WHANANAKI.

Northern Advocate, 19 October 1911, Page 3

WHANANAKI.

(Own Correspondent.)

The long drought appears to have broken at last. Showers fell on several days last week, but the land is very dry yet, and a good soaking rain is needed before feed will be plentiful.

Our cream cart has started running, but is by no means loaded, although we have several new suppliers for this season.

Property is still changing hands here, Mr Thos. Roxburgh being the latest to sell, at a price that should be very? satisfactory to him. Several other owners aie offering to sell while buyers are willing. Those settlers that have beea toiling hard and spending money improving their holdings are wishing they had not, for thes can see that by being' rated on the improved values they> are only working for the benefit of thpse who are only holding their land to make a rise. Why dees rot the Whangarei CpiKlty."' Council rate on the unimproved value? Other countiyja tiiairfeave done so are rapidly going ahead and are very unlikely to i return to the old state.

The Opposition candidate for the Bay of Islands electorate addressed the electors here on the 11th. His

speech was on much the same lines as given by him at Hikurangi. He received a vote of thanks and confidence.

Although a prohibitionist, he does not believe that the bare majority vote will ever settle the liquor question, and quite agrees that local prohibition is next to useless, national prohibition, carried by a fair majority, being in his opinion the only way.