The Wanganui Herald. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1901. A New Market for N.Z. Wool

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 10497, 19 November 1901, Page 2

The Wanganui Herald. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1901. A New Market for N.Z. Wool

Owino to the very low ]'rir M now obtainable for New Zsaland'aud Austral- - ian-grown wool in England it is interesting to learn that a proposal is being placed before tho wool-growers of these, colonies to assist in. establishing a woollen mills company. "in ' Seattle, U.S., with a capital of .£IOO,OOO.- The promoters arc -wishful ,to place half the 'stock of this company in New Zealand "and Australia, in order to get the practical support of~th? wool-growers on this side of the world. Tho, representative of the company in -.ew Zealand informs us that there is not a woollen mill on,the West Coast of-the United States, and that the Seattle City Council, i« order to encourago tlie establishment of one' in that city, is prepared to grant the following concessions—viz., (1) land to build on (this concession alone, it is estimated at the present rate ol progress, will be worth in a few years the whole amount of capital involved), (2) exemption from local taxation for ten years, (3) free water for ton years. Tho. Council also guarantees to buy 100,000, dolls, worth of the company's shares.

The reason why the company is wishful to place so large a portion of its stock in New Zealand and' Australia is to induce wool-growers there to send some of their wool to Seattle for manufacture. It is stated that "this can b' done at small cost'direct;'and that the saving in freight will .largely offset theUnited States duty on raw wool. Seattle, as our readers are no doubt aware, is one of those rapidly-growing cities on the Pacific Coast which have sprung up in the last few years,, and are still growing at a rato hardly, credible tr slow-going Britishers. The .timber industry was the start of Seattle, which .is situated on Puget Sound/but the dis covery of gold in Alaska and the increase of permanent" settlement in Washington territory- itself, together with the shipping facilities afforded, all helped to boom Seattle, which is now a city of over 81,000 inhabitants, possessing 50 newspapers, 100 miles of street railways, 40 miles ot bicycle paths, manufactures valued at 44,000,000 dollars per annum, and other tangible proofs of its prosperity. There can be no question of the ability of the business people of Seattlo to start a large woollen manufactory in that city without outside assistance, as the capital required (J6100,000) is a very small suit to find in such a wealthy and go-ahead community. *Mr Alley, when we pointed out this, explained that the.reason shares were being placed on the New Zealnnd and Australian market waß to secure the co-operation of the woolgrowers of thess colonies. If this cau be done,' he says, a large future is before tho' proposed company, as it will not only be able to import nearly all the wool it will require, but will be able to sand a large quantity to 'the Eastern States chcappr than it cau be sent there via England, as at present. If this can be done, it means that a nearer, and better market for New Zealand-grown wool can bo reached via Seattle 'than by way of London, and that the present low prices for our wools,-both in England and on the Continent, will be favourably influenced. As there aro only about double the number of sheep in i the United States that there are in this colony, whilst the former country possesses a population of eighty-five millions, America has to import annually _ 80,000 tons of wool, mostly the product of New Zealand and Australian sheep, which has first to go to. Loudon, from whence it is transhipped to America. It therefore appears as though our woolgrowers would do well to seriously consider the proposal above mentioned, and to in every way aid,in opening the American wool market to direct shipments of wool from this colony. As Mr Alley's stay is necessarily a short one in Wanganui, ho is desirous of seeing as many of our wool-growers and leading business people as possible, so that he may lay before them full particulars of tho Seattle'project and afford every Information on the subject to thoßO interested in the subject.

On our first page will be found interesting reading matter under rue following headings:—'"Pigeon Flying Race," "Cricket," "Condensed Cables and Telegrams," 'Education Board," "How to End the War," and "Snorting."

■ Captain Kennedy telegraphs to-day: —North-west to -\cat and south-west winds; rain probable.

The butchers of Reeftori have not only raised the price of meat, but are charging 6d a pound for fat.

