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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 612, 15 September 1909, Page 8

:At .Lloyd's in August 6ome insurances are reported to have been placed.on the life of King Alfonso until the end of the year at 10 guineas per .cent.; This..high.figure would seem to indicate that some persons interested in' Spanish stocks are •fearful of a fall should anything happen to the King during the present Spanish turmoil.. .-.••■ ,

Cyclists' who ' scorn' the by-laws of Karori Borough have not been-punished in the past, and the council recently pointed out tho need for ; more diligent police surveillance. Last evening, at the borough council meeting, it was, stated that the local constable had .been in-the suburb only four, days since his appflintment; other duties called him to the city, and he was required to act as orderly in the Supreme Conrt. One councillor said that he ■! had seen the officer only once "in his clothes." The Mayor (Mr. Dasent) dismissed the matter, with the remark that tho police in Wellington were not at present a very happy family, and that most of them l were coining beforo the' Police Commission.

'■' In our auction columns Mcasrs. J. H. Bcthune and Co. announce α-propcrty salo to be held by them this afternoon, at their rooms, at !UO. Under instructions from the -Registrar of the Supreme Court they are submitting a splendid property.in Sydney Street; this comprises land having a frontage of 120 ft. to Sydney Street, and containing lr. 17.6 p., on which • stands the commodious' dwcllinehouso of 20 rooms, No. • 127 Sydnoy Street. Tho property is opposite the Parliamentary Grounds; and is. an ideal residential site, or a eplondid .stand for a good boardinghousc. Full particulars and conditions of sale may bo obtained on application to Messrs. Bolton and Organ,.solicitors, or the auctioneers. ' . .'

• The. popularity of Levin ns a place of rest dence for retired gentlemen is well known. By buying a section' of Mr. M'ftonald's Arapnepao Estateone can make .one's'homo'in this ideal locality. Lithographs, can be obtained from any of Messrs. Dalgcty and Co.'s oHcoa. throughout tho country, Two wieudid tlmlry farmt, to bo toil at Lctid, are or prlteci in another minimi