WOOLLEN MILLS FOR HASTINGS.

Hastings Standard, Issue 196, 14 December 1896, Page 3

WOOLLEN MILLS FOR HASTINGS.

T«> The. I".!>ii.>r.. Sib. — It st-euis truly astonishing that such it.: important, .;s:e-nat as this li;e> not been token in haml long before iww. and your article of a recent date docs not appear to have aroused the public of Hastings from the letliarsry into which they have evidenly fallen. If ' i« mi' part of New ZeaLniti more than another particularly adapted for tin: establishment of woollen milts it is tin- Haw k*Lay district. The wonderful «ao! p:■. country which stretches fin all -ide- j* sufficient in itself to warrant the si:pp>»ition llwt the manufacture of woollen goods b«> au .mpo.t -Jt ich".-tr\ the future, aud this fuel is emphn-if.d when it is reiiieuibt it d the «rtat increase that i-» r«.'* ( ,tdfd in the demand for woollen good-. That New Zealand is abie. \i th a -:... dl |>r> >t'.-cti\ :■ duty, to compete v. .tit the !'■ :u"t:cb.is a well-known fact. and it d««.-> -<.(■ really absurd ua. it Me \itw tlii- n i <. from a broid hs, r :iL that uur wool 'i t shipped to the Iliauv muket an l - i qoently rttumtd £■■> ir the ! 10 i tiiauofactnml articles, after p --nt c through a number ut L i d-. The question is fn. ontly a-ked what are we to do v. ith t!:> >idd bovs and girls who are at present attending our public schools Some say that the land question v, ill p:o<. .de fur tliem. but then it must be taken into account, even if sufficient opportuiiitv offered to so on the la;:d. that the re arc numbers entirely ttnsuitel for -u>*hiiLLf> and •. : successful farmers. It t- rvidt-nt to mv mind that New Zealand must nianusaetui» as well a-s produce, and it should be the desire of the parent to endeavor to k«a-p his childit nin th> district. It i- <- d\ necessary that a man of energy mumiM take this matter til hand t j carry it to a successful conchi-i'.-i. ■'he fwdenc-: ■,'.rd!-p- -al i- "f c v ->lll3 nature, and we have only to look ! 't -success of the Kaiapoi. Mi - - ''.l h Wellington mill- to see what ha- ■en i > -«t1 tip in .1 f< vi war-. K ii.tp;u :u •ii -*\treiuel> l.in-j'ii-h'.ni: -tate when the O' ic .ctit coinp:m\ rt the small eserudishnient <>( IVacock llros. en the C'tuu river; there w - iiu i niplovnn nt f"i the youth of the a-t l' i:.d property could be pt< - I f>- t u-i;'e. With the advent ot 11 >_ 1 <- il coitipiiu the town has made gnviucl progress, and ha> been the means of providni'* m w opfiini''for hundreds of men. viomen. a.ul < ren. Dividends ennal t.« '»• c n*. .r» now being paid, an I tin-, too. wh:lr ?ilditions have betn made to the plant an.\ luachinery everi '• i.a! :a"1. it - tie ;j assume, under tl cious mana_'t in i*t that it i- dt-fntd t>> grow to peat p i-poit' in- It \ -m:'n the otlur compirn- w»" find a -.mi! r state of - 1 niy uithh the last ycir tint t. L VA lint.-toy Co::,p>'.\ has added 1 mam.f ivlJiing >l-out ment, ard eont-i. >ed pumi; din-i-nd-at the sunt t.i-.t. Milton, Otago, is the latest town th it has recognised the importance of this nidu-try. and. with a worthy determin ttion, the itiitud - have been suriuouritcd. anil the establishment of miUs is merely a. matt> r of tim< . Mdton has about half th> itiou ft Hastings, and has by ro mean- iht nuiuber of nfcfitliv r»:-,ijfius that t\:-t m and aroun-l tm« town. On the qtii-tion r.f markets, it seems to me that there '- lut'.t- to fear. With the increasing demand for of ti:;desc ripe ion. the- cert tin m.irkct wh.ich exists IB Australia, and the -U}xr-ed.r.g of the colonial arti>'!v for the unp>". trd sh<-d Ij should be sufficient to clear an iv a:.> doubt that may exi«t on t'ue que to 1 f the business being overdone. I trust. Sir. that I have not tn pis 1 too much on your space, but 1 r t that the matter only reijuires to be taken up to prove of gTeat benetit to the business *" people of this town, and hope that you will continue to keep the question befoie the public.—l am, &c.. A PaBBST. Butiags, Utk Dec., 1896.