Taranaki Herald. MONDAY, JUNE 15, 1903. ENCOURAGEMENT OF INDUSTRIES.

Taranaki Herald, Volume L, Issue 12282, 15 June 1903, Page 4

Taranaki Herald. MONDAY, JUNE 15, 1903. ENCOURAGEMENT OF INDUSTRIES.

In au article under the above heading, the Zealand Titties! complains that local industries are j not encouraged to the extent that they ought to be by consumers, instanding that candles to the value Qf preserves to the rvalue of; j£rcT,od6, furniture t6 ! the value I of '£40;066 or' manures to the /value of . j£i2o;ooo, condensed milk to the value of soap, to' the value Q < f r<^3O I poo l arid boots' and wearing, apparel tp the value' oil three quarters of a million are annually imported into the c6lony. Our contemporary' urges that all these things can be produced as well or within, the colony, and that the i ought to promote the industrial development of the country more than" they . do by, preferring the, goods manufactured within the colony, at, high .wages,;' 'to those made in the "sweated",.! labour fields of foreign lands. There-! is a certain amount of reason! in the! cpmplaint, for many people retain a prejudice against <-, < locally-made articles ; if they are- JBJnglish-made. the people seem to' think that they; must be better t jthan 1 the colonial article! Sometimes they are, but i often the superiority is more fane-;! ied than real. Anyhow, it- would I be a great , thing if this prejudice; could be overcome and . if we' | as a colony >'made- the most of /hit opportunities to manufacture for ourselves and create a market at our own doors. There is, however , ! much to be said on the othet side;; In candles and soap, we are able to j supply , ourselves with the com- \ morier classes of both articles. Scarcely a bar of common soap is now , imported, for we can . make; • just as well- and as cheaply as we ] can import. . The importations, io^\ tailing in value, -are con 1 ! fine 4to the Sunlight Soap- -we j make the Port Fairy people a gift of the advertisement — and ( the finer varieties of toilet soaps from Bng-t ' land and America. The consumpTj tion of the latter, even' if a colonial J factory could obtain a monopoly j would scarcely warrant the outlay necessary to embark in their manii? facture, especially. as some of the materials would' have to be'importT: cd. Similarly with candles, , in l£h.e ! cheaper varieties - local mariufac- i turers can compete with imported, ! but in the finer wax candles they' cannot yet. Doubtless as., the cou-i sumption increases, manufacturers j will, be encouraged t6 produce thte { better classes. • The duty ; of a ! penny per pound, added td 'the freight; on , the imported article shpuld enable . . them to compete j "but as long as people can get better ; value out of imported .candles they cannot- be biained -for. preferring 1 them;" The same remarks apply to many cjasse§ >f boots ahd wearing apparel. Colonial boots of ordinary make and good honest .colonial tweeds can compete with imported : of the same classes K but in patent leathers, silks, broadcloths, .and fancy materials colonial industry .cannot yet expect to; compete. In '^shoddy. it, is to be hoped they never will, for we don't want "shoddy" factories. In dealing with manures it must be remem? bered that the colony is exporting every year, enormous quantities oi bone-rin frozen meat — and the, esf sential elements of . the soil; v; hiclj go to make meat ahd[ bittt£f . ' 'fill less these are replaced the soil willj

gradually become impoverished, therefore the - necessity to ruipcit fertilisers which will restore *liem to the soil. The manufacturing industries of the colony havj really made great strides and as lime goes on and the population increases new industries will be introduced. Wo have start i.-d with the simpler -nanufacLiires, for which we can produce the .whole, or nearly the whole, of the raw jria.i«rinl. The others wUI come.' P.v.t this fact must always be borne in tnjiid, that if we wish to ovport we must import in return, taking ifcose ! articles from our customers which ithey can produce 1 tetter or more than we a lift. If we shape 'our policy towards excluding' the manufactures.; of ; other totu-uies our markets abroad $or. produce will gradually dwindle, iusteod of. growing" as we wish them' xo. I . ■ ' ♦ ♦• • AN ACT OP VANDALISM. We are informed by a correspondent that a splendid' piece of land of 530 acres surrounding the Rotokare Lake situated some distance from EltHamwas set apart -. as a reserve owing to the exertions of the Scenery. Preserya-" tion Society. In the year 1899 this land ' was vested in the Hawera Borough Council as a Domain Boatid by a special Act, and unfortunately, a power was given to lease no less ibeax 430 acres in perpetuity \ to*, provide "fluids to be expended on the -rest of t-he reserve. The whole reserve was originally made so' as to be secure from* danger of fire, and the reserve should be held in its pristine beauty. Zeal,, however, . has been shown without knowledge, and we are told that the Hawera Council are letting 430 acres, with a provision in the leases that the whole is to be felled within, we believe, five years. • Our correspondent shudders to think what improvements will be made with' the remaining 100 acres. Tli'ev truth' is ' Borough Councils, are quite unfit to deal in matters where taste and scenery are. concerned. An effort, is being made , to stop an awful act of vandalism but 'we fear it is "too late. > , , •-",'.•

