THE PIONEERS OUT BACK.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 748, 22 February 1910, Page 4

THE PIONEERS OUT BACK.

MB. JENNINGS, M.P., SPEAES. (By TeleEraDli.TTeßCcial CorresDonaenfcJ .-,,:..; ..;■-■ ..•'-.■!Auckland, February, ; 2t ~ ' ;r Mr:' T/ , Jennings, i£iP.: :for ;■ Tan.v marunui, who:is , at present in town, saya-r that i Aucklanders - want to- wake up;.- 0r... they (will find .the best 'lands in. the Auck- p land'province snapped ,up:by,southerners.,Eetrenched '■. Civil-;.Servants here■ do'not -;■ appear to be taking' advantage;. of« the ■ facilities 'jwhich: : have > been , provided for, i them- to. settle' 6n:the land."There-is'a . great settlement," said Mr. ' Jennings, at ■ Owhangoipr-Civil Servants,-andvmoetly Wellington and- southern people are going ;. there. , .'. This, district is- under the; Wei- ; lington Land Board administration.. Coiniir ing north there, ; are between. 80-and 93 '-. settlers, going into .the-.Wnimihia«.di6-, trict. , This ls.in the Tarnnki'Land^dis-.'; trict and.tkesottlers.are mostly .from '; that part: of- the Dominion; ■■ ■ ■ Itothcr .■" north;- thero ; is great; settlement!;going v on east of Tβ -Kuitvron. land, known Rangitoto,' NosKl.' and- 2 ;i distant . from. that place 'from i three -to, twelve i; miles.,' Tliie is in- the .Auckland land' die.; - txict,. and. is-being : ,settled'- by, localv peoplo, but' AucklandorS; generally, appear 'to! be shy. of 'settling in ■ these.' new:;dis-' tribts,-which.are all.in the Tauniarunul electorate; : : ::."'H,'A'' ; .:V..' ; . .'.'■•' ; -i'v ■'■■;■ " :'■'V- ■'■ ■."All.this'.forward -work in:settlement,". Mr. , Jennings continued, ■ school,, post,' and,'telephone, .roads,/.and:. other requirements. ' ,The.settlers^now; : going into these, districts are more.highly favonred than those: who went' on .the . land in the past five or eix. years. ;.Thej . are closer to settled ''districts,;; and, rail-,: way- communication .is established.. ,-.I never could' understand the: poUcy that recognised land administrators; sending men, ivomcn,<ind cliildreh way. oack to Tatn Tokirima, and;,to parts of Ohnra and other districts which were the ■ hinterlands of the Wellington, Taranaki,an4 . : Auokl.nnd land districts." ':,' ;•-.'■■;■::;..-•"'-