ARROW.

Evening Star, Issue 3780, 6 April 1875, Page 2

ARROW.

Ap rl l The Press of this district have hitherto shown a strange forgetfulness in allowing a man who has occupied so important a place in its history to quit us without more notice at their hands than has been accorded to Mr B. Hallenstein, as • u iu a great measure the progress it has made to his influence, and to his having adopted it as his sphere of operations. This is especially the case as regards Queenstown, which still absorbs a large amount of his capital and that of the Arms with which he is connected, and the withdrawal of which would seriously reduce its status. Apart from this view of the case, the services which he has rendered in his business and political capacities to the progress and prosperity of this part of the Province should make it the pleasure as well as the duty of a journalist to refer to his career as a resident among us. The farming interest has been built up mainly by his capital and the its future which he showed years back when only very small beginnings were being made. He was the first capitalist who seized upon the opening for investment presented by our grand agricultural resources, which were unlocked by the leasing system, and not only furnished large amounts of capital hi the shape of loans on the farmers' property but created a magnificent estate of 2,000 acres by building a mansion for his family and startup! farming himself .on a thorough and scien--tific system, which has been carried out in the most complete and successful manner, and with an interest in which he has not parted. He was the first to import seed wheat and distribute it among the farmers, to erect flour mills, to afford a market for their produce, and to give a liberal price for it—7s fid per bushel. In his capacity as a merchant he supplied the district with every requirement, and carried on business on a scale seldom seen in any up-country Colonial district. His honesty and business knowledge were such that it was a Eleasure to de business with him, as I hav ave heard numbers declare, and he has set an example in bis dealings with his employes, which I see by a recent leader of yours may well be set before Dunedin employers. His assistants were well paid and not overworked, and on leaving he has placed many of them in business on an extensive scale in Queenstown and elsewhere. His political standing as our representative must be well known to your readers, and always reflected credit upon us, while the weight he always commanded with the Government and in Parliament enabled him to confer great advantages, present and prospective, upon us. The unfortunate accident which befel him. some time back has necessitated his retirement from a great deal of the activity which was his delight, and we ought to hail his recovery and hope soon again to have him as a resident among us. Mrs Hallenstein, although very unassuming for a lady holding so high a position in wea'th and standing, is known as a thorough lady, and one of the kindest and most beneficent disposition. She has commanded the esteem and love of all who were fortunate -enough to be acquainted with her, 1 and deserves our warmest good wishes for herself; and family. I feel that this is a very brief sketch of Mr Hallenstein’s services and worth, but I may have another opportunity of referring to them. I cannot understand what the Arrow United Company are about. Some weeks back they obtained encouraging prospects from their claim and gave out that' they were about ■to place more powerful machinery upon it. On the faith of these statements they obtained a good price for their forfeited shares, and after getting that money we hear no more of the advent of the machinery. This looks like trifling with the public, and it is no wonder that this district is so damaging its reputation with investors that it is bopeles i to look for any support for any mining undertaking, however sound, which it puts forth. Mr Warden Stratford has taken charge of the Ihmstan district during the absence on leave of Mr Warden Simpson. He continues to attend the courts at the Arrow. The not yet ended between Hattie and Co. anti Moore* Ctv or. LoudondciT j terraces, thus showing the ground to be worth fighting over.

SonthSew and Co., at Skippers, are driving a lane quantity 61 quarts to zuilL Soma of the alluvial claims in Skippers creek and terrace* are doing exceedingly well On Skippers Toint, Aspenall’s claim is in full work. T*J e rec ® n t muster of cattle here has let in a iig'ht upon the system of branding and appropriating cattle which has beengoing on here *° r /r'l”’ t0 L th ® enric bment of a dishonest few, wi-w 56 *° 9 V ® aooount of it in my next. n n ?S iQg . lß .^ om ? ® n th 6 Shotover Terrace, and a deputation of direc'ors is expected from wlth e tS Sl^ Port rn? n * hat “ best to be done are shut un* for tL ew . Channel Company are sunt up for the present, owing to the Wh revel of the mer, but aro’ready t“startdistream lowers. It is to be honed that to this hard-working company, as they have nobly fought against great difficulties arts?verse circumstances. . u