INHERITED A FARM
THEN WENT INTO DETENTION O.C. PALMERSTON N., This Day.
"I inherited a large and valuable farm from my father. I could have, been a respected member of our landed aristocracy. Instead, I gave up the farm" to go into detention and when I go back it will be with the brand of a conscientious objector," declared Raymond Leslie Adams, farmer, single, aged 31, of Sheffield, North Canterbury, when asking for release on parole before No. 2 Revision Authority. Adams added that he was one of three brothers in detention camps. Ownership of a big farm was a great temptation to forgo his conscientious principles and go away to protect his worldly possessions. When asked by Mr. W. H. Woodward, S.M., what his views were in regard to nationalisation of land, he said he was very much in favour of it. "I have always thought that my inheritance was greater than that to which I am entitled as an individual, and this has been a great worry to me," said Adams. "Nationalisation of land will be a fine innovation and I pray for the day when it will be brought about." Decision was reserved.
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Evening Post, Volume CXL, Issue 21, 25 July 1945, Page 4
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196INHERITED A FARM Evening Post, Volume CXL, Issue 21, 25 July 1945, Page 4
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