SOLDIERS' FARMS.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 18186, 24 September 1924, Page 9

SOLDIERS' FARMS.

WORK. "^AamAI 0N LOST TO DATE. ASSOCIATION TKLZGjmr.) September 23. ije House of Representatives this ZfrtM the Hon. A. D. ilcLeod laid a report on discharged sol- . tot eettlements. G W. Forbes asked when the re- - jf'the Revaluation Boards would Arable, and what amount they reshould be written off. He !!jTgeeii reported that in many were being written by 50 P er cen(; -) aud he wanted inow whether- the Government pronto deal with the people who had them to purchase lands which JjLd Buch disastrous results. He gjpkfl to know, and he thought the know, whether such pur■uSj'had been made in good faith. replying, said he did Junkie should put individual cases House, but he would give the information he could as S position generally. Up to the date the Boards had dealt with Sij cent, of all applications for rewhich had been made. Altojjjgf gome 5347 applications had been which was equal to about oneyf the number of soldier settlers, and jftese 3280 had been investigated. Dominion Bevaluatiou Board was to ail soldier settlers as a court of bat less than one per cent, of jglaijea dealt with by the District ttiftg'li&d come back to the Dominion Sal and he considered that was most j&Sustory. - pflsonally, he knew little of what was -to-on, because it way not his busijggl to go about enquiring into inditgttleases. All lie was concerned to foftrWW that the Boards were doing they had been asked by Pargjjgt to do, and the fact that they with 61 per cent, of the claims they were doing that. as the amount to be written concerned, to date it amounted tf which did not include jjjjjßortgages. On this point he prointroduce legislation and clear whole matter once and for all. pleased, however, to find that to be written off was not fidjrto reach anything like the figures pprhad quoted in the House some tflVwork Well in Hand. regard to the proposal that the write off its first mortis »otect second and third mortrype said such mortgages were enmmo with full knowledge of what f •ftpaljposition was. and there was no why the State should be the one jH&the sacrifice. He believed that Ihaome cases there had been I Ponderable loss in group setifftfaia, m bo me instances as much fc. However, it was going icient history as to how j and mistakes were made, say was that if blunders had been made they had onestly. ty in the way of placing port before the House was rk was not completed in , but taking a reasonable avolved question, he conhe work was well in hand, kward district was North ere the work would not be ;il next January, owing to itnro of the country, les he considered the reinadd abandoned farms to areas, though this was not >le, as considerable presiys brought to bear on the o do something else. He in financing soldiers, but bjections were- sometimes pie who thought that this go into housing, so that it 0 blow hot and cold abont But he was hopeful that if only be placed in a posihe full benefit of their reat majority would pull ight. He was much more in he was formerly. was laid on the table. >n Board's Beporfc. of the chairman of the valuation Board, statw g arrears of rent and insard has endeavoured to itponement as the neoesca&e demanded, and has Ivantage of the powers he Act in this connexion, ecial or necessitous cases as also remitted arrears terest. These cases cover rphans of deceased soldier er settlers in hospital, ad disabled men. as laid down by the Act nd in actual practice to aents, and everything in • h the business is running well. The work is one oi' magnitude, and requires ful consideration, and siriach individual case prewn particular difficulties, lowever, deals with each lerits. All those dissatisxminations are assured of Kjpening their cases and ull and impartial rehear- . The Board has no hesiiring its determination in any further information 1 in many instances has i valuations where it hafl sfied. will be continued. The ill require sincere considit must not be overlooked itiations to be carried out 3oard and the mortgagees me and patience. The day, for "five days in the bos right up to the influx, they are furnished by the it tees.