NEW LAND BILL.
r SUBDIVISION IN N.S.W. Compulsion on Holders of Pastoral Areas. PROMOTING SETTLEMENT. ) fßj- Cable.—Tresi Association.—Coprrisbt.) (Received 12.30 p.m.) SYDNEY, this day. 1 The Labour caucus appointed a committee, consisting of the country s members of the Labour partv, to conifer with the Minister of Lands re- . garding the details of a new bill known as a Bill to Promote Agricultural Settlement, which the Government intends to introduce into Parr liament in the present session. The bill will compel large landholders 5 to subdivide or place under agriculture 7 large holdings which are now utilised for ; pastoral purposes. The areas to be compulsorily subdivided apply only to l land suitable for agricultural purposes. A graduated tax will be imposed on the land with an exemption of £10,000 > in value.
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Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 44, 22 February 1927, Page 9
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131NEW LAND BILL. Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 44, 22 February 1927, Page 9
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