Gentlemen members' of f iTbe Operatic Society ate' reminded of tEe" practice this "evening at the' Bresden Rooms. =• Captain Edwin advised at 12,25 today -.—Moderate easterly winds ; . glass rise ' slowly*; tides moderate ;'-- expect" frost to-night. ' <. ' r* "■; \, This week v the . Melbourne Clothing Company announce some special sale/ bargains in their' replace. advt..on page ,7.-v -1 ! -rr-t "'■• ■■' <1 ;!-, Iffessrs ■J. ahd .Wli J^enkinson advertises over 30 finished vehicles for sale. They i.ffve also 3 good second-hand vehicles to dispose of. * Messrs Carthew, Thompson, arid Co. .report 1 having sold Mr Jas. Wells '25 acres ' suburban land to Mr Chas.' Wells' 1 of Mangorie. Messrs Weston .and Weston have,advised' the Borough Council on the Imperial Hotel by-law case," and suggesCouncil to be held to consider the matter. • , \ ■-• -"♦ „ The • HospitaL .#nd^ -Charitable -Aitl Board dealt with several charitable aid cases this morning.' This' afternoon the members visited the Hospital and Old People's Home. The accounts were passed "at the' Hospital and Charitable Aid Board meeting to-day :— Hospital, £2531 6/5 ; Charitable Aid,- £136 16/1. Total, £392 2/6. ji . > The 'illuminated address" presented io .MX, W. ' K. Huliie. and the clock presented Mis Hulte on Saturday last are now. on- view in the stopf windows of Messrs Okey and Arnold, Devon 1 street. ', t *- -At the. Hospital Boarkl meeting :totday^Dr Leatham. reported that ' enuring' May -27' patients w,ere -receiveii in/ the local \ hospital;. 39 » w,ere .discfhargefcl; and one died, leaving IS in ihe institution at tihe end of. th\e^nionth. , The A.M.P. Society has r a notice in tMs issue wßich calls attention, to the fact "that the 1 . Half ' year 'classes on' the. -30th, of thepresent month, and "persons insuring , before that date* receive a N bonus for whole year through only paying a premium Jot the half year! Attention is J drawn to" the programme for concert to be held in St Mary's Hall on , Thursday. , ■ afternopn' ! next commencing at 3 o'clock. During the -afternoon "tea; will be provided for those who care to have it, at a small 'extra charge. - »• - . _; Mr J. , Stagpole, of the, Devonport bakery; .. St. , Aubvn, : street , " (South Road) notifies in this issue that' he is prepared to deliver bread and small ,goods to any part 'of the town or suburbs. Mr . J. • , Stagpqle has got a .nice' turn-out, to do tho' rounds. 1 la 1894 -Queensland carried' 7,012,997 head of cattle, ,but in 1902 the number : was reduced to 2,543,471.-, Since^ 1897 the State's flocks have suffered- reduc? • tion from nearly twenty millions to 7,213,985; Even' with a succession of good seasons it will take s many, years to recover. s ' ,v, v In the Sv M. Court this morning ; judgment for- plaintiff was recorded in the case; Tai'anaki School 1 < Commissioners v. -F. . Small, claim; £10 10/^ ' and costs -/ £1 '12/(51 Mr ' Quilliatn (Govettand Quilliam), instructed by 'Mr 'Samuel, for, the plaintiff ;*Bparcti Several cases were adjourned, settled* and confessed. , . * , J There is nothing like being fashionable nowadays. When the question of admitting lodge patients 1 to the Hdspir tal, at a special rate, was discussed at tho Hospital and Charitable Aid Board mooting this morning several members referred to the proposal as "a, preferential tariff/ 7 which they coujd not support. Finally matters were allowed to remain as they were. He was very" melancholy ■ But ud>v he's fat. and jolly, For he hearkened to the messageWise and sure*-: : ' "From Count von Ryksaloff ' ■ Take Sykes' CuraCough>"'" ' <T> . And' y&tf" will always* find a 'most effective cure.*

