PUSHING TARANAKI.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 123, 15 November 1911, Page 7

PUSHING TARANAKI.

(To the Editor). j to your report of Mr Mackenzie's: speech at Ngaete", 'the Minister ol Agriculture denied Mr Pearce's statement with' regard to lie "existence of the once famous Dairy Regulations. Mr Mackenzie said those regulations never had any existence, and con'4cc|(ueatly no inspector could have been appointed under them. Herewith I enclose a clipping from the Hawera : Star's report of Mv Pearce's reference to'the regulations in the course of his speech atiHawera last week, which I would ask iy.OU to be good enough to publish, so {hat those, interested may judge for'tlienlsel-j ves as to which of the two »teertionßs iS'i the correct one.—l am, etc., ] ' Upper Waiwftkftiho, 13/11/11. T 1 . [bnciosl'RE]. . . . . ..'.ils'Peterce. refuted'the •gtotemfenfl of thtj Minister of Agric.ulhivs thttt"tlios<3 regulations had never beeri' 'Jiil'sse'dj by Cabinet, but only considered aS ! a .'import from a Parliamentary Comrtiittfc'e. /Hie Hon. T, Mackenzie saul tWyWrWlghtly ppyirtofced, 'and evidently he Was iii 'fhyorof them.. New, the hort: gentleman 1 under a misapprehension about thts ■n^at-' f ter, or he .'had not stated facts.' Mr Pearce exhibited to the audience a c(py of a Parliamentary Paper for lflOS, ntim-i bered ClB, and headed "The Dairy Ind is-' try Act, 1908; proposed regulations under." It was laid on the Tablp of the' House, by leave. The paper bore the in»i print of the Government Printer, aid 1800 copies had been printed. Surely so many .copies would not have been strubk off if the question were only under ccnsideration? These regulations wei'e dstributed, and 14 inspectors were appointed, iu't were dismissed after their .salaries for from five to seven months hi d been voted on the Estimates. The ca ididata read an extract from the Opunal;e Times, instancing the drastic action taken by one of these inspectors; Mr Ml-, Kinky, in that district. j

To the Editor. 'Sir, —I had the privilege of listening tp Mr. Okey last night at the The'atrfe Royal, and was more than pleased 11 hear him expound his views regarding New Plymouth harbor as a distributing port. We now have a elianee to maki our harbor something more, than a mere name. Are we going to do it or are wt going to fold our hands and let slip' this chance, possibly the last one we maj have. On August 23rd you were good enough to insert a letter from me oi{ this subject, but 110 one seems to have, taken any notice. If it will in any wajJ help to sitart the matter [ will gladljj invest £IOO in a company to purchasd two small steamers and help as far as jj can to push Taranaki.— 1 am, etc., j -MI KOTAHT. ! November 14, 1911. j