DOMINION ITEMS.

Hokitika Guardian, 19 August 1924, Page 1

DOMINION ITEMS.

ny TELEGRAPH—PRESS ASSN., COPYRIGHT. MONEY TO IfK.XKf-TT TRIBE. GISBORNE. August 18. r Tim To Ariiv-'u trike (Hotorna), to v whom tilt* Government, has to jay . £I>UJO every year as compensation for 1 tile lorfeiture of all lights to the Rotoriia I.a!;es, have decided on u wise 1 scheme of disposing of the I a rye sum. Instead of distributing it amongst ihe , memhers of the tiihe. they have ileeid- . e ! to spend the money on some trih.il . ohje-.t.s. A thousand pounds is set aside for the inij rovemn.it of their .settlements. £7lO lor edi cation. £ICO for pensions, auil'l for wo.kins' dwellings. Cl COM for ay imu It ii l . e. £l(.'o lor the relief of the £.>'/() fir eiicourayiny .Maori art. £lt’>o for sundry objects and £7-1(1 is A Board of Manaycmriit la.s he.-n 1 1 lined, mn! its s.i-ivtary is paid a salary of £2lO a year. YICK-H I-’.GaT.. WELLINGTON. Anyust 18. 1.0i'.l ami l.ail.v .lellhoe to-day leave Welliiiyton to. Gi-'orne and Hawke's Bay. (In W-. dm-sd.ay they w ill attend gathering b-.ili ra.-s near llastiny.s, in lioiioiir of Sir .1. Carroll, and on Toiirsda v thev v. id leave Najiier by motor lor Gishorne whore they will liil Ii 1 a variety of engagements on Ktiday and Saturday. On their ret u: n t-i Xa-J ier, their Excellencies have further engagements on Aoyr.st y’llh. and doth. A visit to llastinys is heiuy in—i luded in I'ue'day’s proyramme. Ills Kxcelleney will return to Welliiiyton or Anyust '_’7. and Her Kxrcllcney on the followiny day. ASYI.I'.M IX.MATK. Aft K I.AX I), Any. IS. .1 in lye Sirinyer hc-ard evidenee on an application lor the n-lease from I In' .Mental Hospital nl an ayeil male pat irtil. The Superintendent stated that ttnlass the evidence yivtn in the Court comerniny the patient's delusions was correct, there was unthiny wnmy with him. Ilavioy heard eviili-ui-e in this respect lie- .1 1 id ye directed that the patient he immediately released. Cl! KAT KXLM.OBKI!. W l-i1.1.l X(!T( >X. Any. |s. Mr Stelaiisoii. the noted explorer, is on the Tahiti hound for America, alter a -lay of several in-.nt h- in Australia. He says la- is a'tiniisli.'d that -n little is known of Ansi rulia's vnsl eiuitiiu-nt. mid ii - re'imn c-s and i-upahilities. He says '.tislralia is a wonderful i-uiintry. He had intended, when he i-ame out. to ;nake a tour ol Xew Zoiilnud, hot MW'ii. : to his prolotiyi-d stay in Australia. his dominiim tour had to he cancelled. He will prohnhlv return next year lor a special visit to .Yew Zealand. WOMKX IXSI'Kt TOIIS'. ACCKI.A.M). Any. I^. The .Minister for I'diti-alion informe I a di-put alinii lioin tla- Xew Zealand Won-.-ti Tem.-'-eiA'sm-iation that In-priijai-eil to lav it down, a- an instruction l" tin- I’uMii Service Commissioner and the l>irei-t-.r of K.din-al ion. that Wole a I I|sj:ec tors sin old he app iillled. ami that the next anpoimment made should In- that ol a woman. WKI.UXCTOX’S WIXTKH SHOW. Wl I I IXt.lt»X Any. IK. Th ■ Winter Show n'tiii eod a prnlit nl alni it I e I ‘.'l 111 wliieh is i-nnsidoivil vory s-it isfac-lory lor tla- lirsl attemid. X.Z.11. A I’i’Ol XTM I-XT. . WI 1.1.1XC I'OX. Ane.. Id. Mi It. I’. Suns ha- he: ii a|ip"int'-:l , a'sistani i liii-l mei-haiiieal enyiiicer in i lh- X.-w Zealand Bailway- lo lill lln-vai-aney cail-ed hy lln- retirement of | Mr O. A. I’em-s-m. There IVI-U- a larye imndnT ol appli- . cants fioin l-aiyland and Australia. Mr Sim- was 1 ruined in Knylund \ and lor tla- lust ten veins lias pnm- , tisi-d in Canada and the l .S.A.

