Tho Arawa tribe (Rotorua),' to which the Government has to pay £6,000 _ every year as compensation for tho forfeiture of all rights to the Rotorua lakes, has decided upon a. wise scheme of disposing of the, large sum instead of distributing it among the members of the tribe. It, has decided to spend the money for some tribal objects. The sum of £I,OOO is set aside for tho improvement of the settlements, £750 for education, £SOO for pensions, £SOO for workers’ dwellings, £I.W for agriculture, £SOO for the, relief of tho sick, £SOO for encouraging Maori art. £SOO for sundry object?, and £750 is reserved. A board of management has been formed. The secretary receives a salary of £250 a year. An Kltham softgoods firm has been troubled by depredations by rats. The. diet they principally favored was trouser buttons. They did no injury to the doth, but had a great appetite for buttons, which, being made of casein, were digossot with buttons for bait For children's hacking Wood/ Great Peppermint Cure.--{AdTt.3
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Evening Star, Issue 18716, 19 August 1924, Page 2
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172Page 2 Advertisements Column 6 Evening Star, Issue 18716, 19 August 1924, Page 2
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