LAND BOARD ELECTION.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 513, 21 May 1909, Page 9

LAND BOARD ELECTION.

v :^-"' ;^^^v^^;':"W.Elietahiina^May!26. .: ■■ '-'■ -t—""^i' 3 "candidate; for '■• a , V ;:S6s,Von.the. Land, Board, -addressedVmeet--. ; , :i wg; of ; Crown. : ; last' even-" Al;Wg^nd^e^ived:;a: : gdod : learing. iv;;':•,-. .■' ■■■ :o■/•:-lne^candidate":usevei'ely::l criticised Ktho" ~ aboard Scßystom:of in •;»°Jj ; rolls, and.V failing.-, jto" provide . : vMot;:pap 6 ra.c.Mr. i Ellihgh i in told how * he ,the;roll ;was not obtainable, -,:tor v :.«i6j. clerk, to -from ■;' the ? sS^ 1 ? ff theyanswor'that "• the private' work/ ■'.;''■•'A?. e •.»s■, .that there: was no ', roll >had .-■'. pre- ;::., vented him.and othercandidates'from getting ■■ ; ; ' nto . intact.'with Crown' tenants.--. It looked! ■'■p ■ Jhera',were'i-a-combined effort - v-ro-preyentja .bemg elected- to.: : - , '.-.-;;'-.-'-■--; : ascertained.during '; his-visitsvW :^;' .tenants:; that/iihero: a- feeling- ; ':-^^' I '^^S wo « : ■ t < ra : insecure while it :■■;-. t&ted r with,the- board .to'Vsay.whether' they ..jWouid^permit;transfers:from.'.a.deceased per..:..boiv to-his family."..He-was an optional tenure -;.:--Wttn;^and,would.always.advocate. that 1 now ;.:._..Wfwks;;;shouldvbo-disposed""of' : .under: /the : , areas and compulsory residenccare :::•■;», bar:;to:successful settlement..'■' The 150-acre .:;'-™ a M.wa.s.':nsually;:a ; ;.- :K ?f°' 'P a ?>wM generally; a' 4 ]dgitimatevsottler; ; ;:/ : -He iC onsuiored;that-tie-board,; ;ox- - ri ™-™o.commissioner,; should : be'elected ; r;by ; the.Crown/tejiants.:;: It, seemed. : tfiat.tho ,-::;; board, constituted --.at Apreseutr did'-riot , : settlers. 'asitsMiiemi' ■j obersbad.not experienced the the K ''■ *!&«, .not in .sympathy: wi-th ; -,-v;wc«i;vvho the speaker said v: '*Wt'.%nad• been; a Crown -tenant . in'/a remote -"-' ym™*-4°*. 20i joars, ■: and ; by: .keenVobsomi: •■ i, : ,: twn..and.contact he had gained.sufficient ex- ;. ..periencc,to ;fit; ; hihi/to' hold:'. : :to .:vwhich ;he,\asked:fchomto : elect-hini. ' V' ' ' '■■' "■: : v,; At ':J he conclusion■ of ..the '■-:; meeting-:;Mr; , Ellmgham was'.Recorded ,;ar.hearty"vote, 'of :^■''-i™ tt ?^*.•«J n ,-. iormod themselves into a-committee to'fo'r- :: .-/ward.his;canaidaturo. : -,: ; - :: -