WELLINGTON.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2364, 3 December 1908, Page 2

WELLINGTON.

TENNIS C HAJ iPIONSHIP

[Special to “Times.”]

WELLINGTON. Doe. 2

Special interest now attaches to the New Zealand Lawn Tcnni, Championship Meeting at Nelson during the Christmas holidays owing to the intimation received' that Mr. Alexander, the American player together with Messrs. Wilding,' Parker, and Doust, will lie competing. Nearly all the available accommodatioi at Nelson has already been taken up m view of the event.

A HUNT FOR HUIAS

Though Mr. Hamilton whs unsuccessful in his recent search ior huias. the Miiotis whom lie left - in tilt Gush have since found a few of the birus, which are nesting. Consequently no further steps will be taken with regard to their capture unti. rue young birds are fully Hedged, there is now some hope of preservmg the hiiia and when specimens are taken they will be carefully dealt witn and liberated on Little Barriei “'land, oh the North Auckland coast. It transpires that there ha-' neon wholesome destruction .of huias ■>y a Government survey party dtir.i.g recent years, the birds being killed for their feathers, which are valuable. THE FINANCIAL POSITION. t Apropos of the present financial suangency, some remarks were made ay Mr. C. J. Crawford, Mayor el Miramar, last evening. ~i" alwava looked upon freedom as the principal cua-raeteristic of the British race, freedom of opinion, freedom of speech, iicedom of criticism, but here, in -.'<ew Zealand,/ lie said, “one must never say what one thinks or knows ir it is wrong, it is unpatriotic now. 1 know that this distract largely depends for its progress’ and its development, both private, and public, upon the funds supplied by the larger landowners in this country. The legislation under which lauds were taken over tor closer settlement and large properties were cut up helped a district like this, but now iciie gi actuated land tax lias dried up all sources of supply for places like this. A friend of mine, a New Zealander, just returned from Queensland, where ne lias money invested, told me that 1,0 considered there was a million of Now Zealand, money invested in Queensland. I know that the general drift of money has been out of New Zealand and so long as that sort of tiling goes on we shall suffer from shortness of money. We must establish financial confidence in the- country. It must stop sending money out of the country; then we shall have more money for borough purposes and -for the building of houses.”