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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 14 February 1908, Page 1

-— - •:-> '■ ~~ -.'_?:' ._'■ yy"*-'- ■■. .-*- " mission to ." effect j-thproVeraehts in any part of hi£bkek^Tadmor";;iriß_.ad of improving'.eacb. sections was-acceded to, . '• -■- ;*"■ •■".-.*-. ■ ..)...* ! Robert Ellis wrote., Is "iefer'ence to exchange (ti certain :, freehbld land in block ii., 'Gofdan- sh. vey . district, for part of run N6._2'2^-Res6lved that aa ; the writer had .expressed hiß inability ■j to agTee wifit the -,Board'B- proposals, negotiations with^im Be' terminatedr and the lessee" of itlM "run *pe "informed j accordingly, ..__■•■ .''(i-f-*: •''-•-.;'-' y '.A -.-■■;. ■••'-j:-*' *'■" j Consideration -V df.: A. -I). ; : J, : -* Urim1 ' mings' lette^in.- reference". to certain occupation licehs j ea.:6n:_Ndrth Saach, - : Westport, ,^was;"dWfeflfed .'-; until the Board's meetingiat'- WpStport. C. R. J. *Ashton"ißrow_L'_ ' surrender : of learn ; _«-atio_lv^,Uo^''■sUiV^;' : M-o»'''''' ■,-tv^^^l^-^f:^i'a^^fii : . , iimd-:t6'. ■> be'-re-bpenect.-.to'delrj^ the- .optional sys-: 1 tern at-ithevirigin^ipricei .. . . . . - ' : | *- A _epori; on\Cii>wn ■; 'leases'. in Tad- J '•n_or, Gordon, ' Rfcafeul'rvWangapeka, and Wa_meav/&^vm^i_tt_e'. r '.'].y.'':!_b ' Harris was -TMeiv'.&shQwi-g that on i 7 holdings, .omprfeiiigV 24,0877 acres,I improvements to thVvnltter of £3965 ,had been effected, beinfr* £825" more than required. ' Itiwaa resolved that thg applicants w£o. _>c 'not fulfilled the conditions; ■ of :. ; f_T.it - leases be called upon to do"^' without delay, i A special report was received on P. B. Ricketts' fJipV holdings in blocks ii., in.. andv__; : Tadmor' Survey Dißtri.t.-^Reß'olve'd s that he *be informed that he !___st enter" into a bond to effect-Certain* imnrovements and make arrangements., for ihe balance pf the improvements -'to be effected. *- -. _■;•.'■''■;- ' , An application by * Messrs Bowater and Bryan . was deferred until the , Board meets at Westpdrt. I It was re--61vedtthat:*-the-Coling- ; wood County "Cota^'sv application for .reserve , o^. 4a ' 'Br T"2Bp'""f 0 r Water- ' works be recommended ""for approval, the site to,.be,fiied'T>y'- the district surveyor and Jthe loeal'-.body. Resolved that ,._..'-'' (JS? "Lester 'a an"- • plication for pastoral ".license, 1 200 acre-, ~block> ii., Tutaki'. -tie located to include his* homestead site. W. H. ihilirps, junr., 1 ''and — Cameron waited upon the "Board "in reference to jproposed transfer of section' 21, Wjingapeka settlement' from Mrs Cameron to Mr '-Philli__. It Was resolved" that in "the public interest the Board, regrets iit'.eannoV: consent to the'- proposed |rahsfer v Several transfers were approved and' the Board, rose at s.;p.n^._ A AAA" The ; Ctammissioher'announcedithaihe had that day received frbta'the -Under. Secretary fojc-Eands'-U request : for, • mi. formation as. tb the amount of -teed re- ■ ■ quired; for towing the. recently burnt Crown lands, and also '.for' re-grassing the burnt areas: on Grown.iea_e'holds^in v -.-' instances whSFe struggling,'* -"settlers have not the*Jmea_i "to '.'■•'obtaSn.v -grasa. seed. The ;G'ov'er__neht- would x snpply the seed to Crown" tenants or. freehbldri'ers on the usual terms'Sni.them'signing- • promissory notes, etc.' Gommis-. sioner ! was authorised ' W< . -Uie- ' "' Board to requisition for seed for. grass burnt • forest ! reserves, and to deal with anplications for. grass seed-^by se.tlers. Th Commissioner ' stated : that the Braeburn estate t * recently • acquired by the, Governm'.ht--' had 'beeh .sub-divided ihto'suitable farms; and would be available for selection about the '-.beginning ofejjla)- next. Thii Braeburn^settlement