DAILY NOTES FROM WANGANUI.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 626, 1 October 1909, Page 8

DAILY NOTES FROM WANGANUI.

' ME. HATRICK'S AUSTRALIAN TRIP. . • PLAIN.WORDS FOR SAWMILLERS. ■: (By Telegr&ph.-~Bpccl&t Correspondent.!; '.»<> • -t>-» Wanganui, September- 30. • -. : Mr.. A. Hatriik, >who has just returned from a visit to Australia, was- interviewed, and stated 1 that',Sydneyrhad; made) wonderful pro-:. fress sin<fe;his'last ; visit fivo.'years ago. New-';-" uildings had'feprtingiip in'thousands,: anil • the •' • icity's' 1 progress had. been--far more' marked'than that of! Melbourne. ■' He pays a tribute 'to '■ •• the ■' effioioncy- of: 'the Ne\i. Zealand'*'tourist - bureaux in'botb"cities—an example!which'had ; been followed by Victoria and . New South Wales, both of: which .States have excel- ■, lently managed bureaux which pay particular attention to-meeting the inquiries of would-bo settlors. . Speaking. of- the. timber trade' be- .... . tween-New, Zealand, and Australia, Mr. Hatrick , said -that,- across/the'Tasman Sea,' New Zea- .. . 1 .land -.white' pine was held, in- high, estimation for .butter,and packing -cases," but' he -wiis. sorry to'say'vsome.of■ tne.'New Zealand.saw-,, • millers - are; not'. •He was speaking' l of sawmfl. ling in the Dominion • generally, and not. of any particular ' locality, .'He : had . heard - grave i cbmplaints ,-ih Sydney' of. the careless- way* in. . which out timber, is milled and exported; He saw ■• - - ' boards," which werot supposed. to, be, ,»ajr»« 12in.. • --. by lin., tapering:from.'lini at one"end of tho , board .to Jin,, and: less "at- the . other, and ,fr«m - 12in. at one.rend toHin.' at the otber; ' Ho .saw timber which should'never; have'>left the sawmill, except• by way 61!' • the . mill. - boiler -. chimney. staok.-and'Can.quite.understand that: ,(:his has a- very.-wide,' , far-reachin'g,, and bad . effect. -Claims arise in consequence. The dis-' i honest, purchaser.makes -fictitious demands for. ■ "money, whilst the, careful. and honest miller' s'nffers-by reason of the careless, one, and pricej all' round' are affected. : To rem'edy 'this 6tat»-:-•of affairs, he suggested followirl: the eiample. '-. of the New--Soutn:'Wales-Government,* which had its '.timber.''classified; a>'. certificate issued, as is done in'the dairy"and frozen'meat. industries.,..lf the New Zealand' millers»sold :. their timber under these conditions, the industry would speedily be plit in business lines,' but : ftot before. . He mentioned .that-the demand, for New; Zealand;rinlit appeared;to be springing . ' up in-''AustraliK,.'. where ■somo':merchants were Specially.advertising it. ' ■He .furthei'. exptessed'Jhe, opinion . that sAus-' tralia was.going .to-have'a- year,' and said that the new- olip':V;as coming .forward freely..l,was, he sdid,', 1 much -struik- with the clean and classified-way.,in- which- the wool . • clips: were/got 1 up: -.No. wonder that they, get• high., prices. The teaching of,, wool, classing by.;itravelling- teachers'is one:-.that our - Gov--eminent .should'- take up at once.' ' I think ■.•. : x 'that-it. would, be-no exaggeration to say that - !)0 : per. cent.' of. the'men who- are taking up new : ,"• bush'.land in .the North'lsland arc absolutely l , ignorant of how. to sort and class-their wool; v '■ It is a question; of..national.' importance, for ': the days when every, part of. tho fleece—loc'iE, skirtings, .and bellies—could bo-..put,"-in ' tho ' -' bales, have gone by'. It is jiist ; ,os important.'-to-daj, for ; the Government; to appoint wool- . classing instructors-.asit' was .to: appoint daif - instructors;.^