SAMOAN PLANTATIONS.
CHAXXES FOR SOLDIERS. <By Telesrapli.— Special to "Star.") WELLIXGTOX. Wednesday. Mr. Sykes (Masterton) questioned the Premier in the House to-day regarding opportunities which can be provided for returned soldiers who wish to take up plantations in Samoa. Several men had approached him on the subject, and he hoped the Government would make the! Crown Lands available to t' •■ -.. in :7ow' Zealand's new territory. I "I like the idea." replied ilr. Massev, | who went on to say that the Government' had had no opportunity of going inlol the position. Most of these properties j belonged to Germans, who would be in-1 demniried by the German Government, the value of the plantations being included ', in war indemnities, he undertook to give j tho matter consideration. ; ■————™—___
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Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 252, 23 October 1919, Page 8
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