A NEW LOCAL INDUSTRY.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XVI, Issue 4635, 3 April 1882, Page 2

A NEW LOCAL INDUSTRY.

«. There is now a certainty that an important colonial industry will shortly be established in our midst. It will be remembered that a. few months back a Mr Collier, of Blenheim, wrote to the Editor of this journal asking for information relative to thee-tablishmentof the industry of parchment making in this district. Samples of the parchmentmade in Blenheim were forwarded, and pronounced by those familiar with the article, to be of exceptionally good quality. The matter was taken by Mr A. D. Willis who opened up communications with the maker. Negotiations on Mr Collier's behalf were undertaken by Mr Willis, with the gratifying result that Mr Collier decided to remove to Wanganui, and start the industry. He arrived by the steamer on Saturday, and is now engaged in looking for a suitable site for his operations which will be carried on in connection with fellmongery. Mr Collier has a contract from the New Zealand Government to supply ?11 the parchment required in the public offices, the price and quality of the colonial manufactured article being found to favorably compare with the imported goods. One of the chief reasons for selecting Wanganui for the home of the industry lies in the fact that the largeframed sheep of this district are better adapted, the skins enabling a larger sheet of parchment to be prepared than the comparatively small- framed merinos of the Marlborough district. The parchment trade of the Colony is valued at £10,000 per annum, the whole of which at present is sent to England, there not being to Mr Collier's knowledge a parchment factory in the whole of the Australasian Colonies. There is no doubt as to Mr Collier's ability to produce parchment at a price, and of a quality, to cut out the imported article, the fact of the Government giving him the contract for the public service being a proof beyond cavil. We give a hearty welcome to our new resident, and trust he will ere long extend his business operations even beyond the confines of this colony. M — m — mmmm^ ______ Mr Purnell, the Rate Collector, is making preparations for issuing summonses for unpaid rates, so as to provide a grand field day in the R.M. Court. Persons inarrear should take warning accordingly. A controversy has been raging at Foxton over the religious observance of Good Friday, andthegoodtaste of the Primitive Methodists in notifying a public picnic on that day. One of the parties to the controversy, who claims that the day should be observed with solemnity, quotes the following letter : — "In reply to your enquiries re Wesleyan Methodists' observance of Good Friday, I may say in brief that it is usual to have services in our Churches on that day, and that therefore notice is taken of it as a day of special religious interest. The fact of our having sprung from the Church of England in all likelihood influences our custom in the matter of this important Christian commemoration. It cannot be said, however, that there is a strict uniformity of practice throughout our Connex on n the matter of i !ood Kriday observance. In England it is the invariable rule to have preaching service at le st once in the day. In New Zealand the rule is not so strictly observed. I should bu surprsied to learn, however, that even here in any of our important circuits Good Friday was passed over without any kind of religious service. Personally, lam of opinion that if as Christians we use Good Friday at all we ought in all honesty to recognise the one gr<>at afiVting fact of all history which it was originally designed to commemorate. — Yours truly, — Wm. Jas. Williams."

Tenders for the repairs of the Putiki wharf must bo sent in to tho Harbor Board not later thau noon to-morrow. The usual monthly meeting of the County Council will be held at 1 1 to-morrow moruing, and of the Harbor Bourd at 2 in the afternoon. The shareholders of the Mutual Benefit Building Society hold their monthly meetiug to-night at tho Rutland Chambers between the hours of 7 and 9 o'clock. )k The steamer Waitara went °utoal^^HjH| on a fishing excursion outside t'f<Q^^|^H turning yesterday. About 48 Vmj^^^K^^^k themselves of the pJ^umM^^^^^^^^H them making go^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^J weather was dw^^^^^^H^^^H^^^H ConstabJ^^^^^^^^^^^^H^^^^HH here for^^^^^^^H^^^^^^^^^^^^HWn a couj^^^^^^^^H^^^^^^HH^ned his^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^JP^vntention rfCj^^^^^^^^^^^f^^^^Bss to San FranBrigade pinnace appeared in these she was put on the stocks) by Mr Law on Saturday uuderstand that it is not intended present to carry out the original inHution of rigging her aa a fore and aft Schooner. The Governor has appointed Messrs J. C. Brechin (Qufen'a Ward); T. D. Cummins (Cook's Ward ; and J. Notman (St. John's Ward) to fill the vacaucies on the Licensing Committees caused by the resignation of Mr F. R. Jackson. The three gentlemen named were candidates who polled the highest number of votes next to the successful members. The lant Gazette contains the result of the Teachers' examination held in January last. None of the competing teachers in the Wanganui District succeeded in passing altogether, but Joseph Guy lee and Berkeley Tyermau obtained partial success for class E. F. J. Stewart also passed in the subjects required to complete former examination, and is now entitled to a certificate. Messrs Johnston and Co., the well-known firm ofWellington merchants, having recently established a branch in the Avenue, under the management of Mr Widdup, notify that they are buyers of all kinds of produce. The firm are also the proprietors and agents of the s s Go Ahead, which after a long absence from this port, has latoly commenced to trade here again, under that genial and favorite skipper Capt. Doile. She arrived hero yesterday morning with a cargo