GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81911, 24 December 1906, Page 2

GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

PER PRESS ASSOCIATION* .MOfiE LAM) l«'OU .SETTLEMEIVT I

(jisborne, December 22: the Government has decided to> take ie Ami station.. 0f,10,750, acre* , oigh miles from (Jisborne, . UJ# fe r the' Laud for .Settlement Act. The estate is.the property of (lie Hon. Kan- _ -n't Johnston, and is. au ideal one? for closer settlement purposes.

EGtt-LAYINU COMPETITIONS- ' Jf Chriatehiirch, Deccn*«- 22'.. | trie weekly sti&enumt in. connection with the Utility Pouitvy <JUw!S J'SS-'iiyuiK competitor at* Lip.i-01,, duriiM*' Hi"'" l2 r ] *■»»».>•* making the total to date 38,100. Tin.' If tw th « week were: M. lll.Uifl.i's silver \\ yan'iottes, 32; iv E i°Tl T lut ? 1 Webster s silver tyyandottos, 25, Tiiu | "gbest totals to date are: M. uUii/jjis silver Wvaiidottes, (J7G: 3? U linen's silver Wyandottes, 0211. ' Blenheim, December 22. The results of the 32nd wtiek of the egg-laying competition show that 2305. were kud, making: tlwi grivnit totftl (ib,143. J. he highest pens for thf Tlu ' l , uaou i: >- Stecre Ball 33, Mamm I'lounmll 32, Lcgcr 32, -ail white Leghorns. The leading pens to date are: .Brookes Oil, \ a n 4 i'. Association 805, J. Hodgso* iiß6'£ Marlborough Hotel 838, Brow, Poulto .b'arm S3(i—all white Leghorns. PUBLIC! GAlUffiNS' PKOWaaiM"

Wellington, DeecmUeir' 03 A deputation yesterday wail» ..T ' the Premier asking that tlio. 0 "1.,,, 011 / "lent »should acquire the. T j ( ',n„ u "" Hardens at the Lower HulA„iy' i,ieh ti," ! present owner says he will c\it .. , ( | ! building sites. Sir Joseph Yfunl ■."I the Government had no po'.ver tii olh.se gardens, if ,i , desired to purely thq property £ was prepared, without, in any J " committing the (iovevmnent „n £ subject, to, introduce, legislation next session .empowering the acquisition of ' the gardens by the IDK,jI DK ,j bodies inter- ■■