COMING OF THE GOLDEN FLEECE.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1623, 14 December 1912, Page 6

COMING OF THE GOLDEN FLEECE.

FOR SEASON 1912-13. CONGESTION AT THE WHARVES. A visit to tho Harbour Board" wool stores on the water front indicates that these- hives of industry aro (as our expressive American cousins would put) pretty muoh stacked up. Bales and dumps of wool are piled up in all directions, and work is going on day and night at high pressure. It may, in fact, be said that all the sheds on the wharves are being taxed to their utmost just now, and, day after day, tho board has been employing largo numbers of workmen. For instance, 514' men were employed yesterday by the Harbour Board, and, the figures for other days during the week were- 401 on Monda>, 453 on Tuesday* 475 on Wednesday. The biggest day's labour-sheet for las 1; year showed that 517 men had been employed. In the face of all these hands being employed the wool in tho sheds ha\ nevertheless, been increasing in quantity so much of late that the Railway Department has issued instructions to stationmasters in the Wellington district not to accept any wool for , railage to Wellington on Monday, December IC. Seen yesterday afternoon regarding this state .of things, _ Mr. A V. Hale Monro, Wharfinger, stated that the reason for tho congestion in the wool sheds was that there wero not enough vessels here at the_ present time to receive the cargoes offering. "Last week," said Mr. Monro, we were doing well, and receiving the Kailway wool, and could have done all right this week if tho wool from the December sales had not come- in on top of us so suddenly. During the recent spell ■of fino weather wool from tho country has simply poured in on. account of late s(iear r in", and thon we havo about 8000 bales of safe wool ready for export, and no ships here to take it away. Tho first ship to relievo tho pressure will be the New Zealand Shipping Company's Rimutaka, duo here next Tuesday, and Bailing for London on Thursday. : About the end of next week we will have the Otaki and lonic and they will take away big caTgoes also. That is'why tho Railway Department has issued the instructions regarding Monday. Tho Fact of the wool being stopped trom comin" down from the country for one day will make a great difference to us becauM we will be able to get such a oiKintfty dumped ready for shipment. "You will se? by the figures," continued Jliv Monro, "that we are employing all the available lsbour we can. But. out of that number, about 80 per cent ar.e strangers to the work and lmvo to bo shown and' tokl what to do. This in itself does not' tend to facilitate the work in, the same way as if all our labour was of the expert kind. Wo aro working every niirht pressing woo!..trying to make available snace for that which is on the road down." Do yon think th<> wool-shod accommodation at this port is adequate f was asked. "Yes." said Mr. Monro, "under ordinary conditions it is, but the position 'at "rei=ent is abnormal on account of what I have stated above. Of course it is only a passing squeeze and'we will eet over it when the boats como in." • In talking to a reporter nbout tho.pro- , spiit.flnte of tho wnol-sheds n prominent, shipping, man..stated thnt the congestion had beon oau?od through the ffnibonr Board slieils l)<w u=od ns n ti;=tributincj ground for all. wool cuminß f-om tlie country. Hβ thought that the sheds should be used purely for kw,| mr export and not ns a store forallthc wool eonrtmij into Wellington by rail. Wlien asked what nwuivs ho thought li'onld ?nr over 'the difficulty ho stated thnt, in his opinion, the Railway should hnve t.hoir own stores and. do their own distributing. ..

CLIFFSIDE. ESTATE. Special attention is drawn to tho important sale of the above well-known estate,. which Messrs. Dalgety and Company, Limited, instructed by Mr. W. 1. Lovelock, are offering for sale by pnblio auction' on Saturday, Ainuary 25, IDI.'I. The estate comprises about 608 acres freohold, and has been subdivided'into nino convenient-sized farms, ranging from about 40 to 103 acres. The whole of tho property is rich level dairying or fattening land, and is splendid!; watered by neverfailing streams. It ,is situated at Aokautere, about miles from the important and growing city of Paluiorstou. North, and is aleo only 4} miles from Ashhurst railway statnn. This estate is famous for the celebrated herd of Holstein-Frei-sian cattle, which have been bred on it by Mr. Lovelock for several years past, and which are second to none in the Dominion. The terms are exceptionally easy,' only 10 per 'cent, cash on fall of hammer, and 5 per cent, on date-of possession, the balance remaining for five years at 5 per cent. p:r annum. Thoso on the look-out for first-class dairying or fattening land should uialte arrangements to at once inspect this property. Lithograph plans can bo obtained from the auctioneers, who will bo pleased to supply any further particulars un application.

Messrs. J. H. Bethune and Co. announce in our auction columns that on Thursday next, December 19, at 2.30 p.m., at their rooms, under instructions from the District Engineer, on behalf of the Railway Department, they nre submitting -9 leasehold allotments, Hutt Eoad and Thorndon Esplanade. The leases for four of the allotments are for a term of 21 years, while the lenses of Hie other five allotments ave from year .to year. Auction notices are erected on tlie allotments, and plans, conditions of sale, and form of lease may be seen on application to tho auctioneers, who recommend this sale (o tTie special interest, of timber merchants, manufacturers, and others. Messrs. Baldwin and Rayward, patent attorneys, 215-217 Lambton Quay, . Wellington, report that they have recently filed the following applications for letters patent of New Zealand:—D. T. Kind, Cartertqn, fire screen; J. Binnie, Fairlie, fencing standard \ritMiawing; J. E. A. Kane, Auckland, window-cleaning safety appliance; B. Crawford and J. W. Swales, Auckland, boat engine pump and muffler; A. Dencher, Oiristchurch , , money box; W. Turnbull, Wellington, closet flush; H. R. Joly, Ireland, removing honey from bee-Tiives; E. Hart, Whangamarino, wire strainer; W. J. Aynsley, Marton, razor strop; H. Pape, Gcrmany» ore furnace; C. A. Bicknell, Greytown, milk releaser. THE GUINEA POEMI A CHEQUE FOE £1 Is. has been sent to tie writer of this verse— Mrs. 11., 31 Nelson Street, Wellington,: "Kapai te Puritan," tho Maori said; "We use it at the Pah. My wahiiie's washing nice and white. Just like te Pakeha.V WIN A GUINEA! Prize Poem published every Saturday. Best original four short-lino advt. verse about "Puritan Soap" wins each week. A printed wrapper—from inside packet of, Puritan Soap—must be enclosed, with full address, to: "Puritan Soap," P.O. Box 203, Wellington. ■wholesale Ageutai A, S, Palcjßon and