of kerosene and general goods. The Post of Friday says :— The curious difficulty with regard to the election of the Carterton School Committee was again mentioned at to-day's meeting of the Education Board. It will be remembered that immediately the Committee had been elected, six i out of the seven members resigned, as they objected to the seventh. It was now reported that he, too, — Mr Ridgway — had since decided to resign, so that the Committee had become defunct. The Board authorised the necessary steps being taken with a view to the election of a new committee without delay. The Licensing Committees down Westport way have their own notion of the responsibilities and emoluments of the office. Two of the Committees have voted each member one guinea for attendance at each meeting, while the Karamea Committee resolved, "That the Clerk apply to tho County Treasurer for the sum of £4 for each member for travelling expenses attending the Licensing meeting at Mokihinui." This means business, though we have not yet heard that the County Treasurer disgorged. The most amusing part of the affair is, that the license feen received from the Karamea licensing district amount to only £5 per annum. The school buildings in the Wellington Education District, valued at £36,000, were insured last year at 4s 9d per cent. This year tenders from the Insurance Companies were again invited, but although a number of tenders were sent in they all quoted the same figure, viz., 15s per cent. The Wellington Board declined to do business on those terms, preferring to run the risk of losing one school per year, the amount of the required annual premium representing the cost of a country school. It was resolved to interview the Government to ascertain whether some scheme could not be devised whereby the Government could become the insurers. In the Wanganui District the school property, in value about £23,000, is insured for 63 per cent. Photography, like all the mechanical sciences, marches on apace, and, thanks especially to ©ur American cousins, evecy day biings some new curious or beautiful development. The latest we have seen are the Photographic Copying Portraits, now on view in Mr H. I. Jones' establishment in the Avenue. These are enlargments of cartes de visite,doneby anew process, the invention of Messrs L. G. Gillette and Co of Boston. The photograph is, according to the exact instructions of the owner, copied to any size, from all kinds of small likenesses,in different styles of work, and up even to life size. The coloring is particularly striking, the tints being beautifully natural. Mr H. I. Jones has some ve.y fine specimens, including a striking one of Sir George Grey, which are deceiving to close attention. A meeting of the Standing Committee of the Wellington Diocese was held on Thursday. Present — The Bishop (President), Archdeacon Stock, Rev T. Fancourt, Hon C. J. Pharazyn, Colonel Leckie, Messrs France, Powles, and Rous Marten. The consideration of the financial position of the diocese was resumed. After a lengthened discussion, it was ultimately resolved, on the motion of Mr Rous Marten, that the President be requested to convene an immediate special session of the Synod, with a view to amending the General Church Fund Act in various essential respects, and to making arrangements for the more efficient working of the system. The President acceeded to the request, and intimated his intention of summoning the Synod to meet on or about the first Tuesday after Easter week [ — (18th proximo). Temporary financial arr angements were made in order to provide for "some of the more pressing liabilities, and the meeting then adjourned for a fortnight. j —Post. The following is from the Melbourne Bulletin :— On Saturday, the 11th instant, a fashionable wedding took place at the Scots Church, Collins Street, which was crowded to excess, the fair sex, of course, predominating. The bride was Miss Emma Marie Caraudini, daughter of the late Marchese di Lazam, Comte di Risi and Vicomte Ferrario of Italy ; the bridegroom, Mr Robert Walter Wilson, a wealthy Queensland squatter. The bridesmaids were Miss Ida Palmer, Miss Emily Palmer, Miss Parker, and Miss Turner. Mr Gilbert Wilson, of Brisbane, the bridegroom's brother was the best man. The bride wore a handsome cream grosgrain silk, most exquisitely made, and trimmed with lace worked by her mother, Mdme. Carandini, 45 years ago ; a veil of Honiton and old point, made by her aunt, Mrs Crouch, of Albert Park, within the last four months— a lovely piece of work ; wreath of orange blossoms, diamond broach, bracelets, earrings, cross, and necklace, the gift of the bridegroom. The presents she received were very numerous, and all of the most costly description, amounting in value to nearly £2000. Her wedding ring was made of gold got far from the busy haunts of men, 130 miles in the interior of Queensland, a man having ridden out there for it, carrying a loaded rifle before him for protection from the blacks. On the conclusion of the ceremony, the path from the church door of the carriage was strewn with flowers by Miss Daly, her sister and brother, and a pleasing novelty was introduced when the wedding party showered the the bride and bridegroom in the carriage with orange blossoms, tuberoses, and other white flowera. The wedding dejeuner was held at the residence of Mrs Palmer, the bride's sister, where the guests partook of an elegant avid sumptuous repast, after which the bride and bridegroom left for Hallarat at 4 p.m., en route for Brie Brie, where they will make a short stay previous to their departure to Queensland. Let us wish them every happiness. This wedding must interest most of our inhabitants, for who has not heard, at one time or another, of the charming vocalists.— Mdme. Carandini, Mrs Palmer, Mrs Cottrell, Misses Fanny and Lizzie Carandini (now married in* India), and last, but certainly not least, the fair bride Marie.

