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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 984, 26 November 1910, Page 16

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THE PUBLIC TRUSTEE. ... ■ It is proposed to build new .offices for the .-Public Trustee, in. Kingsway on account of the enormous growth in the demand for'the services of this' Government official. The extraordinary ' development of tho duties-are shown clearly and simply by the fact that when that official assumed office at tho beginning of 1908 .the. staff of five men was,housed in four rooms'; /to-day, there is- li staff of l-U men; -.occupying, thirty-fivo rooms. At the present, trusts under' negotiation are ■valued at ■ £-13,000,p00,-, and others worth ■£9,500,001) nro actually in tho office. In no.fewer than GOO cases is the .Public ! Trustee: taking care of the affairs of minj.ors; -\-Whilc tho,office was.instituted.pri■marily'tq' assist. persons'of small means, person's-have availed them'selves; of jits'services'. ',- .'.. : BRITISH SHIPBUILDING. . . " Prom ''th"b- ; returns compiled by' Lloyd's Register of ■ShinniugVit;;.appears .".that, ■ : escliiding'-war^ip i : s/->thCTe;JveEe ; f3l;B; .yes? ■■sels : vqf ; :4ii&f|io7k-fona '• grVs'spJmder 'eon- , istr'iictionfc'inl th'oi' Uintcd v Kingcl6m -;at-tl!e: ■ : closo , of-the'qU"artei-..en(!cd,;Scptehibor 30. ves-. !sels•■ ainpuhied' to:'-.0n1y;'.3713.;. ;;.iho ton:nn'"B'.''iiow •iinder/';cgnstruction:- is-, about ; 30000-tons' liiorb-than.that,'which'"was in Ih'aud'at'the'-end'of last, ; ;auartor,;and cxiceeuVby;'. 370,0.00 vionsr tlio r .tota>rbuilding ■twclve : -in'6nths'"ngo"' r; Geririany comes next to.Great liritain in tho list with fifty., vessels, and a: total tonnago of 139,117, .excluding, warships., and .vessels under 100 'ton»' There are seven war vessels under constructi.on at the Royal Dockyards; Two at Dcvonport, 45,100 tons 'displacement; two at .Pembroke, G7'JO tons; two at Chatham, 1210 tons; 'and one at Portsmouth, 22,500. tons. In pnvaten yards, fifty-one war vessels are being built for tho British Navy, of a total .tonnago ot 220,385. , '■'■ . . £1,000,000 EXTORT INCREASE. " The.Board of Trade returns -for September are again "favourable,, and ■ show that the. imports for the month amounted to .£51,000,395, an increase of £2,121,l"0 over Senteinber, 1909. Exports totalled £3G,OG-i,2Gl,"an increase-of'£-1,103,237. Tho lirincipal increases are" in cotton goods, which sliow a. gain' of £'M2,(X7, 'woollens (£521,111);. iron'and steel' (£581,303), and electrical goods (£279(889).- For tho nine months of.tho present year imports were £457,311,888', ■ an increase of:. £37,530,551, as ■compared .with-the samo period of 1909 and exports wer.o £318,577,011, with an increase of £11,239,730. " l

