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On Tuesday, the 8th inst., Mr [[MacBean|M'Bean]], of the [[Kilfera|Kilfera]] station, appeared before Mr Casey, the Minister of Lands, and objected to the applications of Denis Cain and James Steers for allotments of land between his sheepwash and his woolshed. His ground of objection was that if these applications were granted the sheep could only be driven from one point to another by a circuitous route, which would make a difference of 9d. a fleece in the shearing. Mr Casey observed that the papers went to show that the persons ,who had applied for the land were dummies. He would not allow selectors to injure a squatter in the business he was carrying on by settling down between the sheepwash and the woolshed, and, thus preventing transit from one place to another. The country was wide, and surely selectors could find a homestead without needing to inflict unnecessary hardship on the pastoral tenant. A reserve would be made between the two points in the interest of the pastoral tenant in virtue of his improvements. None of the application which had been received for the land would be approved of, as they were not considered bona fide.