will contain 18,000 acres, -and judging by. .the inqniriei^heing ttadewith-Te-Bard^to it by residentirof Canterbury and Otago, there w*Ui.be'aT._eri demand for sections. "In 'addifion.'io' Braeburn settlement, an area of : '15,000 acres surrounding ft; will be subdivided and available, for application about the end' of May next. ■- 'y- " i The Nobel 'prizes"; "Tof the -value of £7700, each,' were. awarded at Stockholm on Tuesday^.saysHhe "SpecUtor" of 14th December." IThe usual ceremonies were omitted owing to the death of King Oscar;> laje.recipiehts -"were; Physics, Profesroj^Viiiheßbn, : Univep. sityof Chicago;, .chemistry,* Professor - Buchuer, Umverfity of "'Berlin; medieitie, Professor B*i'er_n,; , -iPa6teur Institute, faris; Uteratiirei .Mr Kudyard Kipling. . The tiEeace' Viae, which is awarded hy the Ste_thing> of Norway, is divided between Signor' JMbnefa,' president of the Italian Peace Society, and ' M. Renault, Frenc).. delegate at the last Hague. Conference. ; We heartily* congratulate . Mr ' Rudyard . Kipling, whose hononr wUI . be extremely grateful to his c._it_jm.n/ '*"" There is no raan in our iiterature alive to-day" who ' . is .more worthy of honours He has never ' failed either in bis duty'is an artist or . aa a good citizen— praise " not easily won. By ..the .first r 'we. mean that, though tempted "by an .early'and great success, he Has never been willing *to exploit his gpnins for ni.niay. By, 'the second we mean* that, ..wlfether:**' w<_ agree! or disagreef.'-ffithr - his. particular' ■ views, all jrtTi.t:aclmit that he has. never fail«^ to keep- steadijy., before hM-the, d.esir. to m%"e'his words^'in "prose.: and - verse, conduce to the well-being of the * nation and the Empire.-', *-.''.■' The Be-S: F. W. talker, who accompanied solar eclipse expedition -to Flint Island, referred at some" lengti to the work of the- expedition in a recent. sermon -at Auokland. Tak- , ing as his y text Daniel-vi.*,""27, ''Who doeth wonders -both in-. heaven and * earth"," Mr Waaker;_aid-that*a total solar eclipse was \ .an awe-inspiring sight, Foj some itime, before the totality thef' I semi:darkri:.ss -_" began to , make itself f.lt, :; while the shadows cast iby the palm'v bra'nohes of the oocoanut 'trees created i; a peculiar gloom for. a considerable time, before the total eclipse of -the snn. It" waa Impossible" to gaze upon "the phenomena without being most profoundly iinpressod. Just before and during totality, Nature was impressively quiet; tho only audible .sound' came froni one human -voi.ee— *l*he voice of. . one oi the astronomers calline aloud' the swiftly. pasing seconds as recorded, by the ch. onometer. TJusti' as thonioon covered the dj'sc o^'tha sian, giving it * , a dark grcpn ap^arance)i_e_c__y'an&*,. "Venus shone out! most .'brilliantlyone 'on either side -of the; snri.. a* Al- : together the sight -was -a wonderful one, and staggering to mind and heart. - fHiART) EN. '' i" - .*' ■'-. V^T ' "pARTY;: SATURDAY?I^B. 15th, 1908. i 2.30 p.m..-. At Mr. BranfOrtl's, "The Maitai." 'In Connection with_4h_ "v. --_. : A;. A GA?_^.At'2;3o. _ Meeting; under Presidency of the • v™L Biihop of .Nelson Jat 3.30. MUSIC by Miaj'S* OI__!e:CLUB and ... 1 ••;■ GABJ.ISON BAND. - Refreshments ;4v30; Admission ls.7. Family tickets 2s Cd. "VjiELSON Institute^ library. A " REBUILDING. BiiZAAIT A A '. FRlik of .Ten Shillings is offered Xii for the, best fifth' line added to the folllo*ing; Limerick :—:, : " "In Nslson, ajtown by r the sea, They are building a new library, But *to. make- the job good It should pot.be of "-wood .-,-^ m pe^^,""cii^V,^h^'_reb_T»rT. Mark (Mnununications - Co*jk petttioiis^aad'^aare'M toi;' Miss HuddlejW ;-M^tw 0lW( ■^!V^^as^&^. "'-.■ AiWAyAAAAAyA ■"