The increase of disorderly houset y Wanganui is not a very promiaim^MH^^ the times, aud the police will tt|^^^|Bfc£t£ 0 give their attentiouJ^^||^^^H^PnH|||-s one disgraccful^l^^^^^^^^^Hnmcnt in St. Hill Stnu^^^^^^^^^Hious complaints j^H^^^^^H|^^^B rs - it xt rcportol^H^^^^l^^^^^BH^t, and far into H\i^^H^^^^^^^^^V"^ was a perfect P^^^l^^^^^^^^^P^ t nc services of th^i^^^l^^^^^^^Venlistiid to quell regulation has beeu Act, 1875, aud the :—": — " A commission in will ho allowed upon all stamps by the persons heroinafter the following w-alc : To HRnsed dealers at the rate o\ £2 1 0s per c-nt. on all purchases of £2 worth of stamp's and upwards ; and to depositaries afc tho ratn of £2 per cent, on all purchases of £2 worth of stamps and andupwards to all other persons at the rate of £1£ per cent, on ali purchases of £20 worth of stamps and upwards. It is strange that Reuter is silent as to the result of the division of the English House of Commons on the cl6ture proposals. Previous telegrams stated that the division was expected on Thursday night, but it is probable the debate extended to Friday, the last sitting day of the week. Even then the message ought to have come through before this. Telegrams are to hand from London bearing date April Ist. but nothing is said concerning so important a question as the fate of the Imperial Ministry. The preliminary division which gave a majority of 34 to Mr Gladstone foreshadowed the result of the division on the main question, but still it would be interesting beyond measure to learn the actual figures. The defeat of Mr Gladstone just now would be nothing short of a national calamity. Such members of the present Waitotara Board as belonged to the former must have been somewhat surprised at a statement made | to-day by Warden Corry. The question j under discussion was the propriety of allowing Messrs Flaunary Brothers a sum for extra carting on the Brunswick contract occasioned by Mr Bryce refusing them permission to cart sand direct from the pit into the road. A little surprise was expressed at this refusal, whereupon Warden Corry said that Mr Bryce had written to him, and complained of being treated discourteously by the former board in a somewhat similar case. The Chairman (Mr \V. H. Watt) and Mr Smith, who happened to belong to the eld board, looked at one another in surprise, and ejaculating that they at any rate remembered nothing of the matter, passed to the next order of the day. The right of selling in the ennteen was put up to auction this afternoon by Mr Joseph Chadwick. There was a very largo attendance, and the canteen, which was started at £50, was ultimately knocked down to Mr Brennan at £121. It has been said that you may take a h^rse to the water but you cannot make him drink, but from an instance which came to our notice yesterday we should say that the difficulty of making him drink is at least equalled by that of getting the animal away again. It is a common practice for equestrians to water their horses on the other side of the river at the foot of Shakespeare's Cliff, aud while a horse was enjoying a hearty drink yesterday afternoon it suddenly snnk into the mud leaviug its head alone visible. The rider got a hearty ducking, and on scrambling to the bank looked a •woe be gone picture of misery in his efforts to pull the animal out. The horse seemed pretty comfortable and it was some time before the rider could prevail upon it to move. Caution may serve as a foil, but there is no puissant safeguard against real dishonesty. It circumvents all our efforts to Bhield ourselves from it, because it lurks in secret places, hedges us about, and springs upon us when least aware or suspicious of its ptesence. It assumes one of its direst forms when it comes in the shape of a sham, because is apt to impose on the weak-minded and credulous. Its most hideous phase is when it essays to usurp the place of a splendid article like Udolpho Wolfe's Schiedam Aromatic Schnapps, in the spurious trick of a base imitation. — Advt.