UNOCCUPIED LANDS

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 828, 23 November 1929, Page 29

UNOCCUPIED LANDS

KING COUNTRY AREAS GOOD FARMS AVAILABLE h ‘ L ‘“ r O n (-'tji-rc npuudcnt iAI M.VRUX FI, Friday. Ti "-- Taumarunui Chamber ot Commi-!-. ivn-mly undertook tile task of ' 1 = u - though the various local i h.'idn-s coiuenitd. the amount of land available for settlement in the Cenital Kin is Country. The replies received by the chamber gave the impression that the various county counc,i? 1 ; '•/ ]>'• hind vorth in, ntioniug for settlement within their bounds. , A prominent land agent disputes '■ ; vivas figures that, prove Hi has a lengthy ill .’ ot sood farms, all close to and nt eding, he couPmct ical farmers who will have only the State Advances to aval with. 'rile buyer may name his own price, provided it is at all reasonable. Evidence is given of manv good ■ farms available in the Taumarunui, ; Ohura. and Ivaitieke counties, on ■ :i evi ry instance the Govern-im-ni. is prepared to adjust the existmortgage based on present-day valuations, and to give an exemption or rent and interest for a period. iln- vahn- ol’ top-dressing was de- ; lt; ed at ihe Govt rnment experimmital plots ot the propertj of Mr. C. ' ><,r, V;- Makokomiko, Taumarunui. Xlr. Smallfield, Auckland fields superintendent of the Department of ' : 'culture, le< tun d to a large num bei ot tanners on the results obtained 1 iie lecturer explained that the results A ' ' 1 ’ : c 1 c • to pumici l.i,id : only phosphatic manures being used : Superphosphate, basic super, and a | mixture of super and lime were the most efficient. Mr. Smallfield advised tanners to top-dress early in t| le ! autumn. March being the best, month lie also stressed the value of sowing : down genuine perennial seed, certihed to by the Department of Agriculture. j * * + Farmers in the. Central King Counwho find il necessary to rail their wool to Wanganui will be glad ™ ’an'- ns a result of repre- ■ sentations made by the Taumarunui j Chamber of Commerce, the Railway I Department has decided to reduce the 1 railage fees on wool from Taumarunui to 7s 2d. * BRITISH DOG TRIALS BIG NATIONAL EVENTS A report of the biggest event ot its kind m the world—the sheep dog trials of the International Society—gives some idea of the scale on which these trials are conducted, last year the revenue was £2,250 and at the chain pionship meeting £975 was taken at the gates. The society runs separate I rials ill England, Scotland and Wales and those are called the “national” trials. To show how rigorous the terms of entry are before a dog is allowed to compete at a national” trial he must I previously have won at least a second prize ill tin open class. The leading 12 dogs from each country then run in what is termed the “qualifying” trials at, the international meeting, and the leading 12 of this 26 compete for the championship. It will therefore he readily understood that after such a process of weeding out under different judges, the winner of the championship is “some” dog. Here it may he mentioned that the champion dog of 1926. also a young dog sired hv him, is now nearing New Zealand consigned to the Non hope Kennels, where his dam and full sister are already located.