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Grey River Argus, 3 July 1914, Page 5

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A company of £66,000 is being formed to develop the Boatman's Consolidat Mines.

During . 1913 2,076502 parcels were posted in the Dominion, as against 1,623,830 in 1912.

Last year fourteen newspapers were

registered for transmission by post in New Zealand, and sixteen were removed from the Register.

" We want a clean sweep of the income tax and super-tax the substitution of iaja equitable, clear, and easily un derstod graduated scale, and personal declartion of income by all those witb over £160 a year," writes Mr Chiozza 'Money in the Daily Chronicle. "The Chancellor .who xril\ puit his handto this work will not only earn' the gratitude of the nation but will make his own task an easy one.

At last night's social of the Grey Rifle Club, Sergt.-Major Bates, of Rangiora, said the North Canterbury Club had proved most unsuccessful in the matter of handicapping, which was of the most vital importance to the success of "rifle club competitions. For instance, at a recent shoot one competitor had been given a handicap of 15, yet in the competition this shootist had scored the possible^ and his total was 15 over the possible. This Class of handicapping did not -make for the success of a club.

Tho trophies won by the various members of the Grey Defence Rifle Club were on view at the social last evening, and made a very fine show. They included two cups won by Rifleman James McKay at the recent South Island Championship Meeting at Christchurch, besides those annexed by other members on the local range. It is the Club's intention to put the trophies on view in Mawhera Quay during the week, and for that purpose will place them in the window of Messrs Garth's hairdressirig saloon, where they will no doubt prove a source of great interest to the public generally.

Miss O. E. Burton, of Dunodin, arrived last nignt by the Otira express, ah'd she will commence her elocutionary classes immediately. Those private pupils who have already enrolled and have not made arrangements for lesson hours are requested to call on Miss Burton to-day at the residence of Mrs. R. W. Parkinson, Petrie Avenue. The class for members of the debating clubs will open at the Methodist School Boom at 7.30 p.m. this evening. There are only a couple of vacancies for private pupils so that intending pupils should make the necessary arrangements immediately Miss Burton will commence her duties at the Teachers' Winter School next Monday, the opening day of the session.

The papular idea that chrysanthemums are to be seen growing in great profusion in Japan is, it seems, quite an erroneous one. Mr. J. Paton, head of the well-known Melbourne firm of florists, who returned last week, said that he had spent several weeks in Japan, and had not seen a single chrysanthemum outside of several nurseries he had inspected, and the only peonies he had seen were at a nursery at Yokohama and at a flower show in Tokio. The most common flower seemed to be the azales, but, curiously enough, flowers supposed to be Teally typical of . the country were not met with so often as one would expect, for Japan was usually pictured as a land of flowers. The forest reserves in Jajau were very fine, the maples and clumps of bambooes being magnificent.

In responding to the toast of the "Navy and Army" at last night's social in connection with the Grey Rifle Club, Major Austin made an excellent reply. He stated that present indications showed the state of transition through which we were passing. It appeared from the state of perfection to which aircraft was being brought, as well as the development of submarines, that our big war vessels were doomed. A small navy would be of little use in protecting our dominion from the hostile cruisers of a foreign power, ' and experts were of opinion that a large Empire fleet should be stationed at the point from which most danger was apprehended, and this was the North Sea., It was the.^. duty of the Dominion to assist as far as possible in the establishing and maintaining of an Imperial navy for the protection of the Empire generally.

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