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New Zealand Mail, Issue 1748, 6 September 1905, Page 55

It has been decided by the Wellington Land Board to make available for milling purposes the timber on section 22, block 6, Makotuku. This area the Board has held hack for some considerable time. An application was received at last week’s meeting from Messrs Bennett and, Punch to be permitted to mill the timber: After some discussion as to ;the application should he or the timber thrown open to public competition, it was decided t-Oi give the applicants precedence. The Commissioner and Mr J. Dawson votedi against this resolution. It was decided! that the Crown Lands Ranger should fix the royalty to be charged. An order for a steam-motor tipping waggon for use in Wellington has been placed by Mr J. J. K. Powell with the Straker Steam Vehicle Company. The steam-motor waggon is a vehicle that makes ancient history of the noisy traction engine, for the machinery for its propulsion is quite subsidiary, in so far as.,space is concerned, to the big steep tip, hopper, -which will carry five tons, and,'at the same time will tew a trailer-!waggon carrying . another two tons. [the steam-motor waggon costs about’ £BSO landed. It will he used by Mr Powell chiefly for the cartage of road metal. A similar waggon is at present being used by the Auckland City Council for the same purpose.