THE WELLINGTON WOOLLEN MANUFACTORY.

Manawatu Times, Volume V, Issue 182, 21 December 1881, Page 2

THE WELLINGTON WOOLLEN MANUFACTORY.

\We have . before., us-.as, copy of the -prospectus, for- the proposed Wellington, Wool? e^Manufa(CtOTy. The directory is targe, and among, the names, are most of the influential ;men m the district. The success of the, other, manufactories haye, enicouraged; incited: capital^ts . iv, the | Wellington . district. to,enibark,in ,the venture, and* use their influence m the formation, of a company. We jbaye bef ore/trgued, that therp are no hdistricts,. m, tji.e. co^biiy . which have jbetjber advantage*, or.mpre facilities, !for .the formation of such .a company, ■thap .th«se,of Wellington and-Mana-watu. The . f opmep s , has made . the jmoye, an# we^fcave. no .hesitation, in isaying that -Manawajm will ere.lpng if olio win her. wake. The succe.B,? of 'the Kaiapoi, andMbsgieliOompainies, ■proves that the .article .manufactured iin'the.Golony, is superior to imported tweeds as- a, rule, This is proven beyond- doubt, b,y ; the large, and increasing, demand: fpr these gopdi— iindeed/it instated .that a 4 reafly sale .for* i^e^j', tildes, the, qu^ntit^. at 'pVesep^Cm.axiufiaicture'd; be.ef^ J fectfedi. ; This^of^cdurse means that the c^lbfiial 1 made" article must e,ven T tualiy take the place .of theimpprbed aiticle. The. Wanganui. people, say there. is, no, district. «Q- admirably J adapted to the .manufacture of these goods as theira» but; w.e.thinb that were the question put. to the,^blic, the verdict would ',be in.fr^qr,,qf..Qur district.: From; would) sufllce tp, put the/eopjipftny aflpa^j arid there, is no dpub.t at. »il tha4 tl^is 'amount cquld^ be, easily ■raised^. .. but ,the. . quesiion^ wJiich ; naj;urally,ftrise.s^s, hpw is the ( ,e3.pital tp.be>ais.ed?- Oiirjb.eply is, let. the pea.ple. m the. dis.trici; eousider. the matter,, seriously, and we venture to predict; that ' nine ;btit of ever/ ten, would arrive" at the conclusion, that the only element we. require ty, en sure, success is unanimity. The main feature is, that the inhabitants should see. in.its true sense, the,great a#7sntages which would^ of necessity aec'rja^, to themselves through the formation of such a compsip^.in their midst. When, the. Wes^Qoast Eailway shares w,ere being, offered, few could : b,e. found? who refused to take, them, and we would' ask* why was this so ? It. was,, Mip.ply because the inhabitants of the district dearly saw the great benefit, which the con-

struction of the line wouhi confer upon every individual m this part of the country^-the farming people, and^ large landholders m particular. But would the icdnstruction of the raiV way "be a greater boon, than the •stablishment of such a company of which we tpeak ? We , think nqt; The time has arrived, when we mustdevbte most particoUr .attention. to. our djf a Resources. We want energy,._an4 ufianimity] of opinion, and all dMcultiesvre »oon overcome;" As an instance of this, we have only, to review the actions of the Manawatu Bacing Club recently. A few, weeks since, it was supposed that it was an impossibility to get up a race meeting, and this by resolution of a general meeting held for the purpose of taking public opinion on the matter. But we now find, that through the energetic actions of a f«w gentlemen, that we have not only secured the race meeting, and hare good prizes to offer, but m the end the Club will have a good balance to carry forward to next year. This was the result of energetic mens' labors, and the unanimity of public opinion, And so, we maintain, the end- we hacKe- m view could be attained. We shall say more on this mpst important question, m a. future, issue, but at present would; commend the. subject to all thinking men.