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Evening Post, Volume LXXIV, Issue 49, 26 August 1907, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL. The opening call of the week is never a particularly brisk one, and to-day's meeting of the Exchange proved no cxcoption to the rule, 'iransactions centred around Waihi and Talisman strip, and the former hardened appreciably on late rates, boing taken at ±58 18s (turn dividend), with £8 18s and £8 18s 6d representing buyers and sellers' views at the close. Talismans were dealt in at 49s and 49s 3d, with 48s 6d on offer at the close. The investment section of the market was quiet, although steady in tone. Auckland quotations : — Kurnnui Caledonian, 9d, Is ; May Queen, lid Is ; Waiotahi, 9s 9d, 10s 3d ; Waitangi, 3s sd, 5s 7dy ■Crown, 7s, 7s 4d ; Tairua Broken Hills, 5s 9d, 63 3d ; Talisman. 495. 50s ; Waihi, £9 Is, £9 lc 6d ; Extended, 5b 9d, 5s lid. It is understood that consideration of the tariff proposals of tho Govornmont will commence in the House of Representatives UMnonow, and probably bo continued until the details have been csttled. The time to bo occupied is variously estimated at from threo to fivo weeks. Tho Land Bill will then bo taken. The debate on the second reading will last at least a week— probably longer, and the Minister considers that Bill thiough the committee stages.- The Taxation Bill and the Endowments Bill will it 13 consideicd, occupy about threa weeks between thorn, and as there is a quantity of other important business to be transacted- -policy Bills, Estimates, and so on- lt is not likely that the sesl KoveXr emmatC bef ° re tb ° Dli( * dJe ° f n/w. Y a « * £hOVt . sittin S of th 8 Court is. "Scs "J^jgf.srt ■ annoraccd Judgmßnt wfl! probably g. Ko»°SKf ™ a t^ »«'■»'» In connection with tho proposal to make the deer-stalking season uniform throughout the colony, the fIZ Acclimatisation Society has decided to recommond that the soeson be opened on 15th Apnl, and closed on 3lsl Mvy thus shortening the open seasrni by ' a fortnight. J This morning tho Wellington boxine representatives for the New Zealand championship contests left for Auckland in charge 6f Mr. W. Coffcy, secretary of the local association. Arrangements are being perfected for the professional match between Hanley o f Sydney, and Godfrey of Auckland, to bo boxed in Wellington. A Royal Commission, consisting of dative Land Court -Judges Jacksoa l aimer, and Rawson, sab at Christchurch last week to hear th<» claims of tho descendants of Hori It Taiaroa for compensation for deprivation of portion of their heritage, consisting of 100 acres of land at Milford Haven (nowaday^ Milford Sound), upon which • was situated a greenstone quarry, whither the Maoris of tho day antecedent to V 36V 36 spacious fiftias wero wont to obtain the raw material for their implements, weapons, and ornaments. Mr • Sheridan, who represented the department, produced the original papers in connection with the- sale of the block and pointed out that although all the other ressrves at present iv the occupation, of the Maoris were set out iv the title, no mention (whatever was made of the.- 100-acrc reserve at Milr ford. Mr. J. Taiaroa, grandson of the original claimant, statod that the quarry had been worked by a company under lease from the Government and 'had bson exhausted. .The family claimed £3000 for the block, and £1050 as compensation for standing out of tho banelits of the other reserves. Tho commission will report direct to the Government. Captain Allman's clear exposition of the need of a lighthouse at tho entrance of Pelorus Sound excited a great de»l of attention when it appeared in the Post last week, and it does not seem likely that the proposal will be allowed to drop out of sight. The writer has received many letters congratulating him on the excellence of his pica in the interests of merchant and passenger tr»fiic in a much-frequented waterway Here is a typical tribute, from an old colonist and well-known literary man :— "I have read with much satisfaction your admirable and exhaustive article on the need of a proper lighthouse for Pelorus Sound. Its arguments appear, to my lay mmd, to be complete in every respect, and furnish full information, clear and definite and understandable to every reader, however ignorant he may be of maritime effairs, and should convince the Marine Department, and si V tv n fJwL laraent .; of the clamant »«*»- sity for the work you so logically prove. 1 hope the Chamber of Commerce and the Harbour Board will give all the aid they can . an g lh t * «g* «* maw\v te ln - he S »?Pl c mentar y Estl mates this session, four article is a audit to your man P o knowledge and your sound literary reasoning." ],£j Ull *u° f Jewel , s for tho m an on the land the annual report of the Wicui tural Department has at least one wi" for tho man about town. "Tho ™ tion of slaughtering operations in Va"h" caused by strikes of workers with tfe reviving of feed at the titaL by brtef rChh^ man > condemned era that there js a "great improvement m his condition." Moreover, ff slauriK ennn : operations had not ceased X would have been lower shoep to enjoy the revival of feed, nnd, therefbre the .mprovement should have been .greater 2 {"Ingoing on than without it. lul ? *u ly> af / er somo further wrestling with the sentence, the reader may guesi that the writer wished to imply that the stoppage of slaughtering allowed comparatively lean animals a little mo:e time to gain flesh. „T h^°P in jpn has been expressed by i a ° cott » Executive Commissioner for South Australia at th^ Now Zealand Exhibition, that New Zealand will become a buyer of wheat frqhi South Australia to mix with its ownlsofter qualities, because the tendency here is to grow less wheat and put land into tho more profitablo growing of crops to fatten lambs for the London markets. Already ho says this is shown in tho agricultural report for 1906, as up. wards of 50,000 loss acreage has been sown for wheat than formerly. A pipe band consisting of 12 pipers 3 drummers and a drum major is being formed in Wellingtbn. The promoters, by means of entertainments of a Scottish character and an appeal to tho citizens for financial support,' hop© to raise about £250 to equip tho band. Tho uniforms are to be of Macintosh tartan, and the organisation io to bo known as tho Wellington Pipo Band. Mr. J. E. Fulton, C.E., of Wellington, has recommended tho WoodviU* Connty Council to strengthen tho Hard-ing-road bridge at a cost of £2600. Kirkcaldie and Stains, Ltd., announce another special romnnrtt' day for WHJijsday, 28th inst. The accumulation; of the recent sale are to be cleaved..— Advf..