LAND QUESTION.
:—4 THE FREEHOLD OF NATIONAL endowments. (SPECIAL TO "THH PRESS.") WELLINGTON, November 4. "I am a straight-out freeholder, but it is no use raising any false bope3 about the granting of the freehold of the national endowment lands, saw the Prime Minister in replying to a Farmers' Union deputation, appreciate the force of the argument that in the case ot third-ciass land if the tenure is not sufficiently secure, the land will he allowed to become exhausted. That has happened already in the case of some ot the pastoral runs. But L can assure you there is not the slightest chance or Parliament agreeing to the suggestion vou have made that the freehold should ue granted to the lessees of national endowments. I think mv colleagues will endorse that opinion." A delegate: What about another Parliament ? Mr Massey: Well, that is another question. 1 am speaking of the present Parliament.
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Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16361, 5 November 1918, Page 4
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152LAND QUESTION. Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16361, 5 November 1918, Page 4
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