OPINION ON THE JAPANESE TREATY.
HOKITT-KA, February 17. .
The Premier had an <-nthiviastic reception at Ross on Satmtlay. Aa address of welcome wa? predented to Mrs Seddon by' tho women ol the district, and later M« Heddon hu.l tho foundation .'tone of the lru'Mioi-ipl to the late Trooper Allsn, wl'o c.i d a Pre'oria. 'I he Prcmiei delhered a rhort .-luciic^a, and aftenvards turned the fiist sod of the Row laiiwaj-. In the course of his remarks he announced tlwt he hopc-a the lire would be completed in two yeais. Referring to the progress of tettlemcnt in the south district, he sar.l that already a thousand percs of the Waiia^a settlement, only takfMi up a few months ago, was down in f>ras«. Entertained at luncheon, the Premier had a magnificent welcome. He r-x-presred himself delighted vit'i tLe Briti.-h-Japaaefe Treaty. It would bo of value to the colonies of Australasia to have a friendly Power tloj=? at hand. Mentioning the meat contracts qacnion, the Premier ?aicl tat arr.i^gc^.^i -..•ere l)"i>ig made for 20 000 caiodit f) dnivn fi'ii'i NVv, Zealand mime»'iatclv. P.. i u-ring to local subjectf 1 , he oxplaintd thar \'no £15,000 Govcrnmeiifc subsidy for tho tlevrl(,pment of Ro^ Flat was still available. A large social was held in the evening.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2501, 19 February 1902, Page 28
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