SOI'TII ISLAND BAILWAY ItOFTI-IS. IM.KXIIKIM. Any. 17 Tic,- follow iny pas-aye m-i-uis in tla- report pre-eMti-d at (lie annual iced iiiy ol lie Waililtl (alley Settlers' A - -on al ion : - |; .... 11 i .in:; the luiilily of lurther prnliuiyiny the tiim-wnrii tlispiile with tin- Xelsoti and We-t Coast inli-r,-.-I s. ill- A --oi'ii-.t ion a-k'-d holli lie- Marlhi ri'iiyh and tin- C aulerhurv 1 inyi.'ss l.i-ayiti-s In iin.'-tiyale tile pi.telliir.lilie- ol a connexion via Tophou-i-. wit-: the prop- sail western system. TliiM would lo a larye extern combine the linen.-ial possihilit i,-s ol the rival mutes, int rodtli >• u nun-.her of dev-ir-cii-i uni'iau' es and natural advnnlay.s Hint e:\il never he ilevelopcd hy c,;as| proieel. and. moreover, eliminate tin- tremendous expense nit■!,.<• in eoiisirui-tiny and runniny two 1,-unk systems. The Marlhi.rnuyli i.: -ay lie has ajipareutly decided lor ihe F:;si. ('oe.-t or nmliiny. You will te.ite, however, that the Caulerhtiry l.i-ayue ha. prin-laimed it- infentiou to 'iivcsti(,Very aspect of lln- railway ennstruetfpii problem. Meanwhile, railway materials in the South l-land are heiuy shipped to the Norlli Mmid <•* , npih-te lines there, and the tuy-of-waf 'between Ka-t and We-t yoes on. The report wa- adopted. LAX!) BK-YALFKD. CLSBOIINK. Any. Ifi. Substantial reductions in value have heel, made in soldiers’ seel inns in the Benonyaere settlement. In smile eases H-e reductions are as much as (ill per the capital value, while in no -u-e they less than 10 per cent. dual capital value of the whole settlenvnt wa- f 18.810. and the reductions amounted to tipproximately (.'L’S.OJO. 'lbis means that the "hole settlement i- now valued at a little

OV ar o-Jil.lHin. t-xpi-f — "'--tl tin* opinion that t i H . v 1,..,,! I>(•'*n <!>■:! 11 with in s» most ,n manner. and enn-idered that the r<• 1 i«c-c<l value- they would be to mnlif a lair h' lll -- 1 M ' tlU '' i. r.umlilv .li'i'l •! into two ansi-. l!:,t 1„„.| ami hill * oiiutrv. ami the-.-M . tt l ( . rs w |it> -ectiotis which are mainlv c. tnpo-ctl of hill- have ie« oivo.l ,1„. „„„l -nlisialitial revaluation-. t!|l exceeding (50 per Tin- -ctth-T- reveiveil notice* 1,-,.,,, Wcllin-ton -tounp that their -ertion- hid lioeit reduced to certain , 11l Vs. a .;d a few day- later they received a wire a-kiito that the revaluation paper- ho returned. They received a very pleasant -urpn-o when these paper-’ were returned showing that further -uh-tantial redueiioulir.d heen made.

.-.'ante idea of the extent of the revaluations can ho paired front the experience of one -oldior. He had. through the 'assistance ol In- relatives. heen able to keep his rent paid

up I'ViT since In- took u)> tli<* section.! He now limls liuit with tin* reduced value- Ik* lut> tm rent whatever in pay I'm' (iv»' year-. I'm* -cction. which wa valued at L'tiotK). »a> reduced tn less than L'l’iHlll. while another valued at mcr C7ii:ll was simihtrly reduced. A ecntleiiiau with a lair- knowledge of the country around |{epoiitiaere cxpresseil the opinion that on the new Viihliltiolis the -eidier- 'iiotlld he aide to make a livim:. The soldiers thein--clve- are i ( uile sati-iied with their new capital values, and helteve that the treatment extended to them has hcen of a most nature.