LAND BEFORE BATTLESHIPS.
t +■ ■■ [Per United Press Association.] . GISBORNE, April lA At a meeting of the Land Board tp-day ane B avc notice to move—“ That approving of the proposed purchase jf the Langoio Estate for closer settlement,, the Board would draw the attention of the Government to the suitability of much of the- Hawke's Bay Province for closer settlement,,and consider that money borrowed for closer settlement would constitute a far better defence of these islands than the offer to Britain of an empty Dreadnought which a single bomb might lend to the bottom.” °
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Evening Star, Issue 14036, 17 April 1909, Page 7
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94LAND BEFORE BATTLESHIPS. Evening Star, Issue 14036, 17 April 1909, Page 7
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