OTAGO LAUD BOARD.

Otago Witness, Issue 2676, 28 June 1905, Page 36

OTAGO LAUD BOARD.

" At a meeting of the above board on WedneslaV members present were Messrs D. Barron (Commissioner of -Crown Lands), W. Dallas, > Tough, and G. Livingstone. v The following business was transacted- — ' S. C. Greer applied for a license to occupy tailings reserve, 37 acres, part of block XII L, district.— License granted at a rental of 6d per acre. James L. .Mathewson applied for a grazing license over section 15, block VI, Upper Taieri district.— License granted at Es per annum. M'Adie Bros, applied for an area, of 334 acres* on Run No. 261 a, contiguous to section 5, "block 11, Poolburn district, on lease in perpetudty (Duncan and MacGregor, solicitors).— Inferred again to warden for report. The Otago Presbyterian Board of Property applied for an area of two acres- on small grazing run 244f. Tiger Hill district, as a site ior a church.— Minister to be recommended to approve of sale of area, to the Church Board "of the property on the surrender of the portion of the run -by lessee. On a further report from Ranger Mackenzie -with, reference- to sections 10, 11, 12, block 111, Tarras district, the capital value was fixed at 1c Gd per acre, sections to he offered grouped, "bearing a valuation for improvements of £119 4s, oirlessee surrendering sections 11 and 12. Ranger Mackenzie reported on the complaint made by Henry Williams against Charles Harding for removing fencing from sections 5 and 9, "bock IX, Tarras district. — Received. Ranger Mackenzie forwarded a valuation of -the improvements on section 4, block VII_, Lower Hawea district. — Sections to be reoffered at a' rental of 8s p€* acre ; valuation for improvements £68 4s 6d. - . Application to purchase closed roadline : JDavid Andrew, section 733b", block- VII, Dun-edin-an& East Taieri district, was approved. Applications to iransferiljease .in perpetuity -3305,' Elizabeth E"eir to David Keir, section Bo,'- block IX, Rankleburn district. — Held over. Lease "in perpetuity 1306, Betsy W. Keir to David Keir, section 22, block IX, Rankleburn flrstriot (A. G. C. Miller, solicitor, Tapanui). — Held over. Lease in perpetuity 1309, Duncan. Colquhoun to Thomas Crawford, jun., section 83, block IV, Glenkenich district. — Held aver, liease in perpetuity 113, Charles F. Watkins, jun.. to James Black, allotment 14 \, Barnego Settlement. — Approved, subject to payment of •arrears of rent. -Application to transfer lease in perpetuity : Patrick Waist to John llilrnine, allotment 3a, Windsor Park Settlement. — Received. , A letter from Sampson Uren with reference }o the soil removed by him frcm block 11, J?eviot district, was received. Thoniaa Edgar, lessee of section 28, block VIII, 'Glenkenich district, applied for exemption from residence on the section for a term >f five years.— Referred to ranger for report. The Bruce County Council forwarded Statement of proposed expenditure of " thirds " and -••fourths" for period January 3 to March 31, 2905. — Approved. R. C.'Cook wiote objecting to Hie rental fixed for occupation^leasei over section 70, block IX, Maruwenua district. — Referred to ranger for his remarks. Application to transf er : — V.H. 232/ James S. Shepherd to Silas Hore, section 33, block XI, •Maniototo district. — Ranger to report. A "letter from M. Crowley requesting thfl tooaad to reconsider its dooision not to renew !iis yearly license over 20 acres in block IV, !Waipori ' district, was referred to warden for report re purchase of portions asked for by Mr Crowley. A transfer of section 49, block VII, Tbkarhi Estate, from John O'Donnel to T. J. Paulin jras approved. Ranger Atkinson reported on the application lay J. H. Chalmers to sublease sections in , blocks VIII and X, Knrow district, to J. J. ©pence — To be informed that the sublease will "be approved provided the following conditions axe inserted therein: That the stib-lessee will .

not trke more than three crops, one of which must be a root crop, from the same land m succession, and will immediately after a third crop of an kind, sow 'the land down with good permanent cultivated grasses and clover, and allow the land to re-n-ain as a pasture for at least three years from the harvesting of the last crop before being again cropped. That in default of the sublessee's observance of the foregoing conditions the sublease shall thereupon, ipso facto, become void and of non-effect.

Waimangu is said to be growing hotter, and the water in the basin is almost at boiling point, while the Echo crater is in a very lively state.

Messrs William Frederick " ±seek and Elezeard Hall, of Dunedin, have been appointed rangers under the Anima's Protection Aot for the Otago district, and also officers under the Fisheries Conservation Ant.

Since the introduction of sewing machines enormous sums have been spent with a view to making a machine which will sew direct from two reels of thread, thus obviating the winding of spools and threading of shuttles. "It has boen left to a Lancashire mechanic," says a Manchester correspondent of The Times, to solve the problem, "and experts declare that if ifc is put on the market in a thorough "manner his invention will revolutionise the sewing machine trade throughout the world. The inventor is Mr Dennis Flanagan, a native of Tipperary, who has been in England for 40 years. He has been connected with the sewing machine trade for 13 years and his invention is the result of experiments which were begun in 1889. Owing to the machine sewing direct from two reels of thread there is an absence of complicated mechanism, and in consequence of its simplicity there is no chance of its getting out of order. A remarkable feature of the machine is the very small number of parts required in its" construction, and as the cost of production will comparatively speaking be yery small, it is expected that the machine will be put on the market at a price far below that charged for most sewing machines.