WASTE LANDS BOARD.

Tuapeka Times, Volume VII, Issue 410, 21 November 1874, Page 3

WASTE LANDS BOARD.

[From the " Times. 1 ") The regular weekly meeting of the Waste Lauds Board was held on Thursday last. Present : The Chief Commissioner, Mr. J . T. Thomson (in the chair), and Messrs. Butterworth, Clark, Reid, and Strode. TUAPEKAEAST. — APPLICATION TOPURCHASK SECTION". Mr. Charles Henderson applied to purchase section 61, block 111., Tuapeka East. , • • -■>" •• :-• The applicatio > n li was approved of. \ GLKNKKN7CH ANDCROOKSTON. — MR. KITCHING'S SAW-MILL LEASE. Messrs. Connell and Moodie submitted I plans of J. F. Kitching's application £or I a saw-mill lease in Glenkenich and Crookston districts for the approval of the Board, and requested that the term of the lease might be until the 3 1st December, 1877. The plan was approved of, and it was resolved that the lease be only till 31st December, 1876. GLENKENICH. — MESSRS. . MACFAKLANE's SAW-MILL LEASE. Messrs. Connell and Moodie, for Messrs. J. and T. Macfarlane, submitted plans of ! application for saw-mill lease on block I XII., Gleukenich district, and requested that the lease be made to terminate on the 31st December, 1877. A plan of saw-mill site was also submitted for approval. The plan of the lease was approved of, the lease to- be only to < 31st December, 1876. The mill site was approved of, subject to runhnlder's consent being obtained. - APPLICATION TO DISPENSE WITH SURVEY. Messrs. Counell and Moodie, > for Messrs. Herbert, Howat, and Co. requested the Board to dispense with the survey of the application for a bush lease on block XIV., Glenkenich, on the ground that the area is rectangular, and that, therefore, survey is unnecessary. , The OJiipf Commissioner . . expressed himself., strongly oh the poiutjfchat-in no case should a survey be dispensed witli. Too much care cpuld not be taken with surveys, and any, omission might lead to great complications, and heavy loss. Kesolve survey must be made. GLENOAMARU.— APPLICATION- FOR SAWMILL leAse." Mr. Harris, for Messrs. Begg, Sheddan, and .Sinclair, applied for a saw-mill lease of 160 acres near Mr. Pollock's lease, at Glenoinaru. > Consideration of the application was postponed. < APPLICATIONS TO PURCHASE LAND. John M'Lean — Sections 35, 36, and 40, I block 111., Tuapeka west. Sale approved, deducting mining reserves recommended , by Warden. Same- L -Section 3, block 1., Beaumont. Sale approved. William Osborne —Sections 14 and 17, block IV.. and 9, block VII., Tuapeka ■West. Approved. Messrs. Gillies and Street for applicant. J. Mackay— Section 11. block VII., Tuapeka West. Sale approved. Thomas Arthur— Sections 22, 23, 24, arid 25, block 111., Beaumont. Sale approvedV M'Kinlay and Herbert — Sections 1, 2, 3, and ' 4, block 111., Beaumont, postponed. H. Lancaster —Sections 5, 6, 7, 16, 17» 18, 19, 20, 26, 27, 28, block 111., Beaumont. Section sto be sold by auction with £6 valuation attached, and at the upset price of £2 2s per acre. Sale of the rest approved of. William Gumming —Sections 12 and 14, block 1., Beaumont. R.- Tubman and W. D. Morrison applied for the same sections. To be sold by auction,

