Sarcasm from Christchurch Truth : —lf it were not for the exigencies of public business there would be no objection on any other grounds to the Premier’s visit to the Chathams. We might sympathise with the Chathams —a group of small islands suddenly overwhelmed by so stupendous and evidently unannounced a visitation, but we could not very well find fault with the Premier for paying one visit to the dependency this country administers. The Chathams were due a visit from a Cabinet Minister, and if the islands have not collapsed or upended under the weight of the Ministerial foot when the Premier landed, it will be for the benefit of both. We do not sufficiently appreciate the hardships of these outlying settlements or realise the immense importance a visit from so famous, a Prime Minister as Mr Seddon will assume in the eyes of the settlers. They labor] under many disabilities, which they must have been glad of a chance of consulting the bead of the Government about on the spot, and they will expect the visit to be productive of some good for the settlement.
OPOTIKI DISTRICT. t ia ■ i FIRST CLASS FARMS TO BE SOLD CHEAP. at* per ACRE —FINE. fenced into 10 subbivisiona; 350 acres good graaa, 100 aorea very useful bush, 50 aorea swamp permanent water in every paddook Will now oarry 1000 sheep. House, 6 rooma ; dairy cowshed, buggy3hed, eto. Sohool, 2 miles: oreamery, 4 miles. Price, £5 10s per acre, on EAST TERMS, viz., £SOO oash, balance 5 years at 5 per oant. no PER ACRE RICH SEASIDE ctQO LAND, 250 aores unimproved, 50 aorea firat-olasa flax and ti-tree swamp, easily drainable; balance good dry land, ess oellent for grass or root crops; i easily ploughable. Harbor frontage; sohool 1 mile ; wharf and post and telegraph office, 3 miles oreamery, 3 miles. Prioe, £3 per aore. Terms: One-fifth oash, balanoe in 2 years at 6 per cent.
SAMUEL VAILE AND SONS, Land and Estate Agents, Land Auctioneers and Valuers, QUEEN STREET, AUCKLAND.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1717, 6 April 1906, Page 1
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