SOLDIER FARMERS.
GOVERNMENT'S POLICY
(PRESS ASSOCIATION' TELEGRAM.)
WELLINGTON. May 6. Tho Minister of Lands, referring to a statement published recently that the Govornment Was extending scant consideration to soldiers, and no soldier could get land unless ho had considerable funds or good backing, said the Govornment had ttever made anjr distinction betweon men wuhoUt means and those with limited means or with large sums of money. The oiily qualification required by Land Boards beforo approving an application for land or flnanciat assistance, was that a man should havd had some farming experience, and bo in a position to mako uso of the land allotted bin* The Government bad assisted over a thousand settlers to acquire rural land, whilst a considerables number of other men had boon assisted to buy town residences. The Government had advanced to eoldiora £1 .•'536.000, and this sum did not include tho amount spent in the purchase of land under the Land for Settlement Act. afterwards proclaimed for soldier settlements.
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Press, Volume LV, Issue 16516, 7 May 1919, Page 7
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