NEEDED, AND BADLY NEEDED.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 696, 22 December 1909, Page 10

NEEDED, AND BADLY NEEDED.

< SPECIAL STOCK TRAINS. Tho timo is at hand -whon -the quantity <of •V ... rtoek requiring railage.finch the coimtry's rollvv int'stock, too: small for it. : "When Christmas is a stream of -fat lambs and sheep, this • year surpassing in. volume anything'■ that has '• ever boon seen m New- Kealand.'-will- begin to ■ v "pour ■■ into ; the ' various freezing centres; and at the; same > time the trado in lock, sheep and , etore .stock/ (always - heaviest in • tho first few • - .'..months : of, :tao year)* -mil bo greater than • .-usual. •• Prom one Wellington breeder alone no ;j-j:3nver; than';2ooojflock 'sheep Arill -'be dispatched. ..in the next few .. months, and: the sales from other sources in •. .(the Wellington' district, promiso to be larger ' than usual. 1 ■' v Farmers are naturally anxious that the Rstili , ; vay.: Department - will do . its ■ utmost 'to cope -"with tho hesvytraffic in a manner. that will '':vi;;''-avoid:lbsscs : ,pf .'stock", "or; serious loss of.' condi'lion of the stock sent forward. The fact - that '. . .'••the lamb 1 activity vis_'"concentrated .into.;a few : •j . .months of the year-is; a matter that the,., raili&Pyway/'authorities inay',.deploro; but the conges- - - tion is inevitable, - and .tho' Railway . Depart- ':''; .-"' ment : can:doi.jthfi' 'imeat-producing : ! interests. !v^;yß^t,ira3n^.iby..iailitiß';.tq'.'iulfil-;its..reasohable

i\x*-'i^ : ij ■desire;ha?, ; beeri/expressed in various qnar-§■:'-'°,'torsi this : season: that : special ■ stock' trains should ■:58Y;?£bq,-,Tuii 'frSn;.;,Palinerstpn to, : Auckland dunng : j-£.'i■ itho first >f ewr months. of -the year.''■" Much :.insS^S'JMy; is' sufEcr,ed':by■ivaluablo stock through : the' iV.'ijr'ritediousness-rpfi-theVjourney; .'-.under, present con-;%'!-'ditiohs,"and .breedersrstate'that"if special treins :?';?. ;;c6nld-'r ; b'o'. 'provided;;-in/.response ;;to guarantees.; ;?''s ;, '4"of'«'ful]iV.feain}Wa'ds:VbfVßt6ck''" the'.! demand''■ for) stock:for the more:north-j;-^rf'crly^half island ,"would vastly; increase. j«;S v Thevbroedingvinterests,■ which:are. very : exjten-. ;§!%■'.vinces,-depend to;a .very, considerable extent on f£;S<ttto- ability ;of. the:rßailway\ Department': to.' meet 7 ponditiphs, the release of. she ( epiinto paddocks :at'one or two converii-', iijjjifi'ent stoppirigVplaces oh-the-journey, wherp water , .:,':ftvVi)saVailablov : Cwould effect an improvement, -.but without ..delays/is ,-!y-«fw^tX^ i Sii'ilj^lwyp^ft^weUTttownvPatoeretonvNoyi'finn^of , SiS^^ouctioneer^^vritesVuS'Jas^llpwsir^'v , '-^.^ |^^^^Ex^]!!ti!?Rin|9nK;^-i ; i : : §^ : &^^e& : north ;r' ; '«S;Ua';considorablo' demand .has sprung iup';for; store 8:.6:i-' : «Bfieep,"' ? ttnd'-!.'wb; ; : We 'OR%: hayo also".received --'a , good iriumbet .of inquiries. ;-::;»,; i:)forrsheep.:fors forward .delivery,- more parti9|i-. ffgS^arly■ ;fprj».the ; i ;, VV[aikato; : >;v,That :a: direct .stock >$£'£'■: train sprvice ; ;would: : matorially-assist'the' trade' !'! ! ?:';'-ii'is u '.utid6ttbted,^ ig«f ; v^he'.length yqf time.jspehti ett ■ epnsitlerable' H/v!H; damage stock '-shipped , ; ta;::regular;:-stock-: Us-v?;&train'ifor?tnev.first-ithre'e "months' of , the^year :as/ ! though we get i ; ,v.;;V ; ;j a; demand duringithe.'whole:; hev«irtheless oSsMjiit'-is ; iduring;;these'. : three months', that--buyers iiS;;>v:come down itp fill, for. owes, jsay:.! what' prospects t-'Kiiabessihlv/ :s6"mpthing'.;;of ; tlie.\sort ;■ riiight 'boi-;'ar-" !!■.;;%', Tarikcdi;. through.';the'.:mediHm<'of>-.the'.different , ■."■;#^SaucHon'eering : firms'.'doing -business in ■ this, 'dis-, i'Sv-itricl^ahdithe;Waikatpi"':l«t;it wbuld;bo ai rather. :|K^\tr^leMmp';;.business^ , tp''.;got Vat." ■■;:''vj -.- :;■>/':/■ : :iip^ij^A;' : :Miilah's;V]e'iw.^

ifc-'^-iyT^en-'thov'Mini^ jff? •Jf3[. : .VA;V;Maiar): - was'asted yesterday'■!as gjkfflttqSspecial*stock>:'trairis; ! She; replied ! , that; no /iS-f-Jdenrute yapplicatibn , '"had toeri, :'niade ->io him, -:wovision;;pf;; special -.'stock'; strains : &t .this ofEthijjyear .iwouldi'malto :it; necessary. nSiS^Stijjtlik^ttucl«r.from''pther'portion?; of ;the,;ser-, $:!ij&y\&i'sJfayzftM!, fat.'-lamb.:ifeusinDss,,now'.]begiu-'' j'.-.-viSning,,; would :'probablyfnlly; : ;.tax;iall;.the -'existthgS;tjS>?rolhji[j*'jtqbk." ; : ,Th6;:fact!v:tbat :'tlie '[suggested i£fsi"^special] 'stocik'vtrainsvwould^take Ireight. that. Syl£?AT«rald otherwise'tax "the'■ofdinary-trains'would. :-'*^^Siibt,';OTer^meV'thiß; ; .'nß^Mi^iyfpr-',-providiag -, lid-' even JM-Hf^ttocCipf tmeatimmldsconseat ;;tb provide ,?S ; f-M,tlie./-nece.SOTryo rolling .stocki' a: guarantee .of nH-;it wbiild■ be idernandedvf^J*.The :railwiiijr. , iregula.tioi\s '■". already ■provided'for sufficient ■; 'freight ; : jwasivere ;rn'ado ;:?:i?'-?,v.-"-i : it -yore .note (»aila))leii : :;: : -;^ i ;-^.v.''.l-^