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King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 623, 29 November 1913, Page 4

Type-writing requisites are so much in demand that it is important to know where they are obtainable at the shortest notice. Mrs E. A. Macdonald has been appointed sole agent at Te Kuiti for the Legrove and Laurence Company of Wellington for al! type writing requisites. At a conference of traffic authorities Mi John Burns, president of the Ljcal Government Board, stated that in six years 11,000 streets had been constructed, 75,000 houses had been erected, and 300,000 acres of rural land absorbed under urban conditions in Greater London. In the City of London, £8,000,000 had been spent on highways in ten years. The High Commissioner has advised the Department of Immigration that the first batch of the selected farm boys, under the charge of SergeantMajor Cooper, has embarked from Liverpool in the Bteaamer Aryshire. The boyß are due to arrive in the Dominion at Auckland about January 19th. Applications for other contingents are now being received by the Department. The acreage of land under sown grasses is far greater in New Zealand than in the whole of the Ausrtalian Commonwealth, although the Dominion contains only about one-thirtieth of the total area of Australia. The total area sown in New Zealand for the 1910-11 season was 14,214,741 acres, as against 2,714,091 acres in Australia. There were in addition 23,972,236 acres of unimproved land in this Dominion, including that in tussock or native grass, belonging to the occupied holdings and available for stock- and sheep farmers.

The Hindu problem is likely to become acute again in British Columbia. Forty Hindus arrived by direct steamer from India and demanded admission. The immigration authorities refused io allow tnem to enter, and the Hindus ippci-led to the British Columbian ourts. After litigation the Provincial Supreme Court declared that the Dominion regulations governing the idmiesion of Hindus ultra vires in several particulars. The case is likely o be brought to the Imperial Privy Council. Meeanwhile other batches of liruius arc arriving in Western Canda Liberals demand a Federal Ex lueion Act immediately to deal with he question. mesoning attendance at the Te Uiiti rchool necessitates very frequent d.iHionr to the building in order to ivtvuii- proper accommodation for the anilr. information baß just been rerival ihit ilu- r. rant for further addiioiiH in i!:i' ' I'huo) baa been passed,and tr .1. !'V.ric- 11. architect to the Board f Hiiucai-on. has received instrucsonm: aS om*o prepare plans for ivo c.ir.i-r icomp and two teachers' iou f. ! la new class room will pro ido accommodation for a further :.M» pupi!: : . it h intended if possi- !«» to have- '.he work put through nrim*. U-o. Christmas holidays so ial Ihf •. cbcoi organisation will not c intm-i'mmd svitb.