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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 10622, 29 May 1897, Page 4

GOVERNMENT ADVANCES TO SKTTLEHS. (BY OUR ORMONDVILLE CORRESPONDENT). Everybody wiU agree that the Governmpnt la denting with the rule of lutoreat difficulty, with which farmers and others had so long to oontend, is deserving of the highest credit. Theee laudable (.tforts to bring about a movo eatlefaccory state of things hfwa been ranch appreciated, and uot a few have taken advantage cf the much hotter oondltloda cdjrei by the Government advances to ecimlera ou mort* l?nge. From the very first the Landing Board wbs almost deluged with applications, and for (at that time) some uuaocountable vea&on money wub r.d7iDeeJ very slowly. Nob nearly co much raouey was takea ap bs was expeoted by the proi^otcra of the scheme would be tha cane. This and tha fast iD«rß6tlug number of complaints of IpjubUcs H^d uiifuirueaß canoed the authorities) to roeka iuqnlrle<j, One result of Uisse inquiries! was the revelation of tho hlgh-bunaed way iv which the Board wus acting, Au euortuoua marpiu of BDcnilty wub nqnired, and other matters tqual/y nusstlafactory were brought to light. Alterations weio ruada which would, li) wns thought, und indeed sincerely hoped, tfuti to laipiovo m^.tt^rs. I'nla hse in part been rifiOied, bui) thlvgo in conneoilon with tue«e Gaveriuneut) Gdv,mceß atlll romaln fearfully anaitisfactory, Sattlcrs wbeu wautiDg tnoiiey Reuerolly vvmit it prnMy qnlckly — " Imuiediatoly, if not nociccr," aa tha old Baying has it. And it in, in tho nujnity of the instances that h.-vvo qoluo uadcr my notice, ia thla very rcepcet) that thmcluuiianttma to miscarry. An upplloatlou la seat in for a luau, and nfter the v.tlaatloo is completed tho npollc&nfc ia advlacd that the Board has decided to grant him the required advance. Tho vital point— the Btcnilty— bavins beau cantidered eatlofuciory id is naturally tbonj;ht that very little time will elapse before ueqo'.ltttloas am oarrled to the desired Issue. Bat here the applicants, Id a great Dumber of InBtancee, are doomed to needleoa delays, and moot nnc»lltd for icqutrk-8 about various trivial detnliu. All tae&elnquulea n«r.6sfcitate esptpoe uud provo tho bo&ac of the department that " Inv; CBofa nic very low" in but a delation iiad n pnnre, Then (ifi&ln a mua Ba\y riqulre tho mor.ey to srctle a mortfisge by»c-;rlf.iu ilnte, er,d by theoe delo;-s Id bicomes overrlnc nud !•') h m tv pay txb'n interest], which la v nir-st nnfair thti g snii aervea to rob the pnj'cti (if a |!Otni de&l of ita Edvarjtogo. He may urgently require some of the money for the aectlcmeut of various aooounte, ond when he 1b delayed for about fix months (aa Home have) before he ein use it he may bo put to needless trouble and vexation in the way of lawsuiti and j udgmoot eammonees. It 1» a oaae of the uppllciitloc of the proverb, "Tho cow may dlo while the Rrr\6B grows — the man might iv tbl:< way be sold up by the mortgagee before he c-in set) rlio money whioh hss bsen grnatpd him. Io mußd not, bowevori bo nnaerfitood that every man who spplleu {or a luonpage of this detorlp'ion k< iv finch desperate need of money, but It ia a well known fact that themr.joilty cf the lotms go to redeem i xisttag morijjiu'.ea, end therefore tho aplloonti) aro exposed to ths eontlogenciea nbove outlined. The prompt way Iv which tho uutborltltn dealt with tho fiist- meutioDtd grievance exonerates them from all blame In the matter of thei<B delays. Id would atiem therefore thot the Jault resla with tne officlala bi. traced with t!;e nrimlnia tmtlon of thn Eoherae. One thing has teen accoiupilshed by tbs scheme, and that is an almost univeieal rednottoo ia . tbe rcte of Interest. A onraber of fiima