ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS

New Zealand Tablet, 21 August 1913, Page 29

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS

Justice. —We have dealt with the matter at length in another column, and it does not seem necessary to add anything to what we have there said. T. McGloin. —We have no information regarding the distribution of the Independent subscription, which was, we understand, for temporary distress caused by an epidemic. The Independent fund has" been declared closed. F.R.—The last Eucharistic Congress was held in April because of the climatic conditions of Malta. The date of the next Congress (at Lourdes)' has not yet been fixed, but it will be held in the early autumn, possibly about August 15, the date of the Feast of the Assumption. ' ' I Irish. —You do not give sufficient particulars to enable a definite answer to be given. If your sister has already purchased, and is paying off the principal and interest, a lump sum in payment of the balance will be accepted at any time. The precise amount of the lump sum due varies under;the different Acts, and could only be finally-deter-mined by application to the Land Pufcha'S6:,-Gom-missioner. If she has not yet purchased, she can only do so if a majority of the tenants and also the landlord are agreeable to the sale of the holdings; or if her land comes under the jurisdiction of the Congested Districts Board, In the latter case the Board can compel a sale, and they have a final, say in determining the price.