OUTLET FOR UNEMPLOYED.
GOING CONCERN FARMLETS. AN AUCKLAND SCHEME. (By Telegraph—Special io The Star.) WELLINGTON, June 15. There is a likelihood of a unique development in connection with the unemployed problem, suitable men being placed on small farms which are going concerns. The project originated with the Auckland Civic League, which- inns convened a conference of local bodies to consider its plans to provide for' unemployed men what are described as going concern farmlets. The assistance of the Minister of Lands was requested, and the Hon. A. D. McLeod has expressed the opinion that the Government will provide 1000 acres of land for tliis scheme and subsidise the money raised for placing settlers on these small areas, if the scheme is undertaken by a properly constituted body.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 16 June 1928, Page 5
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127OUTLET FOR UNEMPLOYED. Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 16 June 1928, Page 5
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