A NECESSARY CONVENIENCE.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 139, 3 June 1908, Page 2

A NECESSARY CONVENIENCE.

Commerce in -New Plymouth is con-id-crably handicapped by tin- absence of a wcigh-bri.lgo. In must. seii|«irt towns, ami indeed in a town of any size at all, a weigh bridge j s regarded as being a very necessary adjunct to commerce, anil is provided accordingly. Here an importer ban, in most cases, absolutely no means of cheeking liis goods. lie may order, say. live tons of goods, and has to trust to the honor of the consignor that till' fully ipiantity is forwarded. The best of commercial houses and dealer* make mistakes occasionally, maylK', through no fault of their own, and a consignee, through inability to check his goods, may as a eon sequence lose pounds and pounds. It is true that there is a weighing machine,at the local railway goods' shed, but it Is of such ,1 primitive and inadequate kind that no importer would think of relying upon it, more particularly in regard to the weighing of important packets. We do not know to whom we should look to establish a weigli-bridge in the town, but is is manifcM that if Xew Plymouth is not to lag behind other places, this very noc.issary convenience will have to be provided by either the corporation or Harbor Hoard. In other places, small charges are made for the use of a woigh-liridgc. and consequently if one were "available in New Plymouth it would probably be a paying proposition from the start. \\ e commend the matter to the consideration of the local ('handier of Commerce, which meets tomorrow Jiighl. in the hope that it will take immediate steps to remove what is now a real reproach to commercial New Plymouth. »