LAWN-TENNIS

Marlborough Express, Volume XLVII, Issue 33, 7 February 1913, Page 4

LAWN-TENNIS

The. following will -represent Anglican against Awarua to-morrow at Spring Creek: Misses Lord and D. lapp-, Mesdames Plum and Girling, Misses Walker and Jackson; BythelT §ey. de Lambert, Fendall. Moffatt .Paine and .Wilson. A drag will leave Market Square at 1.45 p m sharp. l '■

A pessimistic account of the land agency business.was given by a iud-e----ment debtor at the ChristcnurcL Magistrate's. Court on Monday (says the Lyttelton Times). The man who was married and had a family of .young children, >as described by hi* solicitor as "the poor, povertystricken debtor." Examined by Mr Donnelly he said that he was engaged by a local -land agency firm at a salary, of 30s a week, with a commission of'2o per cent, on all sale* he should effect. He had been in this -employ for-four months. "And what was your total commission earned/" asked Mr Donnelly. Nothing," answered the debtor with a rueful smile. "Negotiations were carried on for the lease of a farm by my agency, but I got no commission." - "So all the business you have done in'four months is to lease one farm, and you and your v-ife and family have lived or, rather lingered, on 30s a week. Why did you hot start something t?lso?" '"Oh I hoped things might improve." said the debtor cheer hilly. "Hope springs ■eternal in the human breast." quotec* Mr Johnston, debtor's solicitor.

On Monday (says the Wellington Post) the Prime Minister (Mr .Massey) made a further statement on the Southland leaso-in-perpetuity (conversion to freehold) incident. ''TheCrown. Law Office," he said", "has not yet- given an opinion on the matter. , because it, has to get the whole of the details of the transaction from Southland.' ■ That naturally: occupies it lev.- days, but for the information of thoso who are interested, I may say, as Minister for Lands, that the title 'has not been issued. ar>d that the purchase of the fee-simple does not cany with it the right te mine a mineral-boaring country. The, feesirnplo of the land in this ease, #pd in many others, does not carry with it the right to the minerals beneath the surface." ■ In his previous statement, made oh Friday evening, Mr Massey «aid: "I know that coal is I technically- not a mineral within the i meaning; of the present Mining Act." j He went on to argue that this die' j not aff&ct the present Southland 'leases, as they ante-dated the dofmi- i tion in the Mining Act.

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