THE HELMORE RESRVE-AND OTHERS.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 17984, 30 January 1924, Page 11

THE HELMORE RESRVE-AND OTHERS.

I „ IHI EMTOB or "THE miss. 1 & _I read with interest tho very Iprfag remarks of Dr. Chilton and Sfcflwn at the opening of this relL»jid cannot help wondering if Dr. Km was aware when he' associated Kane with this ceremony, how this 'Ki "similar reserve are being filched ST. ao unfortuuato land-owner 3. ff'.jaav not be generally known that tH&jn'y person cuts up land adjacent Wj'titv now, the chief surveyor has ferity through a clause in the Land ■Kfaobody seems to know quite how »rtthere) to insist on 5 per cent, of .MLa bcin" put aside for public purinjustice of this, provision JEa\e apparent wlien it is realised tiEt it onlv presses on the unfortunWzfsrM o f a few acrea of lan r' 7 h ° Kssith an office building, or factory kKSi 'e» times the money is not penafed'tte man with a city shop, who mTfri b7 a much more rapid increase nine 'than' that of rural land, is ipatnliscd. . man who puts his money into jib jaay turn it over half a dozen to goodprofit, and his capital is. ami according; but the luakless UK of a few acres of suburban land gbmbnit to this undemocratic and ..Briliih demand to forfeit 5 per cent. iti< Crown —doubtless as a sop to is.soti}liitie element in the House, ilfe restriction is having a deterrent J#t an business in several ways,_ and tototrasrs who decline to submit to E a unjust imposition are refusing big jp suburban land, and so blockbtic settlement in some districts. EfeiMter hand, these odd blocks of liittLuc and i-acre there will rapidly pa eye sores iii the midst of an fefitg and in some cases miJr*'"* pi"W^ B rubbish, because ei Moody's responsibility once Crown property. SSftU fef?j3ity of this provision will, now districts like New Whilst one man is perhaps cutl|Hrats.»(£Mro block, and is com-. JijSffiSti! fe si aside a i-acre .. section, "'ifjjffk'* adjoining owners cutting ijpcib Hotks must also; each setjELfrt its, then, face to face with tlie cf having four J-acre secthe area of an ordinary i more iniquitous provision, be hard to imagine, and it moment's reflection to see SffljKtlj it may press in individual .Brian c. one man might leave -jU' W'Vstsaics to tie value of £.IOOQ,' s jj life.etl?r unfortunate, leave his jjj, w».» anburban block worth the ft! No. I.can realise her ;!s *?r Ml, bile No. 2 has to submit FIM ilj-afford,. if she wishes to iiij the husband iia. 1m had. to pay heavy *«!1 8 local and land taxes w* j®** . . insji !«tna a grave doubt fts to I 4 tai I?? 1 ' .of this imposition, . °°? si tlie Minister of Lands ni to repeal this provision, {B ■» la f osa a tax which will affect, h9J*| *"4 not tar one small porrtii i}\ community only for the to! £ cf whole.. u»; s,®'" 7 '! he man who owns a ft w i? tha man who OW 3 « factory, or ' r even a suburban resiE(l \' «id iii, 156 benefit in the I I sWst ned increment.—Tours, i 29^ NALI) S - BADGES.