GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 129, 18 October 1912, Page 2

GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

J THE RAILWAY SERVICE. 1 By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. I Greyiuouth, Thursday, j The Westland Railway Officers' Insti- ) tutc passed a series of resolutions ob- , jecting to the treatment of the officers' { petition received from the Minister, and urging Parliament to take action so as j to place the first division on an equality j with the Post and Telegraph service. i BETTING ON LICENSED PREMISES. ) Wellington, Thursday, j James Stellin was fined £2O on each lof two charges of betting on licensed premises. Notice of appeal was given. 1 DEMAND'FOR LAND. J Wairoa, Thursday. A petition is being promoted by 'the County Council to the Minister of Land*, asking him to take the block of Native land, Tutaekuri No. 1, for close settlement. The block comprises 12,542 acres, of which 12 per cent, is ploughahle and the rest good hilly grazing land. The situation .of the property is in the W'aikaremoana Riding, two miles from Frasertown. A European had a lease for 21 years, and shore 15,000 sheep off the block, though he never did more till a n burn off the fern, not even sowing grass. Now it grazes about fifteen sheep, and is fast becoming a refuge for pest*. | The petition is being largely signed.