CABLE NEWS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 8103, 1 June 1906, Page 6

CABLE NEWS.

(By Eteotrio Tciegr&pli-Copyright.) (Per l'rew ApMwiaticm.j SYDNEY, May IU. The report of the Land# €omwS<wion hsa boon lamed, li fiadu that of tho aums received by Poter Clow, aa land Agent, io rc#pect of inatlfw then being dealt with by tho then Minister for Lands, P. Crick, another Minintcr, accepted ene-batf, but that no officer of the Department recalvcd any moaey from Close. Hie Cora mission roooaau;ended that it in desirable to place the administration of tho Lands Department in the hands of a Board of Comisuiiwioners in order to free it from political influence, and that land agents should ba registered and placed under ihfc control of the Land Appeal Court. That in order to supply tho demand for agricultural land all unnecessary reserves "should be cancelled; That pur-chases of private land should as far as practicable, he effected under the Closer Settlement Act and every en- { . urngeineut given to the sub-division and sale of private estates by owners; auoiothc making of experiments with bore water to ascertain the best method of applying it to agriculture, and the the consideration of irrigation and light railways and the eouserving of water which novr runs to waste us aids to closer settlement.

The report exonerated the Government in connection with the purchase of the Myall Creek property, considering that the estate wns acquired lor a reasonable price and was not n fleeted by the commission paid l.y the vendors to the agents. There was also nothing m the evidence to iuiphcale Mr Carrtithers in any of the land transactions. The steamer Kieetra collided with the tug Energy at the North Head. The t»ig sank. but the crew were saved. The Eiectra is considerably damaged. Sailed—l p.m., s.s. KeUandiit; 5.30 j.'.iu., s.s. Fifeshire for Nevr Zealand. NEWCASTLE May .11. Sailed—Melbourne for Lyttelton. LONDON", May 31. Sir H. Campbell-Bauncrmau. in reply to 113 Labour-Liberals who presented a memorial, announced that he would den! with the unemployed question after the Whitsuntide recess. This v.ouki enable the Distress Committees J' ring the winter to fulfil their responsibilities. PARIS. May 31. M. Poincare, the French Minister for Finance, declares that he will have to provide for a deficit of £lo,ooo,<X>o sterling in the Budget of 1907. TOEIO, May 31. The war rewards gazetted at Tokio give precedence to the navy.