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Dominion, Volume 15, Issue 55, 28 November 1921, Page 4

The settlement of high cou«)ry is mentioned in the annual report of ho Lwd Purchase Controller. •♦- year " states this officer, "part of Teviot was ’offered for set « enlent lt \.i t,le a r ;: but with poor results. It would ap pear that the time is not opportune for tlie settlement of any pastoral country, therefore tho better course would be to defer the settlement until times retiun to the normal. The Hillsprings Block, which adjoins Teviot, is now worked in with, the latter. 'The leases ol the Mount Pisa runs having expired, negotiations were successfully completed with the owner of the freeholds for their purchase, with leaseholds retained, together with Hie live and dead stock, water-rights, fencing etc. A determined effort is being made to reduce the rabbits -and as tho country has been badly devastated it will be given a rest and a chance to recover The establishing and maintaining standard flocks of sheep suitable for the high pastoral country has been strongly advocated for years by tW’o well able to advise. Occupiers of silch country find great difficulty in getting suitable rams and young ewes for their purposes. The importance of keeping up tho standard of our flocks on the high country cannot be over-estimated, as it is upon these that the low country is dependent for breeding ewes. The flocks generally throughout Iho Dominion, unfortunately, aro not being maintained to the standard of former years. Both Teviot and Mount Pisa offer an opportunity for tho making of a start in this direction: they aro very suitable for the purpose. The suggestion is one well worthy of serious consideration." Accommodation for dining and sleeping, and electric cigarette lighters, are. provided on a motor-bus recently designed by a French firm.