A big deal in land was reported ioday, Mr T. Vcale having sold his suburban land, 100 acres, at t,he end of the Devon street west terminus, to a local syndicate. The ,-%ure is stated to be £10,000. Mr Henry Gordon, Government Mm- . , ing Engineer, is at present at the Tnhames on, business connected with: the Thames arid Hauraki large paaaatping plant recently piiirdbased by the Government. ¥ Considerable interest is being shown in connection with the opening of the . Parliamentary Union to-morrow evening, and it is expected there will be a large attendance of members and friends. An invitation is extended to ladies to be present. .Isadore M. Cohen alias T. H. Cantor, was committed at . Palmerston North to : day to the Supreme Court at Wel-•Kngton-for'sentence on* a charge of obtaining goods and money by false pretences. Several other similar charges representing. gopds and cash of an aggregate yalue pi . £80-, are pending against accused. ■ v .MrC. T. Mills, th& clerk of tlhe Taranaki County Council, . will leave by the express , train to-morrow for •Wellingtoin in ortler to confer with the secretary oi ■ the "Treasury^ on matters connected, witi a'tfvances under thfe -briUge loan > sanctioned by the Taranaki ratepayers.)' The , object of the / visit is to ascertain the proper steps -to take for an Advance -on account of .'tine loan. . r ' - s in the HigJiTanid settlement of War- v 'pu, in the North' Island, the only not-, ice^' posted in 'the kirk session house is ■the prize scbedale bl the, agricultural , show, held in that district^ and that the Clan McKay is strongly represented in the se,ttlenient is dvidenced in the list of officers. ' A. McKay- heaHs the list as president, two McKays are vice-president®, a McKay is secretary; and another' McKay treasurer;; two , a/ujditors are McKays^ and out of a . General" Committee of nine there are four McKays. Mr A. E. Farrar, the dustodian of the Old People's Home,' reported to^ the Hospital Board 'to-day that . between May. 18th to J\ine. 15th one nuale was admitted,- and one- male in- , mate diecl. One female left. There are 30 inmates in the Home 1(27 male, and 3 feinaie). The general health of the-, inmates is gooU. Mitcliell. a^sisian* attlie Homp' iresignecl . <xn. May 2Sth; : arid .Mr^, lauie^, the cook, left ..on, J^^rie t 'qb,in^ney,"9 h^d- been swept at Ho.nie : .l^th^.OjWijig'W ill^health. -The sweepjng^appar^tushad arrivejcl arid several and. B/ospital. - The Labour^Depar taiorit's journal fon June reports as follows on New Plymonth.^Biiildmg.. trades : There «.a fK]UQg ? v^p^<in c , T t3ie:b,uilding: /traHes locally, but the bad weaiher- is . .proba*bly~ responsible "for fiame.'^Engineering tr,axles > .:.!Fa!rJy -well .emplpyeii. - Boot trade.: ' fairly- b(us.y. r.Clothiiig' trade : Slight falKng off. JRetail trafte (generaL) : Rather "dull. Miscellaneous : There is also a "slackness of trade among sacfcdlers and. coachbuilding, trade. ' Unskilled labapir : A good deal of wet weather has reduced .employment, and several have called to see if work available. . A letter fuom Cape Town contains ; glowing aoc.ounts of .the P.bllard Opera , Company's- opening in, the Good Hope Theatre in , that , town.\ The, piece . qhosen was .the Japanese extravaganza . "Djin Djin."' The theatre ,wa» packed io the doors, and the perfornYan.ee went wiW a great swing irdni rise to fall of tiie curtain. . The Cajpe< Town v Press was unanimous In- praise, of t^ production/ and said 1 it was the be^fe ■ehing of the kind seeri in" South Afri^ ca." On Friday, May Bth, a : night w;as set apart for New Zeaianfclers anil Australians.