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Bush Advocate, Volume XX, Issue 1028, 16 May 1908, Page 5

The Minister for Lands returned to>" Wellington to-day. He is remarkably well pleased with his visit to the Waipawa electorate. The members- of the Conciliation Board passed through to Napier this afternoon. They investigate the tailors' dispute on Monday. The Dannevirke witnesses who-have to attend the sittings of the Supreme Court at Wellington on Monday, left by the express train to-day."' - The Minister for Lands has been advised that the Defence Council has advanced a subsidy of £ for £ up to £50 towai*ds the cost of the improvements at the rifle range. . Mr Baxter, manager for the N.Z. Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, is at present on a business .visit to Dannevirke. Mr M. Cohenj the well-known !falnierston North merchant; is also on a visit to Danne,yirke, to-day. • \ The Minister for Lands had an interview with Mr Frits Jensen at Woodville to-day in reference to the purchase of the H.B. Timber Co.'s interest in the remaining portion of the Tamaki block. As a result of the conference the .Minister promised to send Mr Kensington, Under-Secretary for Lands, to Dannevirke in the course of a few days to negotiate with the company, %vhen it. is hoped a j>rice will be agreed tipori that will enable the GJovernment to. completet the purchase."