The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 1884.

Thames Star, Volume XV, Issue 4701, 31 January 1884, Page 2

The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR P.M. Resurrexi. THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 1884.

We are rejoiced to learn that one of the efforts made by us in the direction of encouraging local industries is bearing fruit, and we must express a hope that it is only the forerunner of many other undertakings which will result in benefit to tb.e district, as well as profit to the plucky originators of them. A short time since we advocated, amongst other industries likely to flourish in our midst, the establishment of a leather and boot manufactory, and a few residents in the town, after seeing the profitable nature of such a business, if properly conducted, took up the subject con amore, with the result that a number of supporters and intending shareholders in a company to be formed for the purpose of carrying out the venture, have agreed to meet and consider the best method of attaining the object in view. We are informed that a meeting [ will be held on Wednesday evening next, when the foundation of the proposed work will be laid before it, and future steps, with a view to its early establishment, be. decided upon, We have previously pointed out the many advantages arising from the birth and growth of industries generally in the district, and not only the ordinary benefits of this one in particular, in the matter of the employment of labour, the utilizing of all the raw material required,—which is produced in our midst, —and the many gains resulting from keeping capital here, instead of 'sending it abroad for that which we can ourselves prod ace; but Also the profitable nature of the

project as a commercial undertaking. All the requisites for successfully carrying out the proposed work are at our hands, and a large field for the consumption of its produce is immediately surrounding us. The very large local importations of leather in the skin, and in a manufactured state, is, in itself, a sufficient incentive to the promoters of this scheme to push on their work with all reasonable speed. If the local requirements alone are met, a lot of profitable work will be done, but there appears to be no reason that exportation should not shortly be paid attention to, and add to the profits to be derived from such a business. We heartily wish the promoters of the company every success, and, as we previously stated, hope that other industries, encouraged by the success this meets with, will spring up, and make ours a thriving population, not entirely dependent on our gold, but which will with its aid, develop all the resources with which nfc|ure has endowed us, and enable us to become aa important a district as we undoubtedly should.