MR. HOLLOWAY'S VISIT TO INVERCARGILL.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 263, 21 March 1874, Page 2

MR. HOLLOWAY'S VISIT TO INVERCARGILL.

'Mr. "Christopher Holloway, We learn by the Southland papers, arrived in Invercargill by the overland coach'orT the evening of* Saturday week. On ln\ way thither, Mr. Holloway inspected some of tlie land oil Mr. M'Aab's run, which is shortly to be'thrown open - for application on the deferred payment system, an 3, we understand, expressed himself as being satisfied with the quality of the soil, but'disappointed that the area to be dealt with on the deferred payment principle in this particular locality was so limited in ex- ; ; tent/, viz, 5,000 acres.- On Monday t'nrer oon Mr. llolloway visited the Bluff, :and, .'in-t-he afternoon, aeeompa-nied-by Mr.,J. ,\Y>. Mitchell, Chairman of-the Immigration arid Haiiwav Committee, and' .Ur. Duncan M'A rtbur, he proceeded to ! Woodlanrld-for the purpose of 1 inspecting tbe~ famous meatpreserving establishment located there. On"arriving at the works,' Mr. Holloway had ,t,he, good fortune to meet with Mr. Moodie, the Colonial Manager of the New. Zealand .Meat-Preserving a business tour to the old country, and who showed him through the diffe-

rent departments of-the establishment, and minutely explained the various operations in the process of meat preserving. Mr. Holloway appeared to be fully satisfied that-the meat utilised was of the'verybest quality, and that.the most scrupulous, cleanliness was a characteristic "feature of each process. Mr. liolloway's fancy was much tickled when he saw a pile of sheeps* heads lying in front of the furnace door, ready to be used as fuel for the fire. ' Our men,' paid he, ' will be rather astonished when I telFthem that out here sheep's beads are -made use of to get up steam*'.:. In -my' part of the country,, with the heart. &"e., attached, they fetch, Is. 3d. a-piece.' Mr. Holloway made several entries in his note-book, in connection witlv his inspection of these Admirably-conducted works, and it may'therefore be confidently expected that wheu he returns to the Old Country he will;be able to remove- a good deal' of the prejudice which exists with "regard to'Tlie'use ofpreserved ineats, one very popular.id.ea being, ao he informed those who accompanied him, that a large number of ■ old horses were submitted, to the preserving process I Mr. Holloway seems favorably impressed with what he has seen of Southland,.and feels convinced , that if large blocks of- land were - set . aside for settlement on tlie j rimipleof i deferred payrrients, he could induce a great uu :.ber of his people to ccunp fo | this part of the ,C010ny.... lie left- vesi terdav morning for Hiverton, and will I proceed westward as far as.the Waiisu, returning to Invercargill on Friday ewning. W'e learn that Mr.'Hol'oway has given our fellow-townsman, Mr. W. Or. Mackay, a leltcr of.iiinduction to J. Wright"; Esq , of'Bimingh:mi,(!i gentleman "who assists,-bv Lis counsel and arhicc,„the movement now going „on atnong the agricultural laborer;* of^En^laud.''