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Timaru Herald, Volume XIIC, Issue 13974, 7 August 1909, Page 4

! There is ;in old .saying tlint great tilings have small beginnings—and especially is the truth of this exemplified in our own country. To a .student of tho 'enthralling early history of the dominion tho progress made year by year is a. never ending marvel. . Smiling plenty now reigns where almost within our own memory, barren waste liekl undisputed sway. . . . Tho growth of the many industries in our midst is the surest sign of the prosperity" of ;i self-ontained, self-supporting country. To point to one instance wo may mention the old established firm of Kirkpatrick and Co., of Sunny Nelson, to whom much of the famo of Nelson as the premier fruit growing district is due. It lias been said that "K" products bold an absolute monopoly of quality, and without making invidious comparisons—tho high ftwards > gained by this firm in ' open competition—endorse in a most practical manner the eiicommns which have been bestowed by a critical and discerning public^,