NEW ZEALAND NEWS

Taihape Daily Times, 21 May 1919, Page 5

NEW ZEALAND NEWS

MINISTER OF LANDS INTERVIEWED.

SOME INTERESTING MATTERS

VENTILATED,

DANNEVIRKE, this day

Mr Guthrie, Minister of Lands, at Dannovirkc last evening, met a number of local deputations. • One from soldiers urged the speedy opening up of Tiratu block; an increase in the Government grant !in specially approved eases; an alteration in tenure to permit a soldier to buy out a neighbouring soldier if he wanted to sell. The Minister held out. no hope of permitting soldiers aggregating in this way, and said the extension of the present limit of advance was a matter for Cabinet. He said Tiratu will be opened in July, the ballot being hold at Daum virke. The water supply for the block would ho provided, and The sections would range in area from 100 to 250 acres.

The Minister was also approached by the Chamber of Commerce on the subject of land aggregation. He said he was fully alive to what was going on. and intimated that iu certain cast's under notice the provision ot the Act of last session would he pul into force,

if the present intention ot suspected aggregation was carried out. He intended making an attempt to close the loophole in the clause of the last Act relating to aggregation. Other matters dealing with a shortage ot railway trucks, stock, repatriation, and electoral headquarters of Pahiatua electorate, were brought under the Minister s notice, and will be referred to the different Ministers concerned.

GENERAL RUSSELL’S HEALTH

COMPLETE REST ORDERED

NAPIER, May 21

General Russell has been ordered by Ids medical adviser to cancel all engagements. and it is considered a com-

plete rest fox a lengthy is essential. The Napier reception has been abandoned.

RAILWAYMEN’S grievance

WELLINGTON, May 20

The Railway Officers’ Institute today passed a resolution protesting against the Ministers’ exercise of veto in the Longton appeal case.

TRAMWAY TROUBLE. STOP-WORK MEETING IN AUCKLAND. AUCKLAND, this day. The tramway workers held a stopwork meeting at 3.30 yesterday afternoon, when the officers of, the Union interviewed the Manager of the Tramway Company on the subject of increased pay, it being stated officers are being paid less than other employees, whose wages wore advanced as a result of the recent agreement between the company. City Council, and Union. The manager is waiting for advice from the directors in London, which has been delayed. The officers are pressing for an immediate reply to their demands. • ,

EXPORT OF POTATOES

WELLINGTON, May 20

The Hon. MacDonald, Acting President of the Board of Trade, states that the position regarding the potato market bag recently been under consideration and it has now that applications for permits to export will be considered by the Minister of Customs, provided shipment is made prior to June 30tb.

N Z. TRAINING SHIP. WELLINGTON, May 20. The Minister of Marine stated today that, two ships offered by the Admiralty to replace the Amokura as a training ship were unsuitable to rhe Dominion’s requirements and it had been decided that Captain Hooper, of the Amokura, should go to England to select a ship, if possible, suitable to our needs,and bring the vessel out to New Zealand.

FALLEN SOLDIERS’ CHILDREN.

SCHEME FOR THEIR EDUCATION.

WELLINGTON, May 20.

Three handsome donations have just been received in connection with the Trentham Dominion Scholarships Fund. Messrs John Kirkcaldic, and the firm of Kircaldie and Stains, Limited, have each made themselves responsible for the complete education of one child of a fallen New Zealand, soldier. Under this scheme, the children selected by examination are to be educated and maintained until established in professions of their choice. The cost is £IOOO per child. Thus the contributions, named above total the ; substantial sum of £3OOO.