A LAND BOARD INCIDENT

Evening Post, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 154, 29 June 1912, Page 8

A LAND BOARD INCIDENT

Usually the various matters that come before the District Land Board at its meetings are discussed, agreed upon unanimously, and disposed of. .There was an exception at the meeting yesterday. The question was an application to take a road through Education Reserve Section 310, Palmerston North. The Commissioner, Mr. Brodrick, explained that the School Commissioners had agreed to the proposed road, subject to certain conditions being complied with. The functions of tho Commissioners were subsequently exercised by the Land Board, and the last Commissioner (Mr. Jamea Mackenzie) did not approve of the proposed road because it was a blind road. Tho School Commissioners, however, had consented to the proposed ' extension of Cuba- < Btreet, Palmerston North. The applicants for the road had since explained that it would not be a blind road. It peemed to the Commissioner (Mr. Brodrick) that ' the application should be 'granted, bo that the local A. and P. Society, which would benefit by it, ehonld be helped. Mr. Georgetti, as a jnember of the board, opposed, alleging that only one private benefit would bo «erved beneficially if the road were per jnjtted, but other interests would be prejudiced. Mr. Mackenzie, in objecting to the application before, was thoi oughly well acquainted with the posi ;tion, Mr. Ellingham agreed with the Commissioner that the proposed road should be allowed. Tho great show wae much inconvenienced for want of the rroad. The A. and P. Association wa* much pressed for room for its showa. 'He pointed out that tho matter was one of Dominion as well of local importance. Mr. John Daweon suggested that Mr. Mackenzie should be consulted in the matter before anything further ■was done. The Commissioner observed that if Cuba-etreet was to be extended it must go through the Education Reserve. ' The board vislb aaixious to help those who wanted the extension. He' thought it would be well to postpone further consideration of the matter , for a full board meeting. This was agreed to.

Before the Cost of Living .Commisaion at Auckland yesterday, Mr. Eugen Langgntb, merchant, objected to give evidence, stating when atkod for his xtsason, that a member of the Commissaon had written- letters to Parliament about trusts and other things. 'Mr. Fairbairn asked. : "If I retire, will you give evidence'!'" Mr. Langguth ; "No." Mr. H. B airfield, representing the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners, xaid his committee was averse to the Commission. Ho was instructed, by them not to give evidence. The Chairman remarked ' that the Act provided for v. fine of £20 being imposed on those who so refused. He would consider the matter. Professor Hunter, of Victoria College, ■will lecture for the Wellington Eugenics Society on Monday in the library of the Museum. His subjects — the , American boye colony known as the George Junior Republic — should be full of interest to all workers among boys in Wellington. The whole value of the work lies in its two great ideas — firstly, that even the daily food of each inmate must be earned by hw own labour, and eecondly, that the en tin 1 management of the colony shall be in iht hands of its boy citizens themselves. Professor W. T. Mills, under the nu»pices of the United Labour Party, will ■peak at the Opera House to-morrovv ei-pn-ing, at 8 o'clock, on "Public Interest*, and Private Rights/ The Ferry Company advertises it> Sunday timetable, and al6o a notice in reference to the delaying of the night steamer on Saturday night. The Central Mksion Silver Band will play descriptive music, interspersed with liamorous items, on Tuesday next, in the ll«rbert-tsireet fTiill. Alterations in tho tramway etoppingjilacrj, in Lambton-quay and Molcaworth•treet arc advertised*