SOUTHERN MAORI ELECTION.

Otago Witness, Issue 3334, 6 February 1918, Page 19

SOUTHERN MAORI ELECTION.

CKBISTCHUROH, January 31. . Sir Ja.mea Oarroll addressed the Maorit at Tuahiwi last night regarding the Vacancy in the Southern Maori District. He said he would addrcsa the elector in all porta of the district,, after which he would euggest the name of a certain pea-son to represent them in Parliament. He hoped £ha electors would agree to the choice, especially as it would bo only a matter of about six months before there was another election l . At the close of the meeting a motion ■was carried to leave the selection of a candidate to Sir Jamee Carroll. Some inrhfrnnHin wn« exDreiwcd when ifc was announced that, though the writ had been issued, the. rolls had not been .published. «nd people cIVI not know whether or not they were entitled to vote.

The Japanese walnut tree? planted ai Ra&kura 10 years ago have grown well, reports the Journal of Agriculture, and are Lvuiring heavier erops each season. The nuts are produced in clusters of from 15 to 20 nuts. The fc»vo makes very good juannar shcjJtor.

The Royal College of Surgeons' annual report _ states that during trench digging on Salisbury Plain the skeleton of a youri" man, apparently buried during 1 the Bronze Age (200-600 B.c), was unearthed. The skull was partially fractured, evidently by a blow from a battlo-ase.