An appellant -who resides in tho Nbrmanby district, while giving evidence before the Military Service Board (Taranaki), said that no had bought his land last year for £70 per acre, and now had it in the market for £90 per acre. Land in the neighbourhood, he believed, had lately changed hands at £95 per acre. He was willing to go to the front, provided he could obtain what ho put into the place, but he did not-- wish the "middleman" to get in. This prompted the military representative to remark: "Money is talking louder than anything else at*the presß?|; time." Mr. M'Laren, a. member of the board : "The greatest shirkers in tho country are those People
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Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 12, 13 July 1918, Page 6
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