The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1883.

Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4663, 14 December 1883, Page 2

The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1883.

The future of our district lias sufficient importance attached to it, to warrant' frequent recurrence to it. We recently endeavored to point out the necessity of providing for the district's future wants without placing too much reliance on almost the only industry we have to look forward to for its stability. The efforts made by us were in the direction of pointing out means of establishing the security of a population on the field, and urging that steps should be taken with that object in view. We have referred to one industry which alone would cause the employment of a large number- of persons, the expenditure of considerable capital in 1 the district, and which would—to a great extent—relieve the place from any depression likely to arise from any falling off" in mining results. We referred to the can- . ning of fruit and fish. The foundations Jer other industries are also existent in our midst, and might if taken iv hand by competent persons, be prolific of profit to the promoters, and a source of employment to the people. Large quantities of timber leave the district, and return in the way of manufactured articles. Doors,,

sashes, and other manufactured wood ware come back to us, and why should not such things be manufactured here? The establishment of a- boot factory in the town should be a matter of easy accomplishment. The bides sent away could be tanned and prepared here, and leather imported from Auckland supplied to saddlers and others requiring it, and the leather requisite for a boot factory pro* vided from" the same source. Not only would such an industry use up the material produced here in the way o; bides and skins, bufe it would provide

employment for capital and a large*num-

j ber of persons in our midst. This last { named industry is one well worthy of consideration, requiring only a small capital, and as it would provide an article in general use, a ready sale of its produce would be effected. Unless some

such steps be taken to open out the manufacturing resources of the place, it is extremely probable that the town will never go beyond the " jog-trot" pace it has adopted in the race of progress. We most earnestly express a hope that some effort will be made by the people in the direction of adoptingoursuggestions in the direction indicated, even if only one at a time.