LAND SETTLEMENT EXTENSION
SMALLER FARMS AND MORE CULTIVATION THE GOVERNMENT'S DIFFICULTIES PROHIBITIVE PRICES BEING ASKED [l’kk L sited J.’ress Association.] A UCK LAND, .May 17', I lie iillimate solution ol many of thfl country's difficulties will undoubtedly lie the extension of land settlement with smaller farms and more intense cultivation." said the Hon. .1. C. Cobbo when speaking at a meeting of the Auckland Manufacturers’ Association. “The Government is fully alive to the necessity.’’ lie continued. “ but there are difficulties to contend with. Wo have been offered between 200 and 300 estates, but up to the present we have been able to buy fewer than half a dozen, the simple reason being that the prices asked are absolutely prohibitive. f cannot help thinking that these landowners do not realise how they are handicapping the country. They would be wise it they ordered to si'll at a reasonable price while the going is good, to use an expressive phrase.”
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ESD19290517.2.6
Bibliographic details
Evening Star, Issue 20177, 17 May 1929, Page 1
Word Count
158LAND SETTLEMENT EXTENSION Evening Star, Issue 20177, 17 May 1929, Page 1
Using This Item
Allied Press Ltd is the copyright owner for the Evening Star. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Allied Press Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in