WESTLAND LAND BOARD

Greymouth Evening Star, 26 September 1944, Page 2

WESTLAND LAND BOARD

TRANSFER OF CROWN LEASES

The Westland Land -Board, at a meeting held recently passed the following resolution and wishes it to be known as widely as possible that the Board would apply this policy only to rural lands and would give special consideration to cases of genuine family transactions, and where areas are unsuitable for the purpose in Vl “That when any application for the Land Board’s consent to the transfer of a lease or license is lodged, in those cases where the property is considered by the Land Board to be suitable for the settlement of an exserviceman, there be also lodged evidence that the lessee or licensee has previously given at least one month’s notice in writing to the nearest Rehabilitation Committee offering to sell his interest in the property to any returned serviceman on the same terms and conditions contained in the transaction for which application has been made for the. Board s consent, and that such Committee has advised the lessee or the licensee that there is no serviceman eligible tn- willing to accept the offer.”