A GOOD RECORD.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 6129, 16 March 1898, Page 2

A GOOD RECORD.

Commenting on the wreck of the Mataura in the Straits of Magellan, the London Daily Telegragh says :— " It is interesting to note that the New Zealand Shipping Company had, until the present disaster, been blessed with almost a unique experience as regards the safety of their vessels. During a business career of twenty-three years not a single serious calamity, with the exception of the loss of the Mataura, has befallen them, and not a single passenger has been lost. Few other companies with a large fleet and a history of a quarter of a century can boast of so happy _ a record, and as regards passengers, there is, happily, no reason, as yet, to fear that their reputation will be tarnished."

CEMENT MANUFACTURE. The Otago Daily Times hears, that the Milburn Lime and Cement Company has made very satisfactory arrangements with a powerful syndicate, under which the latter will take over the patent rights for the manufacture of silica Portland cement in the Australasian colonies except New Zealand, which the company retains. The necessary machinery is now on the way from Denmark, and a complete cementmaking plant will very shortly be installed under the supervision of the Milburn Company in Sydney, Melbourne and West Australia, The company is also widening its sphere of operations in this colony, steps being taken to establish mills in Ohristchurch and Wellington ' at an early date.

Archbishop Redwood. — His Grace Archbishop Redwood, -with the Rev Father Cumraings, V.GK, drove out to the Mount Magdala Asylum yesterday, and in the evening he left for Wellington. Stanmobe Band Art Union. On account of the art union promoted by the Stanmore Band being contrary to the Gaming and Lotteries Act, arrangements have been made to return the money paid for any tickets that may have been sold