Land Bill Debate Opens at Wellington Farmers Union
The New Zealand Farmers Union conference in Levin discusses the Land Bill and its raffle like land allocation system. Leaders urge steady pressure on the bill while opposing rigid area limits. The debate highlights union fears of favoritism to big landowners and calls for fair, workable distribution.
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Wellington
Braveries
New Zealand Farmers’ Union
Levin
J. G. Wilson
Union
New Zealand
Christchurch
Higgie
Wanganui
Hewitt
Palmerston North
Moore
Makuri
Crabbe
Kimbolton
Rughes
Marion
W. J. Birch
M. Crabbe
Farmers Union Conference Agenda in Christchurch
At the Provincial Conference in Christ church delegates from Ashburton submit remits on Workers Compensation Act changes to remove mortgagee indemnity demands. They oppose higher Graduated Land Tax, seek sheep brand and ear mark records, critique land tax on mortgaged land, and push fire safety measures similar to New South Wales 1906 act.
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Farmers’ Union
Christchurch
Ashburton
Mortagees
MeeNak
Farmers’ Unions
Agricultural and Pastoral Associations
Canterbury
South Island
New South Wales
Supreme Court at Wanganui Hears Guilty Verdicts
Jhe Fisher was found guilty of obtaining goods valued at £55 18s from Benneth and Co Ohakune and remanded for sentence. A second verdict found him guilty of stealing £985 6d from Sydney White a lodger at a boardinghouse in Ohakune.
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Wanganui
Supreme Court
Jhe Fisher
Benneth and Co
Ohakune
Sydney White
Qhaaune
Supreme Court Sentes in Dunedin May Court
The Supreme Court criminal sittings in Dunedin concluded. Colan Johnson pled guilty to exposing an indecent post card to several young women and received five years in prison. Frederick John Gardiner was jailed six months for receiving stolen goods. David Isaacs Rodger received twelve months for a similar offence.
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Dunedin
Supreme Court
Colan Johnson
Frederick John Gardiner
David Isaacs Rodger
Settlement of Native Lands Near Wanganui
The Crown bought three blocks of native lands between the Wanganui and Waitotara Rivers. The Native Land Court under Fudge Sim partitioned off Crown interests covering over 56 000 acres. Land will be surveyed and placed on the market. Many native owners are willing to sell larger areas if the Minister approves.
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Wanganui
Alay
Crown
Waiganui
Waitotara
Native Land Court
Fudge Sim
Gale damages First Church Flail in Dunedin
May 28 gale in Dunedin wrecked the First Church Flail under construction breaking braces and dropping the heavy roof framework into the hall. Ornamental steeplework torn away. Estimated damage £151. Officials report no workers present. Concurrent Christchurch notes describe nightly gale with snow and rain easing next day.
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Dunedin
Christchurch
How Board of Governors Members Are Nominated and Appointed
A reader asks the editor to explain the process by which Board of Governors members are nominated and appointed to the high school board. The letter seeks public access to the method, timing, qualifications, and eligibility for seats on the state’s leading public educational body.
Council scrutiny over Gas Company ties sparks conflict
A reader questions the motives of directors including Dr Friedlander and the council’s handling of gas works terms. The letter cites Municipal Corporations Act 1880 rules on conflicts of interest and disqualifications for contracts over £5, urging public accountability and noting excision of personal passages.
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Messrs Craddock and Sims
Y. Friedlander
Friedlander
Straight Griffin
Domain Gardens In Bloom Hint Spring Arrival
Readers note early signs of spring as polyanthus and violeta show bloom in the Domain gardens. The mild spell seems to have encouraged early flowering in these perennial favorites. Local observers point to improved garden color and renewed interest in seasonal plantings.
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Violeta
International Australian Grain Prices May 29 Report
Sydney Melbourne and Adelaide market notes show wheat trading around 3s 6d to 3s 10d, flour near £9, oats at 2s 9d to 3s, barley 2s 8d to 4s 11d, maize 2s 1d to 4s 44d, bran and pollard 1s 1d, potatoes £2 to £3, onions £3 5s, butter 96s to 98s, cheese 6d, bacon 64d to 74d. Melbourne figures similar for wheat and flour, Adelaide lists wheat 3s 10d and flour £8 15s.
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Sydney
Melbourne
Adelaide
Accidents and Fatalities Reported in Local Notices
A young married woman named Alice Caroline Simpson died Monday evening under uncertain circumstances. An inquest was adjourned after doctors found her heart in a healthy state. John Creighton, about seventy years old, was killed at Kyehoro near Nseby by falling over a hipholf. The immediate causes were unclear and further analysis awaited.
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Telegraph Narren
Alice Caroline Simpson
Watlington
Dusen
Ajohn Creighton
Ki’el
Kyehoro
Nseby
Hipholf
Wellington Murder Commuted to Life Term for Claude Paget
Claude Paget who was sentenced to death for the murder of Eleanor Axup will no longer face the gallows. The Cabinet, noting Paget’s epilepsy at the time of the crime, advised the Governor to commute the sentence. Paget is to be imprisoned for life.
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Willington
Claude Paget
Eleanor Axup
Paget
Southern Cross juniors football match in Ashburton
The Ellesmers County team set to play in Christchurch with the Ashburton side leaving by the early train and returning by the late evening train the same day.
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Ashburton
Hak Tere
Southern Cross
Henry Davis
Ashburton Domain Board
Ellesmers County
Ashburtn
Christchurch
Comeraw
Tua Ashburton
Grass Grabs and Aloe Bloom Mark Farm News
Farmers report grass grabs in many ancient pastures though limited in extent and not yet affecting cereals. An American aloe on Mrs Minnia's Cameras Street west blooms annually in spurts, with a 15 foot flowering stem that can overtake the plant. At Pretoria, Bible Society gifts two Bibles for legation oath, later presented to General Botha as a souvenir. Sheep turned to early oat crops amid scarce store market and frost damaged pastures. breeders report mixed conditions, with a dry season impacting overall health of ewes.
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Legislative Assembly
Transvaal
Pretoria
Committee of the Bible Society
Botha
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