FOR UNEMPLOYED

Grey River Argus, 5 May 1932, Page 3

FOR UNEMPLOYED

Small Farms MORE PROMISES. WELLINGTON. May 4. The Minister of Unemployment, M Coates has completed plans to place unemployed married men and families on small farms in country district-. Hided by the Unemployment Board"' General Fund. I The plan is a twofold one. providI 5 ng for — j (a) Small holding of five to ten iacres now forming part of existing [ farms, where the section-holder may eventually acquire, by lease or purchase, a small farm with his original as part of it. With this end , in view options will be taken wherei ever possible over land adjacant •'» the first section. (b) Holdings from two acres upwards, so located that the holder will be at different tames of the year nble to procure some work on surrounding farms and in the district generally, such holdings being chosen without special consideration as t* whether more land is available for ' subsequent development. ' Mr Coates said; “The object is o i give men with families an opportunity lof -becoming owners of small areas in developed districts, provided wi h !roads and social amenities and schools. Each holding will be equipped with a small cottage of the Public Works type. The holding will, wherever po Isible, be a portion of an existing I farm, and the co-operation of the present owner will be sought in providing the seeds and stock required—one •or more cows, pigs and poultry—and |in the loan of implements. Finaneia - arrangements in connection with the holding, whether it be its purchase or lease, would be completed between the iGovernment and the present oWnet before the section-holder was placed. The new settler might not in all case< be able to earn or produce a livin-r nt once, and the reduced relief allowance would, therefore, be necessary i;t Ithe early stages There would 'security of tenure.