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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10719, 28 September 1912, Page 5

Tl' •; L.-.lvut.ih- La.iu Settlement Association has been i corpora ted un<ior the Land Settlement finance Act. The Estimate:-) wore completed; in ■the House of Representatives last aiight. The Education voto, ■amounting •to £1,106.211. was passed unaltered. x Tho Chief Justice will take bankruptcy business in tho (Supreme Oourt (it Master ton at 9.30 o'clock this morning. • A sum of £2(5 was utKen at, the ■door of the Children's plain and fancy •dress bail in> Masterton last night. This o'.dy represents a portion of the takings. During the discussion of the- Education vote in the- House of Representatives last evening, the Minister fot Education stated that a largo voto for back blocks schools would be provided on. tho Public W»rks Estimates. In the Legislative Council yesterday, the I.veal Authorities Superannuation Bill was road a second time, after some discussion. Tho Laud ■•and Income Assessment Bill was put through its final stages. A Suva cable, received last night, • stated than a European overseer named Jonnsen had been sent to gaol for fourteen days for ill-treating aw in■denturod Indian labourer. This was his sixth offence. The Conciliation Commissioner yos••fcerday commenced tlio hearing of the ■engine-drivers' dispute, in which certain Masterton employers are concerned. It is understood that a satisfactory agreement i' 3 likely to bo •como to. Arthur Law, Dave "Ross, and J. Stellini were fined £5, and J. I, Cowan £3 'in Wellington yoaterd iy, on charges of breaches of the Gaming Act. It is probable that appeals will be lodged. A largo party of Native Chiefs, including the Hon. Sir James Carroll, Hons. Wi Per© and A. T. Ngata, will arrive in. Greytown to-day, and will bo the guests of 'the Wairarapa Natives for a few darts. It is understood that measures affecting Nativo lands wiOe discussed. ■ Tho Masterton Racing Club is to be congratulated on receiving such excellent entries for its spring meet- | ing, many cf the leading stables in tho North Island being represented. In the Masterton Cup there 'are no less than six New Zealand Cup candidates, which should make tho meeting specially attractive.