NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 930, 24 September 1910, Page 8

NEW ZEALAND TELEGRAMS.

>- i (By. Telegraph.'—Press Association.) . , . Auckland, Septembeiv23. Tlio executive of the Auckland 'Branch; of. the. New. Zealand. Farmers': Uiiion ; resolved 'That ,this' : executive notes', with' satisfaction. t-hat; the ;Land; Bill;: before! .. eriibo'dies the; principle: that l.i.p. tenants 011; ordinary. Grown and settlement lands shall have the right of purchase,' and tltit tho; purchase ..can;'be 'made for cash, or deferred payments: but the executive'does not. think;' the laid'' question will 'bis satisfactorily settled:until, with duo prbvisioni to prevent aggregation, all l.i.p.' tenants have tlie right to', purchase at the: original valuation, plus- an actuarial value . of' 1" per.' cent' allowance inrent.. The, executive does not approve Of the. compulsory "leasing pmposals, as,, waiving 'their'.justice, or otherwise,;'it does not consider any such firangementi would bp required'it' 'all Crown'.tcnaht's. had tho right to; purchase on equitable' terms,, as in tliat case; ampleyfunds; for .'.the purchase iof| estates." . i Wanganui, September 23. ■The' editor- of the 'Referee'' ;■ writes to tho editor of the Manawatu "Stand-; aid" to the effect that I'earce -. and Webb ; had signed ,ah agreement for, a; sculling race for a purse of JJ2OO, t<? he raised in Wanganui. The editor Of the' ' "Standard". ,suggests it will not now. be necessary for Palmerston enthusiasts; to back Pearoe. The truth is no purse, will be raised or is: likely tc be' raised in "Wanganui, though- plenty of back-; ing can be. found for Webb for a stake.' ! :