LABOUR AND THE LAND.

Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 244, 15 October 1925, Page 10

LABOUR AND THE LAND.

SIR JAMES PARR'S CRITICISM. Addressing a large meeting at Avondale last night, Sir James Parr declared that the people were brought face to face with tlie prospect of land nationalisation. At Henderson, Mr. Mason had declared that the "usehold" policy was to apply only to large estates and to all land that was subject to advances from the State, whereas Mr. Savage, M.P., had said it would affect all future State advances. Who was correct? If 2.1 r. Mason was correct 33,000 workers who had got Government advances for homes would be affected; if Mr. Savage was right, none of the 276 applicants in Eden for Government loans would ever get their advances on the present terms. It was clear that if either Mr. Savage or Mr. Mason had their way, no more advances would be granted to workers on their freehold sections. Even with the latest interpretation of the Labour land policy no worker would get a loan on the old terms, and no worker desiring a Government loan would be allowed to sell his land excepting to the State—at State valuation.