| W. D. Morrison—Section 1, block VII. , Tuapeka West. Sale approved of. ■ William Smith— Sections 5, 6, and 7, block V., Tuapeka West. To bo sold by auction. D. O'Brien— Section 7, block V., Tuapeka West. To be sold by auction. J. Roughan— Sections 5, 6, 7, 21, and 22, block V., Tuapeka West. To be submitted to auction. F. Nichol— Sections 2, 9, 8, 18, 19, 21, 22, block V., Tnapeka West. Sections 19, 21 and 22 to.be submitted to auction. Sale of rest approved of. Messrs. Gillies I and Street for applicant. J. Hogg— Section 19, block V., Tuapeka West. To be sold by auction. R. Moore Section 27, block V., Tuapeka West. Sale approved. J. M'Lean— Section 6, block 11., Beaumont. Sale approved. F. D. Bell— Sections 17, 18, 35, 36, 40, 51, Waihemo. Messrs. Cook and Muir for the applicant. Adjourned. E. C. Lowndes— Sections 10, 14, 29, 30, 31, 42, Waihemo. Adjourned. Sections 11, 12, 13, 14, Duuback. Adjourned. Messrs. Cook and Muir for applicant. W.Murray — 42, Waihemo. Adjourned. D. Murray — 42, Waihemo, Adjourned. CAIRNHILL. — APPLICATION TO CANCEL AGRICULTURAL LRASB. Mr. J. Wilson, for Mr. Timothy Wilkins, applied to have his agricultural lease of section 1, block 1., Cairnhill, cancelled. Resolved — That the question of probable value of compensation be referred to the District Board of Enquiry. APPLICATION TO AMEND LEASE. Messrs. Connell and Moodie, for Mr. J. F. Herbert, applied to receive reason of Board in their letter of 30th : October, asking that the plan on the margin of lease of run 212 a be amended. Mr. Roberts, whose lease would be the one concerned by the proposed alteration of Mr. Herbert's lease, was not represented. The Clerk stated that the opinion of the Provincial Solicitor had been asked, in accordance with a minute of the Board, as to the power of the Board to adjudicate upon the matter. Tho opinion was as follows :—": — " In my opinion, though the Waste Lands Board may have the power to adjust disputed boundaries, it would probably lead to litigation were the Board to act otherwise than as arbitrators on both parties consenting to remit the matter to them. The case of the New Zealand and Australian Land Co. and Boyes is a warning the Board cannot ignore. — Robert Stout, Provincial Solicitor." The following is a memo from the Secretary of Lands on the application :—": — " Is this not more properly a case to be decided by a court of law 1 The leases have already been executed, and it appears to me it would be a dangerous precedent were the Boaid to interfere in such disputes." Mr. Connell addressed tho Board on behalf of the applicant, and endeavored to show", not only that the Board had the power, but that it was. their business to decide the question at issue. Members of the Board expressed the opinion that it was a matter between the two parties in which it was not the duty of the Hoard to interfere. The following resolution was minuted : — "Resolved that the Board consider it unadvisable, under all the circumstances and keeping in mind the opinion of the Provincial Solicitor, to interfere in the matter, leaving the parties to their remedy at law." Mr. Strode said he had no doubt that the Board, though it would be going rather out of its way to do so, would act as arbitrators between the parties, each side having previously consented to arbitration., Mr. Connell mentioned that Mr. Roberts had declined to go to arbitration.

"Mucor," writing to the Melbourne "Argus" on the causation and prevention of diphtheria, says :—lt: — It is a homely saying that "half a loaf is better than no bread," and on this principle it would be wise to act in this particular instance. For though it may be futile to expect an absolute immunity yet parents may, by bringing their commonsense" to bear, reduce the chances of their children taking diphtheria to a minimum, even when the disease may be prevalent in their immediate neighborhood. The arrangements connected with the excreta of a household will have to be considered as regards temporary detention, and with reference to ultimate disposal. Houses in towns are mostly under different conditions from dwellings"in the country in the matter of the final disposal of the night-soil. Whether in town or country, however, the first essential and vital point is to get rid of the old-fashioned privy with a cesspit. Those who have followed out the argument, and concur with the inference arrived at as to causation, will see that it is of the first and most urgent importance. Nothing short of a thorough and complete abolition of the cesspit will be of the slightest real value. So long as this remains, so loug will the insecurity of those having recourse to it remain. Let no man think his children are safe because his privy is kept cleanly, and is free from malodour, or because diphtheria has not yet invaded the vicinity. The decent privy has been the ' death of countless children, and there is no Baying, how long it may be before the general and local conditions required to produce the diphtheria poison may meet in a given spot. Many parts of the colony have as yet been Tree,— W^-Tve_jjonstautly hear of fresh outbreaks- in preVKmsly-TMrhojioUoA-^loonlities. Where the cesspit h, there, sooner or later, will be diphtheria— and sooner in this country than in England. Therefore, for perfect exj eruption from this horrible pest, there must be an end to the cesspit. No halting, peddling, paltering conpromise, will suffice. Nothing short of the removal of the whole mass of the poison-forming material, and of the filling-in of the pit with earth, will place any family in a state of security. A most extraordinary proposition has been put forward in Wellington by the Provincial Government. Tenders have been called for planting potatoes in clearings upon mountain roadß for the next year's food supply for men working tliere. If this is not hand-feeding our immigrants it is a caution. We Bhould not wonder but that the next step will be to start a few dairy farms for their convenience, and that a few female servants will be imported to sew on their buttons and make up their beds—" Herald." For several yearp we have mixed a quantity of sulphur, well rubbed on and among the seed before drilling, and have seldom missed a plant. This time my bailiff omitted to do so, and the fly destroyed the plant of kohl rabi. We then sulphured seed from the same bag, drilled it, and have a most abundant and healthylooking plant, fly free. We use about 1 lb. Of sulphur to 10 lb. of seed. The sulphur and seed are, after mixing put together into the drill, and the sulphur is thus deposited in the drill mark with the seed. It certainly acts most agreeably to the seed, for tho plants show an intense green when they appear. So uncostly a plan is worth a trial. Cabbage and all similar seed should be so treated. — J. J. Mechi, June 18.