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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 919, 12 September 1910, Page 7

The question of affording the Ohariu setWers a direct, route from their holdings into 'Wellington, seems' to have been definitely shelved . for a'• time, been definitely' shelved for a time. At present, travelling via Johnsonville, they have to traverse about 12 miles of road, in order to reach the city. There is a possible route of only about half this length, but it involves the construction of a tunnel through the range that 'bounds the OhaTiu Valley. This, it was until recently thought would have to be about fifteen chains in length, but the latest obtained report states that a thirty-chain tunnel would be required. The estimated' cost of construction is £1000 per chain, £30,000 in all. Construction of the shorter' tunnel would have involved, it is estimated, the imposition of a, threefarthing rate on the settlers concerned, and the additional cost now stated to be necessary practically puts the proposal out of court for the timo being. Ultimately it is believed the Ohariu Valley will bo utilised for residential sites. At present, it has a population *( only about 300 souls. '■' Dingo Eucalyptus deprives a cold of its chief assistance—germs. All chemists and storekeepers.—Advt.

DO YOU PLAY THE PIANO?. If you do—or if you are learning to—, boar in mind the fact that you cannot in any case get good music out of an inferior instrument. If you are getting a piano, better get a good one, and make a fair beginning. If you don't want to pay cash wo will arrango for you to pay by instalments that can. never possiblv harass. The Dresden Piano Co., Ltd", Wellington. M. J. Brookes, North Island Manager.—Advt. The French Court of Appeal has just decided that-'a person of weak intellect, or even a certified .idiot, if .not otherwise legally disqualified, ia entitled to his electoral rights. '