POLITICAL NOTES.
Various amendments in the Counties Act are proposed by a Bill introduced in the House of Representatives on Wednesday. A new provision is that the chairman of a county council while he remains in the position shall he a justice of the peace if ho is not the holder of a publican's or accommodation license. A special Act is necessary to alter the boundaries of counties, but this is now to he done by the Governor by proclamation under protective provisions similar to those in the principal Act. The rate to be levied for drainage works may, under the present law be as high as six farthings in the £ on the capital value, and it is now proposed to make the maximum one penny in the- £. The provision regarding rating on a graduated scale is to bo repealed and more explicit; clause substituted. ACCESS TO NATIVE LANDS. The Native Minister stated that the registrars of the Native Land Com't will be notified that rule 29 of the regulation of April Sth, 1910, is to bo strictly complied with. This was the reply to Mr C. K. Wilson, who asked that native owners should bo compelled to provide access to lands before they were dealt with by the board.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 504, 28 September 1912, Page 5
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210POLITICAL NOTES. King Country Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 504, 28 September 1912, Page 5
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