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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXVIII, Issue 7957, 7 February 1906, Page 5

The Poverty Bay Herald understands that a petition is in course of signature prayingjthe Government to acquire under the Lands fur Settlement Act the Rangatira, the balance of the Puhatikotiko and other blooksof land in that district. Constable Whelan, who has charge of the police station at Paeroa, received a rather startling communication on Thursday, bearing the name of a storekeeper whom the constable has been trying to evict for non-payment of rent, the owner of the store premises having obtained from the Court an order for possession. The writer of the letter informed the constable that if he attempted to.touch the writer's goods he would "shoot him dead, regardless of consequences." The letter concluded with, "God Save the King. 1 ' ||Not long ago Mr Justice Wililams made a statement in public on the subject of v indeterminate sentences, intimating that after carefully looking into the whole question he* has oome to approve of the principle, and hoped that the experiment would be tried in New Zealand. Now that he is about to take a year's leave of absence from his judicial duties, the Dunedin Evening Siar suggests that the Government should give His Honour a roving commission to inqure into the working of the system of indetorminate sentences in those places where it has been tried. Public opinion (says the Star) would certainly approve such a step, and the consequent report would be a very valuable document. It may be conjectured that the systematic enquiries which he might make in the United States and elsewhere would lead at least to tbe tentative adoption of tbe system in New Zealand. On the other haud, if the inquiries should produce an unfavourable opinion in the judge's mind, the time and small expense would not have been wasted. The colony would be saved the trouble of a futile experiment. It is likely enough that the judge would in any uase make some investigations on his own account, but as a accredited commissioner he would enjoy better opportunities. Apart from the fact that he cannot be expected to devote a large part of his holiday to what would really be a public service, an extra term of .three months should be allowed for the special purpose. Are you going away for a holiday ? If go place your luggage in the care of J. -T. Qurtis and Co., Ltd. They will call for it, see that it is safely and carefully conveyed to its destination, and deliver it promptly. Charges are very . moderate. Write for further particulars to J. <F. Curtis and Co. Ltd., Forwarding, Shipping, and Customhouse Ag?nts, Wellington.—_\dvt