into a: descrip<i.»n of the Atkinson Memorial Stakes run at thy Eguiont Meeting ou Tliurs i ly. There is a coincideue-j, abous tha iranspositiou as the Hon. W. Ltoli^sto i rvas connected with the late Sir Harry 'Atkinson in politics, and the At-kmt-ou Memorial Stakes v named m memory o£ che latter statesman.

■ At the annual meeting of the Timaru ' lii 3 C jm >day ou Friday, the net receipts ?->r the y.-ar w\re thown as £6541 14s Bd, '•ad ttio ordinary expenses as £4526 (X Ul. Saw plrMl hud. been added, costing J1333 3s 81. An interim dividend of 5 >;r cant, ha I bten paid, and a simiJur Lvidjud was propose » and carried, 'lbe ,ojU ciirboaissd la3S year was 1565 tons, giving nearly 18 uiiliion fcot of gas, or jiu increase of 2^ millions on the pro ,'/iom yo.ir 1' ho; -chairman iutimattid ,hat it would be necessary Ibo lay- ou ■ a •argo sutn this yo^r for enlarging ih« pi »ut and extending tho mains, necessitating a cail'ou thsbhireholdors r "Messrs Angus and Robertson, publishers, Sydney, forward us through "Mr Hodder a copy of 1 the fourth part 'of Charles White's Australian Bushi anting. This volume brings the scries up to the period from 1869 to 187S, when the brothers Clarke and the Kelly gang were in evidence. r Their exploits will be comparatively fresh in the memory of many people, for they obtained a world-wide_cele-brity. Mr White describes, their careers carefully and minutely, and t , also ; burnishes portraits of the gangs and jother . illustrations. The ' book" is published at one shilling and may be obtained from Mr Hodder.

A large concourse of persons' gathered last Sunday afternoon by the.river near Kaiapoi, to witness a public baptism by immersion. A- male candid : ate was admitted to the Baptist Communion by the Rev. J. North. Pastor and convert waded, into the water up to the waist, and the novitiate wasthen immersed with the usual ritual. In the evening three females, went' through the rite in the Kaiap*oi Church and some of the congregation, attracted by the unusual proceedings, were reproved by the minister for their conduct in. standing on the seats and "tittering during the immersion of- the candidates in a tank.

■ When the Agricultural Conference met in Dunedin recently, it iorwarded tq the Ministers of Agriculture and ■Railways a number of questions -in|vplviug railway rates ' and railway Svbrking as far as they affected the pastoral and "agricultural interests. At a meeting of the Timaru A. and' 1 P.' Association, the replies of the Departments read and discussed. Members of the, Association were agreed that little or no good had come of* the representation^ . made ,to the Government, and that it was only wasting time seeking a remedy at the iands of the Departments. The President said the whole thing had been dealt with very summarily , by the Minister, and another member remarked &iat it practically amounted to this, "The Minister of Railways knows everything, and. we, the parties interested, know nothing." .! E. J. Searle, formerly licensee of Sparle's Hotel, applied for a discharge fr,bm bankruptcy in "Wellington on JMjonday, opposition being offered on behalf of several . creditors. In 1 the course of his evidence Searle invade some curious^ statements, practically amounting to a charge of persecution on the part of persons interested in the trade. He stated that he had .been offened £600 'to. . clear out of the colony, because he had threatened to .contest a seat on the Licensing Comniittee, the reason for. the bribe^ being that certain people wanted to^ keep him off the committee because he knew too much. He refused , the _ offer, sb now an attempt was being' made jth hamper hiiu in all possible ways. One of £he allegations, made against the bankrupt .was thatf two days ' be- , fore .'bankruptcy he' had ' ' beefa setsn, ywith a large roll of notes and' a bag of • gold. . The ' , baiikrup. t " denied" the, statement, saying that, the V»g •***& contained only, old The" Chief Justice granted, t . the discharge. ; copais tuonal on 1 Searle paying- . preferential claims. •.'."*,• •'<,'■> ■ ■ ' ' • Sharehqlc^ers m tKe^q-uitable 'BniW^ inj? Sso,ciety (gJar-Bowkfett) ' are/ rdlhintlcd that' foi-tiiightly stubfscriptione are payable on^lfcmday 'up tp 5 9 p.nl. 1 * •' ! Waated'^— Alftiabew oi the .New .'Ply-: ap lth ' Tow/i -&\rx-l <ti> msej; for spe^Ul; '■jTAotico at 7-30- this evoning.^ , .. ;