SETTLING NATIVE LANDS.

King Country Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 468, 25 May 1912, Page 4

SETTLING NATIVE LANDS.

WAIKATO-MANIAPOTO BOARD.

A Bitting of the Waikato-Mania* poto Maori Land Board extending uver a fortnight has just been completed at To Kui'ti, and various transactions afTocting an area of *i7. 77 .'ktoh liavo boon dealt with. Of (.his amount about 12,000 acres Were (inntly dealt with . r >4 leases and 40 l»Hn»r confirmed. Under the ):iir: ! regulations it ia jcustomary as a preliminary at.ep in treating fur blocks wherein a number of natives are interciHeci to call a meeting of as* : I'mhini tiv, !k r and in 22 cases at the n ri'tii. Fitiiiii: meetings weru ordered to In- called, she- area of land affected '"■ mi; ' s . arrc.M. Resolutions under part. ::! <■! tin* Act. which deals with met tin);:- of assembled owners, were eoi-firiDiii by tho board in eight application:-, tor lenno and three for (rauei'er :he a;ea involved being 5216 acre:;. Applications granting pre* cedent, cen'-en' by t.ho hoard to the number of nine were dealt with the area afVocteil aeroa. Aa ;;iei lee eei;,:-. 1.: I! <a • n 1111 CSS WOmen and children i vnv winter. Tonking's i,inM\-«l i'.r.iuiMiin i;. a sovereign and immediate euu\ t /<>, 2/0, 4/6.

The attention of readers is drawn to a large advertisement, dealing with McCallum's Perfection whisky, appearing in to-day's issue. There's no sentiment in business, we are told. Most psople have at least a touch of the romantic stowed away, in their hearts. The realistic romance of furnishing tne home, however, is a thing easily accomplished by Messrs Blackman and Cobb. On May 21st., the New Zealand Dairv Association, Ltd., distributed amongst it suppliers £25,735 103 2d. These payments cover butterfat which was supplied to their creameries during the month of April. The corresponding payments year were £13,575 7a fid. xnus the increase for the month 3S compared with last year is £12,210 2s Sd. Messrs J. M. Cullen and Sons advertise a great drapery sale in Te Kuiti. The sale starts on Tuesday, May 28th, and it is announced that all goods must be sold regardless of cost.

The winter term at Te Kuiti College opens on Monday, May 27th. A special feature in the term's work will be a dancing class for young to assemble on Saturday mornings. The newest dances will be taught and special attention paid to deportment. The dancing lessons will be restricted to the winter term and are open to all young people. The roading of the newly-laid off Hangatiki township is to be proceeded with° immediately. Messrs Stanley and Cave are the successful tenderers for the work.

In an address to the Baiiarat Anglican Synod, Bishop Green condemned church raffles as the means adopted by weak men ana weak committees to gain a few pounsd witnoui, serious cost to themselves. These men and committees, he said did not scruple to appeal to one o£ the most lamentaole propensities nf the Australian chaiacter —the love of gamoling.

A most enjoyable social under uie auspices of the Te Kuiti Druios Lodgo was held on Thursday night. The lioor was in e>:celient urder, and the music supplied by Mr D. Hetet, was all that could be desired. A good supper was provided, and a inoat enjoyable evening was spent Bro. H. Lever was an efficient M-G. Mr L. Bowman, who with Mr W. Cupsy, established the apiary on Mr SomnijWlle's property, Te Kuiti. has been appointed Government apiarist for the South Island. Mr Bowman is an expert apiarist, having mastered the rudiments of the bee industry in Cumberland, England, bis native place. During his stay in Te Kuiti he was a member of the Anglican choir, and did good service in connection therewith. The many friends ofMr Bowman will join with us in congratulating him on his appointment in the Government.

According to an article in the Daily Chronicle, the unrest which is now prevailing among the sailors in the navy and which is manuesting useli in their desire to iorm 3. trades union, is due to the men's dissatisfaction with existing conditions in the service, especially as far as rates of pay and punishment are The writer of the article says:—'"lt is time that the nation and the naval authorities realise what wil> happen if the Admiralty does not soon start to remedy the complaints of these 100,000. If the people do not compel the'authorities to measure out justice, the rank and file will form an association strong enough to demand redress by methods with which the industrial history of the last year or two baa made the country painfully familiar. 7 '

During the fortnight ended May loth, 1912, the exports from the Dominion were of a va 'ue £1,337,462, as against <£1,034,23'< for the corresponding period last year. Details are as follow-.—Butter £16,452, cheese £43,886, frozen beef £33*,158, frozen mutton carcases £l2B 167, frozen mutton legs and pieces £5324. frozen lamb £224,400, wheat £3443, oats £45.099, potatoes £1323, hemp £41,825, kauri gum £34 719 grain and pulse other tnan oats £10,806, hops £6407, hides £7804. skins all kind 3 £72,763, tallow £90,983, timber £21 f 690, wool £47,530, gold £(?B,<-ilo. In a speech at Glasgow Mr Bonar Law, leader of the Unionist party, attributed the labour unrest partly the speeches made by members of the Government in defending the 1909 Budget. The keynote of these speeches, he said, was the gospel of o.lass hatred, which was fad by the hopes of a "New Jerusalem, ' which had not arrived. Co-partnership, he said, was a promising solution, but the only hope of a fairer distribution of wealth, without drying up the source of wealth, was to raise tbn level of wages by means of fiscal reform and colonial preference.

Mr Balsillie, Victorian Government wireless expert, has perfected a system of sending wireless messages without the use of masts. He has also succeeded in directing messages to a set point by the use of a wire buried in the earth. Experiments between Melbourne and Hobart proved successful.

In the fins! of the Olympic Games tennis championship, Gobert, France, beat Dixon, England, 8—6,6—4,64. Wilding of New Zealand, beat Lowe in the preliminary heat by three sets to one, but was beaten by Dixon in the semi-final, 6 —o, 4—6, 6 4, 6 _4. Wilding takes a bronz9 medals for third place.