WELLINGTON WOOLLEN COMPANY.
(UNITED PItESS ASSOCIATION.) Wellington, this day. The foundation atone of the factory of the Wellington Woollen Company was laid on Saturday in the presence of about .500 people, including all Ministers now in Wellington. The Premier performed the ceremony, and in the course of his speech referred to the excellent site chosen ■ for ■ the factory—the harbor of Wellington close at hand, and % supply of water all that could be desired. This was the first institution of the kind started in the North Island, and he held that its establishment marked the commencement of an important era in the history of the colony. ' As to wjiat had been said regarding the multiplicity of woollen millß inducing undue competition, ho thought little was to be feared' from that, as each would develop its own speciality. The splendid harbor of Wellington was, no doubt, destined to make that place the principal distributing port of the whole of the colony, and should the railway be formed from Picton to Westport, Wellington would be able to have so large a supply of coal that it would be able to compete successfully with any port in the colony. He deprecated the idea of people being cast down by the present depression, and pointed out that had the. early settlers' not had faith in the future, New Zealand would not have secured the position she now held, In conclusion the Premier said that the best way to support local industries was for colonists to patronise goods produced at such factories as the one of which he had laid the foundation stone that day, '
The whole affair was weH arranged, and pasaed-off most successfully, the vveather being everything that could be. wished. After the oeremony a, luncheon took place, the Chairman of the Board, of Directors' presiding, Jn responding to the toast of the the.present Gpyernineiil done their best to foster, technical education, especially in regard to the establishment of drawing classes. '.'
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 2158, 30 November 1885, Page 2
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327WELLINGTON WOOLLEN COMPANY. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 2158, 30 November 1885, Page 2
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