The tender of Messrs Russell and Bignell, for the erection of new premises for the National Bank, in Ridgway Street, has been accepted.

The Masterton Star reports that the Givernment intends acquiring Mr W. C. Buchanan's Tupuruputu estate for close settlement purposes.

The measles epidemic is prevalent in Duuedin and suburbs. At one school last week over sixty children were absent from an infant class alone from this cause.

There is a probability of Mr Donald Macdonald, the well-known Australian war correspondent, visiting New Zealand shortly on business connected with the Australasian.

A witness at the Christchurch Supreme Court the other morning, .who wished to demonstrate his ability to 'identify a pipe, stated that he had been smoking Bince he was eight years of age.

Considerable opposition by religious bodies in Auckland is being given to the recent action of the Auckland City Council in sanctioning Sunday afternoon band performances in Albert Park.

The Attorney-General of South, Australia has promised the Society for the Protection "of Birds'to'bring in a Bill on the lines hi the Texas Act, making it a penal offence to wear the plupiage of ..birds.

A witness before the Arbitration Court at Wellington recently asserted that the demands of- the Unions were opposed to Bible teaching. The Court preferred the laws of Scddon to those of Moses.

The Theatre.Royal, New Plymouth, which has just been purchased by Mr M.. J. Jones from the late Mr F. A. Carrington's trustee, is to be remodelled, at a cost of .£ISOO. The building is to be made to accommodate 1000 people.

Those interested in horticulture are advised of the Wanganui Soceity's Spring Show, which will be held at the Drill Hall on Wednesday, 27th November, 1901. Entries dose with the secretary, Mr Wesley Knight, on Monday next at 9 p.m.

A little boy named George White was lost in a dust ttorm near Monindic (New South WaUs), on October 31. He wis found three days afterwards after 36 hours' wandering.~~lt is supposed he walked SO miles. Beyond being hungry he was none the worse for. his privations. ,

Tho catalogues for the A. and P. Show will b« on issue to-morrow. Exhibits at the Show will each have a number, corresponding with a number in the catalogue. No other information, so that it will be quite necessary for visitors to purchase a book. As only a limited supply aro on issue, those requiring books should purchaso early.

The proposed combined High and Technical School in Wanganui has been advanced another Btep in Wanganui advanced another stage, and to-day the Education Board decided to apply to tho Government for a grant of ,£IOOO for a new building, details of which were left in the hands of the chairman, Messrs Spurdlc, Corry, -and the Inspector.

It is an open secret at Newcastle (says an Australian exchange) that tho best coil from a number of high-grade mines can be bought at a substantial reduction on lis per ton. Tho standard demand for coal nas'fallen off until it is now much below the active producing capacity of tho district. Shipping agents expect that from the beginning of next year a new scale of charges on a lower basis will operate.

A touching Instauco of fidelity came under our notice-recently. During the heavy nliower of rnm'lasfc Thursday a water-cart mighty have been perceived calmly purbuind it 3 watery way, in siiite o? itß evident superfluity. The driver pull up? Not he! He had got tho job ol driving ihat superannuated water-cart, and not all the Sychcms in Autar.-Uca shrild make him quit. Sempc fideli3.—Christchurch Truth. The Nativo Minister (Hon. J. Carroll) has informed the Poverty Bay Herald that ha does not expect to be able to go to -.ie Coronation. It has been definitely decided that Parlimanet will meet at the. usual' time, and it would be inconvenient for two members of tho Miuistry-to be away together. He may go Home later—perhaps after the next election—and avail himself of the Prince and Princess of Wales' invitation to visit them at their home.

