THE COLONY’S IMPORT TRADE.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 3541, 1 July 1905, Page 2

THE COLONY’S IMPORT TRADE.

In view of the hr''- that the growth of our population in the two years h equal to only about six per cent., the expansion shown in certain imports gives food for thought, according to the “ New Zealand Trade Review.” There are in some cases circumstance-' capable of accounting for part of the increase, but the heaviness and general application of the whole suggests either over-importation or a greatly expanded scale of consumption, or possibly a combination of the two factors. With the single exception of soft goods, it is pointed ont. no complaint is heard of excessive stocks ; and a Further indication that over-ini ovl 1 m inot going on is furnished by the fact that, as a rule, (he Customs revenue easily keeps pace with the scale of importation. The inference (herd'-M’-Ms Mia l in the last two years a great expansion in the scale of consumption has tak -n place; and the question is: Is this expansion legitimate, or does it indicate extravagance ? The “Review” hazards the replv that the general indications point to a wide-spread spirit of extravagance, and if this be so then

the tint Ural sequerlcc! td h check to ouf prosperity vvi)l be a substantial c'o'ntraction of the volume ol\odf imports; ! As a matter of fact there are signs thrit | such a dinriunition has already com- ■ nienced, and if such be really the case it is matter for congratulation; Were 1 a drop in oaf import trade to dorrte suddenly its effect might be serious; but a gradual lessening, since the check would doubtless be only temporary, would not be followed by any gvcLat incoiiVeuieiloe to trade generally in the colony,

The vestry df All Saints nlde'ts dn Monday evening next. The next outward 'Frisco mail closes’ at Fdxtdn dn the 13th -ihst; There are now no British warships on the China station. Hokitika and Ross have one hotel to every ioo inhabitants." Correspondence on the subject of the river channel is held over. Tlfe Foxton Racing Chib invites applications .for the position df secretary. The Sonoma, with the itfjvard San. Francisco mail, arrived at Auckland at 1.30 p.m. yesterday. The Rongolca Town (Board has resolved to strike a general rate of 3d in the £ on capital yalud. Flaxmill work is now practically at a standstill, though sime of the mills are still finishing up scutching, etc. The annual monthly meeting of the Foxton School Committee will be.held on Wednesday next at the Borough Chambers at S pun. It is stated that an Ameripan syndicate is about to pay some attention to the cinnabar properties in the Hanraki Peninsula.

Messrs Price Bros., of the Thames, have completed the construction of the last of ten locomotives ordered from them by the Government. The patent medicine regulation requiring the deposit of formulae with the Health Department is now formally revoked. - -

The Levin brass band, which has been in a moribund condition for some time, has been re-organised and placed on a sound footing. The Levin Dairy Company is spending £Soo on improvements to plant, including, new refrigerator, 15 h.p. steam engine, and another separator. Writing from a Biiller township, a’ correspondent says : “ The people here are not speculative, except in two-up. euchre, arid such like."

The Postmaster-General is to be asked to provide a post office at Rojigotea, and telephone connection with Carnarvon is aLo desired.

Recently the Christchurch Gas Company arranged to provide free tnantles for incandescent lamps—a concession which meant a free gift of £2OOO a year to the public. Firing for cup and trophies by the local rifle club was completed yesterday. The successful competitors will be'announced at a meeting of the club on Wednesday. The Foxton State School re opens on Monday, after the winter vacation. Montpa school has been at work for a week, the holiday being given a week earlier on account of the floods.

The taking 'ot evidence in the Chalmers local option poll inquiry has been concluded, and the decision of the commissioner has been held over till he has considered the matter.

It is said'that a Fokton resident, whilst out for the day on the beach recently, wTks fortunate enough to discover a qbaulitv of ambergris, which he estimator will increase his banking account to the extent of some f 3°°At Shannon on Wednesday morning a fire destroyed Southwick’s pharmacy and the Club Hotel stables. Insur-. ances, in the South British office, total £275 on the pharmacy and contents, and £75 on the stables. Messrs Smale and Hay, the wellknown drapers, etc., in Main street, Foxton, announce that a great special cash sale commenced this morning, and that most attractive bargains are now being offered.

Mr-Fisher, M.H.R., says no one has benefited by the opening of State coal mines. Although about £200,000 has been spent upon the mines, consumers are paying as much'as ever, and coal mines nationalization has not proved a success.

Messrs Hennessy and Co. have on view in their window a display of, bacon, hams, and small goods secured at the Palmerston Winter Show last week. The whole formed the exhibit of the Eltham (Taranaki) Bacon Factory Company, and.secured a prize in its class.

In view of the approaching general election in Great Britain, the Indian National Congress, at its recent session in Bombay, decided to send delegates to England, bne from each great Province, in order to place before the British electors the Indian view of Indian affairs.

Dr Allbutt, the Cambridge Professor of Medicine, advises every one over forty to visit his medical man once in .every five years or so, to see whether his blood pressure is becoming so high as to render probable the oncoming of arterial degeneration, with all its sequelae. . Maoris have a habit, when in a store, of making a raid on the cheese. An up-c nintry shop assistant the other day determined to have some fun, and placed a few pieces of soap beside the cheese. Several dusky shoppers came along, gathered up the dheesecrumbsand the soap—and chewed. They chewed some more,“and then pulled wry faces. Catching sight of themselves in a near-by mirror gasping in open-mouthed astonishment thesimple Maoris beheld the saponaceous mixture adhering to their mastipafmg attachments, they “ tumbled,” and then relieved their feelings by recourse to terms in English and Maori which are not found in any standard dictionary.

A j't.nJnj' man wants private board and lodging. “ The chid enemy of temperance,” said Mr Marshall Hall, K.C., at Birmingham - Brewster Sessions, “is that there is not a temperance drink fit to consume. If the temperance pariV would pal a nice lager beer on the market, they would do more for j (enlp'eranCe in a WCCH than legislation I has done ir; a century-” I The June number ;'f tiro, /' Governi ment Insurance Recorder " in te «G' 11( -b and contains a budget or useful maffor. ( ■ Last year 3250 new policies were 1 issued, assuring £694,556 and annuities £)/ £op?i f on which the new annual premium's arfKninfedto£2s,iiß. There is an increase over the -Ujoj business of ioGy policies,- for £igg,3'o'o. There dre now in existence 44,194 policies, f assuring £f1,261,0-8-0 (including the ♦ bonuses), and annuities) of £44,6(54, the whole bearing an annual p'remium | income of 4,312.396. ' [

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