DISTRICT PARS.

King Country Chronicle, Volume III, Issue 178, 2 August 1909, Page 2

DISTRICT PARS.

In connection with the visit of the Hon. Jas. Carroll to the district there was, in consequence of the short notice of the Minister's intended visit some doubt as to whether Mr Jennings M.P. for the district,would be present. The doubts have now been set at rest as a telegram was received on Friday from Mr Jennings intimating that he. would arrive at Te Kuiti by the same train as the Minister. In connection with the local option system as applied to licensing matters it is stated the N.Z. Alliance intend having a Bill drafted and presented to Parliament next session, providing for both Dominion and local option by a bare majority. A meeting of stockowners and farmers interested in the conduct of sales at the Paparoa yards, North Auckland, was held on the 21st, in the Drill Hall, Paparoa, to endeavour to get the Auckland Fiarmers' Union, and the New Zealand Loan and Mecanrtile Agency Company, Limited, to arrange to hold their sales on the same dates and in the same yards, and thus ?a the farmers and stockowners a considerable amount of time and trouh ;«.• ha attending more than one sale per month A resolution, and strong recommenda- | tion of this kind is to be forwarded to j the directors of the Farmers' Union Company. Lieutenant Shackleton, speaking as the guest of the Authors' Club, dwelt on the difficulty of explorers obtaining funds to carry on their explorations, and referred to the generosity of the New Zealand Government towards himself, adding that he was pleased that they now felt justified in having trusted an unknown man. In the course of his interview upon his arrival in London, Sir Joseph Ward declared that the Defence Conference was bound to stand out beyond anything that could be treated academically. He did not wish to underate or undervalue the work of the Pre-, miers' Conferences, but not much of a practical nature had been achieved by them. At the Auckland Land Board meeting on Thursday a communication was received from the Under- Secretary for Lands suggesting to the Board that in approving of mortgages for land for settlement leases, one of the conditions'of transfer should contain a provision for repayment of portions of the principal on giving such notice to the mortgage as may be deemed reasonable. This was approved. At the last meeting of the Auckland Crown Lai.d Board the Te Awamutu church site was considered, and it was decided in reply to an applictaion for an additional three acres in connection with the Roman Catholic site in the Teasdale settlement, to reject the ap plication, the church authorities already having two acre.-. | Mr Harold Beaucharr.p, chairman of ' the Bank of Xev; Z'-alar.d, wno rc- : turned to WeLsr.irlor. or. Tuesday iron: a visit to Australia, was asked bv & "Post" r.'Porv-r what hr- saw of the money ma:\> t Aa-ira. :a aa . :was gathered fr. a. Ida. t:.at jr. a., tr.e was mu"h <-aea; • r taaa :a .-.-aw Zealand. Mr:- v, r. Jr.- re appeared te he ample f->r a.. :.-L':i;:i.ate eater: :jes. Current ra'-s :<r aa-ariya wer-'- !i v -:a 4J to a-., a r iinjt'- the at-tractive:",<-ss •:' ' ;-w:-e "_..e -J jritv offer* 'J ae ■ aaas. as :a _\ew ; Zealand w.-a- aaaa-da- th-dr customers for land : arcaases. : at. <:v.a:j to the ' a rye ra.aa. ■ r <■; a-.' sja,e - ajj investment a:.l'-s :: ustrar.a. ami nuna r :. v. •a.'.r.y : r:ea\tors, ther- a- aye: sap; .. JJ-ty avail?:' .• f- r a.. r,: .e'_r-t:raatc-i enterpriS' . ::t■ ■ .t:■:: tae ; urcaas--- ; ' land. Mr ie-aacaaa.p says was closely <:uesf.'-,wn:.e :a Av.straja jas to tiv- a.aa.,.; aepress;oa :r. tr,:s country, and the ::reat e;;ec:i;s &i i.e<ap;e from ear she-rj. I;-'- icja J-'p 0 and in",na aia:- : r'e-pc-cts. For Chronic Chest Complaints, , Woods' Great Peppermint Cure, Is Gd i and 2s 6d.