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Greymouth Evening Star, 4 June 1921, Page 2

The following letter bearing 32 signatures, has been tHe President of the Grey R.>—A. • * matua, J line. Ist, 1921. Dear bn. reading the case of the returned soldier T. Phelan, we notice a state ment that, the present condition oi this ex-soldier did not arise on active service nor is it due to or aggravate by war service. In justice to li - man wo wish to state that he was fo about three or four years employed at the Consolidated Company s batten at AVaiuta. and this in itself shous that he was quite capable of voikm o for his living and taking care of him-s-.4f until he left with the troops. H< was also employed on the public roads ami harvesting. Since his discharge in 1919 he capable of taking care of himself a - wanders about, the country eludin„ the vigilance of his relatives. Hoping the R.S.A. will use its. best endeavours in the interests of justice.

Regulations for the settlement ot soldiers on poor quality lands under the homestead provisions of the Land Act are now being prepared. At present t)ie Government is dealing with 14.000 acres of pumice country between Riverhead and Henderson, and a. further 12,000 acres at Atiamuri, while Hid Lands Department is trying to secure another block of 17,000 acres of educational reserve, either by exchange of purchase, for soldier settlement. This is in the Reporoa district, and as soon as the deal is negotiated it is intended to proceed with settlement at once, as the block is to a certain extent roaded and readv to be taken over. On the present soldiers’ block at Reporoa there are 20 settlers, and a further 20 sections will be thrown open next month.

‘•Four out of every five.books which come on to the market are not worth live minutes’ reading,” declared Mr. L. M. Isitt, M.P., at the opening of the St. Albans Library, (Christchurch) on Saturday. “It is a marvellous thing -—I don’t know how the absolute luhbish that is published ever gets sold. ’ “You sell it, though,” interjected the Mayor (Dr. Thacker, M.P.), causing great general laughter, for Mr. Isitt is head of a bookselling Jinn. “Of course I sell it,” responded Mr. Isitt, unblushingly. “Does the doctor suggest that I should establish a book mitory? But really I don’t know hov it gets published. Many a good book moes around from published to pubfisher before it is accepted. How can it be worth spending your time on th>s wretched stuff that has got murder at one end and love at the othei .

Users of “Nazol” keep free from colds and influenza. “Nazol a cold m the bud, soothes, relieves, and heals. 60 doses 1/6. —Advt. It is not generally known that Ehe Boy Scout uniform is recognised and protected by Parliament, and cannot be altered without the consent of Pa?:liamet, not even with tho sanction ot the Chief Commissioner. Speaking on that matter at last week s conference at Wellington, Brigadier-General A. W. Andrew said: “I think this is just as it should be. The cost of every innovation in uniform eventually falls upon the parents, and if they are put to more expense it should be done after the most careful consideration, and with the consent of the council.” During a deputation to the Minister of Public Works in Napier (states the Napier Telegraph) one of the speakers stated that not one of'the farmers m the Patangata county would have one penny of profit during next year. Later the Minister stated that he believed the financial position was worse in Hawke’s Bay and the East Coast than in any other part of the Dominion. Violins 100/-, 120/-'to 150/-. Violin requisites obtainable from A. E. Kilgour, Piano, Gramophone and Music Dealer, Majvhera Quay.—Advt.