LAND FOR SOLDIERS.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3573, 8 September 1920, Page 7

LAND FOR SOLDIERS.

Ths following areas of land are -■available for selection by ballot by discharged soldiers. Taranaki. —Twenty-seven emotions, ■Parihaka Settlement, exempt from! rent >for one year and two years. Twelve sections, Taitama and Ratapiko Settlements... 'Auckland.- —Seven sections, Pou-a-Kani Block (Taupo district), 1397 aerds to 2872 acres at less than £1 per acre. Four sections Hurukai S.D., and twenty-one sections in Ongarue S.D., mostly bush land, at about £2 per •acre. *Four sections National endowment in Raglan, Opotiki, and Ohine--mnri Counties. Fonr sections Tauran:ga County, Katikati S.D. Plans may be seen at the office of. the Taihape and District Returned Sol- • fliers’ Association after 3 p.m. each day. I

YOUNG LAMBS ATTACKED. NORTHERN WAIROA LOSSES. DARGAVILLE, Aug. 31. Several farmers to-day report the loss of many healthy lambs, from three weeks to a month old, while inferior lambs are not attacked. The cause of the loss is as; yet a mystery. One of Northern Wairoa’s leading sheep breeders on Saturday afternoon found ten of his best lambs dead in a paddock. , Investigations showed that in almost every case the lambs had been pierced on either side of the throat or on top of the head. A few others were wounded, but not one side of the throat only. The incisions a& a rule were just large enough to take in the tip of the finger. Yesterday three more lambs were found dead from the same cause. A few others were wounded, but not killed. The farmer rounded up his

flocks last night, when there were no more casualties. He is puzzled to know what has been killing the lambs. He at first thought it might be weasels. but abandoned this idea. Hawks are not responsible, and he thinks wild cats may bo the cause. In one solitary case the head of the lamb was taken right off, but in all the other cases, no harm was done to the carcases. H© rang up some neighbours, and in rounding up their flocks they also found simialr happenings. Sheepowners arc much concerned over the losses. MOTOR FATALITY. PALMERSTON N„ Sept. 6. Robert D. Worsfold, a middi'.e-aged gardener, was crashed into by a motor car at Terraco End this evening and terribly injured. He died in the hospital.

THE WHEAT HARVEST. ADELAIDE, Sept. 7. After touring the northern, area, the Minister of Agriculture states that the agricultural outlook was never better. On present appearances, the harvest promises to be close to a record.