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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13451, 30 May 1907, Page 5

Conscience money, like the bad penny, is always turning up, and it is no uncommon thing for the Government and local bodies to '■ receive large and small sums in this way; but the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in Wellington had its first experience of the kind on Tuesday, receiving two donations totalling 7s 6d, described as " conscience money." The money was thankfully acknowledged. The amounts, 5s 6d and 2s, were in stamp, and enclosed in separate envelopes, which were posted on different dates, but (according to our Wellington correspondent) the writing was considered to be the same oil both letters. Ohakune, which will soon be the head iof the southern extension of the Main Trunk line, is extending like a goldminingl town during a rush. The Government cut up allotments in the township about a year] ago, and £50 was the average price paid for quarter-acre sections. Shop sites have since grown so desirable that some have changed, hands at £350. Sawmillers, anticipating good times for their industry, are making Ohakune- a centre, and no "fewer than six mills have started within six months. Owing to scarcity of land many business people have to cany on trade in a teat J '•