TAPANUI.

Tuapeka Times, Volume V, Issue 238, 22 August 1872, Page 8

TAPANUI.

(From our own Correspondent. )

There has been a good deal of discussion lately in this locality on the subject of establishing a , flour mill. Many are of opinion that such an enterprise would prove remunerative in a high degree ; while others— but they are few — hold an adverse one. There can be no doubt that a very large sum of money' is' yearly sent out of the district for flour, which might be retained in it. I have heard the gross amount thus expended, estimated at two thousand pounds sterling ; and I believe it exceeds even that considerably. To land flour in Tapanui, no matter where it comes from, an expense of from four to six, pounds per ton must be incurred in the matter of carriage, which will always tend to keep it at a high figure. If a ntUL were established in the district, this item would nearly if not wholly disappear, aud allow a good margin for profit. The discussion has naturally been carried a stage farther; and the probable capabilities of the land in the neighbourhood for growing wheat adverted to. On this point the most hopeful and cheering results may be surely relied npon, as several experimental sowings were tried last season, 1 and in every instance proved superlatively successful. A meeting is to be held this evening, to take the preliminary measures for its establishment. tJ iXthas been convened mostly byttfaose who have a large stake at ißsutfiti the place. The result of the meeting I will send you. Mr. Neish schoolmaster has an.nounded his 'intention of delivering a lecture pn; Tuesday evening the 27th inst. on the History of Tapanui. It will, no doubt * prove, interesting to many to hear the little events detailed in order and at length that ' have led to .the formation of the present townshipi If the night is good 1 expect to see a large attendance. We have been visited with another snow storm, far exceeding anything that has yet occurred this Season: It has snowed 'alntost; uninteruptedly r for a week, arid has accumulated, in ,soms> places' to an amazing depth. ' "Work is 1 , wholly suspended, and the roftdsare in: a truly deplorable state. . ! •