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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXX, Issue 13069, 8 May 1913, Page 8

The Irish supplement, which the. lioridon Times published recently, contained the following: — A laborer who fell' off a building *i,nd fractured his ribs was a^yarded £25 compensation by the Oourt. But his solicitor kept £15 for professional services. The laborer gazed at the ten sovereigns that were handed to . him m great surprise. "What are you looking at?" asked the solicitor. "Well, as you asked me, sir," replied the workman, "I was just wonderin' which of us , it was that fell off the buildin' and broke his ribs." A map was published at Perth (W.A.), states the Perth correspondent of the Argus, showing that all the grazing areas 40 miles south of. the trains- Australian route on the Eucla subdivision have been taken vp t The country, which has a rainfall of 12in a year, with plenty of artesian water at a depth, is for the most part first-class. Senator. De Largio recently denied having an acre of land at Eucla, but the map shows that liis son, aged 19 years,. has selected two lots of 35,508 and 87,680 acres. ,. Tfte State Premier (Mr Scaddan) has 206,500 acres, Mr J. J. McDonald (State Labor member). 105,700 acres, and Mr J,. J. Gardiner (State Labor member) 25.0,000 acres. In addition, Messrs Bethell ancT Gorton, who are interested m the Ppvvel,lising Company, .have, selected hundreds of thousands of acres. The lent is 3s per 1000 acres, against 20a m the southwest division, 10s in' the. central, northwest, and Kimbe'rloy divisions, ..and', 5s m the ; eastern division., It is thought that t tho .prospective Railway and ship-' ping facilities should make the Eucla leases as valuable as thosd at Kimberley, and there has been, some ; comment on the fact that the Government did' not move for a revision of . the rents before the lartd was thrown 'open, Mr Scaddan declared m a policy speech- on 'August 7, 1911, his intention to devote time to overhauling the' Lands Department, so thrtt the assertion that "people possessing influence were t-hose who had the best chance of consideration" would be baseless under the Labor regime. Twelve months afterwards, according to the plan, he secured his interests at Eucla. | Your best companion on your weekend .trip is a, packet of Westminster REGENT CIGARETTES: Smoke them and share. in the Great Free GiftScKfeme. Forty beautiful presents to choojsefrom.*