At the conclusion of the lecture given by the ,Roy Bennett at Otaki on Friday Inst," the Rev McWilliam stated that some time ago a wooden mere was found deep down in a swamp at Waikauac, where it had evidently lain for hundreds of years. 'On.the handle of the nfcre was the carved figure of an elephant, a fact that seemed to add weight to Mr Bennett's theory that tho Maoris came from Asia or Africa originally.—Exchange.

i. young Diiiish journalist, Mr Maritis B. Sch;oior, is on a journey ro'ißil the wcrM >n performance oi a on the question whether'a man, bein? penniless, can go round the world in a year. Mr Schroder, who is a bachelor of 27, started on August 28 from Copenhagen. The wager is tor .£555. If successful ho will receive .£250 of that amount, while .£2jo will go to the ftinda of the Danish Journatintß' Institute, and .£55 to the Saliors' Widows' Fund of Copenhagen and the Copenhagen Poor-box

Dawson City md other Arctic goldfields will presently be' in telegraphic communication vith tho rest of tho world. The lino, 2000 miles long, constructed by the government of tho Dominion, from Vancouver to tho Yukon country, was-to be completed by the bogin'ning of October. It was commenced in April last year, and the difficulties of construction were enormous. In some places the men had to work in 3iiow sft deep, and at a height of 4000 feet. They had to cut their own trail, and run tho telegraph wires through wild tracts of country novcr before trodden by a white man.-

The following, extracted from tho London Daily Telegraph of 10th October last, should be worth the consideration of our local "City Fathers": —This week the Borough Council have been experimenting with an American invention, which is claimed to be perfection in the way of street cleaning. It is in the form of a tank, with compressei air within, so that tho water may be forced on the road at a terrific pressure as the tank is drawn along. Mr Edwards, tho Borough Engineer, states that this new method of streetcleaning is very effective. The widest thoroughfare in the' borough can be watered on one jonrnoy.

Mr Alex. Douglas, of-the Taieri, visired Tnpanui list week. His repprts (says the Courier) of the Home shows confirm what Mr Alex J'eid says about the bulk <if tho liv 3 btock in Sew Zealand being'quite equ.il to that shown in the Old Country. Liko all the rest of tho Maorilanders, Mr Douglas made some inquiries re tho frozen meat trade, and he says that our mcxfc is far too fat for the great bulk of the consumers. The fat moat looks nice in the shops, but it is the lean that the consumers want. In beef Mr Douglas says that about 700 lbs is now the popular weight, instead of the big bullocks of long ago from 10 cwt upwards. Ho says it is. quite unusual to see heavy-weight' fat beasts, either beef or mutton, in the butchers' shops. It is. good neat, not too fat, that the trade and consumers ask for, and not gross fats that wo call prime here. Mr Douglas's remarks aro borne out by all other returning visitors, and also by the London-trade circulars and market reports. The day of the heavy fats is over at present, and our graziers must try and meet their customers' wishes and grow smaller wethers, and kill their bullocks at two and three yearsold instead of four and five years.

So great has become the demand for Sykes' Cura Cough, the Great Microbe Killer, for all affections of tho throat, dost, and lungs, during tho past six ir.rnths, that over one thousand four hundred and forty bottles have been placed with chemists and storekeepers in Wanganui alone. Sykes' Cura Cough is no new remedy just sprung into existence, but for tho past ten years its fame lias grown from town to town and pro. vinco to province. A trial will convince the most sceptical of its wonderful curative properties. Be careful! Sykes' Cura Cough is the name; take nothing "just as good."

Certainly the best merficlne Kn-wn H Sanders and Sona Eucalypti Extract. Test its eminently r.owerful' effects in coughs, colds, influenza—the relief is instautancfus. In serious cases :md accidents, be they wounds, burns, scoldings, bruises, sprains, is the safest remedy—no swelling, no" inflammation Like surprising effects produced in croup, diphtheria, .bronchitis, inflammation of the lungs, swelling, etc.; diarrhoea, dysentery, diseases of the kidneys, and urinary organs. In use at hospitals and medical clinics all ovel the globe; patronised by His Majesty the Sing of. Italy, and crowned with medals and diploma at International Exhibition. Insist on getting Sander and Sons' Eucalypti Extract, or else you will be supplied with worthless oils.—LAdvU