GALLERY NOTE

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVIII, Issue 196, 18 July 1928, Page 6

GALLERY NOTE

THE DAY IN PARLIAMEW^^^ TENDERS FOR OTAKI ADDITIONS. fill (By Telegraph.—Special to Standard.® WELLINGTON, July Mr Field (Otaki) is to ask the Mntjgjj ister of Health why tenders for -/Wgjj*;. additions to tho Otaki Hospital TOR&g not advertised for in Otaki builders thus given the opportunity, tendering, and whether a tenderjMgflU yet been accepted for this ur needed work, and when building i tions are to bo proceeded with. lyl mS&e, BOUNTY TO IRONWORKS. (IMBe The last bounty paid bv the StaW|| for a year’s working by the UnaK«jgpj ironworks amounted to £4486 1^ r . ps P fl sJ.JV J of 3354 tons of pig iron. Erior,j| rag April 27, £10,061 had been P““>MM the company in respect of <249_tonsifl||| pig iron, a total bounty of £l4,o£!f>j|,r BANK OF NEW ZEALAND. |.J®. Mr Martin (Raglan) has given nogßgf of his intention to ask the MinuggHaH of Finance whether it is a tact the Bank of New Zealand has suchpttfg excess of deposits over advances tng||g|| the bank has at present an agentuua,-■ Australia seeking investments *9339 over £3,000,000. .usffig GOVERNMENT BILLS. The Government bills the House of Representatives to-aMa»l by Governor-General’s message wetg9®i as follow:—Mental Defectives, ors’ Institute Amendment, SurveyO«j||||j Registration, Hanmer Crown Lease3,|jra Statutory Land Charges Municipal Corporations Property Law Amendment, College (Canterbury), Rabbit Nnij|-||| ance, Education Reserves, Orchard and Garden Reserves, Jurisdiction of Magjp| istrates and Justice of the Peace Civil Cases. The three last-named sures are consolidations.

RELIEF TO LESSEES. MB Relief to a lessee against the equitable refusal of a lessor to grant newal of a lease on -the ground of the|g lessee’s breach of covenant is to be . , granted under the Property LamnH Amendment Bill. * Under such circumstances the may apply to the court, which will tide whether the lease should be lie wed. Application for relief in the case of a lease which has expired 9§||s|!§i fore the amendment comes into force iSgtU to be made within three months of passing of the bill, and in the case of ®s| any other lease within three of the refusal of the lessor to grantoaj»fij renewal—or within three months of the commencement of the Act, whichever;.® period is allowed to expire. FARM LANDS WITHIN BOROUGHSp| Relief to owners of farm lands within,‘..;.|| boroughs not suitable for subdivision is provided for in the Municipal Cor--porations Act Amendment Bill. Tlie.V|| new provision is to apply to holdings .. M of over three acres used solely for(PJj farming, and which are not suitable fori>&B building purposes or likely to be quired for such purposes within a rear ; sonable time. If the council expressesi|| its concurrence by special and the Valuer-General agrees, the as "'lpj sessment of the capital value and the,®| unimproved value is to be reduced to the extent by which the value of the 1® land is lowered by reason of the pur- j||| pose for which it is used. The rates -W& on property thus affected are to be film based on the new valuation, but tliia'pH valuation is not to be valid or effectual&|&i for any other purpose. The provisiong-f||', with the necessary modifications are apply to any town district not part of any county. Several suggesting action on these lines are at': present before the House. RABBIT NUISANCE. Consolidation of the existing law regarding the rabbit nuisance with .-jsS amendments which have been found |SS necessary have been included in the Rabbit Nuisance Bill, introduced into® the House of Representatives. The bill gives power to the Agricul-;¥|» tural Department or a rabbit board, Mi when obliged to undertake the rabbit- gp ing of a property because of tho owner’s neglect to do so", to collect and sell the ..M skins, giving the owner credit for 75 Mi per cent, of the net proceeds. The protection of any animal which is zifflß natural enemy of" the rabbit is at pre- ( |m) sent Dominion-wide, but it is proposed W : - to limit it to specified districts. Auth- p” ority is to be given to keep under’?®® proper restriction, angora and other rabbits carrying valuable fur. _ Fairly considerable changes in the.Sfe law are proposed in connection with rabbit boards, but they are designed to meet the present-day requirements of the boards as represented by their association. There are now three distinct I kinds of boards, but if the bill passes 1 there will be only one kind. The new boards will be able to levy their rates ■’ on any one of the bases now applying to the three different kinds of boards. The bill provides that all existing boards shall continue and that both . new and existing boards may change their basis of rating from the stock basis to the rateable value or acreage basis, from the rateable value basis to tho acreage basis, or vice versa, but not from the rateable value or acreage basis to the stock basis. In every case a poll of the ratepayers toll determine the form. The subsidy in the case of existing boards is not proposed to be changed, the only alteration in this direction being that in future boards formed with a smaller area than 20,000 acres will not receive a subsidy. _ The general election of the boards is to take place on the same day as the county elections. Stock owners’ boards are to be given power to raise loans.