LABOUR'S LAND PROPOSALS.

Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 244, 15 October 1925, Page 9

LABOUR'S LAND PROPOSALS.

" THE MARGIN OF VALUE." MR. JORDAN'S ATTITUDE. Mr. W. J. Jordan, Labour candidate for Manukau, at Mangere last night, defined his attitude on the Labour land proposals. "I will oppose any interference with estates under the value of £20,000, except Crown lands, but I favour the policy that portions of estates which bring the value above £20,000 should be divided for closer settlement," he said. Thousands of immigrants were landing here every month and there was no land available for them. The people of New Zealand were craving for a land policy The country was being flooded with immigrants who could not be settled, and unemployment was increasing. Many immigrants were living in the towns in an altogether impoverished state. Estates of a value of over £20,000 could be taken over at an agreed valuation, and subdivided. There were over 1000 estates of over £20,000 unimproved value in New Zealand at present. The purchasers of the farms made available by subdivision could get them at a reasonable price and they could stay on them as long as they wished. What will happen to estates under the value of £20,000? asked an elector Mr. Jordan: I will not cast a vote that will interfere with the ownership ot land under the value of £20,000.