LAND DEVELOPMENT
REPORTED tuXTRUVEESY of HON. A. D. McLEOD.
FINANCE MINISTER NON-
PLUSSED
|| CHRISTCHURCH, Oct. 13. ■jji; Last evening at Auckland, the jm Minister for lands is reported to have IT said lie was of the opinion that the_ ‘ Government ,-huuid undertake fife ,'V development of 3.I‘UC. to o,OIKL-Rcres of land in three areas of pumic/e lands 0 and mixed lands ren and gum lands i n North. At the tune, * was speaking ot iat.ion of unemployment. "The Minister for lands is reported also to have said that the Minister for Finance had told him that he thought he could find the money out of the revenue. , “I don't know whether Mr. McLeod has been correctly reported,” said the Hon. W. Donnie Stewart, this morning, to a reporter who questioned him on the subject. ‘- 1 do not quite understand what lie means, as 1 have not discussed the question with him.” ‘‘The money need not necessarily come from taxation.” Air. Stewart remarked in answer to a question whether such a scheme woV.kl mean increased taxation. “If we can finance such a scheme, from the revenue, as mentioned by Me Minister for Lands, it would- be to tor advantage to do so, he added.— -P.A .
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXIV, Issue 10490, 15 October 1926, Page 6
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204LAND DEVELOPMENT Gisborne Times, Volume LXIV, Issue 10490, 15 October 1926, Page 6
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