A TRIP TO APPLE LAND.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 34, 10 February 1914, Page 5

A TRIP TO APPLE LAND.

o"TASSY'S" PROSPEROUS AIR. Mr W. S. Cato, who. with -Airs Cato, has been spending a short holiday in Tasmania, Ims returned to Stratford liter a very enjoyable time. Mrs Cato is remaining for a time in apple country. .Mr Cato found business exceedingly brisk in Hobart and an .litogother different spirit seemed to prevail than existed when he last visited the island State some eight years ago. The fruit trade appears to have developed marvellously, ami necessarily the jam-making industry with it. Wonderful up-to-date machinery now makes it possible lor sheets of tin to be put into a device on tbi' bottom floor and after endless automatic processes to reappear on the top floor in the form of full tins of iam ready for labelling, and all without human handling. To meet the requirements of the apple ship-

ping business, Hohart lias just comDieted ;> new pier, stated to be the largest south of the Line, and capib!e of safely berthing any vessel now afloat. .Mr C.iio saw tho first vessel to berth at this fine pier. The dimensions are: Length. 1210 ft; width, 122 ft; depth of water, 45 to fi'lfc. It is provided with five lines of railway ami a shod 750 ft. long. This latter has a level asphalted roof on which passenger traffic is received. Naturally, Hohar! is very proud of this fine landing stage. This year's fruit crop is an extraordinary fine one, and to gladden the hearts of growers the demand for Tasraanian fruit seems ever increasing.