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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XLIV, Issue 6302, 1 October 1915, Page 6

At the last meetiag of the Hotorua Chamber of Commerce, held on the 22nd inst., Mr W. J. Parsons read a letter from the Under-Secretary of Lands, staging that, it had been decided to utilise Run 81, Ngongotaha Survey District, for the extension of tree planting operations. Mr Parsons pointed out that the run in question comprised 5000 acres and was suitable for settlement.—A motion was carried to the effect that the Minister for Lands be written to requesting that Kun No. 81, Ngoiigotaha Survey District, be thrown open and subdivided for settlement and pointing out that it is detrimental to Rotorua that lands suitable for farming in the vicinity of the town should be closed to settlement by being passed over to the Forestry Department. Mr Andrew Fairhairn, of Christchurch, has issued & writ for £1,000 against the Sun newspaper, alleging1 libel in critical articles published some i months ago dealing with the reports I of the Cost of Living Commission and Food Commission. The owner of a chimpanzee which j escaped and frightened a Sydney women to death, has had to pay the widower £450 damages. THE LAY OF THE CACKLE ' The Codfish lays a million eggs While the helpful hen lays one ; t But the codfish does not qackle To inform us what she's^dono. And so we scorn the codfish coy, But the helpful hen we prize, Which indicates to thoughtful minds It pays to advertise.

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