LAND ON THE MAIN TRUNK.

King Country Chronicle, Volume IV, Issue 231, 5 February 1910, Page 5

LAND ON THE MAIN TRUNK.

Small Areas for Sale. Numerous small town and suburban sections of land are to be offered for sale, and a few for lease, at Oluikune on Friday, February 25th, and at Raurirnu on Saturday, February liGLh. The land is in Waitangi, Rangitaua, Ninia, Ohakune, Ranrimu, Kahaki, Owhango, Waimarino and Kaiticke, and varies in area from one rood to 16 acres, .mostly being small residential sites.

Alterations in the railway time table will come into force on March Ist, Attention is drawn to the advertisement which appears in this issue, showing that a high-class concert will be given by Miss Handyside, assisted by friends, in the Te Kui.ti Hall on Monday, February 14th. This concert promises to He a musical treat, and all lovers of good music should not fail to be present. Reserved chairs can be booked at W, McColl's, Rora Street;. Speaking to a reporter, Mr W. D. Lysnar, one of the delegates to the Frozen Meat Trade Conference, said that the result of the conference on the whole, he tSsoyght, emphasised ths necessity for three things. In the first place, there must be a better way of grading, «nd uniformity in that respect, throughout the dominion; in the second place, cheaper freight) must be secured, to enable New Zealand to compete on even terms with other countries; in the third place, there must be better control of the sale and marketing of the produce in lioridcn, by'leans' of a properly regulated 'cfepotl

It is the intention of the banks in New Zealand to lower their rates of interest on money at fixecj dpßpsit. It is expected that radu ; ctio? of one-half per' 'cent will be given effect to in the course of a few- days, in view of th.e fact that there is an. abundance ftf money at present seeking investment. A local bank manager, speaking to a "'Star" representative, said that he did not doubt but that the interest on money let out on mortgage would decrease to a corresponding degree, providing that the security was satisfactory. It will be remembered that about three weeks ago the building companies reduced their rate of interest from 4£ to 4 per cent per annum.

in the Gqurse of hia adeteess at the Frozen Meat Conference in Christchurch, the Minister o£ Agriculture, the Hon. T. Mackenzie, referred to the operations of the American Beef Trust. It was, he said, an undoubted fact that the Meat Trust had secured a great hold. If half that had been written about the trust ware tme;'i'ti was qui to possible that it's woflld'-be extended to a point that would be injurious to the Dominion. If the many interests in Chicago could bury all their private prejudice;? the purnose of uniting, eould not those in teres fleet i'n ! the' meat industry of IsTew Zpaiand do the same in order to place the industry on a better fpotipg?