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Matamata Record, Volume III, Issue 123, 13 March 1919, Page 3

NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS Matamata Slfiow THURSDAY, MARCH 20 THE usual 1.5 p.m. train Morrinsville to Rotorua will not leave Matamata until 4 p.m. BY ORDER.

NOTICE THE “Matamata Record” has secured new offices in Tamihana Street (next Post Office), opposite the Commercial Hotol. To Farmers and Residents: I WISH to notify that 1 have commenced business asa Plumber in the shop originally occupied by Mr J. Knee. Tanks and Windmills repaired. Strict attention to orders. FRANK HITCHCOCK, Registered Plumber. Tower Road. THE N.Z. FARMERS’ CO-OPERA-TIVE Bacon & Meat Packing Coy. Ltd. Receiving dates for March : Tirau Monday, March 3rd, 17th and 31st Hinuera Tuesday, 4th, 18th and Ist April Matamata Wednesday, sth, 19th and 2nd April Putaruru—Monday, 10th and 24th Waharoa—Tuesday, lltli and 25th Walton—Wednesday, 12th and 26th S. SHAW, Buyer. Telephone 62, Matamata.

Why keep the Australian Industries yoiny, to the. Ruination of our own, when Money is required for K r «r Loans, Shrinkintj Revenue and Employment {■

WE think the time Ims arrived to resuscitate Dominion wheat growing, ere it is too late, by putting our protective duties on a parity with the Australian ones, which have made Australia one of the granaries of tho world at reasonable prices, as under normal conditions it has always had a surplus. , Under normal conditions, grain con--1 tributes about throe-fifths of the Canterbury railway revenue, without mentioning its numerous adjuncts. If grain growing is killed, what would make good the railway and labour deficicnees, as on the raw material there arc always two labour handlings, but not so on the imported manufactured articles ? Just imagine North and South Canterbury and North Otago huge sheep runs, 'and would not this serious and short-sighted innovation affect land values and all kincs of labour, augmented with the shipping ports Lyttelton, Timaru and Oamaiu in a state of collapse? Without bran and sharps, how would our bacon, dairy, poultry, and carrying industries exist in the eveut of an Australian drought ? Is it business-like to send our money to Australia for our food supply when it is subject to droughts, and for what we can grow in abundance in the Dominion ? —as about half the value in ail instances is labour and railages, and with our lads returning employment must bo found for them, otherwise they will go elsewhere, and we will become obsolete though in our infancy. P. VIRTUE, M anager, Northern Roller Milling Co.. Ltd.