WANGANUI ITEMS

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 737, 9 February 1910, Page 3

WANGANUI ITEMS

' (By ToleEraDh.-SDedal. Correspondent.); '.. ' i..- : Wanganui,. February'B. ■■: Regarding sitcs.for the, new' Education Board offices, tho technical school, and tho infants' .school, negotiations are now going on with the. ■ Collegiato School Trustees for leasing tho necessary, land from their estate. The trustees have not yet.given a decision in the matter, but it is considered .certain that the matter will be arranged in a "way that will give satisfaction to all concerned.- The money. , required for the new buildings, is '■ £12,000,. and a,lpan;for this amount has been offered locally for any time required: . ■ . , ■. •

Commissioner' and Mrs'. Hay received a hearty welconio from the local "Salvationists yesterday, 'and , in, the : evening:a(ldresscd a i crowded-public.mcoting over which the- Mayor presided. They left this morning for Eltham iii continuation of_their tour northwards. . : The Wairoa (Woyerley) squadron will muster 70 strong at the Kitchener' camp. It is also .expected that there will' be gooo musters from . all • the , local garrison corps. .-■ . ..- :>•'• ■.-., .■ , ,:■ • As .showing what - Maori ■ farmers' can do when their land is released from communistic tenure,/ one "of tho local papers states-that, in the recent, partition of some land near PipiriM one Maori family 2000 acres /as . their share. In ine last three years they have cleared' 300 - acres,; grassed 260, and got- some: stock together, without' assistance from, the-Government or.:any other ' source': .than; their own .hands. Had they been assisted by the Advances to Settlers Act ■no doubt they would have shown an even better. result. As' it is they worked part of the year on the .farm v and ■ then sought other work to earn money for the pur-' chase of seed, stock, ,etc. • .: , ■