CAREER ON THE LAND
POSITION OF SOLDIERS,. Soldier settlement on the land is referred to in the report of the ExSoldiers’ Rehabilitation Commission. •“We think it is a fact, as suggested by several witnesses,” states the report, “ that nearly all, if not all, the returned soldiers who ,by natural bent and .qualities are likely to be successful farmers have by this timefound their way on to the land. We strongly recommend that no person should now be encouraged to take up farming as a means of livelihood unless by training or family connections and traditions and by physical fitness he may be expected to show himself suited to such an occupation. We think further that facilities for taking, up land as farmers, with State finance and assistance, should be given only to those who have'some capital either in land; stock or cash to embark in the undertaking. We think it is exceedingly unlikely that any disabled ex-soldier now seeking assistance ran be successfully embarked on a farming career on a basis that leaves him liable to pay interest on almost a too per cent, advance on the value of his property.”
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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LVIII, Issue 10377, 15 May 1930, Page 1
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