ness, "is the cause of Mr. Wilson's wise precaution on this subject, and-he has continually : advocated ■ the absolute necessity, for the strictest supervision with regard to tho pig industry. Mild , Cure Favoured. ' . So far as curing is concerned, Mr. Wilson is a believer in the mild cure of. bacon and hams. People usually liko to associate a mild euro with their breakfast-bacon. The "salty" cured bacon with leather- sides, which for .years was prevalent in New Zealand, did a.great deal to cause.a distaste,of the article, and the. mild cure has now effected a chango in quite tho opposite direction. Mr. Wilson has also established a market in London for. his out-, put, which ' reaches the. highest ruling ■prices, and which is regarded as being quite equal in quality to the best Canadian or Danish hams and bacon. In "connection with this branch of the industry, it'is noticeable, says Mr. AViison, that,-tho London, public' prefer bacon to frozen pork. ' The trade mark of the Wairarapa Bacon Factory is the well-known "pig brand": "Whilo I live I grow." Another branch of the industry is tho' equally well-known "Beaver" lard, which.is dono lip in one-pound pats in twenty-four pound boxes, and which is •generally favoured by New Zealand housewives. ■ ■ ■ .Pig Brooding. , So far as pig-breeding is concerned, 'Mr. Wilson inclines his faith to tho Berkshire-Tamworth or. the good purebred Berkshire. Tho success of. tho bacon industry lies largely with tho farmer, who breeds tho pigs. A good percentage of tho farmers feed their pigs well; but on the other hand there are others who may not do so. Pigs should be well fed when young, so that tho young flesh may bo helped, and they should be topped off well. Mr. Wilson considers that the quickest way to fatten a pig is to feed him on pollard, sucrosine, wheat, and'milk. Pigmeal, in addition.to these articles, was also, very good. Thero.was also no doubt that pigs generally ' shduld be better housed. - There was very good reason for believing that tho manner in which, the animals have been in some

knowledge-, these- few are: Messrs. T. Moore, sen., John Daysh, and H. Callister, who still reside in Carterton, slr. Henry Eagle, some-.s'bero" in tho Fcilding district, aud Mr. Walter Francis, in Wellincton. The petition reaas' as follows: —. To' His Honour the Superintendent of tho Province of Wellington., The memorial of the undersigned inhabitants of tho Taratalii Plain and the .Three Milo Bush, in tho district of the Wairarapa, Respectfully shoivcth:— That is is desirable that that portion of tho *Wairarapa -in which your Honour's memorialists reside should be proclaimed a Township;'-and, in the event of that opinion, your memorialists respectfully pray, that tho Township should bo designated '.'Cartervaje," and tho village in tho Three .Milo Bush being the most _ consider-: able, place within ;th'o.Township, should be named "Carteryille," in honour. 01 the ■ principal ■ promoter and friend 1 'of; the small farm settlements in this.dihtrict, and of our.-reprc'sentativo in-the Provincial Council, ,j C. 'R. . Carter, Esq. ■ ' . .■■■' ■•":■:'' ' ■'■■ : '.'-."- :. '•' And your. memoralists as" in "duty bound over pray: — ".:' Richard Fairbrqt'herßenjamin Stainson. Henry Eagle."-' ■Thomas Anguith. James Wiltshire. Thomas Bigivay. ■ William Bambry. William Lukes. Robert. Eagle, son. John Burns. Rob. Eagle, 'jun. Mark Davis. George-Arnold. J.avcs Buoket. Samuel Oates. . Daniel Rose. . . George' Stoodloy. Armond Bennett. James Hannah. Humphrey Callistcr.James Fitzgerald. Thomas jttoore. : John Stoodley. Andrew Jf'Kctizic. Phelep Guden. . John H.' J.' Wll-' . Peter Couper. Hams. Richmond Dayeh. John Viic. John Daysli. Robert Dixon. C. 11. Ordish. William Parker. Edward Clay. William Johns. George King. Stephen Vawless. Cliarlcs Ovdish. Henry Meyricjc. AVillinm Flood. William Jtnynard. John.TamesGuggen- John Jfaryason. •■■ buhl. James M'Carthy. Robert Davios. John Willson. - W. Francis. George Da vies. Walter Francis. Edward Walcelin. The names of Alexander Burn, Andrew Cockbiirn, and Edward Swain were also added, but with a penmark struck through them. , A footnote reads: "Tho above memorial was presented to tho -superintendent in June, 1859. His Honour complied with part of tho request by forming by Proclamation, dated July 2G, 18»3, the 'Three- Milo Bush,' and adjacent lands on the east sido of the Main Road into a Township called 'Cartcrtou,' "