^ At the conclusion of fc"he performance the Pollard GJpera Compatiy- gave the -Hew Zealatui" war cry; We regret to record the death of Mr W. )S. Gilbertson, brother of Mr J»Gilbertson, of the firm of Gilbertson and.O'Regan, builders. The sad event' , occurred cm Sunday morning at Mr J. Gilbertson's residence at Fitzrpy. The deceased 1 had been, ailing for some ; time, and about six weeks ago another brother . died &t : W r anganui after an , operation for appendicitis. Tne shock of this breavement preyed upon him," >with the sad result above stated.*. . Much sympathy is felt' for the relativisa t[ in their- troubles. The funeral took'^ place ' ■ this afternoon at Te Henui, '^ Cemetery, the Rev. S. S. Osborne conf, i ducting the last Sad ceremony. <■ ,'! In the Police Court this morning tjh* % S.M:. presided. Maylurn Divers, a nian" '. well rip in years, . who appeared to be suffering from want of food, was charged with hfeing an idle and disorderly person, without lawful visible means" of support.' Sjbrgt Haddrell . stated that the" man, who had been ' hanging round the town, was arrested lihe. J previolus day. Tne man appeared to be partially deaf,, and seemed to foe wantiag proper, food. The S.M. thdught it, was mote* a. case for the Old People's Hoirie than tibe gaol, antt-, he sjaggosted that the c&ainman and secretary of the Hospital auti Charit- - .able Aid Board sfcosikl be seen about tie, man. Sergeant Haddrell said na would '" ask' for a lemancj till Wedne,s. day, which was granted. - ' An automatic wood block cross-cut-* ting machine- of tihe latest type hatf been purcKased in England, by wd Wellmgton City Couricil. , This niafihine, which is fitted with mul^plo feaws. is worldng. very satisfactorily.It is of a type specially designed for cutting paving blocks of jarrah, karri, • or other hard woods into exact iengtihs, and is gupplieicl \riih ten circular ■ saws capable' oi '.cutting 100 blocks per 'minute, 50 "tnat the total number 'w^ioh'may be prepared per day is morniowg. The len^t§i of timber to be cross-cut is placed at right angles to Uhe saws, and £*ed in .a rtrougfc casting, swinging Radially with an adjuating stroke,, and wi% P9wer r f eed to and from the saws. There Jare also automatic stoplpi'ng and. storting arrangements/while the cut blocks are auto^ matically jjusihea out from the machine by the erfd of the incoming length ,of tittft>cJr. . - -••• If sufficient' induccmcut". offers ihe Misses Humphries a danf^i© class this season. In&aKliDg P^P"^ will kindly leave nam<sa^with S. L. Humphries and Co., Brougham-street.* G»od 'news- foe bai-gain soekers. TM Melbourne Clothing Company is holding a special bargain sale, aivd here is a' taste of what is offering. Men • watni knitted. New Zealand made ' socks, wortli Is and Is 3d selling »* every description n«e*ly xecuted at the Hornld Office.

Several Thames miners and survey- ' crs are proceeding to the gold coaJt, West Africa, \ijuler engagement to mining syndicates holding extensive properties Qtere. The wages of the miners are £30 a month, three months v health furlough being allowed . each yean. The Public Works Department has 20$ artisaus and • 2576 labourers at .work on co-operative works. Of tliese 00 artisan^" and 3260 labourers- are emploj'ed on the Main Trunk Line., and 2- artisans and 59 labdirers on i the Stratforcl-M'hangamomona railway. ' Out of 2532 men employed on road works. 316 are ! engaged in Taranaki ajid 176 in the Te Kiuiti "district. It is reported that a good seam of j good coal. i\ve feet wide, has been' struck in the Buketui "district, at 'the soiith-eastern' portion of the Hatirak'i Peninsula. The discovery has not yet been • reported officially, but ex-pex-ts are proceeding to the district for the purpose of testing the coal am(d ascertaining Ihe value of ,ihe disco vei'y. • At '• the 'Melbourne Clothing Company's special bargain sale n^eh's Mosgiel flannel undershirts honestly worth 3s 6d now max*ked.at< 2s 5d each.*