HOLDERS OF MINING LEASES.

Grey River Argus, 25 November 1910, Page 1

HOLDERS OF MINING LEASES.

tOur Correspondent)

WELLINGTON. Nov 23

Mr Seddon recently asked the Prime Minister whether he has noticed -he unsatisfactory position in which no 1 1

-cs of mining leases are placed ,vh.\i endeaouring to aail themselves- of the -advantage of securing: advancy.-. u:iJ-'. Hie State Guaranteed Advances Act. and wiicibt - I-.-: will make jro/ruon whereby advances will '^,'be r.iade on the security of the leases held in :■ t.ing townships?

To this^ question Sir Joseph Ward to-day replied : "With reference to the

above question, I have to inform • ycu that Crown lands held on license for residence sites in miniug .townships under the mining- acts are eligible as securities for loans under the State Guaranteed Advances Act and I am unaware that the holders of such licenses are debarred from obtaining the advantages of securing advances under the last mentioned Act.' ? cSwffiO ehf m Hn4sye shrdlu shrshr

A gentleman who has 'interested ihim selt in the matter, informs the Tafanalci "Ntews" vtih-at Itlve Calif orrrian thistle has not been able to establish itself i<n Taranaki. although, the seed has frequently be&n irutroduced in chaff from the south.